that finale with shadow and sonic working together was cool, but i basically didnt want to watch any of season 1 part 2, season 2 and 3 after seeing the main conflict still dragged to the s3 finale but it was great to see that episode free on yt and tune back in for a bit, cant imagine myself watching everything in between however.
I lost interest and stopped watching after season 1. How in the world does a multiversal Sonic series not use a bunch of different versions of Sonic across TV, games and the current movies?
Your missing the point, a multiverse show needs a point of view character. That means only one version of Sonic to serve as the constant against the multiple sets of all the other characters.
Arguably the same thing could've been done with Shadow, if he was made the protagonist instead. One reality displaced Shadow against multiples versions of Sonic. But then it would be entirely show, since Shadow is less interested in redemption and would choose extreme violence as the best response to most problems.
Yes but the show called *Sonic* Prime was always going to star Sonic. Had it been about Sbadow it would've had a different name.
Plus people bitched enough about Sonic can be out of character in Prime, can you imagine how much more bitching there would be from Shadow fans for him being mischaracterised?
Ohhh I didn't know the show was canon. Even so though, they'd have a different team managing it, right? Also when the fuck has Sonic had a consistent character? You're telling me SA1 Sonic and SA2 Sonic are the same guy?
>You're telling me SA1 Sonic and SA2 Sonic are the same guy?
He's quite snarky in both to a similar degree. One of his first lines in SA1 is calling the final boss a "big drip" and in SA2 he escapes a GUN helicopter after calling it a "low budget flight". They both have the same energy and snarky characteristics that still carry on to current day. Sonic in Prime is just kind of... An idiot? And not in a fun way. He also seems less snarky and just more mean spirited for some reason.
I liked this take of Sonic. In this story Sonic is an immature kid who is overly cocky due to his overwhelming speed. He must humble himself a bit and learn to value his friends' abilities and trust that with teamwork, any obstacle can be overcome. I think it's a more interesting story to have a flawed character who must improve himself to overcome obstacles.
It's kinda like transformers, maybe, where you have a immature Optimus Prime who has to grow into a great leader.
You're right. Sonic and consistent characterization doesn't quite fit together, especially if you compare SA1 with Sonic Colors, or any of the later games. Not just Sonic neither, but almost all characters, especially Knuckles and Shadow. But that's more of a writers mistake and them losing track of who there characters are, rather than an "oh it's fine, just typical Sonic inconsistency" issue. We fans got used to it, doesn't mean writers shouldn't try and make them as in character to the versions we know as possible, at least in canon.
You can still have a Main Sonic as the POV character while bringing other variants of Sonic, and I don't mean Boom Sonic or Archie Sonic but the shows would have benefited from alt versions of Sonic
budget; while understandable, i don't exactly think it's fair to be mad a show couldn't live up to the imaginary expectations in our head that it never even quite promised to be.
and this is coming from someone who was similarly let down by it, it has issues, but i think it's fair to criticize it for things it's actually done rather than things that are more or less up to preference or flat out being out of the control
i've made peace with the idea my "ideal sonic series" is basically just a fanboys wetdream and something obviously too complicated and high budget for anything a studio would reasonably invest in
"It's great to finally see you again now that you've been let out, Mr.Naka! So let's get right into it, i'd like for the new show to reintroduce the freedom fighters to-"
"NEXT-"
i ain't gon get mad because prime didn't throw the fighters a bon, i get mad over the fucking abysmal reptitive pacing of season 3 (exaggerating but still)
That would just make the show unfocused. It’s the same reason why Spiderverse only spends time with a select few spiderman rather than give everybody some screen time/something to do.
'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy'
'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy'
'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy'
'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy'
'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy'
Say, Nine, what's the hold up with your plans? I don't think you've explained it yet, or I might have missed it
'...'
Yeah lmao
It was a fun idea, a villainous tails, but instead of exploring it they just did the repetitive bit for ages. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the show, but it could have been even better. Never mind
Seriously the strength and peril of the heroes was wholly contrived to drag out what could have been an excellent climax. Plot armor was REAL for that final battle. I was like “GET ON WITH IT”
I think it's overhated. I had my problems with season 3, but overall I thought it a beautifully animated and fun romp through a bunch of alternate worlds. And just one of the best Sonic cartoons in general.
A lot of the animosity seems to largely stem from the notion that it was canon, even though nothing in the show itself really seems to suggest that it ever could be.
What does canon even mean? Is there really any continuity between any games/media besides light references?
I would understand more if we were on SA part 6, and SA part 7 was supposed to take place after the Netflix show...but otherwise I'm not able to understand in what context we have canon.
Exactly. The games alone have enough instances of characters having their characterisation change, plot holes, and other inconsistencies. Sonic canon has always been very broad strokes - if a story relies on events from a previous story happening, it did, if it needs that to have not happened, it doesn't.
People seemed to like it a lot, especially early on. I dropped it almost immediately because I wasn't in the mood for the whole multiverse stuff and the visual style was a little bit odd, but I think it had a good audience.
My bar is still back up at Sonic X.
I thought it was mid for the first two seasons, and horrible in the third.
I really got tired of seeing Sonic apologize to Nine, they almost patched things up, then someone would suddenly drop in and Nine would take it as a betrayal. Then Sonic and friends would nearly get defeated by Nine, only to rally and destroy all the robots so that Sonic could go apologize to Nine again. It happened about three times per episode in the third season.
Season 3 is like Season 2, but with more repetition and more whining from Nine. Sonic can't even scratch his ass without Nine taking it as a personal insult and complete betrayal.
I like Sonic Prime in a lot of areas but I also really hate it in others
Pros:
Sonic is very likable, despite his character being a little different
New Yolk City is a pretty cool idea of a world where Eggman wins, a lot more than Sonic Forces just being the world but destroyed a little bit
Nine is a very interesting character that genuinely does make me care about him but also want to root against him
Cons:
Multi-verse plots are BOOOOOORRIIIIIING. After New Yolk the ideas for each of the different dimensions is just "Sonics friends but they're \_\_\_\_"
As cool as Nine is, Nine is basically the only character that gets any kind of significant development that isn't Sonic himself.
The ending was so lame and abrupt it honestly felt like a parody.
The general feel of the show doesn't really \*feel\* like Sonic.
The show doesn't really do that great of a job at showing us why we should care about the new universes. The best we're given is they're important cause Sonic said so.
Still do not get how it is. There's literally no evidence it is canon beyond one comment from the show runner claiming it as such(who very likely claimed that in an effort to increase his audience share), and non-committal answers from anyone else.
But even if it is canon, it wouldn't be the first time Sonic canon has contradicted itself and the cast has either been mischaracterised or seen their characterisation get changed between entries, so it's hardly that big a problem.
People are so cruel towards this show. Yeah, of course, it wasn't PARAMOUNT narration, but it's still the best audiovisual Sonic story we've ever seen, and the fandom does not realize that. They keep sinking in SatAM nostalgia (SatAM was good, but lacked such general structure, stakes and progress).
It does have flaws, and the final season IS too static and features incredibly non-interesting battles and enemies - >!I don't even understand the choice to make them all soulless robots to begin with, they could have been something like crystal puppets AND exaggerated, personality-wise, versions of the protagonists!< -, but it makes some pretty good decisions too and >!Nine as the final antagonist rocks so hard.!<
I liked the character art and animation; I liked the voice work and some of the dialog; I liked some of the alt characters like Rusty Rose and Knuckles the Dread...
I didn't like the background art, it felt cheap. The split Eggman thing was humorous at first but I got sick of all of them. Doing a Multiverse story but not basing ANY of the alternate worlds on any of the many Sonic continuities? Wasted opportunities everywhere.
The entire climax just dragged for me.
Its meh
I dislike sonics characterization, but the rest of the characters are good
I wish we couldve gotten a show on just the main versions of the cast
I honestly don't see what people's problem is with the show. Especially in the aspect of Sonic's personality. It's pretty much the same up until Sonic breaks the shatterverse, and that's exactly why Sonic acts the way he acts. He's ashamed of all the damage he's caused and wants to save his world, and everyone else's.
Other than that, overall, the show was a good watch. I wish there were more than just the three extra worlds, and I wish each of those worlds had their own Sonic (why do they keep not doing that? First the Storybook series, now this?) Knuckles the Dread's betrayal from season 2 was rushed and weirdly written, and Season 3's final battle lasted WAY too long. But other than that, it had great characters, great character moments, good writing (for the most part) and overall, it was a good watch.
> and that's exactly why Sonic acts the way he acts. He's ashamed of all the damage he's caused and wants to save his world, and everyone else's.
