I presume they were up to something for the movie design.
I bet poor Sonic was upset with it.
No one will threaten MY Sonic again like that!

@Mr. Person  
@Background Pony #915D  
Yeah, it’s honestly kinda unfair how people pitted those movies against each other, and I kinda hated how some sites used the backlash against the Sonic movie to promote the Detective Pikachu movie. (Like NintendoLife did…)
 
Which doesn’t make sense, because as said they weren’t even out in theaters at the same time, and in fact, the Sonic movie got delayed to next year, due to the overwhelming backlash, to redesign, and redo Sonic. Soooo say whatever you want about the Sonic movie, but at least that shows they care somewhat.
 
Similarly, Sega ditched ATGames, (whom made previous Sega plug-and-play mini systems) after fans didn’t want them making the Sega Genesis Mini, so Sega instead made it in-house with developer M2’s help, and made a much better plug-and-play Mini console as a result.  
So if anything Sega deserves some kudos for actually listening to fans.

@Mr. Person  
You can’t judge the Sonic Movie against Detective Pikachu when it isn’t out in theaters yet.

“And right here is where it says ‘Detective Pikachu vs the Sonic Movie is a reminder of who won the console war.’”