Sonic Boom TV Series

[DarkLightDragon]

Animation was a bit stiff in action pieces, yes, but how everything looks in general (backgrounds, water, facial expressions, etc.) honestly blows Nick TMNT's animation out of the water for me.

[oldmanwinters]

I still can't hear the name of this show without this coming to mind:


I actually am looking forward to the show quite a bit. The game... eh, I'm skeptical. I expect to pick it up on Wii U eventually, just not sure when.

[neatoman]

So this felt a little forced, Eggman was funny I guess but he was always inteded to be comedic. When the jokes were centered around any of the other characters something felt off, maybe that their personalities were never intended to exist for straight up comedy?

Sonic and Tails come off as a bit dull, Knuckles too underused to judge and Amy seems like the writers can't decide wheter to keep her the same as before, or to reinvent her personality or even which direction to reinvent her. Sticks and that Beaver guy sort of worked, but they do need to mellow down on Sticks' potrayal and she really needed a design that matched the "crazy conspirasist" archetype. Hopefully they'll figure out the potrayals.

Spoiler:

And I've never seen a western cartoon be so heavy on rice balls, was it a demand from the Japanese copyright holders?

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by DarkLightDragon

Animation was a bit stiff in action pieces, yes, but how everything looks in general (backgrounds, water, facial expressions, etc.) honestly blows Nick TMNT's animation out of the water for me.

Pretty much. I also like the way the characters themselves look, as they're similar to in-game cutscenes.

[TMNT_Guy]

I liked it, thought the first episode was better than the second. The CGI is really good for a television series, I’ll probably continue to watch it.

Roger’s back with his thoughts on Sonic Boom so far:

Originally Posted by Wesley

Some {Sonic SatAM} episodes from season one are okay to watch, but season two is terrible. It tries to be too serious and falls flat as a result.

[Netkeeper]

Oh Antoine! He was such a great character. Loved him. Sally was by far the best character on that show, though.

[oldmanwinters]

I really hope infinite jump glitch Knuckles gets acknowledged in this show at some point. I don't know how you could work that in, but it is now the elephant in the room:


Ian Flynn will probably find a way to sneak a throwaway line of dialogue into a future comic at some point.

[Netkeeper]

Knuckles is seriously the best character in Sonic Boom's universe. His power is maximum.

[Shark_Blade]

Got the game and watched the show. The cgi are amazingly beautiful and I love the jokes.
Feels like AoStH.

[Wesley]

Originally Posted by TMNT_Guy

I liked it, thought the first episode was better than the second. The CGI is really good for a television series, I’ll probably continue to watch it.

Roger’s back with his thoughts on Sonic Boom so far:

The margarine scene was funny alright. I think satam was good when it didn't take itself too seriously. If there had been more scenes like that, the show would have been so much better.

[TigerClaw]

Managed to watch the first 2 episodes, Thought the show was good, but why are they so short? They are only 11 minutes long?

[Netkeeper]

[TigerClaw]

The game is getting all sorts of negative reviews, Nice to see the show being good, But that could work against it. I wonder which came first, the TV show or the game?

[DarkLightDragon]

I'm guessing TV show started out as the original idea, and then someone decided it needed a (or two in this case) tie-in game.

So even if the games don't do well overall (hell it's currently ranking lower than 06' in some reviews), it probably won't affect how well the show does. What should ultimately make it sink or soar are the ratings (for demographics they're obviously making it towards). And according to this article from 'TV By The Numbers' it seems to be off to a good start:

Saturday morning programming (7-11 a.m.) earned year-over-year delivery gains across all targeted kids and boy demos, ranging from 20% to 46%. Sonic Boom (7 a.m.) and Pokémon the Series XY (8 a.m.) both ranked #1 in their respective time periods among kids 9-14 and boys 6-11/9-14. Both new episode premieres grew delivery of all targeted demos vs. the same time period last year, ranging from 52% to 132%.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by DarkLightDragon

I'm guessing TV show started out as the original idea, and then someone decided it needed a (or two in this case) tie-in game.

So even if the games don't do well overall (hell it's currently ranking lower than 06' in some reviews), it probably won't affect how well the show does. What should ultimately make it sink or soar are the ratings (for demographics they're obviously making it towards). But according to this article from 'TV By The Numbers' it seems to be off to a good start:

Its obvious that this new Sonic franchise is aimed directly to Kids, Which is why the negative reviews are coming from people who played the original games since the Genesis era.

I have Sonic Lost World on the Wii U, And I haven't gotten a chance to play it, And that game had positive reviews.

[Cure]

I saw the first episode. I'm not into it, wasn't my thing.

[TigerClaw]

The humor of this show seems to be more in line with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Which was the syndicated version which was more for comedic value, then the Saturday Morning version, Which was treated more serious.

So Sonic Boom seems like a show that doesn't take itself seriously, I mean, If you looked at the 2nd episode, They had Dr. Eggman sleeping in Sonic's House for a few days.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I have Sonic Lost World on the Wii U, And I haven't gotten a chance to play it, And that game had positive reviews.

I think Lost World on Wii U got negative to mixed reviews on the major sites. But personally, I love it. And the free DLC + software updates has added to the replay value tremendously.

I've never had high hopes for the Sonic Boom game, however, and it doesn't surprise me that it's not getting good reception either. The fact that Sega refused to send out review copies before release didn't help my hesitations over it.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

The humor of this show seems to be more in line with Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Which was the syndicated version which was more for comedic value, then the Saturday Morning version, Which was treated more serious.

So Sonic Boom seems like a show that doesn't take itself seriously, I mean, If you looked at the 2nd episode, They had Dr. Eggman sleeping in Sonic's House for a few days.

Yeah, it's basically wacky hijinks with Sonic characters: the cartoon. With characters that actually appeared in the games, no less.

...Where was this show when I was 12

[Sumac]

Which is why the negative reviews are coming from people who played the original games since the Genesis era.

People blinded by nostalgia ruin fun. Again. Big surprise.