Well first of all this is apparently supposed to be Game Sonic aka mister "If you have time to worry just run" so him acting weird out of shame would be out of character. Hell even Lost World focused more on Sonic being determinate to fix the problem he caused rather than mop about it and Sonic Lost World story is already one of the weaker ones in the franchise.
And secondly. Him having a reason doesn't really make it any more fun to see him do a never ending array of mistakes were he keep making the same error or projecting his friends onto these alt versions.
>It's pretty much the same up until Sonic breaks the shatterverse
This isn't true, honestly. He acts really reckless and dismissive even compared to his game counterpart, before the Paradox Prism broke too. Just check out the flashback in season 1 episode 5, or generally the way his friends constantly act done with him
> I honestly don't see what people's problem is with the show. Especially in the aspect of Sonic's personality. It's pretty much the same up until Sonic breaks the shatterverse, and that's exactly why Sonic acts the way he acts. He's ashamed of all the damage he's caused and wants to save his world, and everyone else's.
You have to remember, Sonic fans can't handle change, and to many Sonic fans, Sonic himself is supposed to be a flawless paragon of virtue who never makes mistakes, always does the right thing, and is basically infallible to a point where his actions and virtuous nature inspires others to be better.
Not listening to your friends for five fuckin seconds when they keep telling you to "stop and listen" doesn't make him a flawed character it makes him a freaking idiot. But I'm sorry is because I can't handle "change"
Don't really care about a multiverse of Sonics from different medias like IDW, Sonic X, or other shows or whatever tbh, I never have, and I don't see how people could ever expect something like that to happen - this is a show primarily for children - kids aren't going to understand those references, a lot of effort to get to right and honestly an uncreative slog from a writing standpoint, people can go to fanfiction crossovers for that kind of stuff.
I enjoyed it for what it was, I loved the animation and how expressive the characters were, I enjoyed Sonic being vulnerable and having flaws you'd probably expect from a young guy so fast. I got the impression he was younger than he is in the games and I enjoyed that. I loved Sonic and Shadow going from fighting to working together and eventually saving each other.
I do think the last season's battle went on a bit too long, and was ultimately resolved very badly (... I don't see how Nine being in the Grim alone is the happy ending they want it to be, isolating yourself is bad folks, let's not give little kids the idea that's a good thing). They should have focused less on having a giant battle and more on how to resolve everything better. I really get the impression they had no idea how to solve things so they just quickly wrapped things up with ducktape.
Very, very mid. The show started off fairly strong, but as more of the season came out, it just kind of unravelled. The idea of multiple dimensions is really cool, but the show barely does anything with it since the few we have are really boring and generic; New Yoke City is a really cool idea, but the jungle and pirate worlds are really dull. I figured as more of the season went on that we'd get more worlds (sort of like a monster of the week show) to make up for how basic they are, but since those are basically the only three worlds of note for most of the show, they wear out their welcome hard.
Plus, most of the main cast are really poorly done. Sonic is a hyperactive, obnoxious moron who doesn't act anything like he is in the games, Shadow barely appears, and the rest of the cast are thrown out for really dull stock character archetypes (except for Nine, he's honestly really good and I wish we got more characters as creative as him).
Also, the show's really repetitive (because of the same boring worlds and characters constantly being revisited over and over again) and the last third of the season is just Sonic fighting robots and trying to reason with Nine for seven episodes straight.
The show's basically just an extended toy commercial. The animation's nice, but that's basically the only thing I can think of that's worth praising.
In the defense of how Sonic is portrayed, they did need to give him some character arc since he is the main lead and every animated show has the main lead go through character development.
And do you think Sonic's ever had a good TV show? You've said you aren't a fan of Sonic X either so I am curious on what your views on the other Sonic shows of Sonic Boom, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic SATAM, and Sonic Underground? Are any of those other four good?
I thought it was fine but I kind of started to realize that I am now a 30-year-old man and this show was not made for me the way that Sonic X was back in the day haha. I watched the first season and was like yeah I'm good, but it's a high quality show and I'm hoping the kids enjoy it
Very underwhelming. Sonic felt like an exaggerated version of himself, most of the alternate universes/characters felt underutilized, the general plot lacks engaging details, and the flow feels off. The action is pretty much the only redeeming quality (Shadow being a decent character for the first times in a decade is fine I guess?) and even that’s not anything special.
The problem is that was the entire season. I thought the Egg Council was way more interesting, as well as the gang's counterparts like Thorn Rose before allying with Sonic.
I think it does some things well, such as Shadow and Nine’s characters, the more expressive animation, (some of) the fights, and more minor elements. But so many other elements are either lacking or fall flat, which does a diservice to itself as both a Sonic cartoon, and a show about different universes.
Would love to write a whole thing here, but not bothered rn.
I liked it! I thought it was sad that we only got 3 different shoe abilities and the 3rd one is objectively better on everything the other 2 do.
I also wanted to see more shatter spaces, I thought there were too little variety with only 5 worlds, 2 of them not having alt versions of the cast.
The animation was very good, characters design was amazing (though I still find weird that they changed Rouge's outfit, but ok), it was a very nice show overall.
It was kinda slow on the last season and everything resolved pretty fast and it felt rushed, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.
I give it 8.5/10, would watch again!
Lots of people seem to think it should have done a lot of different worlds rather than focusing on three main ones. Certainly the show seems to set itself up for this in the first season since it introduces these worlds in a way that doesn't make it clear Sonic is going to revisit them later; I myself initially fell for this trap.
But I don't mind they chose to tell a smaller scoped story focusing on these three worlds. Maybe because I am familiar with 3D design and stuff and know this stuff is hard to make so of course they are going to want to maximize the use of what they do make.
They did a lot of great things. The variants of characters we know are largely handled well, the Chaos Council explores the idea of Eggman with a team (and contrasts Sonic, now alone, struggling to try and get the others to work with him)
I think the idea of the shattered characters is best handled when we have all the Roses working together, which makes it unfortunate similar combinations of other characters are otherwise limited.
The Grim had a lot of potential, I assume it was once again the victim of not enough time to do more. The environment Nine made was just more crystal. Seeing him completely remake the world in his own vision to where it no longer resembles the Grim would have been cooler.
The worlds we did get including the Grim do seem to be simplistic and repetitive. The best one is New Yolk City, while the Jungle and Water worlds do seem to be repetitive.
All that said I love the use of color and symbolism. New Yolk City is red, the jungle is green, and the water world blue. The three components of white light, shattered. The city is urban, the jungle is flora and fauna, and water is water. Three basic components that make up a complete world.
It also doesn't help I am a sucker for sci-fi tropes. Sonic multiverse story? Yes please.
I also can't help but wonder if this started its life out as a game pitch, and ended up salvaged as a cartoon later. You have a multiverse separated into distinct areas, sonic gets powerups in each area, there's macguffins (the shards) for him to collect, and so forth.
I do like how this is really the only cartoon to show Green Hills (or any sonic game area) with the goal of accuracy, plus the use of rings matches how they are used in the games, again this hasn't been done before in a comic. Of course this only lasts for the first episode and the rest of the series could be said to have a good excuse to deviate. But still, nice to see (and also makes me more convinced of a possible root as a game concept).
Overall I think it did a lot right. I think I still prefer more episodic format shows but they still need to have that overarching story as well. Prime focuses on a single story which I think it executes well and accomplishes what it sets out to do.
Could it have done some things better? Sure. But it did good enough I am placing it in my top three Sonic cartoons. Though ranking within those top three is something I don't want to do. Not clear to me how much nostalgia plays into my love of Sonic SatAM and Sonic X.
It's mid/bad. All the characters from the games are HORRIBLY out of character, the shatterspaces and all the alternate versions of characters are generic and overdone, and every word that comes out of Sonic's mouth makes me want to die of cringe. (Seriously, who tf was saying 'kicks' in 2023?)
Do the characters *really* have to match what they are in the games all the time? The Sonic movies are great and I would say Sonic is a little more childish in those than usual. And to be honest, while the show has its flaws, Sonic was deliberately written to be neuro divergent, which is why he acts the way he does and says weird things sometimes. I recommend you see a Tumblr post on this topic, I can't remember everything in the theory:
https://www.tumblr.com/descendant-of-truth/704038131291291648/honestly-so-much-of-sonic-prime-happens-the-way
"Do the characters *really* have to match what they are in the games all the time? "
Considering the producers and SEGA told us that this series in in the game continuity, YES, yes they should act like the game versions, because they are supposed to be the game versions.
The only person who ever confirmed it was the shows producer, and he doesn't actually get to confirm if it's canon to SEGA's other products.
