Worst Video Game Character Redesigns

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Post terrible video game redesigns here!

Here are several I really dislike:

Bomberman
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Dante
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Spyro
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Honorable mention (but it's not as fanbase splitting as the aforementioned)
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Wait, wait, are you implying that there were fans who didn't absolutely hate the new Dante?
 
Vommack said:
Wait, wait, are you implying that there were fans who didn't absolutely hate the new Dante?
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Um...yes

Even if it is mathematically impossible.
 
I guess picking from an unofficial strategy guide is cheating, but fuck it, I love this picture:

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Also...gotta mention bad boxart Megaman

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I'll cheat too. Check out this masterful pic of Samus in a calendar.
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There aren't any character redesigns I particularly hate... aside from Skylanders Spyro, I even prefer the new Yoshi design since it seems more fitting(?) for a 3D art style (that's probably not the best way to describe it).

Sonic Boom did however get my biggest WTF reaction I had given in a long time initially, I don't really hate Sonic Boom's redesigns they're just so jarringly different from the original compared to most other things I focus on.
 
SKmarioman said:
Sonic Boom did however get my biggest WTF reaction I had given in a long time initially, I don't really hate Sonic Boom's redesigns they're just so jarringly different from the original compared to most other things I focus on.
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I'm actually ambivalent to Knuckle's redesign: Sonic characters have like all the same physique so it's a nice change from the template formula of skinny arms and skinny legs

Sonic, however, is really unnecessarily too long. Geez he's like part spider now.