The Missed Potential of Sonic Boom

As we all know Sonic Boom initially started development as a very different title called Sonic Synergy, what happened to that? What are the differences? Who screwed over Big Red Button? Take a guess...
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[@calistusjay60]

"The missed potential of [insert sonic game here]" might as well be Sega's slogan at this point.

[@amandaslough125]

Just "missed potential" as a whole.

[@FLXEP]

Not only Sonic, most SEGA games feels like missed potential

[@calistusjay60]

@@FLXEP Sega hates money. They keep having all these layoffs and losing business... All they have to do to become the highest grossing company ever is make a chao garden mobile game, make Nights/Billy Hatcher and Crazy Taxi games along side Sonic Adventure remakes... INSTANT MONEY.

[@justcallmekai1554]

@@calistusjay60 I always thought those series had a massive amount of potential. Sonic has great ideas bit either they arent excuted well or if they do excute it well, its almost never built upon. Other SEGA franchises like NIGHTS would have been fantastic to see today with much more technological progress (Balor's Wonderworld forgot the name lol) is very reminiscent of NIGHTS which is great. They gotta step up on this stuff lol.

[@angelicdream708]

Shadow the hedgehog otherwise all sonic games are all amazing.

[@Pheeze]

SEGA was probably scared that a Western studio would do a better job with their franchise that they went all out in sabotaging Sonic Boom.

[@LongSinceDead1]

Considering SEGA's storied history of sabotaging itself with its petty branch rivalries, yeah honestly that was definitely a factor.

[@chocopie5992]

I'm surprised they didn't do that with Mania.

[@jesusleondarias2821]

@@chocopie5992 the did to an extent, forcing them to make a snow level at a very late stage of development among other things that i cant remember right now

[@RaphielShiraha64]

@@jesusleondarias2821 like for example removing hyper forms and likely forcing the studio to connect it with forces

[@bestbacongaming3151]

Sega: I will self destruct... SONIC BOOM

[@kingvideogames]

How Nintendo Treats their fellow developers: 😄 How Nintendo Treats their fans: 🤬 How SEGA Treats their fans: 😄 How SEGA Treats their fellow developers: 🤬

[@knux7468]

In a way yes that's right, but at this point they both suck, no big corporation seems to get it right

[@najadamu2724]

Not even their fans are treated THAT well, since they keep trying to please EVERY facet of the already-divided Sonic fandom and ended up pleasing no-one. Just look at Sonic Forces, or Shadow in IDW.

[@theminecraft2516]

@@najadamu2724 And Sega make fun of people who like games like 06

[@knux7468]

@@theminecraft2516 really? I've never seen that

[@theminecraft2516]

@@knux7468 On twitter, panels, youtube videos

[@McManners100]

SEGA really didn’t understand what the term “spin-off” meant

[@Iamaperson32]

Well......

[@australiandr.nefario9004]

Champagne 🍾

[@ShadicgunMan]

SEGA: SPINDASH GO!

[@diskdem0n]

ok quick thing, it wasn't season fault it was the creator of sonics fault!

[@gjahmato8704]

@@australiandr.nefario9004 cyprien ?

[@jefferysmith6740]

That one ign employee: It’s like someone at Sega is trying to ruin sonic. Illzuka: *sweats*

[@Yuli_Ban]

All those years we were saying "Can't spell IGNorant without IGN" and it turns out they were right all along

[@theminecraft2516]

But whoever made Unleashed was clearly trying to bring the franchise back after 06

[@theminecraft2516]

@Nobody1473 Oh Hell naw 🎶

[@Yuli_Ban]

@@theminecraft2516 _Looks mournfully at the sterilized direction of franchise for the past 10 years, marvels at how Iizuka's Sonic Team utterly squandered an extraordinary amount of goodwill and hard work to rescue it_ It's overdue at this point.

[@theminecraft2516]

@@Yuli_Ban Yeah but that reviewer thought Sega was ruining the franchise with Unleashed when Unleashed was meant to apologize for 06

[@Cade_The_Squirrel]

It's hard to believe Iizuka, the man who created the Werehog was against Sonic being slow and exploration based

[@ultimelol5907]

He evolved... idk

[@Rose-zo1oo]

@@ultimelol5907 more like devolved

[@littenfire3563]

Izuka is so inconsistent

[@playerback7722]

^

[@ChillKnuxFan201]

Probably because the werehog wasn't well received because it was slow, so he decided not to do it again. People can change their mind, for the better or worst. Plus, only "20%" of the game is fast. Most of it is still slow. You forget that the day stages also exists in Unleashed.

[@theminecraft2516]

This is how Sega see the western audience: 🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@justsomeguywholikeswater3566]

....rectangles?

[@theminecraft2516]

@@justsomeguywholikeswater3566 I don’t get it

[@lucas_wintle]

@@theminecraft2516 they don’t have emojis

[@theminecraft2516]

@@lucas_wintle I don’t get it

[@zap648]

@@theminecraft2516 They see rectangles

[@BugsyFoga]

I honestly feel if Sega hadn't screwed boom up the way they did it could've legit had potential to a pretty great game .

[@ryangarza5513]

Yeah, and it really does break my heart that they would sabotage not only themselves and their franchise but also a small company as bigredbutton. It hurts to know this game could have been great and should have been, but Sega fucked it all up

[@pandaboydu2871]

@@ryangarza5513 This is why fangames are better than actual sonic games, they don't have restriction

[@StudioMetroProductions]

BigRedButton: “But this is gonna make the story conf-“ Sega: Either you do it my way or I’ll find someone else who can!” BigRedButton: “Alright...” Paramount: “What is this? Sega... your story sucks!” Sega: Either you do it or I’ll someone else who will!” Paramount: “Yeah, alright, sure, fuck off.”

[@Davanthall]

That’s just what Sega does. They did the EXACT same thing to the Archie comics too.

[@rainpooper7088]

@@StudioMetroProductions Actually, Paramount was probably more like *“Screw the rules, I have money!“*

[@DASH596]

Man, remember when Iizuka said he didn't want to give fans ''Sonic Adventure 3'' since he didn't think that meant ''Moving Sonic Forward'' to him? But then we got Forces... With Classic Sonic... And returning zones... With 1 minute length levels, that had very little actual level design? With weird gameplay? With reused boss fights? And super sonic as DLC? Good times...

[@mediamuncher6982]

Me nd you have both the same mind set I was thinking about that last month.

[@ctpp64]

seriously, that guy ruins sonic like kensuke tanabe ruins paper mario

[@ThoughtfulSheep]

Sonic: LIZUKA. WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO ASSASSINATE ME!?

[@wolfdragox5563]

I cannot even imagine wtf happens on his mind or how he sees the franchise at this point, its impossible to comprehend for me, the only thing i can imagine is that he’s a f-cking chill that only listens to what Sega thinks has to be done, therefore, he doesn’t have a vision anymore, he’s just a public face

[@NickMario1]

@@ctpp64 ikr

[@flyshades2213]

This could have been a game to turn sonic from a speed franchise into an open world adventure game with good characters and gameplay. It was inevitable for sega to fuck up something with so much potential.

[@karenbonds264]

I actually had a concept for a spinoff series based on the Archie canon!