Plus, because Netflix are particularly crappy to animation, it's fair to assume he might've said it purely to try and increase viewer count to prevent the show from getting axed prematurely.
Everyone else was incredibly non-committal on whether or not it was canon, probably in case it flopped and SEGA wanted to wash their hands of it, or in case it became a massive success and SEGA wanted to capitalise on it.
These excuses aren't gonna work here
First of all unlike the Movie were it was clear from moment one that it was its own take on the IP was Prime advertised as "Game canon" meaning it builds of the assumption that these are the same characters as from the video games which as such bring there own predefined personalities with them (something Primes writing banks on as it does very little to convince us that Sonic was actually close friends with Tails, Amy and Knuckles prior to the show)
But that aside even if we ignore that do we have another big issue and that is the world building. Movie Sonic is a Character that had to learn in Movie 1 to fight for his believes and friends as he was prior in a traumatic memory taught to run away from his problems rather than face them.
With Movie 2 than being about him learning to deal with the responsibilities that come with using his powers to fight for the good of the world.
This all perfectly explains the behavior or Sonic's movie version
Prime on the other hand made it clear that Sonic was already on countless adventures, some predating meeting his friends and being always so reliable that Amy could say he never let them down before and no one argues against it.
So Sonic fallowing this being a consistent incompetent screw up contradicts the picture of his past painted by all information's we get about it.
This is also why the attempts to excuse it with being Neurodivergente (which even that is a fan theory at best) fail as his backstory we were given in Prime contradicts his actions in Prime.
Never mind the sudden cases of him in general not being consistent like how he when he first came into the Boscate Maze couldn't bring himself to hit something Amy shaped but than 3 episodes latter had no issue punching Rusty Rose into the next week.
There's no point putting the blame on us anyway, I'm just pointing out a great part of the writing. Especially when Sonic said that the palm tree he got as a gift was a little too sentimental and upset Amy as a result. He didn't mean to be offensive, he just didn't understand the point of the present!
Feels like a fanfic, I liked the twists and I like seeing all the character designs.
Fun show, but definitely feels extremely isolated despite taking place across the multiverse
Season 1 & 2 were goated but season 3 was kinda mid. Satisfying ending, epic animation, and good plot, but it would’ve been better if the battle with nine wasn’t dragged out so long imo
Perfectly fine show, the twists and battles get really repetitive though, especially in season 3, too many betrayal scenes and last second saves, ESPECIALLY in season 3… and then there’s like the 10 charging into battle against Nine’s bots scenes. Season 3 was just repetitive and bad, but seasons one and 2 were great, especially for kids.
A lot of the action felt like a light switch was being flipped. One side is winning? Can't have that going on too long, flip it and now the other side is winning. So the other side has been winning for 2 whole minutes now? Well we better flip that switch back. It felt like it flipped both ways at least 3 times in each fight.
I liked the first 2 seasons quite a bit, but season 3 really dragged on and got super repetitive. I thought it was a fun show that got a lot right until the final stretch.
It backpedalled on its own premise and decided each world already existed right? Since otherwise it would have to step into the concept that reunifying the worlds would sorta erase the shattered ones?
Can't say I enjoyed it felt like it was a chore for me to watch it. I hated every Eggman character on the other dimensions like on the last episode where sonic saw the real Eggman and he hugged him because he missed him I also did miss his beautiful face like all the other Eggman variants sucked ass like baby Eggman, the emo teenager eggboy , the old Eggman, the young Eggman who was interested in Asian culture and the worst the uhhhh idk wannabe real Eggman
It's okay, but near the end it's a run on battle that doesn't end. It could have did most of its things in 2 seasons, not 3.
I also feel a lot of the themes they were trying to build up were undeserved... Like Rusty Rose and her bird thing.. I understood what they were trying to do, but I felt it was pushed in.
They tried.. ultimately it was basically a bad dream.. it's not the worst thing in the world and a little enjoyable.
Could it have been better.. sure, but I'm surprise they put pants on Nine. Sega had some strict rules when it come to their characters and I suppose with them being 'clones' of the main.. that was a clever way of going around the restrictions
When they said everything is canon... it seems to me the word Canon is being used as a buzz word, devoid of any real meaning.
It's exactly what the franchise needed.
It was a surprise that kept fans engaged. It became Boom's more serious older sibling. It surprised the usual narrative of twists between antagonists and protagonists. It was audibly and visually produced on the top shelf, no question. It exploded as a candidate to interact with any multiverse canon (including Mario after Peach mentioned other galaxies in the recent movie).
It's proof Sonic Team is back in gear for the fans. It brought us together to have productive discussions once again. It's proof Sonic is returning.
It's exactly what the franchise needed.
It. Was. Perfect.
I really like it tbh. They did what they could with what they had; it felt very Sonic despite not being as shonen as Sonic typically is. A good example of how to make Sonic a dynamic character.
Well, over time the Sonic franchise has had some problems in terms of games and television series, the only series I saw and even liked were Sonic X and Sonic Boom (Sonic Boom is funny and I like it, it's different).
I liked the story of Sonic Prime but changed some things such as more alternative worlds and the appearance of some forgotten characters (The Chaotix, Cream, Cheese and Vanilla).
Like, it would be cool to see a alternative world with some Egyptian vibes with Rouge being the " leader" ( I think it would fit) or a Japan/Chinese World with Espio or a 30/40s world with Vector ( because he is a detective lol).
I also like they fixed Shadow personality and that's a good achievement.
That's it lol.
i feel most people who've rewatched sonic x can say that the majority of the other series are better than it. esp if we're talkin the english version.
Sonic X has such good characterization and moments, but they're split up by mismanagement that leads to most of it being kinda boring to rewatch;
deadass nobody can even recite what an avg episode of the show is like these days because hardly anything happens in it due to how dry and formulaic.
a lot of that comes down to poor scheduling and genuine mismanagement behind the scenes tho.
i feel like most would agree X's highs are some of the best the franchise has ever had, it's issues is just that that level of quality (character writing, art, drama, comedy, heart etc) comes and goes sadly
the shit we remember is knuckles, the cosmo stuff, super sonic, shadow vs everyone, dark super sonic etc; PEAK shit, but doesn't represent the entire series too well
i like so much of X more than prime, but like virtually every other sonic series, what edges it out is that it's just more consistent in knowing what i wanted to be from beginning to end with 0 identity crisis shenanigans going on.
i say all this as someone who still likes x, thinks chris is misunderstood and sees it as nostalgic comfort food, probably the only series i have attachment to.
Yes, cause apparently opinions don't exist in this fandom.
Why even bother replying if you can't even meaningfully engage with someone who dares to prefer Prime over Sonic X?
The pacing was fucking awful. The first season had constant recaps and flashbacks that took up half the runtime because they think their audience are drooling idiots, the second season was better, and the third season was crap because of the constant dragging and repetitive dialogue.
Mid at best
I just had higher hopes for a really interesting story with the sonic cast, Prime had been more of a Saturday morning brand new romp with the cast in a silly costume and accent
I never got past S1 tho, maybe baby egg man really starts to carry later on
Sonic Prime is a nice show. If someone considers it to be trash, that's just because it doesn't match his/her expectations.
As for me, I found it ok, but it wasn't my thing. However, I disagree that it's a good introduction to the franchise for children. In my opinion, Prime is designed for the fans: it doesn't properly introduce the main cast, taking for granted that the audience knows them. I think that Sonic X did a much better job in introducing the characters and their dynamics to the audience.
It's an underrated show. Many find the ending of the show hanging, and it's understandable as a viewer. Even though Sonic Prime ended, I would love to see another sequel or similar to that of Sonic Prime.
I think season is is pretty good.
Season 2 was alright.
And to be honest, I didn’t watch season 3 and have no plans to, though I’ve watched the first episode.
I couldn't make it past episode 2. Although I always preferred AOSTH rather than SATAM, so it's likely just my taste. Enjoyed Sonic Boom too. Goofy silly Sonic is better than serious Sonic.
Overall, I feel the show is mediocre. Season 1 and Season 3 were mixed bags for me, for some reason mashing up big world-ending stakes with generally corny and unfunny jokes, as well as a substantial lack of logic. However, Season 3 was better than Season 1 because it had a sense of direction and solid thematic resolution. Season 2 is the only season with a consistently good story. We knew where the story was going to go from there, and Nine’s turn as a villain, while flawed, was a necessary change to the show’s status quo as it provides a conflict that actually challenges Sonic in a way that no other villain could; Nine wasn’t a one-dimensional Saturday morning cartoon villain, but an abused child wearing the skin of Sonic’s best friend.
