Data Design Interactive's Lost 3D Sonic Design Discovered! 

I want an action figure of it.

It's probably a good thing that Data Design didn't make a Sonic game.

I can’t wait for fans to put DDI Sonic in Adventure, Robo Blast 2, and Generations As is tradition

This model does kinda look like it might have been using Richard Elson's Sonic the Comic artwork as reference.

"Obscure Video Game History You Don't Care About" And I took that personally!

It's not even a bad design. It looks like a different world where sonic adventure never happened and sonic retained his classic appearance

More information is being sent my way about this... May end up doing a follow up vid if there's enough of a demand.

Quite neat how all this lost media is being discovered lately

That sonic model looks like it would be in that one cancelled sonic movie Sonic wonder of the worlds I think?

As infamous as DDI is, their version of Sonic is pretty awesome!

That design kinda reminded me of one of the STC designs of Sonic before you revealed that it was from an email for Fleetway!

Fun fact: DDI has actually made a (pretty good) Lego game which also had a Lego theme, Rock raiders

I'm 99% sure that Casper is from "Casper and the Ghostly trio" released in Europe by Blast, they used to publish those bad low budget games just like Phoenix Games and Midas Interactive from unknown developers, often they were reskins of other their games but with just a different graphics, which was Data Design's "style". I'm pretty sure then that Casper project became to be Casper and the Ghostly Trio or Casper's Scare School (which are mostly the same game with different levels, just saying) Also, that Wallace and Gromit Karting game probably was just another reskin of their PS2 licensed racing games, there are plenty of them.

Fun fact about that 3D Zool game, it is theorized that game became Ninjabread Man, Anubus 2, and the rest of the infamous DDI copy/paste Wii platformers, this is due to a cutscene that leaked of the unfinished game showing a world of sweets with designs that lined up with Ninjabread Man's level geometry

"How many of you have heard of a company called Data Design Interactive?" From watching plenty of Vinesauce shovelware streams

I saw this on Twitter a day ago! Glad to see this noticed.

RU-vid thinks this video is about Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island. I can't blame them.

While it is interesting, everything else around it piques my interest a lot. We've know for a while Ninjabread Man was pitched as a 3D Zool game, but seeing even just a still of before the change is kind of amazing. DDI's games aren't, nor were they ever good. But it's still history, and even the bad bits deserve to be preserved

Imagine if Sega would stoop so low to hired DDI to make a new Sonic game instead of Sonic Team... Which evil is lesser?

didnt fully read the title so hearing Data Design and seeing the logo felt like a kick in the shins

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I don’t know how to feel about this design… something about the head is off.

The design was probably based on the DIC cartoons which never had the gold buckles on the shows

I had to reread that title to make sure we're thinking about the same DDI.

tbh I kinda like it, just move the pupils closer together so he doesn't look too badly stray eyed...

Man, so much lost or obscured sonic content coming out in 2020. Whether it's footage, prototypes or even unreleased, full music! It's awesome to hear news like this, great work @Badnik Mechanic !

This model is actually based off of the Sonic 3 sprite

oh, hey, they found assets of the Zuul prototype that eventually became Ninjabread man. neat.

It gives me those Sonic The Comic and Sonic Generations Classic Sonic model vibes and what makes it funny is the fact that the model's legs are posed in a part way split while the arms are stuck in a T-pose type position and I bet if Sonic: Wonder Of The Worlds did come out, I imagine this would be Sonic's appearance in the film, and I need a plush based off of this design.

Data Design Interactive? As in Ninja Breadman Data Design Interactive?

Just noticed one of these pictures look similar to the sega 60th anniversary sonic wallpaper

It kind of looks like Sonic but if a completely different, maybe foreign, company came up with the original design. Like a cereal mascot or something. I feel like it really shows how important art style can be.

A model this accurate to sonic is something I never thought I'd see from Data design

I think I still like this weird Sonic model because despite, as you said, looking like a clayish early 3D model, it still looks like Sonic. It's accurate to Sonic's design, just in a weird style. It's oddly charming and... cute, dare I say. Not bad coming from DDI of all people.

I actually LOVE the claymation/stop-motion look of the model; what a great find :)

I'm speechless, but Lost media in other words is a complicated topic in its self

I always get a boost of excitement when Badnik uploads.

Reminds me of the Sonic 3D: Flickies Island box art But damn this is interesting, I hope we find a raw model

I've been a Sonic fan since 1991, and thought I knew everything about Sonic until I came across your channel. Once again, you continue to blow my mind with your Sonic knowledge.

It looks like if Sonic Xtreme Sonic and Sonic SATAM had a baby and this is the result of it.

Data Design Interactive was going to make a Sonic for Fleetway Comics to follow the Sonic 3D Blast game.

Off Topic: The Casper game you mentioned did actually came out but only in Europe on the PS2 and yeah, it was the same crappy game as Ninjabread Man, Rock n Roll Adventures, Trixie in Toyland, and Anubis II. It does still boggle my mind though that we would finally get to see the original version of all of those recycled game when it was going to be a Zool game.

So...what is Data Design’s new name, and where did you get that picture of where they mention that they planned to make Switch games...