[@karenbonds264]

Well, if you insist, here's a rather long synopsis on how the Demo/first mission will go (be wary, it's a long one): It's a game I like to call : Mobius: a World Beyond The game starts just before the Days of Fury (The one with the Xorda and the Gene Bombs) You begin as a Human who signed up for an Experimental Project involving confiscated Xorda technology to create super soldiers by merging Human DNA with those of an Animal. You are instructed to give your name, select gender, what Element(s) you wish to control. (Yes, there is an Element Matchup Mechanic in this game, and each with a exclusive ability tree.) Finally, you pick which animal you want to be. And trust me, the Character Customization in Mobius will make Forces look barebones. You can pick from all assortments of animals, from Mammals, to Avians(Birbs), to reptiles and amphibians, fish and other sea life, even insects and arachnids! (I was thinking if you pre-ordered the game, you can also pick Mobiosuar, Echidna, And Dragon as bonuses!) for this example, let's say you're playing as a Male, Flame and Normie Elemental Wolf named Gadget. After you make your selections, you are led by a group of scientists who place you in a capsule-like structure to begin the Biomerge. Just as the excruciating metamorphosis begins, the Xorda arrives, and begins to unleash the Gene Bombs on the planet. The shockwaves cause the building you're in to collapse, crushing the scientists beneath the rubble. The torturous transformation continues until you finally lose consciousness. There you stay, changing along with the ruined Earth, but you remain trapped in time, never waking, for thousands of years. In those thousands of years, a tyrant ruled the reborn world, challenged only by a group of Mobian rebels known as the Freedom Fighters. For almost nine years, the mad overlord, Dr.Ivo Robotnik, have been pestered by the Freedom Fighters time and time again, until he comes across an ancient log that tells of an incredibly powerful creatures that slumber undistubed since the time of Ancients. If Robotnik could obtain just one of these legendary creatures, not even the Freedom Fighters will stop him. The Freedom Fighters learn about this plan, and two of their best are off on a race against time to see who can secure the legendary being first. And that is where your story, your adventure in a world beyond, begins... The game begins in the Mobian Badlands, and two Mobians were watching Swatbots guard the entrance to strange ruins. The two Mobian Freedom Fighters, Sonic the Hedgehog(in Classic form) and Sally Acorn easily dispatches the robots. Once inside the ruins, the duo split up to find the creature's whereabouts.You take control of Sonic in a tutorial for movement controls and object interaction. Once you finish this (option to skippable) tutorial, Sonic meets up wit Sally to discover a room where the creature is in. Unfortunately, this was a trap set up by Robotnik himself to not just obtain the creature, but to also capture the two best Freedom Fighters! Sonic attempts to keep the Swatbots off Sally as she uses Nicole to hack into a control panel to try to awaken the creature. Robotnik has enough and fires a portable robotizizer at Sally, who Sonic shoves out the way so the beam hits a metal wall. The resulting explosion knocks the two Freedom Fighters unconscious, but Nicole has already finished hacking the controls. Three guesses who the Ancient creature actually is. (Note: In this game, I made three paths with an additional branch. You start out on the Freedom Fighters path 1 in your first playthrough, and as you progress through the story, new Save Files which will let you play as new custom characters for Neutral and Villain paths will open up, each with their own perks.) You finally start to wake up , but the Merger gives you one last painful boost to your changed body. In blind pain and desperation, you used that boost to completely obliterate Robotnik's Swatbots in a battle tutorial and send the dictator flying far from the ruins. Once you burn out that energy, you once again fall unconscious just as Sonic and Sally regain theirs. Sally is astonished by the carnage and wonders where the creature went. Sonic, however, finds it lying on the floor of the ruins, and is shocked by its appearance. The ruins, due to the massive outpouring of energy from the awakening, stats to collapse, and the Freedom Fighters, with the creature in tow, flees the ruins just in time. The duo decided that this mission was a success, and heads back to Knothole to learn more about their new "creature"... You wake up in a strange new place with a blue hedgehog-like creature next to your bedside. Naturally, you freak out, falling out of bed in the process. The hedgehog, who introduces himself as Sonic, attempts to help you up, but then you noticed that your hand was no longer a Human one. You notice a mirror nearby, and you stumble towards it, staring back at you is... (The Second part of Character Customization starts here. This time, whatever animal you picked in the first half will be the Mobian animal you are. You can pick Body type, eye shape and colors, fur color, you can make your own markings, stripes, pick different features, etc. you can also pick starting accessories. Like gloves, shoes, and for example, glasses. After getting a good look at your new form, your screams alert two other characters, Tails and Boomer/Rotor. The two Freedom Fighters are ecstatic that you're finally awake after taking you in two days ago, and when they find out you were once a Human from thousands of years ago, Boomer practically loses his mind in excitement. Before you could get acquainted with your new friends, a transmission from Antoine warns the Freedom Fighters of a powerful Badnik that is dangerously close to Knothole. Tails, Boomer/Rotor, and Sonic head out, but befre you can come along, Sonic tells you to stay in the HQ and try to get yourself situated. Meanwhile, The AI, Nicole, welcomes you and invites you on a Tu-Tour-ial of The Freedom Fighter Base. (Note: You can save either on the fly, or in your room) Once you finish in the main control room, a Transmission from Sonic tells you that the badnik is more of a handful than he thought. He doesn't want to do this, but he needs your help. He's battling the robot in Great Forest Clearing 1, and Nicole can help you gear up for the battle. Once you get your items, you make your way towards Great Forest. You try to get a better vantage point from a tall tree, and once you do, you get a grand scope of how big this game's world will be. You can spot mountain ranges, what appears to be a floating Island, and a grey city tarnishing the pristine world. Nicole explains that city wasn't always that way, it was a beautiful city once, using technology to coexist and enhance nature, that is, until Robotnik happened. An explosion in a nearby clearing alerts you to an ensuing battle, and you hurry over. Three out of four Freedom Fighters were out of commission, with only Sonic left to take on the large machine solo, but even he's not without his fair share of injuries. You distract the Badnik into targeting you instead, and the robot recognize you as the "Ancient Being." You and Sonic team up to battle the robot, but once the Badnik reaches half health, it swats you and Sonic aside, and the droid closes in on you. In desperation, you inexplicably attack the machine with a strange power, the power of your Element(s) this leads into a Tutorial Curbstomp battle on how to use your Elemental powers. The Badnik is defeated at the end, and Sonic commends your skill. He asks you if you want to be a Freedom Fighter, and since you have no knowledge of this new world, you guess it wouldn't hurt to team up with them for a while. You agree to be a Freedom Fighter, and Sonic is happy you're a member of the team. Now, what's your first mission as a new official Freedom Fighter? Help Sonic carry Antoine, Boomer/Rotor, and Tails' unconscious bodies back to base. Once you get back to Freedom Fighter HQ, you meet Sally Acorn after returning from gathering medicinal berries. You're given an Exposition Dump about the Freedom Fighters and Robotnik, and you let Sally know you're going to give it your all to fuel the fight for freedom! Thus ends Mobius Mission # 0, prologue. (The first Mobius Arc will span the first 50 issues of the comic series some issues that were just filler will be replaced with missions based on certain Sonic SatAM episodes.)

