However, it might surprise people that some large props aren't as computer-generated as they look, like Dr. Robotnik's flying ship, the Egg-Pod, which he uses to chase Sonic in the third act.

Though the depicted scene didn’t appear in the final movie, it may give us clues about a new character's origins ...

Rather than being based on Sonic Adventure, like the film's story is ... Shadow doesn't have a "Classic" look in the way Sonic does, one of the key traits of that design being his round belly.

So much so, in fact, that the film's director has vowed to change the look of Sonic ahead of the movie's release.