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  1. Full press release: https://www.wildbrain.com/newsreleases/sonic-the-hedgehog-speeds-over-to-netflix-in-the-all-new-animated-series-sonic-prime/
  2. A fresh batch of screenshots for the third season of Sonic Prime have been released, ahead of its January release. Netflix has also shared a new synopsis of the series' continuation, which picks things up after the events of Season 2. Check out the Season 3 description, as offered by Netflix (via fansite What's On Netflix): It certainly looks like things are heating up in the Shatterverse - especially the suggestion that Sonic himself may shatter! And will Nine realise the error of his ways in time for our heroes to stabilise the worlds around them? We won't have long to wait to find out, as Netflix recently announced a release date of 11 January 2024 for Sonic Prime Season 3 during a showcase event earlier this month. Let us know how excited or intrigued you are in the comments section below! Sonic News Tips Credit: Blueknight V2.0 Original Post Content: View full story
  3. This may be another subject matter than the ones I usually cover here, but don't worry; a game review of The Legend of Zelda: The Mininsh Cap is coming soon! I just have to beat it first. NOTE: THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. IF YOU WANT A SPOILER-FREE SUGGESTION, WATCH ONLY SELECT BITS OF IT. ONLY WATCH THE SEGMENTS WITH DARK AND SKIP THE OTHERS. AT A CLEAR END OF DARK, LEAVE THE MOVIE. UNHIDE SPOILERS FOR THE REVIEW.
  4. This week marks the release of Netflix' first "What We Watched" report, an effort to increase viewership transparency by publishing the total hours viewed of all series seasons and movies that passed 50,000 hours from January through June this year. As such, it's worth checking out how Sonic Prime did within Netflix' full slate of programs. I hope you're ready to jump into The Number Zone! The only true Netflix exclusive on the list, Sonic Prime, only has Season 1 stats available since Season 2 was released shortly after the June cutoff for this report. However, in these six months, Sonic Prime was watched across 82.1 million hours. This doesn't quite pit Prime against Netflix' most popular dramas and thrillers, but it confidently ranks the series at about 137 on the entire list of over 18,000 seasons and movies. Sonic Boom isn't available on Netflix in every region, but its two seasons did quite respectably. Viewers watched a collective 27.8 million hours of Season 1, and 26.1 million hours of Season 2. Ranking in this list gets a little messy due to hours only incrementing by the hundred-thousand, but this puts Season 1 somewhere in the 710s, and Season 2 in the 790s. Sonic X is available on a number of services, including all three dubbed seasons on YouTube at time of writing, but the first two are currently on Netflix and seem to be doing okay for a series that's now [checks calendar] 20 years old. Season 1 was watched for 9.5 million hours (ranking in the 2100s), and Season 2 for 3.7 million hours (ranking in the 4200s or 4300s). Bringing up the animated tail(s) is the DiC classic Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (which is also officially on YouTube), though oddly enough, only 20 episodes of the 60+ episode series are available on Netflix. Yet despite the limited run, this so-called Season 1 still racked up 1.5 million hours, ranking somewhere between the 6600s and 6800s. Aaaaaaand finally, Paramount's Sonic series did appear on Netflix with limited availability in certain times and territories, and were each watched enough to chart. Sonic 1 got 300,000 hours, and Sonic 2 doubled it in every sense with 600,000. If you'd like to peruse the entire list to take in the stats or compare other series, Netflix has made the full spreadsheet available here to download. Original Post Content: View full story
  5. Late last year, multiple U.S. retailers posted listings for a Sonic Prime Season 1 blu-ray, though without any details or cover for the physical release of Sonic's latest animated series. Since then, the Amazon listing has been updated with a spiffy cover design that shares a few more details about the release. Or rather, that it seems like there may not be much in the way of further details. While NCircle's release of Sonic Boom still offered a few animatics and trailers, Sonic Prime's release is absolutely vanilla. You'll still get DTS-HD 5.1 audio and subtitles for the eight episodes, but no additional features are listed on the box or on the product page. Further, for the fans that prefer a non-English voice cast, the release only lists English as its language. However, the set will still offer those without Netflix a chance to see the show when it ships on March 12, and collectors a chance to own it physically. You can currently pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and now Target. Though... it seems like Target's listing (at time of writing) is showing off a rather... unusual version of the cover. Original Post Content: View full story
  6. Those eagerly waiting for the finale of Sonic Prime can get a taste of Season 3 early. This morning, Netflix After School's YouTube channel posted the first full episode, "Grim Tidings." The season picks up immediately after the events of Season 2, with Shadow and Sonic facing the fallout of Nine's rejection. This follows Netflix's teaser trend of giving viewers the first episode early both via YouTube and (strangely enough) Roblox. This also comes as we've learned that the first season will soon be hitting blu-ray. The rest of Season 3 will premiere in less than a week, January 11. Sonic News Tips Credit: fia, Shiny Gems Original Post Content: View full story
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    PSA: Sonic Prime Season 3 Is Available Now

