Sonic Boom Cartoon Debuts Autumn 2015 In Europe

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1. Yikes. A year later? That’s pretty bad.

2. Why a year later!?!?!? That sucks!!!!!!! (Man I’m glad im not in Europe)

3. Meh, I consider this a small bit of payback for Europe getting nicer Sonic feelies with their games than we in the US do…And by “Nicer” I mean “Any”

4. There are nearly twice as many Europeans as there are USians, but yet again we get shafted so hard it comes out the other end, loops round, and goes back in again.

   Guess I’m torrenting the US broadcast then… like I do with anything not made by the BBC…

5. This amuses me…

6. I’ll put my attention on “it’s a new look and feel for the brand”

7. Well that sucks,for once I’m kinda surprised the U.S gets something first.

8. Lol, Sega, what are you doing? Isn’t Europe supposed to be the #1 consumer base for Sanic? Looks like the Europeans are gonna have to just watch it online or torrent episodes before they hit their airwaves.

   1. It’s Sega Logic™

9. >an entire god damn year later

   Why.

   At that point they’ll have seen the episodes aired from our broadcasts by then. How fucking stupid are you, SEGA?

10. How well does Sega expect this series to do in America to give everyone else a massive shaft. Weird. Its not like the Sega/ Sonic forums aren’t going spoil and yabba on about everything before Europe gets it. Well done Sega. What a fine mess.

11. Looks like YouTube will be Europe’s best friend.

12. And yet another reason I am glad to be an American. X)

    Seriously though, that’s a shame for Europe, especially since so many Sonic fans tend come from the UK.

13. For those of you who are looking forward to the TV show and are effected by this, I’d like to say that I feel sorry for you. Sonic Boom as a branch of the Sonic franchise is a TV show first and a video game second so I don’t know how they expect the Sonic Boom video game to sell as well as they may hope without the TV show to back it up. I really hope SEGA knows what they’re doing. 🙁

14. …………………………………… What should I say about this?……..

15. There’s nothing like striking when the iron is hot with brand synergy and all. The Boom Game and Show should be coming out at the same time to make the biggest impact. Waiting a year for the show is pointless. I’m sure the majority of European fans will find other less savory ways to watch the show instead of waiting so long.

16. Eerrm nobody didnt notice that its been already year when they confirmed tv series in october 2013.
    And now we have to wait second year.
    WTF

17. It’s not Sega’s fault. The channel chooses when to air its shows. Cartoon Network was horrible with various schedules of TV shows.

18. I’m not sure who to blame for this but I do know this will not help Sonic Boom sales in Europe. What next, are they going to delay the games over there….. I jinxed it didn’t I.

19. I love how they assume that Boom will be relevant a full year after it’s debut.

    Anyone remember the the sub-series spinoff known as the “Sonic Storybook Chronicles”?
    It failed.

    Anyone remember the “revolutionizing of Sonic storytelling” in Sonic and the Dark Brotherhood?
    It failed.

    Anyone remember Satam and it’s “epic” narrative?
    It got cancelled.

    Anyone remember the amazing adventure know as Sonic X?
    It was filled with mostly jokes up until a very strange 3rd and final season.

    Anyone still read the Sonic comics?
    Those are getting nerd’d to follow the below mediocre games more closely.

    You see kids, Sonic and supplementary material have NEVER gotten alone well. Like I have said before, you can try and craft your rebuttals but deep down you know I’m right. Not only is Boom showing each and every marker of the previous spinoff attempts, it’s straight up inventing its all new mistakes and blunders that SEGA will undoubtedly ignore.

    History repeats itself. Boom will follow suit and be at the maximum a mediocre cash-in scheme with so-so results.

    If you want to debate me on this then by all means, attempt to do so. But keep in mind two things:

    1. You must be at the very least moderately logical.
    2. You must disprove over 15 years of observations and prior history to make a salient, valid argument.

    Or you can ignore this comment, continue to brainlessly praise Sonic Boom and look like a rather large ignoramus. The choice truly is yours.

