Rio - Samba de Amigo

I was playing "Sonic & All-star Racing Transformed" _{(gee, could this title be any bigger?)}, and I noticed on thing... I was completely gaga for the "Samba de Amigo" stages! The colors, the energy, and specially the music... C'mon, just listen to this sweet samba ragtime!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q5XT9…

And then I noticed that not only Sonic Team, but Sega in general has a very interesting style to their character designs. I say this because I can notice the similarities in "Sonic", "Samba de Amigo", "Nights", "Billy Hatcher" and even "Puyo Pop Fever". It's a very interesting character design these guys got here, and I'm looking foward to have them as future reference!

Now let's talk about Rio... Here's the original character design: www.thetanooki.com/wp-content/…

Acording to Wikipedia, Rio was formerly the most popular Pop idol and he can't help but to act like a show-off. But once you get to know him better, he is actually an all around good guy who's always chasing his dreams. To bring him the luck he needs, he continues to eat onion rings every morning. He also plays a silver trumpet and usually has a rose in his hand. Due to his appearance, most players mistake Rio for being female.

And... He's a freaking DIVA! Totally love him!