Sonic Adventure Artist Shares Cut Character, Spider Girl

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An artist for the Sonic Adventure games has revealed concept art for a cut character, known simply as "Spider Girl". While she would have likely been given a proper name at some point, she didn't make it into the games. However, she was in the works long enough to get at least one draft of a character design.

This sketch comes courtesy of former Sega artist Satoshi Okano (thanks, Game Rant), who worked on Sonic Jam and both Sonic Adventure games. We already knew the character existed at one point in time, but this is a rare look at Spider Girl, who just didn't make the final cut for whatever reason.

This sketch is in keeping with the only other known piece of art depicting Spider Girl. This one actually did make it into the final game, although at first, fans had no idea who she was meant to be. Okano shed some light on this in 2020, revealing that an asset discovered by a fan depicted the cut Spider Girl.

It's not clear if there are any other depictions of the character to be found, although fans are eager to find more. They're especially hoping to find some kind of 3D model of Spider Girl, but since Okano hasn't mentioned one so far, she might not have ever got one. There isn't one in the game's files, in any case, or we would have likely found it already.

Sonic Adventure launched in 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast. The most accessible way to pick it up now is on Xbox One and Series X/S, or PC via Steam, although it also saw releases on GamesCube and PS3. It's yet to be made available natively on this generation of consoles, having skipped the last one.

Some fans assume that Rogue the Bat took her place, since she's also a more, uh, feminine-looking Sonic character. We can even see a bit of Rogue's personality in that