[@karenbonds264]

I thought it would make a more narrative sense to have two customization scenes, with the first one being during the Days of Fury, you were only supposed to have the ability attributes of the animal you chose (Like regeneration, enhanced strength and speed, etc.) but you were basically left in the oven too long and got the physical appearance of your animal as well. The scene where you wake up at Knothole is where you can customize both your Mobian form and clothing options, since you're seeing for yourself what you look like for the first time, since I was planning the whole sequence to be from your character's first person perspective before switching to third person. I'm glad you like my ideas, though!

[@Couch_Banana]

@@karenbonds264 This is really good stuff, well done!

[@soya_kitchens]

​@@karenbonds264 I really like these ideas. If I ever make a game out of the stories I write I'm hiring you! lol

[@erikm8373]

Could our stagnant views on how Sonic games should work be killing the franchise? No, it's the players who are wrong.

[@austinreed7343]

To be fair, given some of the players’ reactions, they might be justified.

[@wreday720]

Think its both tbh

[@Leonard_Wolf_2056]

Both. It doesn't help that many, many fans worship 2d sonic, think those are only good games, and think 3d sonic sucks a$$("There is no good 3d sonic game"). Nor does it help that many fans want other 3d sonic games to be like adventure.

[@_veloxity91]

fans and critics always complain about something, its either both or just critics. sega/sonic team, etc. tries to please critics and fans with their games, but there's so many complaints and it's hard to fix every little issue with a game in another one.

[@mjc0961]

It's definitely SEGA and not the players. Anyone blaming the players is wrong. Sonic was riding high on Colors and Generations. No players and I mean *_NO PLAYERS_* asked for them to abandon a gameplay style that was working and deliver Lost World instead. And it's not the players constantly asking SEGA to rush out games. Even widely well received games like Frontiers clearly needed more dev time to work on issues like the severe pop-in. SEGA just keeps sabotaging this franchise over and over again. Big Red Button got it bad, so did the developers of Sonic Colors Ultimate and Sonic Origins. Time after time, SEGA just plain sucks. Anyone blaming the players too is just a SEGA Simp, trying to defend their favorite multinational corporation.

[@NerdzTM]

Knuckles saying piss is something I didn't know I needed

[@theminecraft2516]

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[@Vivigreeny25]

On a slightly different note: Let Boom Sonic say shit, SEGA you cowards-

[@dezzydream]

@@theminecraft2516 what the shit was that

[@theminecraft2516]

@@dezzydream lmao

[@dionlackey798]

He says damn too in shadow the hedgehog

[@skeeterdaviter7745]

What happened with boom hurts more than 06 or any of the other duds in Sonics history. I will never forgive SEGA for how they destroyed Boom before it even got the chance to walk.

[@australiandr.nefario9004]

All right mate nothings bad when you’ve got good old Milo biscuits mate, or Cassowaries in your front yard mate. Good old Champagne 🥂 🍾

[@jenn4368]

Agreed. There were so many things I would’ve loved to see that never got the chance. I hope someone, whether it be Sega or even a fan, will give Boom another shot😔

[@ressljs]

I actually really liked Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice on the 3DS. Of course as a 2D game on an aging handheld, and after Rise of Lyric became a world-wide laughing stock, not too many were paying attention by that point.

[@skeeterdaviter7745]

@@ressljs I got that game on release day actually. I enjoyed it a lot, I’m just more of a 3D sonic guy and wish ROL was how the Dev team wanted it.

[@wolfdragox5563]

I’m bias towards 06 and that’s why 06 dev story will always hurt me more than RoL dev story but I still wish we could have got the game BRB wanted, it had so much potential...

[@sakurasolosfiction105]

The worst thing about this channel is that it doesn’t have more videos for me to watch

[@theeddieartshow]

Eventually peep, videos take a while

[@Sledge447]

Facts

[@australiandr.nefario9004]

It’s ok mate nothings bad when you’ve got good old Milo biscuits mate, or Cassowaries in your front yard mate. Good old Champagne 🥂 🍾

[@rugby681]

Lol yeah you have a lot of potential my dude with someone at your age making this content.

[@josevazval]

Correct me if I’m wrong isn’t this the guy that reviews like cartoons? LS Mark?

[@aslightlystablefootsoldier9838]

In a Alternate timeline Sonic 06 is a beloved classic Sonic Generations is a uninspired mess Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric is a unforgettable masterpiece Sonic Forces is great.

[@acemagalor2519]

Aside from generations I would’ve loved that

[@wolfdragox5563]

Maybe someday..,

[@--__--__--__--__--__--__--]

Sonic Mania isn't made

[@pigstep9697]

@@acemagalor2519 the other games would be so good that generations would be considered bad.

[@msiio]

@@pigstep9697 lmaoo that's probably why

[@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668]

There's a difference between making a character not too bright and making them absolutely devoid of brain cells. Knuckles went through the Homer syndrome.

[@jaymontgomery8566]

I love this comment so much

[@hilmanalfarisy7369]

I prefer boom knuckles than main franchise knuckles, in my opinion.

[@stratospherica]

@@hilmanalfarisy7369 Honestly yeah, the characterisation in Boom is better on all counts. Mainly because there's characterisation to be had. It feels like for Sega canon, every character except Shadow (arguably) has one character trait centred around how they relate to Sonic, whereas Boom makes every character their own person. Honestly at this point just transplant Boom Amy over to the main canon. She has a better design and a better characterisation than the mess that Sega made.

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

@@stratospherica iF I hAVe tO cHoOsE bETwEeN tHe wORlD aND sONic, I wOUld cHOoSe sONic

[@stratospherica]

@@Breakaway-ic5gj call me a french sandwich filling because i'm in pain x

[@KaiboStudios]

Today i was literally ranting about how much i hated how so many people blamed BRB for what happened. So happy there are people like you spreading the truth.

[@TheDanks]

It's never been Big Red Button :c

[@mcaelm]

So the problem wasnt that it WAS on Wii U. It was that SEGA just went "btw the game will be on Wii U" AFTER they had been developing it for a while

[@mcaelm]

@TheROBLOCrafter Oops fixed

[@theminecraft2516]

Imagine if they had to put Rise Of Lyric on the 3DS!!!😂😂🤣🤣

[@TimG57867]

Yeah Nintendo kinda got thrown under the bus. (Not nearly as badly as Big Red though). SEGA just had to fork over some Sonic games. They didn't HAVE to shove Rise of Lyric in particular onto the Wii U but SEGA went "Hey we got this technical Sonic game already well into development. Just use this to finish the deal off and we're set!" without giving a lick of thought about what such a random shift would do to the game. If this game had been built from the ground up for the Wii U it would have turned out infinitely better.

[@emilie8356]

how the hell did they thought that was a good idea? the console wasn't even selling good

[@andyenglish4303]

@@emilie8356 The Sonic deal was probably made before it was clear how bad the sales for WIi U were. Remember Nintendo had been doing super well with the Wii and 3DS, and there were three exclusive Wii Sonic games (Secret Rings, Black Knight, and Colors)--and obviously Generations got a Wii version despite the system being so much less powerful than the competition. Sonic Boom might have even sold pretty good (for a Wii U game) if it hadn't sucked.

