plus, the redesign seems pretty hard to pull off while still keeping the release date the same. not to mention it makes @ParamountPics look better for catering to the fans. i think that this was the plan from the start
there is no way that the #SonicMovie's protagonist was designed that terribly by accident. controversy generates clicks, right? who's to say that sonic was intentionally designed to look terrible so everyone knows about the movie now?