There Should Be a Sonic Cartoon that is Cannon to the Video Games

[Manic Man]

There have been a total of five different Sonic Cartoons (if you count the OVA), yet none of them are cannon to the main video game continuity! There are some people that want Sonic's backstory in the main continuity to be explored, and others that believe gameplay should be the top priority. Both of these groups of people would be happy if there was a Sonic Cartoon series that was 100% cannon to the games. This means that no original characters should be added! This was excusable with Sonic SatAM, because there wasn't much continuity to go by at the time. However, now we have Sonic, Eggman, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Shadow, Rouge, Blaze, Silver, and many others, so original characters would be completely unnecessary!

Who agrees with me?

[HayleyChaotix]

I'd prefer a comic, to be honest. They seem to last longer than the cartoons, and they're portable, plus they seem to dive into other characters more often.

Both of these groups of people would be happy if there was a Sonic Cartoon series that was 100% cannon to the games.

Not everyone that wants a story wants it to be about Sonic's past. And I'm pretty sure no one thinks gameplay shouldn't be top priority, the complaints is usually "Gameplay should be first but story shouldn't be last". Having an interesting story in a cartoon doesn't make the story in the games less boring and cheesey.

This means that no original characters should be added!

New characters can still be added, they'd simply show up in a game at some point, or we'd have the knowledge that they're out there.

[xXMikoXx]

No the games weren't designed for storytelling and the majority of their characters (as well as their storyline) are designed specifically for the medium that they're in.

[Manic Man]

Hm, that's interesting. I was thinking that people would like this idea. Oh well.

I'd prefer a comic, to be honest. They seem to last longer than the cartoons, and they're portable, plus they seem to dive into other characters more often.

This is a good point. While SatAM ended around 1994, the Archie Comics, which were originally based upon SatAM, are still going.

[Modochi]

Eh no.

As much as I like the games, I'm not really up to seeing the stories get retold again, let them base any new cartoons on the games but go their own way with the characters and stories.