[@kinglynerd]

I have a feeling Sonic Forces fell into the same fate. These games could've came out with amazing potential. Clearly some sorta of miscommunication is happening within the studios

[@deprecated7681]

Or franchise fatigue. I imagine sonic team is getting cabin fever by being forced to work on sonic games only.

[@Temzy]

@@deprecated7681 well they are called *sonic team* so they should have predicted this from the start lmao

[@jasonnguyen1072]

@@tommurchuis5464 Well, they WORKED on other games. Clear difference there. Not so much post-2006; SEGA doesn't really trust Sonic Team with handling other games anymore, and...honestly, I can see why, despite them feeling restricted, lol.

[@jasonnguyen1072]

@ArtBuffalo, I mean wasn’t he like that during the Saturn Era? A low budget byproduct lacking in hopes, dreams, and greatness. All thanks to Naka? And then Adventure happened and with that the greatest era Sonic has ever lived; surpassing even the Classic era. Yes he lost to Mario but he couldn’t be any more alive. Point being, don’t be so sure with that last statement of yours bro.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

@ArtBuffalo Not only that, he's retconning shit left and right.

[@stevespud2707]

Sega's mandates are slowly killing this franchise.

[@ikagura]

Since at least 10 years

[@jasonnguyen1072]

If we want to be technical, the "mandates" weren't created until around 2013 after dealing with another 3rd party creator (you know, the most infamous one other than this one). It was their way of trying to keep everything together in tight management. But that aside, to reply to the original post, well, you're goddamn right. SEGA has always been like this ever since Sonic's inception, and it has ruined several unique and creative projects around this character ever since. And they're not stopping their behavior even when they're called out. In fact, they just push harder for it than before. It really shows that they really had little idea how to manage this icon even since 1994.

[@johnnygyro2295]

More proof of why I think franchises should start entering the public domain.

[@ikagura]

@@johnnygyro2295 Which ones?

[@johnnygyro2295]

@@ikagura One of them was apparently characters not being allowed to have family. Though given the movie I'm wondering how accurate it is.

[@JesseIART]

Why is Sega so against having story-driven Sonic products? If you're not going to expand on the lore in your games, why hold other studios back, especially if it's not affecting the main cannon. You know why some people like the Pre-Genisis Archie Sonic comics, because it had "a world unique beyond what you know from the Sega games". Yes, those comics had their problems, but they attracted those who wanted more outside of the games and it didn't affect the world built in the mainline games. There is an audience that is into expanded lore that Sega refuses to acknowledge and it cost them when they limited the potential Sonic Boom had. With the perfect balance of creative freedom and supervision, Sega and other companies can create new worlds for their mascot.

[@johanroyce6324]

I too feel the same way when it came to Archie Sonic Pre-Genisis wave. I was never really a Sonic fan until I read Archie Sonic one year ago. I had already seen both Sonic Boom tv series and Sonic X but those never really peaked my interest for vey long and I never played any of the games either. But what sold me with Archie was the fact I got to see these characters grow, in other words I got to see how they were from the beginning, where they are now and how the events of the story changed them.

[@JesseIART]

@@johanroyce6324 I often hear how Boom was made as an attempt to reach a western demographic. I know Sega probably didn't wanna collaborate with Archie by that time, but they could've just expanded on the comic with a show or spin-off games (I respect game canon as it's own entity). Or they could've done that during the Flynn Pre-Genesis era (started back in 2007 I think). Either way, it was a missed opportunity.

[@ledetbrothers9210]

The answer’s simple. Sonic 06.

[@GoldPrince2468]

I just found out Ken Penders is trying to sell his Sonic OCs for $10K. I just want to buy the popular (not echidna) characters he has- COMPLETE OWNERSHIP and give them to SEGA/IDW. I want to crowd fund a noncanon anniversary comic where it rewrites Scourge’s prison escape. The universe explodes, throwing the gang into the IDW universe. We get a final battle that shatters Scourge and the gang. A true finale.

[@Mepphy99]

Sonic 06 that's why also lawsuit

[@NCozy]

The development of Sonic Boom is so interesting and sad.

[@LyokoGem]

Big Red Button really deserved better.

[@brian_Austin27]

Yeah I liked it but the games hit it hard

[@krsmanjovanovic8607]

@@LyokoGem BRB's original designs and ideas were SO GOOD! And Sega just killed every chance of that game being interesting

[@emilie8356]

well, there's always next season

[@therabbitskulls]

*”You guys must’ve really pissed them off!”* im not sure how to feel about hearing knuckles say “piss”

[@johnross5098]

"Amy is that your piss jar?" *Drinks glass

[@mitchfletcher2386]

@@johnross5098 Sonic Boom Knuckles would definitely do that.

[@justcallmekai1554]

@@mitchfletcher2386 Oh definitely

[@Yuli_Ban]

It's 2020. Piss shouldn't be a cuss.

[@TimG57867]

@@Yuli_Ban Seriously. If Knuckles said that in the game I wouldn't have batted an eye. Wouldn't even be a 10th as glaring as Shadow the Hedgehog which has been memed to death for shooting the D bomb at ya every 10 seconds.

[@lwetho1519]

Sonic Boom could’ve been very interesting but SEGA messed it up sadly.

[@theminecraft2516]

Isn’t that what the video just said?

[@Temzy]

@@theminecraft2516 lmfao fr

[@user-sp2jg9rx8r]

That's Sega for ya.

[@wowitsrg]

Man, the writers on the Sonic Boom tv show really WERE on another level. The comedic style of that show fit perfectly with Sonic. Each character had one specific over exaggerated trait, but it wasn’t done for no reason. It was done specifically so that they could write very specific jokes around those traits. Which was pretty brilliant tbh. The story and dialogue in Sonic games always comes off as cringe or corny. So the fact that the show didn’t take itself too seriously at all, really got rid of that issue all together. Hope that they re-hire those writers to write more Sonic dialogue in the future.

[@sev1120]

And they weren't just that character trait! Knuckles isn't just an idiot. He's quite intelligent when it comes to topics he's passionate about, and when he says something actually intelligent everyone does a double take. For an example, his speech on how bringing up the breaking of gender roles undermines the concept of gender equality. Tails isn't just the smart one. Sure, he's the smart guy in the group, but he's also extremely loyal to his friends, and is also cunning. For an example, when he sent UT with a hidden message to rescue him. Amy isn't the stereotype she is in the main series where she's obsessed with sonic. Granted, there are moments when the show says she has a crush on him, but she's still a hyper competent badass and the heart of the team. Sticks, the newest character, is the outcast. A conspiracy theorist and a tomboy who fights with homemade weapons. Despite her outlandish theories, she can often be described as the "voice of reason" for the team. Sonic isn't just "fast and cocky", he's a good guy. Granted, he can be a jerk, and he's not the most socially conscious, but he's been a hero most of his life, that'd screw up someone's social life a lot. Then there's Eggman. Sure, he's a villain, and Sonic's sworn enemy, but that doesn't mean they can't be friends. It's kinda like two guys whose jobs oppose each other, but when off the clock they're chill. Plus, he's got a lot of image issues, and there's some funny jokes. Like how his robots are programmed not to obey orders unless they're threatened. All in all, the main team makes a good 5 man band, and oftentimes Eggman can substitute one of the team members and fit in fairly well Sonic is the leader Tails is the smart one Knuckles is the big guy Amy is the heart Sticks fits the role of the lancer, as does Eggman

[@5persondude]

With the way Sega runs their company, they deserve every Sonic-related failure that comes their way. Honestly Yakuza is the only thing they have going for them anymore, but even that series isn’t completely safe from Sega

[@3dipto]

It's mainly Sega's japanese division pulling shit like this. Fun fact: Sega of Japan's stubbornness and mishandling of their products is the reason why Sega failed as a console maker as well. Seems like by never learn

[@paperluigi6132]

@@3dipto the guys deliberately sabotaged the Saturn and Dreamcast's launches in America.

