SonicPrime - NEW TV Show Coming in 2022!

 Well, the original topic of this blog post is out the window...
At least until next week because of some unexpected news: a NEW Sonic the Hedgehog tv show has been announced for 2022! Called "Sonic Prime", it seems like it could be good news...So let's do what always happens around here...enter the

Speculation Zone!

First off:
The original Netflix announcement had their logo & a red Sonic silhouette near the "N" that had like new show 2022. That got taken down under who knows what circumstances, but it was too late! It had already been 1 good news reveal that:
It's NOT more stupid Boom and it is NOT the abominable movie gremlin. The Sonic there was ACTUAL SONIC looking, so this indicates a show about the version of him that most people prefer and isn't associated with cruddy games or shoddy rehashes. 

Soon after, more information (of course) had to come out about it which is the usual bare-minimum (as release is so far off/that's very typical) of the logo & what medium it will use which the answer is "its cg". Well, that's no shocker either because every single thing these days pretty much is CG so ok very normal. It also makes sense because maybe you can shove the game assets in there--which is even better because it ensures everyone is on model AND it's easy to grab ALL characters from games so you don't get a "oh the Chatoix don't exist" scenario or something.

The logo:
(Do go look it up to view it--searching for the logo helps it.) It's CG too but notice how the word "Sonic" is cracked like a broken mirror. This implies some sort of trouble or seriousness to it. The word 'prime' generally means tops or first, so it could be like an inter dimensional thing (Ex. Blaze) where "Sonic Prime" has to go fix other dimensions or something wierd like Colors where somehow 'plot device' modern & classic co-exist and teaming up. So already, the logo implies that it's not a zany comedy like AOSTH or Boom--which...good. That's fine if they do it right and get a good team on board. There's a reason X was his most popular show.

It'll be interesting (as always) to see how the speculation zone content pans out as more gets found out about it as time goes on.

Opinion Zone:
Positive. No damm gremlin, no bs boom (Knuckles fans unite!) CG's a lot easier to do these days and have it look good especially if the sprites can be re-used...there's lots of potential here.

Hopes:
Lots of characters CAN show up, individually or for episodes. You don't need Rouge the Bat in every single show, but having her around in a way that makes sense is great. Make sure to place most of the characters in it somehow to please fans. X did it, and it worked pretty well even if you had Mary Sue Chris hogging the spotlight.
Characterization that's good! (Well, always, this would never be not a hope) but like, make Amy chill and cool & fun....not this shrill stalker or stan for Sonic. Have Action Amy participating and being a cool character, not the 'token female'. Get Knuckles right, do him some justice after the Boom farce. DONT shove in any weirdo show-characters (no Chris) that aren't needed. The in-game-universe is full of enough people now that you don't need to be padding it.

Next Week's Update:
It'll be the "Sonic on Target" update that was supposed to appear here.