As a kids show, Sonic Prime is decent enough. There's some stunning action, fun characters and plenty of suspense. But it's a flawed concept that it is not executed very well, and so it ends up being nothing special.
It's a shame they decided to go with the multi-verse angle. The first episode felt like the Sonic Cartoon of my dreams, as it closely resembled the game setting. And then it was all downhill from there.
In the first season, the cast constantly changes when Sonic switches dimensions. This kills the engagement, as you continually having to re-acquaint yourself with new characters. It also makes the experience repetitive, as each episode is about Sonic having to prove himself and win the trust of his alternative dimension friends.
It also has a weird flashback gimmick that doesn't tell you anything new about the characters or the plot.
Things get better in the second season as that sticks to the characters we met in the first season. So you are not having to re-acquaint yourself with new characters. But there's no variety. The second season is basically one big action sequence. Sonic just reacts to everything that is thrown at him. The villains bring a good sense of stakes, but they have no real master plan. Likewise, the hero also have no strategy. There's no seed planting that pays off later. It's just like an extended session of the video games.
Like I said, it's decent enough. But with a different approach it could have been so much better.
It's a shame they decided to go with the multi-verse angle. The first episode felt like the Sonic Cartoon of my dreams, as it closely resembled the game setting. And then it was all downhill from there.
In the first season, the cast constantly changes when Sonic switches dimensions. This kills the engagement, as you continually having to re-acquaint yourself with new characters. It also makes the experience repetitive, as each episode is about Sonic having to prove himself and win the trust of his alternative dimension friends.
It also has a weird flashback gimmick that doesn't tell you anything new about the characters or the plot.
Things get better in the second season as that sticks to the characters we met in the first season. So you are not having to re-acquaint yourself with new characters. But there's no variety. The second season is basically one big action sequence. Sonic just reacts to everything that is thrown at him. The villains bring a good sense of stakes, but they have no real master plan. Likewise, the hero also have no strategy. There's no seed planting that pays off later. It's just like an extended session of the video games.
Like I said, it's decent enough. But with a different approach it could have been so much better.