[@oscarperez9783]

@@3dipto I’m surprised Sega is still alive after all the fuck ups they’ve done in the past

[@shake1414]

@@3dipto oh god mfg this stupid company fun fact: some company’s approached sega to make new consoles or bye them out one of them went to Nintendo and made the 64 the other one was Sony that’s why they made the PlayStation, and Microsoft was going to bye them off or something but they didn’t want to or something

[@nibot0157]

Tails with a bazooka that's badass

[@neovagras980]

Ten year old badass fox

[@inendlesspain4724]

Of yeah, sure, when Tails does it it's badass, but when Shadow does it it's "too edgy" smh my head.

[@neovagras980]

@@inendlesspain4724 He’s a kid who know how to use a bazooka Shadow yes he knows how to use one but his reputation was pretty much tarnished by the fans and SEGA but not Tails’ I know this is a joke please don’t take it the wrong way.

[@markee3738]

sega constantly releases rushed, unfinished games, and crunches their devs but it's all ok because they don't go after fan games

[@narxmagee727]

Yeah. It's great they embrace their fans, but just doing that doesn't give you a free pass.

[@costby1105]

Sega been doing that with Sonic Games since at least 1994 with sonic games at least. They've also been screwing their devs by making wonky deals that force games to come out either way before they're ready or on downgraded hardware, where people have gotten desperately sick and or left the company.

[@theminecraft2516]

They care about the fans!!! Lmao yet they keep bringing back Zavok 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@friendlymariofan7483]

Sonic always sucked and sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 sonic 06 is the worst game ever

[@Fungiarts]

Bro Sonic 06 is a dead horse and 06 doesn't give you the reason to dislike the entire franchise. Idk but mega man has some bad games ah wait let's see mega man legends? Oh mega man sucks the mega man franchise dumb has heck. See? That's a thing that you shouldn't do.

[@g0ddish434]

It was like this "Hey, make an au sonic" "Okay" (Months later) "Hey this is nothing like sonic" "But didn't you-" "Are you disobeying us?"

[@jasonnguyen1072]

SEGA with every 3rd party company and employee in a nutshell.

[@dumbassdiana9367]

Why does Sega of Japan try to ruin Sonic so often, I mean he was only popular in the 90’s because Sega of America actually knew how to market shit and even then they tried to bring them down

[@Cinko420]

Dumbass Diana Kinda reminds me of how Nintendo despised Melee since it first released and would try to sabotage the game's success in the competititive scene. Though, I think that mess was NoA while SoJ was sabotaging Sonic.

[@theminecraft2516]

The only thing keeping Sonic alive is fan animations and the movie

[@jasonnguyen1072]

@@theminecraft2516 Well comics too...literally the closest thing we can get to appease our desire for good storytelling in this franchise.

[@tacocats2244]

And Sega of Japan is also the reason they lost the consol wars and stopped selling consoles

[@amesstarline5482]

Although we should remember- Archie and Sonic the Comic spawn from the freer, unclear reign- I think Sonic does best when you can tell it's Sonic, but not limited by 'moderns only' or 'mains only'.

[@ChannelPup]

Sonic Boom really was the falling off point but for me it wasn't rock bottom of, well, this respective fall. Sonic had gained some street cred thanks to games like Unleashed, Colours and Generations and we were FINALLY getting Sonic reviews from pro-critics that didn't begin with "Oh boi o lawd Sonic sure has been through a rough patch" buuuuut then Sonic Boom Rise of Lyric happened. And it was like, okay, Lost World was uncharacteristic, but Rise of Lyric really pissed away all of that goodwill. Then I kinda figured, well, a return to what worked about games like Generations, that'll do the trick, right? ...right? ...damn it. Lost World was the cliff's edge, Rise of Lyric was the fall, Forces was the landing. With that said, I don't think Boom as a series was tooooo fundamentally bad, it just would've been better off being treated as an evolution of the Sonic we know and love as opposed to a dumping ground for new ideas. Then again, the new idea was, make Sonic slow in normal gameplay and make any fast bits like Sonic dash, so, maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe I kinda get it. I sure hope the wait for the next Sonic game will be worth it.

[@Strawberry_PopTart]

I didn’t realize u watch Marks content pup.

[@playerback7722]

I agree with you comment

[@naobi666]

I dunno man, at least Forces was fun for the 3 hours it lasted

[@ChannelPup]

@@naobi666 Oh sure, I'd definitely say Forces is the better game than Rise of Lyric, but it represented a point where it was going to be an uphill battle for Sonic to get back up again, because they used a reliable formula and still didn't get a great result.

[@naobi666]

@@ChannelPup ohhh I gotcha, totally agree! I really want the best for this series 😔

[@narxmagee727]

BRB: Oh man. Look at all these cool and interesting ideas we have for our *spin-off.* SEGA: Yeah. It would be a shame if someone gave you super stupid restrictions that hinder the final product. BRB: Yeah that would....be pretty...I'm sorry could you repeat tha-.

[@justcallmekai1554]

"You heard me"

[@dellosayshello5405]

It’s official the cyber shell vs splash dash arc has begun it gonna be bloody

[@nibot0157]

What about both

[@mlpfimguy]

This is a fun and informative video, I'd also like to add a couple fun facts about this game and the development process: -The gameplay the devs had in mind was actually implemented and working at some point, but its gimmicks and features had to be stripped down due to the WiiU's limitations, the devs refer to this time as 'the reform.' -One of the designers actually pitched the Sonic Boom television series to SEGA, and while they were originally meant to be seperate projects, SEGA instead decided to tie the two universes together. Much of the story and gameplay had to be changed very late in development because of this. -Many former annonymous BRB employees claim that the reason they had left the project during development had nothing to do with SEGA, Big Red Button or bad work conditions. -In the final game, Knuckles only has a partially animated walk cycle. The first half plays before reversing what just played. This "ping-pong" animation is especially noticeable when you focus on his quills. -Several cutscenes in the game are missing music, dialogue and sound effects. While patches have been made to alter the lighting, performance and textures in some cutscenes, the sound remains an issue still. I find this game super fascinating, so if anyone else knows interesting lesser known facts about this game or it's developpemt i'd love to hear it!

[@MauriceBear]

I wouldn’t mind seeing Sticks return in the main canon of Sonic in the comics and video games she was the best character within Sonic Boom. also controversial opinion aside I didn’t mind Knuckles having a beefed up, bulkier physique because it fits him very well. I wouldn’t mind something like that return down the line. Let’s give it another chance SEGA.