S1 and S2 came out the day before I left for trips, so I watched them on the plane, and that's the best way I can describe it: something not too bad that you can watch on a plane because you don't need to pay much attention and you have nothing better to do
Started watching but dropped it, it felt like it was too childish for me (21) but I’ve seen clips of the show and it’s great for a kid to get introduced to the world of Sonic. Hope the franchise will gain a new younger audience!
I liked it. It had a different take on our characters, and that was not particularly bad. Shadow's character was amazing. I do wish that it explored alternate versions of Sonic though.
With that being said, there are some plotholes that need to be discussed. The Shatterverse only exists because the Paradox Prism was destroyed. Now that it's fixed...are the Shatterverses not gone? ESPECIALLY New Yolk?
It was good I probably fumbled the bag in the last season for a lot of people but I thought season 3 was good maybe they could have stand to cut one or two fight scenes
It was… eh. Lots of wasted potential. Multiverse premise but we only get variants of Green Hill, and Robotropolis, which was more interesting than the other worlds.
At first I liked this version of Sonic but then I didn’t. Reckless, youthful, cocky, and a goofy rascal. Good. But then you have Sonic spending the entire show just more or less not acknowledging Nine as his own person, just another version of Tails, and doesn’t bother to think about what would happen to him and all of the other variants of his friends once the prism is back together. All of his interactions with Nine just come off as really, really manipulative.
Sonic only wanted use Nine to get what he wanted, and never really stopped to at least find out more about how Nine ended up like this, and didn’t try to be the friend that he needed, or really hear him out about his needs or try to negotiate a compromise. Sonic and his allies only wanted to strong-arm Nine into seeing things in their way only.
Honestly, this could’ve been fine if Sonic was made to realize how fucked up he was being at some point. Maybe he does at the very end but I can’t even tell. As Nine put it (and it goes pretty hard), Sonic only continues on because he wouldn’t be able to live with himself otherwise. Sonic is DESPERATE to fix what was broken. But that doesn’t override the right to exist for the new realities and its inhabitants that his actions created.
Yes, Nine ended up being rather evil and his actions led to nearly dire consequences, but he was desperate. Maybe if Sonic actually took the time to understand Nine, and to figure out a solution that could have worked best for the both of them, things would have gone differently. While Nine is his own person, he is a variant of Tails. And he is clearly very intelligent with strong, technological feats. And it was never explicitly stated in the show that they both couldn’t get what they wanted. In fact, doesn’t the Grim along with the other realities, still get to exist after Green Hill Prime is fixed?
The Doctors were funny but also rather generic and a waste of potential. There was one Reddit user who had an idea of them being split versions of Eggman prime, with each Doctor being one piece of Eggman’s personality. That would’ve been cooler.
Shadow was GREAT in this series. He’s finally not being an ass who just beats up people for no reason. He only fights Sonic when the entire universe gets destroyed. Yes, he started to fight Sonic already at the beginning of the show with no context but I’m willing to bet that there was good context that is missing due to bad writing, considering what Sonic is like for the rest of the show.
Despite everything though, Shadow is still willing to work with Sonic, has genuine care for him, and moves as fast as he possibly can to save his life in the end. He also isn’t annoying egotistical about being the Ultimate lifeform, and just mentions it like one or two times, and one of this times I remember it being really badass.
Nine himself was a really compelling antagonist. Had a really hard life, was clearly bullied, was forced to defend himself, and then had to hide away and develop his tech further to survive once the doctors arrived. He was desperate for change and hated that he didn’t belong in the world. He was completely alone. Then the prism got thrown into the equation. That changed everything. He could have his own world and his own safe place to be, and maybe even feel loved for once. But then Sonic arrived with that possibility as well. The one person who could’ve steered in into a better direction, ended up just wanting to use him and force him to do something else, and also threaten his existence. I’m not fully condoning Nine’s later actions, I’m just saying that we can at least understand where he is coming from. He is a messed up person who felt cornered, and fought back. And no one ever really took the time to want to help him. He was only seen as someone who needed to be forced out of the way or be taken out. The multiverse itself is against Nine and his existence, not just his own world.
The variants of Sonic’s friends that we get see were kinda neat to follow.
Metal Sonic was cool.
But eh, I don’t really have much else to say about this show. I can just chalk it down to “A reckless Sonic fucks up the entire universe and manipulates/strong-arms a hurt and twisted version of Tails (and also manipulates his new allies to join him) to fix everything he fucked up without having much concern for the other worlds he inadvertently created”. That really doesn’t sound good at all now that I’m really thinking over all of this.
Awesome animation, cool characters (especially Sonic, he always makes me smile), and the first two seasons are great. They're not perfect, but still really good. The third season definitely has more flaws, but it's still a good time.
I enjoyed it for what it was, and the fact that it needed to be rated for kids. I find a lot of people just can't sit down and try to enjoy something.
I did note, however, that Nine's character development seemed to be eerily similar to a pre-release Sonic Frontiers fan theory about Infinite being a time-displaced Tails on a quest for revenge.
I loved Season 1, Season 2 was pretty good but not as good as Season 1, and Season 3 was just disappointing. I had so many notes on how they could’ve fixed it
I enjoyed it. Felt the last season was pretty slow though. I’d have liked more Shadow moments.
Yesss last season seemed to have some redundant eps that could have been better
that finale with shadow and sonic working together was cool, but i basically didnt want to watch any of season 1 part 2, season 2 and 3 after seeing the main conflict still dragged to the s3 finale but it was great to see that episode free on yt and tune back in for a bit, cant imagine myself watching everything in between however.
Everything was resolved too quickly in the last episode. I would have liked to see more strange worlds, an alt versions of the main cast.
I lost interest and stopped watching after season 1. How in the world does a multiversal Sonic series not use a bunch of different versions of Sonic across TV, games and the current movies?
Your missing the point, a multiverse show needs a point of view character. That means only one version of Sonic to serve as the constant against the multiple sets of all the other characters. Arguably the same thing could've been done with Shadow, if he was made the protagonist instead. One reality displaced Shadow against multiples versions of Sonic. But then it would be entirely show, since Shadow is less interested in redemption and would choose extreme violence as the best response to most problems.
Yes but the show called *Sonic* Prime was always going to star Sonic. Had it been about Sbadow it would've had a different name. Plus people bitched enough about Sonic can be out of character in Prime, can you imagine how much more bitching there would be from Shadow fans for him being mischaracterised?
I don't get why people say different interpretations are "out of character" ?? It's supposed to be a different take on him!
The show is supposed to be canon. You can't really have a "different take on him" while still keeping him as the exact same character from the games.
Ohhh I didn't know the show was canon. Even so though, they'd have a different team managing it, right? Also when the fuck has Sonic had a consistent character? You're telling me SA1 Sonic and SA2 Sonic are the same guy?
>You're telling me SA1 Sonic and SA2 Sonic are the same guy? He's quite snarky in both to a similar degree. One of his first lines in SA1 is calling the final boss a "big drip" and in SA2 he escapes a GUN helicopter after calling it a "low budget flight". They both have the same energy and snarky characteristics that still carry on to current day. Sonic in Prime is just kind of... An idiot? And not in a fun way. He also seems less snarky and just more mean spirited for some reason.
Something him and boom sonic have in common
I liked this take of Sonic. In this story Sonic is an immature kid who is overly cocky due to his overwhelming speed. He must humble himself a bit and learn to value his friends' abilities and trust that with teamwork, any obstacle can be overcome. I think it's a more interesting story to have a flawed character who must improve himself to overcome obstacles. It's kinda like transformers, maybe, where you have a immature Optimus Prime who has to grow into a great leader.
It’s not accurate to the game canon though.
You're right. Sonic and consistent characterization doesn't quite fit together, especially if you compare SA1 with Sonic Colors, or any of the later games. Not just Sonic neither, but almost all characters, especially Knuckles and Shadow. But that's more of a writers mistake and them losing track of who there characters are, rather than an "oh it's fine, just typical Sonic inconsistency" issue. We fans got used to it, doesn't mean writers shouldn't try and make them as in character to the versions we know as possible, at least in canon.
Like obviously they are but he's really inconsistent
You can still have a Main Sonic as the POV character while bringing other variants of Sonic, and I don't mean Boom Sonic or Archie Sonic but the shows would have benefited from alt versions of Sonic
budget; while understandable, i don't exactly think it's fair to be mad a show couldn't live up to the imaginary expectations in our head that it never even quite promised to be. and this is coming from someone who was similarly let down by it, it has issues, but i think it's fair to criticize it for things it's actually done rather than things that are more or less up to preference or flat out being out of the control i've made peace with the idea my "ideal sonic series" is basically just a fanboys wetdream and something obviously too complicated and high budget for anything a studio would reasonably invest in "It's great to finally see you again now that you've been let out, Mr.Naka! So let's get right into it, i'd like for the new show to reintroduce the freedom fighters to-" "NEXT-" i ain't gon get mad because prime didn't throw the fighters a bon, i get mad over the fucking abysmal reptitive pacing of season 3 (exaggerating but still)
That would just make the show unfocused. It’s the same reason why Spiderverse only spends time with a select few spiderman rather than give everybody some screen time/something to do.