    1. I still read the comics; quite a lot of people do.

       Gotta look up the ‘Sonic Storybook Chronicles’; I find it a little hard to believe I’ve missed a section of the franchise 🙂

       1. Oh, it’s Secret Rings and Black Knight. Should have known.

          I have both of them; don’t think I’ve played either past the first level.

          1. “Oh, it’s Secret Rings and Black Knight. Should have known.
             I have both of them; don’t think I’ve played either past the first level.”

             My point exactly. It was a resounding failure. Sonic and the Black Knight actualy sold very very badly solely becuase Secret Rings had that simply abominable montion controlled gameplay gimmick. It left a bad taste in fans mouths and they didn’t need to be punched in the face a second time to realize that it was indeed painful.

             SEGA even silently cancelled the third Storybook title after they said it would be dealing in greek myrhology. Not one word on this game since 2011. I kid you not.

             Sonic spinoffs have NEVER been smash successes. And it is 100% folly to hype Boom up as some sort of revitalization of the series.

             Every single main Sonic game has tried to be some sort of “revitalization to the series ever since 2006. Once Sonic stops trying to “reviatalize” itself and becomse a quality series, only then will things change. Mark my words, Boom will not…will NOT change a single, blessed thing.

    2. I actually liked the stories in Secret Rings and Black Knight; it’s a damn shame that both games played like ass, though. They had much better stories than the garbage we’ve been getting post-Colors.

       Chronicles was the biggest abomination in the franchise to date until Boom showed up.

       SatAM was meh, not sure why it gets so much praise in the fandom. It was pretty much Star Wars with Furries, and was kinda trying too hard to be ‘dark’ and ‘edgy’. Which is probably why it couldn’t compete with Power Rangers.

       The Japanese version of Sonic X was actually a guilty pleasure of mine, but the Sonic/Chris and Tails/Cosmo romantic subplots can go fuck right off. The English dub is complete garbage in hindsight, though.

       Stopped reading Archie several years ago, but I hear it’s getting better. It’s still around, so I guess it’s doing SOMETHING right.

       As for Boom, I honestly can’t see it being more than a moderate success with the way Sega’s been handling things so far. The games are likely to bomb, so its only hope really is the TV show and toy line. Maybe the comics too, but then again, it’s really just gonna be mostly Archie fans reading it.

       1. “I actually liked the stories in Secret Rings and Black Knight; it’s a damn shame that both games played like ass, though. They had much better stories than the garbage we’ve been getting post-Colors.”

          Dude…..those are two of my favorite games content-wise. Secret Rings soundtrack alone is just…wow. Very, very well done.

          But the playstyle slaughtered the series singlehandedly. Why would ANYONE base a sub-series around a console gimmick is beyond any logical realm of thought.

          As for Satam, X and Brotherhood, I agree on all points.
          Comics are a strange case with me…I am tempted to cal them trash from the start but this just might be a case of “it just doesn’t appeal to me” so I’m a bit in the middle. People seem to really like them…or at least used to like them so they must have done something right…well, at least until Penders rammed his shaft in the Comic timeline and shattered everything.

          That Boom comic will likely be even more shortlived than the Sonic X spinoff comic Archie put out a while ago.

          1. Yeah Secret Rings and BK had some great extra content; ESPECIALLY Secret Rings.

             Penders basically screwed the Archie series over during his run, and is now screwing it up even more thanks to his obsession with his hideous Knuckles recolors. Maybe things will be getting better now that his crap has been purged from the series.

    3. Whist I’m not a fan of either the Archie comics or most of the US 90’s Sonic stuff in general, as well as agreed that The Dark Brotherhood was a turd, I could say the same thing about any other video game-based additional material.