[@costby1105]

The worst part of all of this is none of this is new; Almost everything else is BS that we've seen before in previous Sonic games. Strife between an American Developer and Sega of Japan; Sonic Xtreme Deal that prevented a delay for a more polished feature filled title; both Sonic 3 and Sonic 06. Engine issues due to Hardware; Sonic Xtreme says hello. Key people leaving during development; Sonic Xtreme and Sonic 06 again. Still people didn't get desperately ill during development like Sonic Heroes and again Sonic Xtreme. Gee it's almost like Sega never learns their lesson. Sonic Mania(which was also rushed to meet a deadline) is just fluke, The team was lucky that Sega Didn't make even more besides the reuse of zones.

[@jasonnguyen1072]

Don't forget Archie! Nevermind that's OK, everyone wants to forget Archie, even SEGA...*insert chubby comic writer here intensifies* (anyway, for people who miss the point, it's that SEGA is equally responsible, if not more, for the strife this writer had against SEGA, Archie, and BioWare that ruined a once-compelling run of interesting stories. And instead of learning from this the right way shove their mandates even harder down people's throats - even though it has gotten them nothing but trouble - so we get even more half-baked stories that we are forced to accept as "good." So it's not only the games; it's everywhere in Sonic, and they will probably never learn. SEGA treats their 3rd party workers like shit.)

[@blackdot105]

I remember seeing the initial trailers and wondering how the final game changed so much. It's sad that Sonic tends to have these mishaps.

[@G5onicDmi]

The Sonic franchise is cursed

[@0cean404]

Sonic boom really wasn’t much of a BOOM.

[@theminecraft2516]

It was a BOMB

[@theminecraft2516]

Wait does bomb mean it succeeded or failed?

[@blackdot105]

@@theminecraft2516 Depends on the context. Seeing how it went, it could go either way.

[@narxmagee727]

It was the opposite. A MOOB.

[@bleakburd4965]

It was a BUST

[@PhantomBunny888]

Sonic: Sega please don't turn me into a Wii U exclusive!

[@gisming]

Fun fact: Everytime you betray Sega, one bad Sonic game gets planned. Someone betrayed Sega, and look what happened. Sonic Boom, Sonic 06, Etc. Lesson: Never betray Sega. Never.

[@theminecraft2516]

3D Blast is the result of Xtreme being cancelled, 06 is the result of rushing your game, Secret Rings is the result of too much experimentation, Dark Brotherhood is the result of selling the prototype of a game, Rise Of Lyric is the result of screwing up another company, Forces is the result of not giving a shit

[@jasonnguyen1072]

Don't forget fucking mandates because of a certain someone...never betray SEGA indeed.

[@starbutterfly9036]

@@jasonnguyen1072 we talking about Penders?

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

@@starbutterfly9036 yes

[@bobbob1876]

@@theminecraft2516 Dark Brotherhood was that one RPG, right? I liked it.

[@octomarette]

Man no wonder LS mark is your friend you guys sound alot alike!

[@JasLamArr91]

Wait! This isn't LS Mark????

[@kyubeyz_7062]

Sonic boom LOOKS like it could’ve been a good game and I honestly would like to see it if it was worked out better.

[@Fardr]

The missed potential of L.S Marks “Friend”

[@Dansam04]

Dang it! I’m actually mad that boom was about to be a good game before Sega ruined it.

[@kensukefan47]

If they want a game for western(American) Audiences they should've just made a Shadow the hedgehog 2 that plays entirely in WESTopolis.

[@wolfdragox5563]

I un ironically would like that tbh 👉👈

[@kensukefan47]

@@wolfdragox5563 would be ultimately based.

[@akoji]

Ok I'm just annoyed now, why does sega go out of their way to make their products worse? Like theres no way they made all that stuff happen without knowing they were ruining the game in the process. At times like this I wish they'd just sell the sonic brand to a company that will actually make a good game for once because this is just a spit in the face

[@Teknanam]

Because the management at Sega of Japan is shit and always has been. Look at all the way back with Sonic 1 and how tje original dev team for it got treated like shit and nearly left Sega, only to get talked back by Sega of America who put them at the Sega Technical Institute in America where they developed Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic and Knuckles. Sega of America made Sonic an icon and the Genesis a true rival of the Super Nintendo and SoJ's reaction was to feud and fight with them because "how dare those upstart Americans make us look bad >:(". It'd be nice if Sega of Japan just sold off their valuable properties and go die in a corner, but they are too stubborn to die.

[@casualskeleton3589]

It seems like Sega of Japan sees us here in the west as boom knuckles

[@rynagon_]

I so love what Boom could’ve been. Looking at all that now, if it came out how BRB wanted, it might’ve been one of my favorite Sonic games.

[@najadamu2724]

Juts as LS Mark has Butch Hartman as his sworn enemy, his "friend" SplashDash has Takashi Iizuka.

[@masterofpasta95]

Hartman since he’s actually done morally fucked up shit instead of just making the hedgehog vidyas bad

[@jasonnguyen1072]

This guy really loves putting the blame all on one person, doesn't he?

[@InfernoHabanero]

I want to add that there is a positive related to Sonic Boom failing: It was the motivation for SEGA of America to be restructured, with much of the old staff leaving and it being handled by Atlus USA by 2015. Basically the vice president at SEGA of Japan at the time acknowledged that the quality of their games has failed to meet expectations and wanted to improve. This can be seen with the sudden interest to revive old properties, tackle a global market, and allow outside companies to tackle their IPs. Stuff like the Yakuza series, Puyo Puyo series, Sakura Wars, Virtua Fighter, etc. getting another chance from the last several years might of not happened if SEGA didn't get that harsh wake up call to do better.

[@Cinko420]

FlareHabanero Oh wow, that's an interesting fact! Great find!

[@Sydney_Angelyt]

I wanna see a full documentary of Sonic Boom’s development.

[@BoxesWorld]

Man, I remember seeing the commercial for Sonic Boom. They just had some girl witness a whole bunch of chaos with the Sonic franchise and after saving a cat from a tree Sonic is like "This is much easier in our world. 🥴"

[@pie6421]

These are some of the many reasons why they should fire a Iizuka

[@kensukefan47]

Why do they even keep him. I think it's clear to the Officials that he's ruining the franchise with his desicions.

[@Fungiarts]

Like boy Izuka worked on the Sonic franchise since Sonic 3 so not all of his desicions are bad.

[@scr0ngle108]

@@Fungiarts Like what? Just because someone's been working a long time at a company and did a few good things, doesn't mean they should stay there. Case in point: George Lucas

[@pie6421]

@@Fungiarts I think you really stupid doesn't mean he has done nothing but good for this company I meant he did do some good things he was mostly horrible things right company make awful games it's a lot of things you've done wrong and he's brought down the company with you really stupid

[@Fungiarts]

Look I know you're trying to explain why you think so but stop calling me stupid it's just not right. Also should Nintendo fire Shigeru Miyamoto? I think he also made a few questionable desicions.