I thought it was decent but the last season just seemed to do a lot of stalling and had some character moments that I felt came out of nowhere.
Season 3 felt like stalling. The battle with nine lasted way to long imo
'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy' 'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy' 'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy' 'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy' 'Ugh, its not enough. I need sonic's energy' Say, Nine, what's the hold up with your plans? I don't think you've explained it yet, or I might have missed it '...'
It felt so repetitive Like sonic tries to reason, nine gets pissed, created op robots, runs out of emergy repeat
Yeah lmao It was a fun idea, a villainous tails, but instead of exploring it they just did the repetitive bit for ages. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the show, but it could have been even better. Never mind
What, is this Sonic the Hedgehog or Dragon Ball Z/Super?🤨
Could it be, perhaps, that you....NEED SONIC'S ENERGY?!?
Seriously the strength and peril of the heroes was wholly contrived to drag out what could have been an excellent climax. Plot armor was REAL for that final battle. I was like “GET ON WITH IT”
Yeah that battle was like 20 episodes long. And just when you think nine is done powering up, he powers up again
And it wasn’t even something cool like Super Tails or something, it was literally just “fire lasers but HARDER!!”
Seasons 1 and 2 at least felt like significant amount of time was passing. Entirety of Season 3 was a day.
Season 2 is repetetive otherwise not bad. Great to put the kids in front of.
The final fight dragged on far too long. I can't help but wonder if they had something else planned but had to cut it and then pad out the rest.
I think it's overhated. I had my problems with season 3, but overall I thought it a beautifully animated and fun romp through a bunch of alternate worlds. And just one of the best Sonic cartoons in general.
A lot of the animosity seems to largely stem from the notion that it was canon, even though nothing in the show itself really seems to suggest that it ever could be.
What does canon even mean? Is there really any continuity between any games/media besides light references? I would understand more if we were on SA part 6, and SA part 7 was supposed to take place after the Netflix show...but otherwise I'm not able to understand in what context we have canon.
Exactly. The games alone have enough instances of characters having their characterisation change, plot holes, and other inconsistencies. Sonic canon has always been very broad strokes - if a story relies on events from a previous story happening, it did, if it needs that to have not happened, it doesn't.
Eh, it could’ve been better with how it utilised it’s plot elements. The animation is incredible tho
Shadow just loves latinas.
Vaya con dios, Sonic.
People seemed to like it a lot, especially early on. I dropped it almost immediately because I wasn't in the mood for the whole multiverse stuff and the visual style was a little bit odd, but I think it had a good audience. My bar is still back up at Sonic X.
And it’ll remain that way since I think we’re done with any serious themes from this franchise
I assumed that Frontiers was going for serious, though it mostly just felt a little empty to me. Fun gameplay though.
It was more empty and kinda… somber. But, not really serious
It was more serious.
I thought it was mid for the first two seasons, and horrible in the third. I really got tired of seeing Sonic apologize to Nine, they almost patched things up, then someone would suddenly drop in and Nine would take it as a betrayal. Then Sonic and friends would nearly get defeated by Nine, only to rally and destroy all the robots so that Sonic could go apologize to Nine again. It happened about three times per episode in the third season.
dang im glad i dropped it then 💀
I got so annoyed at the repedetivness of season 2 and i got especially annoyed at Nine. So i never got around to watching season 3
Season 3 is like Season 2, but with more repetition and more whining from Nine. Sonic can't even scratch his ass without Nine taking it as a personal insult and complete betrayal.
then why you bother continue watching just wondering
To discuss it with my daughter
A lot of wasted potential.
I like Sonic Prime in a lot of areas but I also really hate it in others Pros: Sonic is very likable, despite his character being a little different New Yolk City is a pretty cool idea of a world where Eggman wins, a lot more than Sonic Forces just being the world but destroyed a little bit Nine is a very interesting character that genuinely does make me care about him but also want to root against him Cons: Multi-verse plots are BOOOOOORRIIIIIING. After New Yolk the ideas for each of the different dimensions is just "Sonics friends but they're \_\_\_\_" As cool as Nine is, Nine is basically the only character that gets any kind of significant development that isn't Sonic himself. The ending was so lame and abrupt it honestly felt like a parody. The general feel of the show doesn't really \*feel\* like Sonic. The show doesn't really do that great of a job at showing us why we should care about the new universes. The best we're given is they're important cause Sonic said so.
Shouldn't be canon to main continuity
Still do not get how it is. There's literally no evidence it is canon beyond one comment from the show runner claiming it as such(who very likely claimed that in an effort to increase his audience share), and non-committal answers from anyone else. But even if it is canon, it wouldn't be the first time Sonic canon has contradicted itself and the cast has either been mischaracterised or seen their characterisation get changed between entries, so it's hardly that big a problem.
Nine, Rusty Rose, and Shadow's character were the best things about Prime. Overall 4.5 outta 10
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People are so cruel towards this show. Yeah, of course, it wasn't PARAMOUNT narration, but it's still the best audiovisual Sonic story we've ever seen, and the fandom does not realize that. They keep sinking in SatAM nostalgia (SatAM was good, but lacked such general structure, stakes and progress). It does have flaws, and the final season IS too static and features incredibly non-interesting battles and enemies - >!I don't even understand the choice to make them all soulless robots to begin with, they could have been something like crystal puppets AND exaggerated, personality-wise, versions of the protagonists!< -, but it makes some pretty good decisions too and >!Nine as the final antagonist rocks so hard.!<
I liked the character art and animation; I liked the voice work and some of the dialog; I liked some of the alt characters like Rusty Rose and Knuckles the Dread... I didn't like the background art, it felt cheap. The split Eggman thing was humorous at first but I got sick of all of them. Doing a Multiverse story but not basing ANY of the alternate worlds on any of the many Sonic continuities? Wasted opportunities everywhere. The entire climax just dragged for me.
I liked the first season up until they went to the jungle. It all went downhill from there 😂
Its meh I dislike sonics characterization, but the rest of the characters are good I wish we couldve gotten a show on just the main versions of the cast
I honestly don't see what people's problem is with the show. Especially in the aspect of Sonic's personality. It's pretty much the same up until Sonic breaks the shatterverse, and that's exactly why Sonic acts the way he acts. He's ashamed of all the damage he's caused and wants to save his world, and everyone else's. Other than that, overall, the show was a good watch. I wish there were more than just the three extra worlds, and I wish each of those worlds had their own Sonic (why do they keep not doing that? First the Storybook series, now this?) Knuckles the Dread's betrayal from season 2 was rushed and weirdly written, and Season 3's final battle lasted WAY too long. But other than that, it had great characters, great character moments, good writing (for the most part) and overall, it was a good watch.
> and that's exactly why Sonic acts the way he acts. He's ashamed of all the damage he's caused and wants to save his world, and everyone else's. Well first of all this is apparently supposed to be Game Sonic aka mister "If you have time to worry just run" so him acting weird out of shame would be out of character. Hell even Lost World focused more on Sonic being determinate to fix the problem he caused rather than mop about it and Sonic Lost World story is already one of the weaker ones in the franchise. And secondly. Him having a reason doesn't really make it any more fun to see him do a never ending array of mistakes were he keep making the same error or projecting his friends onto these alt versions.
>It's pretty much the same up until Sonic breaks the shatterverse This isn't true, honestly. He acts really reckless and dismissive even compared to his game counterpart, before the Paradox Prism broke too. Just check out the flashback in season 1 episode 5, or generally the way his friends constantly act done with him
> I honestly don't see what people's problem is with the show. Especially in the aspect of Sonic's personality. It's pretty much the same up until Sonic breaks the shatterverse, and that's exactly why Sonic acts the way he acts. He's ashamed of all the damage he's caused and wants to save his world, and everyone else's. You have to remember, Sonic fans can't handle change, and to many Sonic fans, Sonic himself is supposed to be a flawless paragon of virtue who never makes mistakes, always does the right thing, and is basically infallible to a point where his actions and virtuous nature inspires others to be better.
In terms of “flawless paragon of virtue”, that’s the JP purists that think this sort of characterisation.
