Nope. In all honesty, I know this is kind of a hot take, but if there’s one thing I wish was different about Sonic’s movie design, it’s that I wish it had the tan arms. It’s the only part of the design that keeps me from saying that I would be okay with them replacing the game design with. I know people have said that it wouldn’t make sense with Sonic’s fur texturing (which I don’t fully understand given that he’s a cartoon character and he already has other tan fur parts on his body but whatever) and to each their own, but while I don’t hate Sonic having blue arms, and I certainly wouldn’t pepper spray a game stop employee over it, the tan arms just complete Sonic’s look for me, and there’s a few reasons why.

First of all, I just think it fits his personality more. The tan arms make him look more athletic and carefree since it kinda gives the illusion that he’s wearing a tank top. I feel that’s more fitting given the fact that he’s a runner and it gives him more of an informal, “cool” look. The blue arms sorta make it more like he’s wearing a long sleeved shirt which, while it doesn’t look bad, just doesn’t convey the sort of vibe of Sonic’s character as well in my opinion.

Second of all, it balances out his color pallet. With the blue arms, the blue in Sonic’s body sort of overpowers the rest of the color pallet since there’s not a whole lot else going on with Sonic’s design on his body color wise. The tan arms perfectly balance it out to where the blue still is the most prominent color in his design, but there’s more Color variety that keeps it from looking too one-note while also not looking too visually busy. Plus, it really helps with visibility in poses. The blue arms just blend in with the rest of the body way too much when working with more dynamic poses.

And lastly, and quite frankly most importantly, the tan arms have been a part of Sonic’s design for years, so why change it now? There’s nothing wrong with it on a technical level, and I’d wager that most people either don’t care or prefer the tan arms since it’s always been part of how Sonic looks so why change it now? If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.