       Anyone else remember Super Mario Brothers Super Show and how THAT turned out?
       Or what about the Legend of Zelda US cartoon?
       Heck, did you know that there were comics and manga of Mario and Zelda? And the only one that still goes on to this day is “Super Mario-Kun” manga series in Japan, along with a few adaptions of certain Zelda games in manga form (I have the first part of Ocarina of Time’s adaption)
       And must I even mention the one time that Nintendo gave their star franchises to another company to release 4 games on their system with their characters? *cough*CD-I*cough*

       Most supplemental material/spin-offs is supposed to last a short time, yet they still have their fans, it gives certain scenarios and events that we don’t get in the main series. Whist Boom is defintely not gonna last permanently or long-term by any means (I honestly give it about 3 or 4 so years before it dies out), there’s still a few legit reasons why people would support this that are understandable.

       Besides, Sonic Boom is trying to act like it’s own franchise starting from zero. Something like Sonic X was just an anime series based on the games, not something that’s trying to be a pesudo-reboot/reincaration of the Sonic series.

    4. “Anyone remember the the sub-series spinoff known as the “Sonic Storybook Chronicles”?
       It failed.”
       Point taken.

       “Anyone remember the “revolutionizing of Sonic storytelling” in Sonic and the Dark Brotherhood?
       It failed.”
       Because BioWare fulfilled the minimum of their contract and bailed, leaving SEGA alone, so that one’s on BioWare.

       “Anyone remember Satam and it’s “epic” narrative?
       It got cancelled.”
       Due to the new ABC president sweeping out ALL the old shows, so that one’s not SEGA’s fault.

       “Anyone remember the amazing adventure know as Sonic X?
       It was filled with mostly jokes up until a very strange 3rd and final season.”
       If I can speak for myself, I got burnt out on Sonic X at the start of season 3, since I just wasn’t interested anymore. Still, point taken.

       “Anyone still read the Sonic comics?
       Those are getting nerd’d to follow the below mediocre games more closely.”
       Because of a certain comic writer’s sense of entitlement, as well as both of Archie’s legal staffs not handling the mess well and SEGA not allowing much wiggle room. So everyone directly involved legal-wise handled that situation poorly.

       In other words, half the time, it was SEGA’s fault, while the other time, someone else instigated the trouble- or, half the time, SEGA put their trust in the wrong people.

       1. Thank you for bringing more detail. This strengthens my point even further. I wasn’t trying to place the blame on any one person or company. My goal was to simply highlight that Sonjc spinoffs simply don’t workout. The only one that enjoyed some sizeable succes was that one acid trip sonic cartoon that incidentally happens to be my favorite 90s incarnation of Sonic i know….(shoot me please) It’s one of those “so ridiculously bad its awesome” situations xD not to mention Ithought it and Sonic X were the only Sonic shows in existence until I discovered Underground in 07′ *shudders* and SATAM in 2010 I believe.

          1. You know of “The Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog?”. Think thats the only show you didn’t mention.

             It’s basically a cross between, Sonic The Hedgehog and a Road Runner-esque vibe +A PSA

20. It’s really baffling..Sega is sabotaging its own efforts doing this. I mean everyone that is a fan or has been following this won’t wait another year to see it, that’s totally unreasonable, especially when the game is releasing at the end of this year. As has been said it will be totally irrelevant by then, especially if Sega Japan announces its next mainline Sonic title by then.

    Fans will be torrenting the episodes or tubing it from somewhere that sources the USA broadcast for sure. Which in turn will lessen the amount that will watch it in their own European territory county. Which will end up showing in the broadcast data and viewership numbers. Which will end up giving a very false set of figures of how many tuned in or were interested in this media project.

    Ugh I just don’t get Sega at all sometimes. Even if it was a Cartoon Network decision they could have worked harder to make them shift their plans a bit and squeeze it in somewhere. It’s not like they couldn’t have put it in place of one of the many repeats they have daily.

    1. Won’t surprise me if SEGA ninja’s the planned EU release and pretends it never existed.

21. They seem to think that the show will air in Europe at all. In my middle European country, we never got Sonic Underground and Sonic X. And I bet that Boom will get canceled way before the one year passes. And with a minor show like that, our TV channels will not even bother. There are tons and tons of cartoons all over the world anyway. The market is already over-saturated with other shows with similar premise. It would be a miracle if some generic Sonic show got to the air here.

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