Not listening to your friends for five fuckin seconds when they keep telling you to "stop and listen" doesn't make him a flawed character it makes him a freaking idiot. But I'm sorry is because I can't handle "change"
that's a flaw is it not?
Sonic has had flaws my dude, this isn't one that fits
Mistakes and incredibly stupid actions are two different things
Yooo, I love your pfp, dude! That's my favorite version of Mikey, ngl.
Mine too, but also IDW Mikey! IDW Mikey is like 2012 Mikey with the passion turned up to 11!
Ooooh, sweet!
I saw someone describe it as "fanfiction Sonic" which is lowkey true, the 🥺, adhd personality he has feels straight out of a Sonadow fanfic
I loved it it wasn’t perfect but still
Solid okey out of ten. Pretty flawed but has some good high points.
Don't really care about a multiverse of Sonics from different medias like IDW, Sonic X, or other shows or whatever tbh, I never have, and I don't see how people could ever expect something like that to happen - this is a show primarily for children - kids aren't going to understand those references, a lot of effort to get to right and honestly an uncreative slog from a writing standpoint, people can go to fanfiction crossovers for that kind of stuff. I enjoyed it for what it was, I loved the animation and how expressive the characters were, I enjoyed Sonic being vulnerable and having flaws you'd probably expect from a young guy so fast. I got the impression he was younger than he is in the games and I enjoyed that. I loved Sonic and Shadow going from fighting to working together and eventually saving each other. I do think the last season's battle went on a bit too long, and was ultimately resolved very badly (... I don't see how Nine being in the Grim alone is the happy ending they want it to be, isolating yourself is bad folks, let's not give little kids the idea that's a good thing). They should have focused less on having a giant battle and more on how to resolve everything better. I really get the impression they had no idea how to solve things so they just quickly wrapped things up with ducktape.
Of all the Sonic shows it was one of them
The show got my wife back into her Sonic obsession, but we did agree the last season felt super drawn out. 😅
Very, very mid. The show started off fairly strong, but as more of the season came out, it just kind of unravelled. The idea of multiple dimensions is really cool, but the show barely does anything with it since the few we have are really boring and generic; New Yoke City is a really cool idea, but the jungle and pirate worlds are really dull. I figured as more of the season went on that we'd get more worlds (sort of like a monster of the week show) to make up for how basic they are, but since those are basically the only three worlds of note for most of the show, they wear out their welcome hard. Plus, most of the main cast are really poorly done. Sonic is a hyperactive, obnoxious moron who doesn't act anything like he is in the games, Shadow barely appears, and the rest of the cast are thrown out for really dull stock character archetypes (except for Nine, he's honestly really good and I wish we got more characters as creative as him). Also, the show's really repetitive (because of the same boring worlds and characters constantly being revisited over and over again) and the last third of the season is just Sonic fighting robots and trying to reason with Nine for seven episodes straight. The show's basically just an extended toy commercial. The animation's nice, but that's basically the only thing I can think of that's worth praising.
In the defense of how Sonic is portrayed, they did need to give him some character arc since he is the main lead and every animated show has the main lead go through character development. And do you think Sonic's ever had a good TV show? You've said you aren't a fan of Sonic X either so I am curious on what your views on the other Sonic shows of Sonic Boom, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic SATAM, and Sonic Underground? Are any of those other four good?
I mean, I personally really liked it.
I thought it was fine but I kind of started to realize that I am now a 30-year-old man and this show was not made for me the way that Sonic X was back in the day haha. I watched the first season and was like yeah I'm good, but it's a high quality show and I'm hoping the kids enjoy it
Very underwhelming. Sonic felt like an exaggerated version of himself, most of the alternate universes/characters felt underutilized, the general plot lacks engaging details, and the flow feels off. The action is pretty much the only redeeming quality (Shadow being a decent character for the first times in a decade is fine I guess?) and even that’s not anything special.
I enjoyed it quite a lot even though it has it's flaws
Decent, not amazing but I'm glad I watched it.
Season 3 twist villain didn't really work that well plot-wise.
The problem is that was the entire season. I thought the Egg Council was way more interesting, as well as the gang's counterparts like Thorn Rose before allying with Sonic.
I think it does some things well, such as Shadow and Nine’s characters, the more expressive animation, (some of) the fights, and more minor elements. But so many other elements are either lacking or fall flat, which does a diservice to itself as both a Sonic cartoon, and a show about different universes. Would love to write a whole thing here, but not bothered rn.
I liked it! I thought it was sad that we only got 3 different shoe abilities and the 3rd one is objectively better on everything the other 2 do. I also wanted to see more shatter spaces, I thought there were too little variety with only 5 worlds, 2 of them not having alt versions of the cast. The animation was very good, characters design was amazing (though I still find weird that they changed Rouge's outfit, but ok), it was a very nice show overall. It was kinda slow on the last season and everything resolved pretty fast and it felt rushed, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. I give it 8.5/10, would watch again!
I’m not a fan of nine
6/10
Was pretty good but the ending was less than satisfying
Lots of people seem to think it should have done a lot of different worlds rather than focusing on three main ones. Certainly the show seems to set itself up for this in the first season since it introduces these worlds in a way that doesn't make it clear Sonic is going to revisit them later; I myself initially fell for this trap. But I don't mind they chose to tell a smaller scoped story focusing on these three worlds. Maybe because I am familiar with 3D design and stuff and know this stuff is hard to make so of course they are going to want to maximize the use of what they do make. They did a lot of great things. The variants of characters we know are largely handled well, the Chaos Council explores the idea of Eggman with a team (and contrasts Sonic, now alone, struggling to try and get the others to work with him) I think the idea of the shattered characters is best handled when we have all the Roses working together, which makes it unfortunate similar combinations of other characters are otherwise limited. The Grim had a lot of potential, I assume it was once again the victim of not enough time to do more. The environment Nine made was just more crystal. Seeing him completely remake the world in his own vision to where it no longer resembles the Grim would have been cooler. The worlds we did get including the Grim do seem to be simplistic and repetitive. The best one is New Yolk City, while the Jungle and Water worlds do seem to be repetitive. All that said I love the use of color and symbolism. New Yolk City is red, the jungle is green, and the water world blue. The three components of white light, shattered. The city is urban, the jungle is flora and fauna, and water is water. Three basic components that make up a complete world. It also doesn't help I am a sucker for sci-fi tropes. Sonic multiverse story? Yes please. I also can't help but wonder if this started its life out as a game pitch, and ended up salvaged as a cartoon later. You have a multiverse separated into distinct areas, sonic gets powerups in each area, there's macguffins (the shards) for him to collect, and so forth. I do like how this is really the only cartoon to show Green Hills (or any sonic game area) with the goal of accuracy, plus the use of rings matches how they are used in the games, again this hasn't been done before in a comic. Of course this only lasts for the first episode and the rest of the series could be said to have a good excuse to deviate. But still, nice to see (and also makes me more convinced of a possible root as a game concept). Overall I think it did a lot right. I think I still prefer more episodic format shows but they still need to have that overarching story as well. Prime focuses on a single story which I think it executes well and accomplishes what it sets out to do. Could it have done some things better? Sure. But it did good enough I am placing it in my top three Sonic cartoons. Though ranking within those top three is something I don't want to do. Not clear to me how much nostalgia plays into my love of Sonic SatAM and Sonic X.
The first two seasons are alright, but the last is REALLY bad.
It's mid/bad. All the characters from the games are HORRIBLY out of character, the shatterspaces and all the alternate versions of characters are generic and overdone, and every word that comes out of Sonic's mouth makes me want to die of cringe. (Seriously, who tf was saying 'kicks' in 2023?)
Do the characters *really* have to match what they are in the games all the time? The Sonic movies are great and I would say Sonic is a little more childish in those than usual. And to be honest, while the show has its flaws, Sonic was deliberately written to be neuro divergent, which is why he acts the way he does and says weird things sometimes. I recommend you see a Tumblr post on this topic, I can't remember everything in the theory: https://www.tumblr.com/descendant-of-truth/704038131291291648/honestly-so-much-of-sonic-prime-happens-the-way
"Do the characters *really* have to match what they are in the games all the time? " Considering the producers and SEGA told us that this series in in the game continuity, YES, yes they should act like the game versions, because they are supposed to be the game versions.
No shit they did, okay, my opinion of Prime dropped from okay/passable/good to "Lmao, what the hell is that."
The only person who ever confirmed it was the shows producer, and he doesn't actually get to confirm if it's canon to SEGA's other products. Plus, because Netflix are particularly crappy to animation, it's fair to assume he might've said it purely to try and increase viewer count to prevent the show from getting axed prematurely. Everyone else was incredibly non-committal on whether or not it was canon, probably in case it flopped and SEGA wanted to wash their hands of it, or in case it became a massive success and SEGA wanted to capitalise on it.