3D sonic's mouth is WAAAY too much to the left, and it doesn't look right.

This model for some odd reason reminds me of the now defunct fan game Sonic GL, has this "charm" that reminds me of that time where fans always tried to do a 3D sonic fan game and sonic always had this drastic designs because people couldnt do Sonic in 3D very well and there was a lack of 3D sonic models ripped from the games, nowdays you can just search for it on 3D model resource and have a better sonic looking character than making it from scratch.

Imagine making a video about ddi in the 90's without mentioning their arguably most important game, lego rock raiders The sonic design being for fleetway makes total sense considering they also worked on a few books for lego in the uk, including a rock raiders book

Who else came here after watching Rerez's video on DDI?

Saw soon as i saw the thumb nail. I knew it would be something to do with sonic the comic, I mean whole of 3D Sonic's design seems to be Heavily inspired by Richard Elson's art work.

Even the Sonic 3 model was more on model...

Ok I've got 2 things, firstly classic sonic doesnt have the yellow buckle of his shoes, you would know this since sonic mania has come out and all the other classic sonic games, I think sonic mania is a good way to say 'sonic doesnt have a yellow buckle' because in most of the episodes he shows his shoes and stuff like that. secondly how do you find all of these crazy pictures and info?

The head being too small, and the ears being in the wrong position are driving me crazy, but it's still a pretty good model

I won’t lie when I say even for a 3D model meant for a magazine from ‘98, it looks kinda mediocre by that time’s standards.

This sounds neat already

BRUH IMAGINE A NINJABREADMAN SONIC GAME OH FUCK

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What's the music from the second part of the video? The one that isn't Underground zone? Also, great video!

"Oh no, it's Data Design..... DATA DESIGN!!! UHG, NO!! ADVERT YOUR EYES..."

I Was Like OMG ITS THE STUDIO THAT MADE NINJABREAD MAN AND ACTION GIRLZ RACING! I was Literally S C R E A M I N G I N T E R N A L L Y

ik things can be tough righjt now but i hope you and you're family are doing good. have a good day or night badnuik!

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And guess what, It Looks Badass Good As An model from the 90s and from An Limited Cheap Company, A merger between classic genesis Sonic and Satam sonic.

Man, dude. I just really love your channel for things like this. Like, who else would I learn nearly everything about Sonic.

That 3D model is literally as old as me!

if you look in the descripsion then you will see sonic 3d blast is that a sonic design from A SONIC 3D BLAST PROTOTYPE

Senik the Hoogeheg is the first thing I said looking at the image. xD

I'm glad that this was just a promotional art piece. The thought of a terrible Sonic game that uses the same engine as Ninjabread Man... shudder... the Boom games and '06 would have NOTHING on how terrible that would be.

Imagine if this was sonic's designin the cancelled 1995 sonic movie. Oh I'm not joking there was gonna be a movie made by MGM called Sonic: Wonders of the World.

I guess you could call it a irony, when Sega hired Data Design (or rather their D3 Technologies successor) to do that Sega Mega Drive Classics hub for PC and eventually for the consoles.

Wait, did you say DATA DESIGN?! If this game came out, then Binyot would definitely have a legit reason to hate Sonic.

Oh wait,I know these guys! DDI are bogus tbh. So its Fleetway that commissioned this weird 3D Sonic? Interesting.

People are gonna be modding Adventure 1 and 2, Generations and Lost World to have DDI Sonic playable!

Holy Shit, that's awesome.

Ah yes, chunky looking Sonic My favorite design

Wait till Scott the woz hear about this

I mean make the fingers more round and in my opinion it's good but I mean if they made an action figure of it I would care less about the fingers this would be cool

Makes me think of Sonic R That playdoh look for Sonic is very nostalgic. Reminds me of Neverhood

Sounds weird, but it feels like this model was inspired by Batman's design in The Dark Knight Returns. Maybe it's the broad shoulders.

Classic sonic don't have a buckle at all, so this is a completely accurate classic sonic, just kind of redesign

Pretty good video

It looks like Sonic from those Pakistani McDonald's commercials

Am i the only one who saw that wizard game that they kept playing the dairy of a wimpy kid movies? Its at the beginning of the video, am i wrong or is that actually it?

It looks like the Fleetway Sonic design. Well, i watched the video, and now makes sense.

Didnt nickelodeon party blast actually come out..because i swear ive owned it

looks like the sonic the comic design, I like the comic so... I like the design too (edit:) oh, so the design was for sonic the comic, what a coincidence :)

No way!

My first thought is that It may have been created to use for a cover and it just never ended up happening.

Its based on 3D Blast,but where are the tails and knuckles models?

Thank God we got Sonic 06 instead of a Data Design Sonic game.

I’m not gonna lie, I really want to play that Wallace game

The big socks look is so fun. I can't hate this funky little man

Am I opinion I think this was used for the canceled sonic movie that was in the works

Scott the Woz won't be happy

Wow

0:30 Mario Paint save robot lower right!!! or similar to it anyways...

classic sonic never had a buckle.

3 thousands views and no one disliked... For now hhahaha😈

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when i saw the model i kind of thought of Sonic Xtreme

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Model reminds me a lot of the Dic cartoon Sonic designs.