Video: Sonic's 'Night of the Werehog' CG short

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Nov 23rd 2008 at 12:00PM }

If you wish to preserve even the slightest chance of appreciating Sega's animated short, Night of the Werehog, there are a few things you'll need to accept:

Sonic (a blue, cartoon hedgehog, as you'll recall) transforms into a mutant lycanthrope with stretchy limbs. We have no idea why.
Sonic and his diminutive sidekick are haunted by a pair of ghostly voyeurs.
Aside from the mascot's metamorphosis, it's difficult to decipher any connection with the story presented in Sonic Unleashed. We'll venture that it's probably a good thing.
Sorry, it's still distinctly lacking in Jaleelitude.

With that out of the way, head past the break and enjoy the show.

Tags: CG-Short, Night-of-the-Werehog, Sega, Sonic, Sonic-the-Hedgehog, Sonic-Unleashed, Werehog

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Kyle Nichol @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:11PM

For those looking for a high res version, you can download it from Sega's public FTP site.
ftp://segapr.segaamerica.com/SEGA_News/The%20Night%20of%20the%20Werehog%20-%20Full%20Movie%20-%20November%2021st/

Ken Seang @ Nov 23rd 2008 8:43PM

If you have the bandwidth, download the high def version of this short, it looks absolutely stunning! Its a 1.51 gigs size file btw, but worth every byte.

Jakka ( The Order of Haters of Balance) @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:09PM

I'd hit that...in my afterlife.

Bowser Rogozhin @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:14PM

I think this furthers the case that the blue rodent shouldn't talk. Jaleelitude is one of the many negatives to come from the Sonic Universe.

CubeGuy @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:17PM

No, this just proves that sonic needs to be voiced by the original actor.

Jakka ( The Order of Haters of Balance) @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:51PM

Why the fuck do Sonic games need a story? The acceptable amount of story these games should get is roughly what Sonic Heroes gave us. Three Fucking Cutscenes; One at the beggining, one mid-way to show Egg Man invading with his fleet and one at the end showing Eggman defeated.
Adding humans,werehogs, million annoying sidekicks and other bullshit only fucks it all up which is why I'm not sure what SEGA & Team Sonic are trying to achieve...

Mogster @ Nov 23rd 2008 5:57PM

Ehhh? Did you play the same Sonic Heroes I played? Cos mine had hell loads of cutscenes!

But I agree, I don't have a clue what Sonic Team are trying to achieve. Sonic Unleashed looked like the perfect return to the classic Sonic formula...until they announced the fucking Werehog.

damien @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:45PM

I thought it was funny.

lwelyk @ Nov 23rd 2008 10:20PM

You are voted off the internet.

Zorink @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:46PM

Urkel is Sonic?!

Mr Khan @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:50PM

Sonic transforms because of the power of the Dark Gaia, some sort of evil entity sealed in the core of the planet. Eggman unleashed the power of Dark Gaia, in an attempt to harness the power so he could create "Eggman Land"

Basically a similar story to Sonic Adventures 1 & 2, Eggman tampers with forces beyond his control, chaos ensues

Shmil @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:55PM

or you know any other game

Max "Tails" Power @ Nov 23rd 2008 12:56PM

What a stupid short! It makes no sense. Why did Sonic and Tails go into that haunted house anyway? What was their motivation? It just seemed like a cheesy plot device to set up what was admittedly one of the most epic battles I've ever seen.

I do agree with the poster above about the female ghost. She gave me quite the boner. The end was disturbing though where those two ghosts have Tails tied up, presumably to rape him. I don't know how SEGA ever greenlighted that!

All in all, I'll say it was as good as Twilight.

ZeroNow @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:00PM

That is quite random. Who on earth is Sonic's sidekick there? Is it in Unleashed?

Seriously @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:04PM

That's Chip. He's a new character introduced in Sonic Unleashed.

Mr Khan @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:25PM

Possibly the most annoying New Friend of them all

Blank-Mage @ Nov 23rd 2008 2:05PM

But does he take that coveted title from Sonic Rush Adventure's Marine? Only time will tell.

Seriously @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:02PM

Umm, Max.

First off, the little guy is not Tails. His name is Chip.

Second, this is an animated video, if you're getting a boner over an animated Ghost then you have a huge problem to sort out.

Blank-Mage @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:56PM

Damn STRAIT it's not Tails. Sega seems mortally afraid of using characters they already have. It's the only reason they'd create that monstrosity.

Cerpin Taxt @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:03PM

It just dawned on me that there's at least one person out there who decided that 'werehog' was a clever name.

Genius.

Cerpin Taxt @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:05PM

And bad Casper knockoff.

