Sonic Boom--News and Discussion Thread

[Mandouga]

Adv./Sonic does have some continuity; well, within the show at least. As for this show, all I could ever expect for this show is to not insult anyone's intelligence, but now I'm beginning to wonder. IMHO, we're looking at a possible self-parody of the franchise with the kind of writing one could possibly expect. Now, before anyone brings it up, it's one thing for a franchise to "laugh at itself". It's another when it happens at the viewers' expense, especially those who may have never even heard of Sonic in any way, shape, or form until now. Also, while not everything has to be arc-driven, not everything has to be "har har har har" for an entire half hour, either. In any case, Sega (who has a more direct involvement with this show) kind of dropped the ball on this one. The bottom line is, if it is more comedy based, I'm hoping it will be a show that actually makes people laugh rather than laughing at its own jokes and hoping/assuming that people will laugh either with them or otherwise at anything and everything they (the viewers) see.

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[Goldstar!]

Adv./Sonic does have some continuity; well, within the show at least. As for this show, all I could ever expect for this show is to not insult anyone's intelligence, but now I'm beginning to wonder. IMHO, we're looking at a possible self-parody of the franchise with the kind of writing one could possibly expect. Now, before anyone brings it up, it's one thing for a franchise to "laugh at itself". It's another when it happens at the viewers' expense, especially those who may have never even heard of Sonic in any way, shape, or form until now. Also, while not everything has to be arc-driven, not everything has to be "har har har har" for an entire half hour, either. In any case, Sega (who has a more direct involvement with this show) kind of dropped the ball on this one. The bottom line is, if it is more comedy based, I'm hoping it will be a show that actually makes people laugh rather than laughing at its own jokes and hoping/assuming that people will laugh either with them or otherwise at anything and everything they (the viewers) see.

1. Except for very young children, who would that be? And how does a franchise "laugh at the viewers expense", aside from having the characters look directly at the audience and say "Ha-ha! You're all idiots!"? I don't understand that analogy.

2. The series will be more comedy focused The producers have stated this multiple times. There's no "if" about it. If Sonic Boom doesn't meet your personal expectations, the best advice that I can give is to simply not watch it. You're not being forced to watch or even acknowledge the series in any way.

Sonic Boom is a comedy, and each episode will be a self contained story. It's not going to be saga driven like Sonic SatAM or even Sonic X. Some people are going to like that, and some aren't. Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic X weren't perfect either, but they had their fans. I think that we should keep an open mind and at least wait until we've seen a few episodes before immediately writing this series off as a failure.

 

[SaneMan]

it all comes down to the good old
Wait and see

 

[Gold Guy]

One of the things I liked about Sonic X was the story-driven part. Love-or-hate te first two seasons, the Metarex saga was pretty good. People only didn't like it because they felt it was TOO dramatic and plot-heavy for Sonic series

 

[Light Lucario]

One of the things I liked about Sonic X was the story-driven part. Love-or-hate te first two seasons, the Metarex saga was pretty good. People only didn't like it because they felt it was TOO dramatic and plot-heavy for Sonic series

I liked that saga too. It was dramatic and more intense than the first two seasons were and that helped to make it more engaging. I wasn't a big fan of the series myself, but I would say that it was a pretty good arc.

 

[SaneMan]

Yeah, and they also finally toned Chris down in that arc too
seriously, he (as well as the filler episodes) was what dragged the show down for the first two seasins

 

[ShadowGUN]

Sega of America posted a behind the scene video.

[video=youtube;IK6uQyteDOU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK6uQyteDOU[/video]

Looks like we can expect multiple Knuckles of different dimensions episode. Also I wasn't aware the voice actors work together. Always thought they recorded their stuff individually.

 

[Gold Guy]

I think that's usually only with anime. With American cartoons, its not uncommon to have the VAs in the same room. Cool video.

 

[ShadowGUN]

Btw this was pointed out in another forum but Tails VA Kate Higgins has been replace by Colleen Villard who voices Charmy Bee. Not sure why the change thought.

 

[Gold Guy]

Btw this was pointed out in another forum but Tails VA Kate Higgins has been replace by Colleen Villard who voices Charmy Bee. Not sure why the change thought.

What? Aw man, from the new VAs, Higgins was one of my favorites.

 

[Super Sonic]

Has it been totally confirmed this change will affect Tails in the games as well? At this point I just assume the recast was done for the show only due to scheduling conflicts with Higgins not being able to commit to the recording sessions, or meet the same appointments with the other actors. If not that, and if it was indeed a full recast, I would theorize it had to do with money.

 

[Gatordragon]

I found more new info on Sonic Boom. Orbot and Cubot from the recent Sonic games have been confirmed.