[@LittleLexi24]

It sounds sooooo good, why did Sega wreck it 😭

[@theminecraft2516]

3D Blast, Sonic Xtreme, Sonic R, Sonic 06, Sonic Chronicles, Secret Rings, Sonic Boom Rise Of Lyric, and Forces are all wrecked

[@jasonnguyen1072]

Gotta make cash not gotta make class!!! Alright, I'll see myself out that quip was as bad as Pontaff's.

[@TheUberBadnik]

Bruh, you literally posted this video 1 minute before Cybershell's Sonic 3 bonus video.

[@MetalToast27]

Woah.

[@SonicUnderground316]

"Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric" is a dream "almost" come true, for me. While it was rushed and failed to impress in its execution, I always wanted to see a Sonic game that focuses more on combat and exploration à la Ratchet & Clank or Jak & Daxter. Despite this game reception, I still genuinely had fun with it and I still think that this concept is great and should definitely NOT die in a fire. It just needs time and attention to see what works and what doesn't for this franchise. It's one of those games that I really wish to see come to PC (or Unity maybe) to see what the modding community could bring to the table (bug fixes, Stages, new mechanics etc.).

[@mtsthoughts2008]

SEGA: You cant show Sonic,s Backstory Paramount: Alright Fuck Off

[@raulrojas9253]

The best thing to come out of the Boom franchise was the Cartoon, is so much self-aware and has great comedic timing (for the most part) so sad we never got a season 3.

[@Jacob-qr4bt]

I would love to see all the scrapped stuff for this game, it's sad it could have been pretty good 😪

[@tsukiyo2161]

It’s kinda sad looking back at boom it could have been so much more

[@AwesomeAceZ]

TL;DR: Don’t listen to Iizuka

[@calistusjay60]

Sonic Boom was basically gonna be Sonic: Breath Of The Wild... and now we’ll never get that.

[@karenbonds264]

We may still have a chance...

[@oscarperez9783]

Sega was always ahead of their time but always messes up the execution

[@ryanc3609]

Well we may now, but they’ll likely find a way to make it flop

[@BlooLynx]

Seems Sonic Frontiers is gonna be the new Sonic botw now

[@calistusjay60]

Lmao this comment didn’t age well

[@SG-BLAST]

Man was it tough to be a sonic fan during the time when this game was released, I remember getting annoyed a lot by my class mates all because of boom failing 😑

[@jasonnguyen1072]

Yeah, that's how most of the Dark Age times felt back then. Most famously, during the late 2000s...yeesh, I can relate. At least this one, while feeling dry, doesn't fill everyone with such negative vitriol recently. It feels great to be able to be more confident to admit that I'm a Sonic fan. The absence of weird looks and laughter definitely helps!

[@johnshea7871]

This is the perfect example of a developer wanting to make a game but the publisher kept forcing them to make a bunch of unwanted changes

[@nottoofast]

I love LS Ma- I mean SplashDash showing me Lizuka's "flawless" teeth as much as possible

[@pizzacrust1168]

Here to clarify that I commented on this video before cybershell did, truly I am the objectively perfect copy.

[@brobroman425]

Toto welcome to my friends channel

[@mediamuncher6982]

Good.

[@dahazelgen]

Also here before Cybershell.

[@brobroman425]

? Je ne sais pas que tu dis

[@batfang25animations39]

The ultimate life form of cybershell

[@kingsteve4304]

Iizuka seems like a nice man, but holy shit he seemingly creates cockup cascades without even realizing it. Hell, even for games he realistically shouldn't have too much influence in he manages to create cascades.

[@DewMan31]

I always think about how good Sonic Boom/Synergy would've been if SEGA wouldn't have screwed over its development. I liked their new designs and the way the gameplay could've been. It was one of my most highly anticipated games in my life, and I've been waiting for years for the game to get the opportunity it truly deserves. I want SEGA to give Big Red Button another chance without screwing with their project. Hell! I'd make the game myself!

[@DewMan31]

Also I was 12 when the game came out too.

[@tillytakestallys]

The sonic boom tv series is amazing, i honestly prefer the designs. I remember this one joke where sonic is having a nightmare where someone is colouring in his arms

[@Anna-kf9bt]

I really shouldn’t be as upset as I am, but this is absolutely soul-crushing 💀 I feel like sending one of those gift baskets to every poor staff member that worked on that game. Gut-wrenching.

[@katlicks]

I feel so bad for Big Red Button, I really want them to get a second shot with Sonic. Imagine if they had the same creative control as Sonic Adventure 1 where they get to really dive in and feel out the "Evolution" of sonic.

[@dominantasmr578]

The Sonic Boom character redesigns were done literally to sell more merchandise. Everyone who already has merch with the regular Sonic designs now will buy this merch too.

[@ressljs]

I don't buy merch, but I do have the Sonic Boom tv show on DVD and Fire and Ice (the second Boom game on 3DS). I got to say, I really like the character designs... Except Knuckles. But otherwise, I think they look better than the designs used in Team Sonic produced games.

[@dominantasmr578]

@@ressljs I feel that, and I’m not trashing on the redesigns themselves. However from a profit standpoint it is most logical that they would change the designs in order to facilitate a new wave of merchandise for consumers of previous merch and for new fans of the series. It’s akin to Pixar movies like Toy Story which was literally created just to sell toys based off the movie. Children’s movies and tv shows for the most part don’t get greenlit if they are quality, but if they can also sell merchandise. That is where the bulk of the money is made for these companies. Not to sound condescending or like a know it all but from my experience I feel like this is what I have observed.

[@Kohtix]

I like how they used Sonic Origins from a separate universe game, to a classic sonic remastered collection

[@The_Markimator]

Dude its hillarous Cybershell realeased a video a minute after you

[@Mepphy99]

12:38 isn't It fun that Sonic Frontiers Is probably gonna be EVERYTHING Big Red button wanted Sonic Boom to be? Sega Always being like this

[@shadowfall5278]

I remember being so excited for Sonic Boom. The behind the scenes videos and interviews made it seem like it would be a fresh, innovative take on Sonic. All that excitement went down the drain once that E3 gameplay was revealed. Annnnnd then the game released and it was one of the worst Sonic games of all time. What Sega did to Big Red Button was scummy af. It really shows crappy of a company they can be. It’s a shame since the cartoon was honestly pretty solid, but the whole Sonic Boom brand was killed by that awful game.

[@supaskiltz9877]

Sonic is peak when it takes itself seriously and is more mature, not only do I think boom would have been amazing with the original tone intact but the other games with more serious storys (like unleashed) have proven that sonic can work with that style of story telling, they just need to get the gameplay right The metarex saga in Sonic X is by far my favourite sonic anything to ever come out, especially the original Japanese version of it

[@BlustreakG]

When I heard about Boom, I actually had high hopes for it to be a great platformer game for once (with puzzles and the combos mind you) I wouldn't care if some character designs were slightly changed if it were for animating facial expressions better. Knuckles was the biggest for almost everyone cause that was a massive difference, but soon got use to it. Was sad that Sega strictly removed all the potentials the development team had going with it. And the fact that they had no idea how to emulate (sorry if its the wrong wording) transfer the games graphics/performance to the Nintendo console and had to contact the people to help with it, which causes lag and poor loading of the world. Whatever we saw on the first trailer or glimpse of the game, it wasn't here. All because of the changes done. I had second thoughts of the game...decided its not worth it, given how much I actually wanted to buy and give it a try since I love these types of game mechanics. The animation of the characters in the cutscenes are great, not perfect since its using the in game environment lighting, but the attention to give more personality to the character movement made it much much more charming to look at sometimes. (I'm looking at you Sonic Forces) Edit: The show was freakin great

[@dankwaifu2093]

Sega really doesn't get alternate universes. When Archie was adapting Sonic Unleashed and they had a crossover interrupt things, Ian said they told him he couldn't use Chip in the crossover because Chip was dead. He said they didn't seem to understand that the story of Sonic Unleashed hadn't happened yet/concluded in the comic and that it was a separate thing.

