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Knuckles the Echidna is cherry with rage. Paramount Pictures dropped a special Super Bowl trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog ahead of the large game in which the Rad Red is on a mission to destroy the Blueish Blur.

The trailer begins with a coin toss, with the narrator saying, "On game day, it all comes downward to heads… or tails?" making a reference to the fact that the sequel will innovate Tails, picking up where the first flick left off. The rest of information technology focuses on Knuckles, voiced by Idris Elba, as he sets out on a warpath with Dr. Eggman, played in one case over again by Jim Carrey, to terminate Sonic from getting the Master Emerald. "Sonic the Hedgehog, you're no match for me," he says. "It's my destiny to destroy you."

The trailer too gives us a sneak peek at Dr. Eggman'due south gargantuan Decease Egg Robot. Like Tails, the mad scientist's giant mech suit made its get-go advent in the 1992 game, Sonic the Hedgehog ii. Not only do Sonic and Knuckles fight over the Master Emerald — and the Anarchy Emeralds, if at that place are whatsoever to be constitute in the film — they also compete in a snowboard race downwards the mountain — a reference to three Sonic games that featured snowboarding, including Sonic two and Sonic Risk. Sonic taunts Knuckles past doling out various nicknames, including Winter Soldier.

Ben Schwartz reprises his role every bit the Blueish Mistiness, along with James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, and Lee Majdoub equally Eggman's sidekick, Agent Stone. Veteran voice thespian Colleen O'Shaughnessey will also reprise her role as Tails, making her the just vocalism actor from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise to be cast in the picture show.

Sonic the Hedgehog two releases in theaters on April 8.