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Duke the Echidna is red with rage. Paramount Pictures dropped a special Super Bowl trailer for Sonic the Hedgehog ahead of the large game in which the Rad Reddish is on a mission to destroy the Blue Mistiness.

The trailer begins with a coin toss, with the narrator saying, "On game day, it all comes down to heads… or tails?" making a reference to the fact that the sequel will introduce Tails, picking upwardly where the showtime moving picture left off. The rest of it focuses on Duke, voiced past Idris Elba, equally he sets out on a warpath with Dr. Eggman, played once again by Jim Carrey, to finish Sonic from getting the Master Emerald. "Sonic the Hedgehog, you're no match for me," he says. "It'due south my destiny to destroy you."

The trailer as well gives us a sneak peek at Dr. Eggman's gargantuan Death Egg Robot. Similar Tails, the mad scientist's giant mech suit made its starting time advent in the 1992 game, Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Not simply practise Sonic and Duke fight over the Master Emerald — and the Anarchy Emeralds, if in that location are any to be establish in the picture show — they also compete in a snowboard race downwards the mountain — a reference to three Sonic games that featured snowboarding, including Sonic 2 and Sonic Adventure. Sonic taunts Knuckles by doling out various nicknames, including Winter Soldier.

Ben Schwartz reprises his function as the Bluish Blur, forth with James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, and Lee Majdoub as Eggman'due south sidekick, Agent Stone. Veteran vocalisation actor Colleen O'Shaughnessey will also reprise her office equally Tails, making her the only voice actor from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise to exist cast in the moving-picture show.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 releases in theaters on April viii.