Changes: New Sonic Cartoon

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Rumors have been buzzing around the idea of a new Sonic cartoon. According to a deleted tweet from a while back, there will be a new 3-D animated Sonic TV show exclusive to Netflix in 2022 (same year as the Sonic movie 2).  

Speculation

Sat Am

Since it's arriving the same year as the Sonic movie, it's possible it will follow the tone, or possibly incorporate the same elements (humans, etc). Maybe it's even an extension of the movie-universe, but at this point there is so little information it's anyone's guess. 

Thoughts/opinions

Animation

Underground

I'm not looking forward to seeing another 3-D cartoon because it feels cheaper. Even the low-budget 90s DiC animation seemed livelier than Boom (which was--facially--expressive, but not much else). Sonic X seemed ideal at the time, but in retrospect it seems shabby to the modern shorts like Team Sonic Racing Overdrive (though those shorts were minutes long, and Sonic X--and the other cartoons--had to be hours). 

When I was younger I especially hated the idea of CGI Sonic. Even before the design changes, I already had it out for Sonic Boom because of this (and the Sonic Movie). My exploration of the modern games changed my mind...a bit: 

If the show sticks to Sonic's modern design and presents itself like the various openings of Sonic 06 and/or ANY cutscene of Sonic Unleashed, it will work. Night of the Werehog is proof.  

Characters

X

Every show has it's original characters. Scratch and Grounder! Sally Acorn! Sonia and Manic Hedgehog! Chris and Cosmo! Sticks! The "movie" has Sara, the movie has Tom Whashisname, and the comics have Sally and the free Tangle and Whisper. This show is bound to create a "mascot" for itself. 

The truth is, though, I hope they don't. Or at least not for the first season. The Sonic series has a HUGE cast. In the 90s, there wasn't many "well known" characters so they created their own. In the 2000s, the cast was growing while Sonic X was still being translated over! New characters will be fine, so long as they don't take away from the old ones. 

There are plenty of games to adapt and characters to introduce to new audiences (Blaze, Jet, Omega...even Silver).    

Plot

Boom

I'd like to see them adapt games again. It would be okay if they took a "loose" route for some (such as the Sonic X version of Sonic Battle or Archie's drawn out version of Unleashed, the "Shattered World Crisis"), but it would be nice to "re-introduce" or "remake" some of those storylines. 

Otherwise I'm pretty indifferent. I don't want it to be a comedy like Boom, where Eggman was not even a threat. At the same time, I don't want them to go "too dark" because it's going to be about a talking hedgehog (and that's what fan comics are for, right Evan Stanley and Gigi-D?).

Legacy

These are the ideal take-always from the cartoons past: 

Adventure of Sonic the Hedgehog: comedy without undermining the conflict

Sonic the Hedgehog: showing differences between characters but giving them reason to work together 

Sonic Underground: keeping a strong bond between main characters and a goal for the season/series

Sonic X: balancing a large cast while introducing more characters and elements from the games

Sonic Boom: referencing modern memes and "in-jokes" that appeal to the fans   

Not fond of the idea of Sonic being a "streaming" type of show, either. Sonic X was one of the few "non-cable cartoons" in it's day (not on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney, etc), and say what you will about 4kids, but I respected them for that.