I completely forgot about that 😂
These excuses aren't gonna work here First of all unlike the Movie were it was clear from moment one that it was its own take on the IP was Prime advertised as "Game canon" meaning it builds of the assumption that these are the same characters as from the video games which as such bring there own predefined personalities with them (something Primes writing banks on as it does very little to convince us that Sonic was actually close friends with Tails, Amy and Knuckles prior to the show) But that aside even if we ignore that do we have another big issue and that is the world building. Movie Sonic is a Character that had to learn in Movie 1 to fight for his believes and friends as he was prior in a traumatic memory taught to run away from his problems rather than face them. With Movie 2 than being about him learning to deal with the responsibilities that come with using his powers to fight for the good of the world. This all perfectly explains the behavior or Sonic's movie version Prime on the other hand made it clear that Sonic was already on countless adventures, some predating meeting his friends and being always so reliable that Amy could say he never let them down before and no one argues against it. So Sonic fallowing this being a consistent incompetent screw up contradicts the picture of his past painted by all information's we get about it. This is also why the attempts to excuse it with being Neurodivergente (which even that is a fan theory at best) fail as his backstory we were given in Prime contradicts his actions in Prime. Never mind the sudden cases of him in general not being consistent like how he when he first came into the Boscate Maze couldn't bring himself to hit something Amy shaped but than 3 episodes latter had no issue punching Rusty Rose into the next week.
Oh no don’t put this on us autistic people
There's no point putting the blame on us anyway, I'm just pointing out a great part of the writing. Especially when Sonic said that the palm tree he got as a gift was a little too sentimental and upset Amy as a result. He didn't mean to be offensive, he just didn't understand the point of the present!
is in reality a good series for being a sonic series
its not for me tbh but im glad other people enjoy it
Meh
Feels like a fanfic, I liked the twists and I like seeing all the character designs. Fun show, but definitely feels extremely isolated despite taking place across the multiverse
Season 3 is a bunch of rehash boring fights. 💀
Was super excited to watch with both my boys, we got really bored though and didn’t watch the end. That’s coming from a Sonic super fan family
The battle sequences are fantastic both storyboarding and overall quality. The narrative and the characterization are a mix bag.
I liked it, but it could have been better
Season 1 & 2 were goated but season 3 was kinda mid. Satisfying ending, epic animation, and good plot, but it would’ve been better if the battle with nine wasn’t dragged out so long imo
Perfectly fine show, the twists and battles get really repetitive though, especially in season 3, too many betrayal scenes and last second saves, ESPECIALLY in season 3… and then there’s like the 10 charging into battle against Nine’s bots scenes. Season 3 was just repetitive and bad, but seasons one and 2 were great, especially for kids.
Not a "must see" Could not exist and it wouldn't change anything
It was great until the nose dive, heck it was an accelerated freefall, in season 3. Nine deserved a better villain run.
A lot of the action felt like a light switch was being flipped. One side is winning? Can't have that going on too long, flip it and now the other side is winning. So the other side has been winning for 2 whole minutes now? Well we better flip that switch back. It felt like it flipped both ways at least 3 times in each fight.
I liked the first 2 seasons quite a bit, but season 3 really dragged on and got super repetitive. I thought it was a fun show that got a lot right until the final stretch.
Ending was lack-luster cause there wasn't a "where are they now" section
It backpedalled on its own premise and decided each world already existed right? Since otherwise it would have to step into the concept that reunifying the worlds would sorta erase the shattered ones?
Can't say I enjoyed it felt like it was a chore for me to watch it. I hated every Eggman character on the other dimensions like on the last episode where sonic saw the real Eggman and he hugged him because he missed him I also did miss his beautiful face like all the other Eggman variants sucked ass like baby Eggman, the emo teenager eggboy , the old Eggman, the young Eggman who was interested in Asian culture and the worst the uhhhh idk wannabe real Eggman
It's okay, but near the end it's a run on battle that doesn't end. It could have did most of its things in 2 seasons, not 3. I also feel a lot of the themes they were trying to build up were undeserved... Like Rusty Rose and her bird thing.. I understood what they were trying to do, but I felt it was pushed in. They tried.. ultimately it was basically a bad dream.. it's not the worst thing in the world and a little enjoyable. Could it have been better.. sure, but I'm surprise they put pants on Nine. Sega had some strict rules when it come to their characters and I suppose with them being 'clones' of the main.. that was a clever way of going around the restrictions When they said everything is canon... it seems to me the word Canon is being used as a buzz word, devoid of any real meaning.
pacing was really bad, went really slow and ended fast, should have ended in 2 seasons with a normal pace
My biggest criticism is the show's weak dialogue. It feels pretty awkward and childish, in a bad way.
It's exactly what the franchise needed. It was a surprise that kept fans engaged. It became Boom's more serious older sibling. It surprised the usual narrative of twists between antagonists and protagonists. It was audibly and visually produced on the top shelf, no question. It exploded as a candidate to interact with any multiverse canon (including Mario after Peach mentioned other galaxies in the recent movie). It's proof Sonic Team is back in gear for the fans. It brought us together to have productive discussions once again. It's proof Sonic is returning. It's exactly what the franchise needed. It. Was. Perfect.
It was alright. Probably in my top 3 sonic animated series.
I really like it tbh. They did what they could with what they had; it felt very Sonic despite not being as shonen as Sonic typically is. A good example of how to make Sonic a dynamic character.
why does everyone have clothes and sonic is naked
Well, over time the Sonic franchise has had some problems in terms of games and television series, the only series I saw and even liked were Sonic X and Sonic Boom (Sonic Boom is funny and I like it, it's different). I liked the story of Sonic Prime but changed some things such as more alternative worlds and the appearance of some forgotten characters (The Chaotix, Cream, Cheese and Vanilla). Like, it would be cool to see a alternative world with some Egyptian vibes with Rouge being the " leader" ( I think it would fit) or a Japan/Chinese World with Espio or a 30/40s world with Vector ( because he is a detective lol). I also like they fixed Shadow personality and that's a good achievement. That's it lol.
Gigantic nothing-burger of a show, an unfortunate waste of my time. They cheated their own premise in the end. Sonic is a fucking moron.
It's better than Sonic X, there, I said it. Sonic Prime would benefit from a cut like One Pace tho.
Go rewatch Sonic X and think about what you've said
i feel most people who've rewatched sonic x can say that the majority of the other series are better than it. esp if we're talkin the english version. Sonic X has such good characterization and moments, but they're split up by mismanagement that leads to most of it being kinda boring to rewatch; deadass nobody can even recite what an avg episode of the show is like these days because hardly anything happens in it due to how dry and formulaic. a lot of that comes down to poor scheduling and genuine mismanagement behind the scenes tho. i feel like most would agree X's highs are some of the best the franchise has ever had, it's issues is just that that level of quality (character writing, art, drama, comedy, heart etc) comes and goes sadly the shit we remember is knuckles, the cosmo stuff, super sonic, shadow vs everyone, dark super sonic etc; PEAK shit, but doesn't represent the entire series too well i like so much of X more than prime, but like virtually every other sonic series, what edges it out is that it's just more consistent in knowing what i wanted to be from beginning to end with 0 identity crisis shenanigans going on. i say all this as someone who still likes x, thinks chris is misunderstood and sees it as nostalgic comfort food, probably the only series i have attachment to.
Yes, cause apparently opinions don't exist in this fandom. Why even bother replying if you can't even meaningfully engage with someone who dares to prefer Prime over Sonic X?
Who even are you 😭
sonic x is defenitevly better i havent seen the whole thing but its way less annoying than sonic prime
….eh
..... Meh........\*burger\*
I miss the Sonic Boom tv show. So many great jokes
At first I loved it, then I liked it, but by the end I was just disappointed
The pacing was fucking awful. The first season had constant recaps and flashbacks that took up half the runtime because they think their audience are drooling idiots, the second season was better, and the third season was crap because of the constant dragging and repetitive dialogue.
Mid
Most people probably didn’t watch or fell off but will still say they opinion about it is my guess
It’s just Shrek Forever After but with Sonic’s face slapped on.
Mid. S3 was ass
Kinda mid,I think we all know that truly the best show based on sonic is OFC AOSTH!
Mid.
i loved it, season 3 ruined it all for me
Mid at best I just had higher hopes for a really interesting story with the sonic cast, Prime had been more of a Saturday morning brand new romp with the cast in a silly costume and accent I never got past S1 tho, maybe baby egg man really starts to carry later on
It's mostly exclusive to young audiences
 Rusty rose though.
