15 Iconic Video Games That Almost Turned Out Completely Different

5. Sonic Had A Human Girlfriend And Played In A Rock Band

Even after you read that above subheading, the craziest thing about the original Japanese Sonic yet to be mentioned was he wasn't even the hero of the game. Sega's first sketch of a character purpose-designed to rival Mario resulted in the pillow-clenching Robotnick-alike in the above image, before the team switched gears altogether and crafted 'Mr. Needlemouse' (also above); the first iteration of the character who played in a band whenever he wasn't being chased around by his hot blonde girlfriend, Madonna.

Yes, 'chased around', as designer Naoto Onshima thought regardless of you playing as a small animal, it was still a "male fantasy" worth fulfilling. Thankfully Sega's execs realised their family demographic didn't mix with a sex-pest lovebug on your tail, redesigning the character into the one you most likely grew up with instead.