Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Super Bowl movie trailer summons Robotnik’s mech

Paramount Pictures gave Sonic the Hedgehog fans a peek at Sunday’s big matchup — Sonic and Tails vs. Dr. Robotnik and Knuckles the Echidna, that is — in a new trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog 2Released Friday. A brief, mostly new “Big Game Spot” shows Sonic and Knuckles both squaring off over the Chaos Emeralds and sparring on the slopes. Sonic, a great snowboarder, headlined the show not once but two years ago. ThreeVideo games that are based on sci-fi snowboarding.

We also get a very good look at a massive Death Egg Robot, Dr. Robotnik’s giant mech suit that, like Miles “Tails” Prower, first appeared in 1992’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2It is a videogame. But outside of an “I understood that reference” joke that likens Knuckles to a brainwashed Bucky Barnes, Sonic superfans won’t see too much new in Sonic the Hedgehog 2,’s Super Bowl trailer.

Ben Schwartz returns to his blue blur role Sonic the Hedgehog 2,IdrisElba will be playing Knuckles. Colleen O’Shaughnessey, longtime voice of Tails, reprises her role as Sonic’s sidekick. Tika Sumpter (James Marsden), Natasha Rothwell and Jim Carrey are back as the human cast. Criminal Minds star Shemar Moore.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2,In theaters, April 8