[@comicfan1324]

It’s a real shame. I would’ve loved to see what the original game would’ve been like. Oh well, At least we got a fairly humorous cartoon out of it.

[@lildan1796]

its godly that people talk about old sonic games

[@flaco3462]

It's such a tragedy that this game could've been so much much much more, and it got further and further stomped into a shallow and bad smelling paste that only had a pathetic tenth of what they wanted to make. All because Sega get stifling them and making shitty business decisions. I remember seeing the first trailer and thought it looked cool, and then the final game had pretty much nothing like the trailer so yeah now I know why that is. And i'd love to see a video going over all the cut content of this game.

[@GanonGhidorah]

The scummy practices at SEGA when they themselves licensed the IP to a Third-Party Company for the intention of making a Spin-Off really remind me of something. It's almost exactly what Toho did to Tristar when they were making their Godzilla Movie. Tristar had acquired a license to make a Godzilla movie, set for release for Godzilla's 40th Anniversary in 1994. However, Toho kept putting increasing restrictions on the project, so much so that the production changed hands several times. Part of it was because Toho wanted Godzilla's Tristar Design to be "unique" so that "audiences wouldn't get confused," - more like they wanted to _distance_ their version of Godzilla as far from Tristar's movie as possible. Second, when the original script featured Godzilla fighting another giant monster - one that was an original Tristar creation - Toho immediately shut that down, and stated that if they wanted _another monster_ in their movie, it had to be one of Toho's creatures - preferably King Ghidorah, who comes with a Major Price-Tag. Toho was basically strong-arming the production of the movie to buy another license to _another_ of their characters. So in the end, Toho pretty much backed Tristar into a corner, forcing them to make a movie about a monster that didn't look like Godzilla and didn't act like Godzilla at all...And even though the movie was a Boxoffice Success, fans of the franchise didn't like it. So it seems kind of Scummy when Toho - who forced them to make all of these decisions - said in interviews that the movie took "The God out of Godzilla."

[@dominantasmr578]

Being a modern Sonic franchise fan is like being a fan since childhood of a sports team that was once great but now is bad with so much potential: The team has a sentimental connection to you, so you buy tickets to every game and show up to every one with at least some hope that just *maybe* they can pull it off this time and turn things around for the season. You stick through every game until the end, only to be terribly hurt and disappointed by easily avoidable mistakes and wasted potential. The worst part is that you pick yourself up and remember the days when they used to be great, which causes you to slightly get your hopes up again for the next game. You show up again, and the cycle never ends.

[@yungmuney5903]

7:15 It's bullshit like this why Sonic's universe feels so small and empty. The main characters are everything and the world around them can't contain anything of value. It's like it's just Sonic, Tails and Eggman on a Green Hill Zone island, floating in a white empty void. Assuming characters like Wave the Swallow or Sonic X's uncle Chuck are left out to keep it simple or retconned out of existence, does this mean literally every piece of technology in the series has been created by either Tails or Eggman??? So both or either is the main manufactorer of all technology in Sonic's world??? I guess it makes alot more sense now why they ditch the phrase "Mobius" and stick with "Sonic's world", the main characters really ARE the center of their entire universe.

[@mediamuncher6982]

Ls Mark's """"""""friend""""""": can you talk about the sonic ice berg please and thank you.

[@blackdot105]

What's this about?

[@LegoSharkSuitGuy]

@@blackdot105 it’s because they sound THE EXACT SAME

[@totallyahuman5055]

@@LegoSharkSuitGuy What no they are different people.

[@blackdot105]

@@LegoSharkSuitGuy No, I'm talking about this 'ice berg'.

[@FriendlyTume]

The e and I in friend are reversed

[@Brick_Eater_]

At least the TV show was good. In fact, the TV show was a gift from god.

[@jasonnguyen1072]

I wouldn't say that, but it was at least better than Sonic Underground and debatably (it really shouldn't be a debate, lol) Sonic X. So it is one of the good Sonic shows.

[@iliakazakov5947]

Fire and Ice was also good.

[@NathanSpies]

Some of those old concept designs look like something straight out of over the hedge

[@Sakaki98]

8:01 Okay, this scene made me laugh

[@DeepWeeb]

Looking forward to the "Sonic Boom Bonus Video"

[@hdanimatesorsomething]

I honestly loved how expressive sonic was, it wasn’t just “cool” and the animation looks great when Shadow was on screen and some other times. Boom was also one of my favourite shows as a kid.

[@frostyfoods2732]

Wow it's genuinely insane how much potential was wasted

[@Kri8aris]

Great video and omg wow... I really had no idea all of these things happened to Sonic Boom's development. I thought it was simply a rushed game. I'd love to hear more about the things that never made it in the final game.

[@kenn_k]

Gimme dat deep dive. I got into the show a few months ago and finally discovered... well, exactly as you put it, the missed potential of Sonic Boom. It actually really saddens me that we'll probably never see that world again as they're never going to try to improve it and it's already been confirmed to be done with. I guess my biggest realistic concern at the moment is what is going to happen to Sticks? Because she has way too much personality and became such a part of the team in my eyes, they better not just pull a Marine on her P.S. I'm also done with giving Sega a pass. They are the sole reason the very franchise they're trying to sell big is not allowed to thrive

[@aspectaura]

Making knuckles the "dumb" one had no potential

[@ryangarza5513]

Wow watching this really makes me angry. Sega really is one of the worst companies ever

[@pigmeatatinlay]

Have you seen any other video game companies? SEGA is _way_ better than a _ton_ of video game companies. SEGA is far from the worst. Not the best, but definitely not the worse.

[@theminecraft2516]

At least Sonic isn’t just a microtransaction mascot like EA did to Plants vs Zombies

[@playerback7722]

Sega was the top back in the old days. It was never truly the worse.

[@3dipto]

Just Sega of Japan. Their other divisions are nice

[@jasonnguyen1072]

@@playerback7722 I mean, so was Konami and EA, lol. And they're also shit now. You're point being?

[@sliman8792]

18:58, maybe this is where the creative team at paramount got the idea for Longclaw in the sonic movie.

[@TheEmeraldSword04]

With the tight mandates and frequent reworks, it's impressive that the animation is this fluid and detailed in the final game.

[@thesuperguy5557]

I’d like to see that video going deep into sonic boom

[@MTH-Productions]

I still remember going into Toys R Us one day and there were a ton of sonic boom standees and signs and a whole corner of sonic boom figures, I hadn’t played the game and and it was really cool to me to see all these sonic things at a time where it was relatively rare to find anything sonic related at stores