Anticrawl @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:20PM

Dear god, why have none of the bloggers pointed out in an article that were means man and hog refers to pig. Sonic the Manpig. Sega is full of morons, I guess they thought were means wolf.

Bowser Rogozhin @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:36PM

Yeah, it's not like you've said that before.

Ben @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:40PM

Well, wouldn't you think that Sonic was always a Werehog? If "were" means man and "hog" is short for hedgehog, then wouldn't his walking around on two legs and speaking make him a werehog? And he definitely turns into a werewolf too...

Anticrawl @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:42PM

Yeah Bowser, I comment on it in every Sonic Unleashed post on Joystiq I've seen.

WhatIsThatThing @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:45PM

That makes two of us.

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Nov 24th 2008 2:28AM

Yeah, Sega are morons for calling him a 'were-hog'.

If they were smart they'd make the entire game make perfect sense. Because, you know, every game that doesn't make sense is retarded and made by ugly people who are also stupid.

Can't wait to get home and NOT play this, because it makes no sense. Instead, I'll play some Mari... uh, Hal... erm, Biosho... Steel Battalion! Fuck yeah! I can't wait to play nothing but that for the rest of my life!

Anticrawl @ Nov 24th 2008 2:35AM

Fantasy is all well and fine, but it should make some sort of sense. You can't get involved in a story or game without it pulling you in some sense. If they want to make sonic a half wolf half hedgehog that's cool, go for it. Just don't name him Sonic the Manpig unless he turns into a manpig.

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Nov 24th 2008 2:45AM

You know what? You're right. Totally right.

You know what I'd like? For every blogger to mention at least once in every Mario post that Mario is a plumber/carpenter and we have yet to see a single game where he's laying down pipework or bricks.

Or that Sonic's name is Sonic yet he doesn't run nearly fast enough to constitute such a name.

Megaman? He's not mega, nor is he a man. There goes another franch-ah fuck, you see where I'm going with this

Obie @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:22PM

What level is beyond epic fail?

Shmil @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:48PM

Epoch fail?
Epic phail?

Blank-Mage @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:59PM

The Eragon movie?
Soulja Boy?
Animated LotR?
The Wicker Man?

Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 23rd 2008 2:16PM

http://failblog.org/2008/11/17/cable-fail/

Titanium_Orchid @ Nov 23rd 2008 2:20PM

oOps

http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/

FlamingEffigy @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:24PM

"Presumably to rape him"???

Someone has a fucked up mind.

Ryan LN @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:26PM

This video begs the question: why would I want to spend $59.99 to see Sonic jump the shark- again- when I can see it here for free and a considerably smaller time investment?

aj @ Nov 23rd 2008 4:01PM

Don't say that. Then Sega will stop telling us in advance that their games are going to suck.

reign-♥-of-♥-love @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:26PM

interesting. you know what sonics current,up to date counterpart is? Mirror's Edge. yes. i said it.

Ironhammer @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:32PM

Ludwig! Get yourself together, man! Your blind adoration of Sonic games will be your undoing! Let these posts fall by the wayside and tarnish the pages of Joystiq no more!

Mr Khan @ Nov 23rd 2008 1:43PM

Sonic is not without its flaws, and there are many, but i can honestly say i have continuously enjoyed his exploits.

Certainly none of them have reached the same level of awesome that Sonic Adventure 2 did, but only one game in the world can even claim to be better than SA2, and that's Metroid Prime

Blank-Mage @ Nov 23rd 2008 2:01PM

Khan, that's a heavy statement. I loved Sonic Adventure as much as the next guy, but 2nd best game ever? (I liked the first one better, actually. And Metroid Prime is for the win.)

Mr Khan @ Nov 23rd 2008 2:41PM

All opinion, i understand

I loved the treasure-hunting portions, as well as the shooting portions. In fact, i liked those portions better than the speed portions, because i was better at them. The story was perfectly balanced, as it was purposeful, but didn't get too heavy-handed. It also had the perfect amount of replayability, and the Chao garden was the ideal complement to the main game

It just clicked. It has also withstood the test of time quite well.

The Fatass of Kickassness @ Nov 24th 2008 2:32AM

You've seen my lengthy argument against Sonic Adventure being anywhere near the 'best game ever', Khan, so I won't get into that.

Instead, I suggest you pick this game up - the Werehog parts are tolerable if you like the speedy parts, which control tighter than that Adventure bullshit could ever hope to. Not to mention the fact that the music DOESN'T SUCK FOR ONCE, the voice acting is getting better, the animation is far superior to what we've seen from Sonic in the last few years, etc.