Sonic Boom Behind the Scenes: English VAs, Orbot & Cubot Confirmed | The Sonic Stadium

Here's a link to an article with concept art featuring other characters that might be in the series. It's a little big, so I'm not posting the whole thing directly.

http://www.sonicstadium.org/2014/03/very-high-res-capture-of-sonic-boom-concept-art-surfaces/

Here's a behind-the-scenes video on both the cartoon and the game. It includes some more concept art and a voice acting session with the main cast.

[video=youtube;IK6uQyteDOU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK6uQyteDOU[/video]

 

[TimmiT]

Seeing how the guy sitting next to the concept art in that photo is the co-founder of Big Red Button (the developer behind the Wii U game), I think it's fair to assume that the concept art there is for the game. The characters could still pop up in the cartoon though.

 

[bklien]

Wasn't Shadow the Hedgehog created for Sega Genesis in the 90s?

 

[Nightwing26]

Wasn't Shadow the Hedgehog created for Sega Genesis in the 90s?

Ummm... Please tell me you're joking...

I'm case you're not, and there are others with the same misconceptions, then please allow me to clear things up.

Shadow the Hedgehog was a character created for Sonic Adventure 2, originally for the Sega Dreamcast, in 2001. The game was developed for the 10th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Therefore, the character was developed as a foil for Sonic the Hedgehog because it was an anniversary, something to be celebrated, and as such, SA2 was intended to be the celebration, and Shadow the Hedgehog was one of the many reasons for why the game was a celebration.

That's pretty much it. So to sum things up, he didn't exist when the franchise first started, was created for the 10th anniversary, and then became as popular as he is now because he was a part of a game as huge as Sonic Adventure 2 was. There, hoped that cleared things up for anyone who didn't know about all this!

 

[Kung-Fu Yoshi]

Any new news?

 

[cakeface33]

It looks like most of the news we could get were given to the public.

I am personally psyched for this!! Despite the interesting designs,I think everything set in place is perfect. CN seems like the best network for producing this. I can see Nick glorifying this like the Sponge otherwise. While Knuckles does look bulkier between the decade year break between shows,it gives SEGA a chance to wipe their infamous Sonic slate clean and start building him up as cool as he was in the Golden Age. They said it them selves that this would be an alternate universe. As long as nobody returns like Shadow,I think the show can keep its alternate theme. I don't think the series will restart Sonic's fame completely from where it splintered off and I don't think the series will last long(since it's just part of a three way promotion stint) but maybe this generation will latch on to the blue blur as opposed to when Sonic X came on the scene.

The voice acting works wonders considering the setting and genre of the show,except maybe Amy's voice which IMO sounds like a rip off Minnie Mouse come straight out of Animation Age Ghetto. The animation looks fine;I find it interesting that a French studio is in charge of the animation as they have animated CGI series well before like Rayman and Rabbits. I gotta say the crew choices are all over the place. Some people from the Simpsons or Drawn Together and others from the Canadian animated adaptation of George of the Jungle...and Lazytown??? It frightens me and yet draws me in closer. The designs are updated well enough though they could do without all the sports tape. I don't see why Sonic needs the scarf since it only serves to make him look like a hipster. Since SB will be more comedy oriented,I hope there will be an episode serving to be the thing's origin story because it really seems pointless to me. I don't really have a problem with Knuckles' design. It's not as bad as you all think it is. I'm assuming most of you know why he looks like that so why harp on it for so long? Besides,they might use that wall of meat design to their advantage.

Also,I don't think this is so similar to Teen Titans Go!(seeing as ow a lot of people compared parts of the two). At least the people behind SB can say that it has negative continuity and it more comedy based like AOSTH(which is actually pretty good IMHO) instead of the TTG gang which wasn't that clear with their plan.

All in all,this looks like it's gonna be a really zany show all things considered.

 

[Pac-Attack]

Just gonna bump this thread, seems we have the mystery character. The reason I say "mystery" because this character kinda looks like Marine the Raccoon (from Sonic Rush) but since the light shines on this image, the character is hard to see.

Update: Marine The Raccoon is in Sonic Boom!? | The Sonic Stadium

 

[Gatordragon]

Well at least we got some news about this franchise. Things have been mighty quiet.

According to the article, that's most likely not Marine, but a new character.

 

[ILDC]

Ummm... Please tell me you're joking...

I'm case you're not, and there are others with the same misconceptions, then please allow me to clear things up.

Shadow the Hedgehog was a character created for Sonic Adventure 2, originally for the Sega Dreamcast, in 2001. The game was developed for the 10th anniversary of the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. Therefore, the character was developed as a foil for Sonic the Hedgehog because it was an anniversary, something to be celebrated, and as such, SA2 was intended to be the celebration, and Shadow the Hedgehog was one of the many reasons for why the game was a celebration.

That's pretty much it. So to sum things up, he didn't exist when the franchise first started, was created for the 10th anniversary, and then became as popular as he is now because he was a part of a game as huge as Sonic Adventure 2 was. There, hoped that cleared things up for anyone who didn't know about all this!

He may have been confusing Shadow with another "evil Sonic".