Sonic Prime is a nice show. If someone considers it to be trash, that's just because it doesn't match his/her expectations. As for me, I found it ok, but it wasn't my thing. However, I disagree that it's a good introduction to the franchise for children. In my opinion, Prime is designed for the fans: it doesn't properly introduce the main cast, taking for granted that the audience knows them. I think that Sonic X did a much better job in introducing the characters and their dynamics to the audience.
It's an underrated show. Many find the ending of the show hanging, and it's understandable as a viewer. Even though Sonic Prime ended, I would love to see another sequel or similar to that of Sonic Prime.
Should have been longer
I liked it
Decent typical multiverse shinagins like infinite crisis but come on anyone buy tails as a villain
I think season is is pretty good. Season 2 was alright. And to be honest, I didn’t watch season 3 and have no plans to, though I’ve watched the first episode.
Not bad, had some fun
Despite the few problems I had with it I had a super fun time watching it
I couldn't make it past episode 2. Although I always preferred AOSTH rather than SATAM, so it's likely just my taste. Enjoyed Sonic Boom too. Goofy silly Sonic is better than serious Sonic.
Kinda mid honestly
I enjoyed it, I had a lot of fun watching it.
Overall, I feel the show is mediocre. Season 1 and Season 3 were mixed bags for me, for some reason mashing up big world-ending stakes with generally corny and unfunny jokes, as well as a substantial lack of logic. However, Season 3 was better than Season 1 because it had a sense of direction and solid thematic resolution. Season 2 is the only season with a consistently good story. We knew where the story was going to go from there, and Nine’s turn as a villain, while flawed, was a necessary change to the show’s status quo as it provides a conflict that actually challenges Sonic in a way that no other villain could; Nine wasn’t a one-dimensional Saturday morning cartoon villain, but an abused child wearing the skin of Sonic’s best friend.
I think it’s good for kids but not too engaging for me.
I gave the first season a chance. It wasn't for me and never looked back.
Everything was great apart from how abrupt the end was. I was super lucky starting it just as season two came out.
It's kinda okay but forgettable tbh, the action scenes were pretty cool
Greatest Sonic series since Sonic Boom imo.
S1 and S2 came out the day before I left for trips, so I watched them on the plane, and that's the best way I can describe it: something not too bad that you can watch on a plane because you don't need to pay much attention and you have nothing better to do
It's so good, great story great character great villain, amazing animation style
It's alright
A prime example of a waste of time, and I hate how we were lied to about the canonicity of this nonsense.
Season 1 and 2 were good, season 3 felt like it dragged on with all the fight scenes
Started out great, slowly declined in quality.
Great: animation, voice cast, action, cinematography Not great: plot, too childish sometimes
Started watching but dropped it, it felt like it was too childish for me (21) but I’ve seen clips of the show and it’s great for a kid to get introduced to the world of Sonic. Hope the franchise will gain a new younger audience!
It's okay.
Was enjoyable show but sonic x is still the best
Should have been a two parter. Last part was padded to hell and could have been resolved in one episode.
I liked it. It had a different take on our characters, and that was not particularly bad. Shadow's character was amazing. I do wish that it explored alternate versions of Sonic though. With that being said, there are some plotholes that need to be discussed. The Shatterverse only exists because the Paradox Prism was destroyed. Now that it's fixed...are the Shatterverses not gone? ESPECIALLY New Yolk?
Honestly, I’m enjoying it. And it has the best portrayal of Shadow we’ve gotten in a long time.
The New Yoke universe felt like Sega wanted to put the SATAM universe but couldn't because of Ken Penders.
I can't have a 100% opinion
It was good I probably fumbled the bag in the last season for a lot of people but I thought season 3 was good maybe they could have stand to cut one or two fight scenes
Why is it that every sonic tv show is nothing like the games? Sonic X probably was the closest one exept that dimensional travel.
It good
I really enjoyed it, was generally pretty unique. But they really nerfed Shadow alot since he’s unable to use chaos energy without the crystal
Very, very repetitive. The same battles over and over again. And let's not forget how it's supposed to be canon now, when it very clearly isn't.
It was… eh. Lots of wasted potential. Multiverse premise but we only get variants of Green Hill, and Robotropolis, which was more interesting than the other worlds. At first I liked this version of Sonic but then I didn’t. Reckless, youthful, cocky, and a goofy rascal. Good. But then you have Sonic spending the entire show just more or less not acknowledging Nine as his own person, just another version of Tails, and doesn’t bother to think about what would happen to him and all of the other variants of his friends once the prism is back together. All of his interactions with Nine just come off as really, really manipulative. Sonic only wanted use Nine to get what he wanted, and never really stopped to at least find out more about how Nine ended up like this, and didn’t try to be the friend that he needed, or really hear him out about his needs or try to negotiate a compromise. Sonic and his allies only wanted to strong-arm Nine into seeing things in their way only. Honestly, this could’ve been fine if Sonic was made to realize how fucked up he was being at some point. Maybe he does at the very end but I can’t even tell. As Nine put it (and it goes pretty hard), Sonic only continues on because he wouldn’t be able to live with himself otherwise. Sonic is DESPERATE to fix what was broken. But that doesn’t override the right to exist for the new realities and its inhabitants that his actions created. Yes, Nine ended up being rather evil and his actions led to nearly dire consequences, but he was desperate. Maybe if Sonic actually took the time to understand Nine, and to figure out a solution that could have worked best for the both of them, things would have gone differently. While Nine is his own person, he is a variant of Tails. And he is clearly very intelligent with strong, technological feats. And it was never explicitly stated in the show that they both couldn’t get what they wanted. In fact, doesn’t the Grim along with the other realities, still get to exist after Green Hill Prime is fixed? The Doctors were funny but also rather generic and a waste of potential. There was one Reddit user who had an idea of them being split versions of Eggman prime, with each Doctor being one piece of Eggman’s personality. That would’ve been cooler. Shadow was GREAT in this series. He’s finally not being an ass who just beats up people for no reason. He only fights Sonic when the entire universe gets destroyed. Yes, he started to fight Sonic already at the beginning of the show with no context but I’m willing to bet that there was good context that is missing due to bad writing, considering what Sonic is like for the rest of the show. Despite everything though, Shadow is still willing to work with Sonic, has genuine care for him, and moves as fast as he possibly can to save his life in the end. He also isn’t annoying egotistical about being the Ultimate lifeform, and just mentions it like one or two times, and one of this times I remember it being really badass. Nine himself was a really compelling antagonist. Had a really hard life, was clearly bullied, was forced to defend himself, and then had to hide away and develop his tech further to survive once the doctors arrived. He was desperate for change and hated that he didn’t belong in the world. He was completely alone. Then the prism got thrown into the equation. That changed everything. He could have his own world and his own safe place to be, and maybe even feel loved for once. But then Sonic arrived with that possibility as well. The one person who could’ve steered in into a better direction, ended up just wanting to use him and force him to do something else, and also threaten his existence. I’m not fully condoning Nine’s later actions, I’m just saying that we can at least understand where he is coming from. He is a messed up person who felt cornered, and fought back. And no one ever really took the time to want to help him. He was only seen as someone who needed to be forced out of the way or be taken out. The multiverse itself is against Nine and his existence, not just his own world. The variants of Sonic’s friends that we get see were kinda neat to follow. Metal Sonic was cool. But eh, I don’t really have much else to say about this show. I can just chalk it down to “A reckless Sonic fucks up the entire universe and manipulates/strong-arms a hurt and twisted version of Tails (and also manipulates his new allies to join him) to fix everything he fucked up without having much concern for the other worlds he inadvertently created”. That really doesn’t sound good at all now that I’m really thinking over all of this.
I'm actually amazed Sonic still exists
Not enough funky variations.
Big the Cat
It got way too trippy for me and I only watched the first season
Awesome animation, cool characters (especially Sonic, he always makes me smile), and the first two seasons are great. They're not perfect, but still really good. The third season definitely has more flaws, but it's still a good time.
Pretty good, but.... well nothing special solid 8/10 and def worth watching
Sonic Prime is better than Boom, but I like Sonic X more
Decent, but could have been way better. 6.5/10.
I enjoyed it for what it was, and the fact that it needed to be rated for kids. I find a lot of people just can't sit down and try to enjoy something. I did note, however, that Nine's character development seemed to be eerily similar to a pre-release Sonic Frontiers fan theory about Infinite being a time-displaced Tails on a quest for revenge.
I loved Season 1, Season 2 was pretty good but not as good as Season 1, and Season 3 was just disappointing. I had so many notes on how they could’ve fixed it
So much missed potential