Sonic Frontiers Mod Adds 2 Fan Favorite Characters

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A Sonic Frontiers modder has added two of the Sonic franchise's more recently beloved characters into the game. This mod replaces Sonic and Amy, with both characters originating from the Sonic the Hedgehog IDW Comic series. The Sonic Frontiers modding community has been very active after the game's launch, making plenty of characters from across the franchise into playable characters. This includes a mod that makes Shadow the Hedgehog playable in Frontiers, to mods that add costumes like the Dragon Ball Z Saiyan Armor or shoes from Sonic Prime. This latest mod adds in the breakout stars from the IDW Comics, Tangle and Whisper.

Tangle the Lemur and Whisper the Wolf were the first two new characters that fans were introduced to in the new IDW Comics canon. Tangle is a hyperactive and excitable lemur who tangles with the bad guys, while Whisper is the calm and quiet antithesis to the primary game cast. After their debuts in the comic, their characters exploded in popularity, getting their own comic book miniseries, becoming playable in Sonic Forces: Speed Battle, and Sonic Frontiers even name-drops Tangle, ostensibly making her canon to the game's universe. While Whisper and Tangle don't make a physical appearance in the game, modders have taken care of that problem.

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This mod was created by SonicOnBox and can be downloaded from Sonic Frontiers' Gamebanana page. This mod sees Whisper taking Sonic's place as the playable character, who has to rescue Tangle who is trapped in Cyberspace. The mod has Whisper without her mask, so players will be able to see her face, though the Whisper mod doesn't seem to have facial or eye expressions. The Tangle model swap does however have