    For those keeping up with the multiverse misadventures of Sonic and his alternate reality friends, the third season is now available for streaming on Netflix. From its initial announcement nearly three years ago, to its unusual preview event, Sonic Prime launched into quick popularity. With a partnership across SEGA, animation company Wildbrain, writing team Man of Action, and of course Netflix, the 24-episode (or 23-episode with a double-length premiere) series spanned just over a year of releases. In that time, the series saw multiple waves of toy releases (including some very weird ones), collaborations with existing Sonic mobile titles, and even its own Sonic Dash spin-off version. It saw yet another casting of voices for Sonic and friends, including the return of Sonic Underground's Brian Drummond. And it even saw its way into the 137th most watched season of content on Netflix in its first half-year. While the exact future of Sonic animation is unknown, SEGA's focus on transmedia success should leave no doubt that Sonic in animation has a future. But for now, it's time to send off the shatterverse. Original Post Content: View full story
  8. GX -The Spindash-

    PSA: Sonic Prime Season 3 Is Available Now

    For those keeping up with the multiverse misadventures of Sonic and his alternate reality friends, the third season is now available for streaming on Netflix. From its initial announcement nearly three years ago, to its unusual preview event, Sonic Prime launched into quick popularity. With a partnership across SEGA, animation company Wildbrain, writing team Man of Action, and of course Netflix, the 24-episode (or 23-episode with a double-length premiere) series spanned just over a year of releases. In that time, the series saw multiple waves of toy releases (including some very weird ones), collaborations with existing Sonic mobile titles, and even its own Sonic Dash spin-off version. It saw yet another casting of voices for Sonic and friends, including the return of Sonic Underground's Brian Drummond. And it even saw its way into the 137th most watched season of content on Netflix in its first half-year. While the exact future of Sonic animation is unknown, SEGA's focus on transmedia success should leave no doubt that Sonic in animation has a future. But for now, it's time to send off the shatterverse.
  9. Late last year, multiple U.S. retailers posted listings for a Sonic Prime Season 1 blu-ray, though without any details or cover for the physical release of Sonic's latest animated series. Since then, the Amazon listing has been updated with a spiffy cover design that shares a few more details about the release. Or rather, that it seems like there may not be much in the way of further details. While NCircle's release of Sonic Boom still offered a few animatics and trailers, Sonic Prime's release is absolutely vanilla. You'll still get DTS-HD 5.1 audio and subtitles for the eight episodes, but no additional features are listed on the box or on the product page. Further, for the fans that prefer a non-English voice cast, the release only lists English as its language. However, the set will still offer those without Netflix a chance to see the show when it ships on March 12, and collectors a chance to own it physically. You can currently pre-order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and now Target. Though... it seems like Target's listing (at time of writing) is showing off a rather... unusual version of the cover.
  10. Those eagerly waiting for the finale of Sonic Prime can get a taste of Season 3 early. This morning, Netflix After School's YouTube channel posted the first full episode, "Grim Tidings." The season picks up immediately after the events of Season 2, with Shadow and Sonic facing the fallout of Nine's rejection. This follows Netflix's teaser trend of giving viewers the first episode early both via YouTube and (strangely enough) Roblox. This also comes as we've learned that the first season will soon be hitting blu-ray. The rest of Season 3 will premiere in less than a week, January 11.
  11. A new Sonic Prime trailer has debuted exclusively on Netflix's service. As of this writing, the trailer still hasn't debuted on Youtube, but you can check out a video capture I took of it below. This is are most in-depth look yet at what part 3 has in store: trim_27CC39FE-9284-4D21-9BBD-CAB952144A63.mp4 Sonic Prime Part 3 will debut on Netflix January 11, 2024. Sonic News Tips Credit: Merry Gems Original Post Content: View full story
  12. The excellent Sonic Mania will finally be landing on mobile devices in 2024, as part of Netflix's growing Games subscription service. UPDATE: Netflix did have a trailer uploaded to its YouTube channel but it was suddenly set to Private. We've uploaded a mirror which you can watch below until it comes back: netflixsonic.mp4 The announcement was made randomly in a montage video highlighting a huge expansion of the streaming service's games offering over the course of the next year. Alongside Sonic Mania, the trailer also shows other critically-acclaimed titles such as Hades, Dead Cells and Monument Valley joining the platform. Sonic Mania first launched in 2017 to a hugely positive critical and fan reception - we reviewed it and thought it was a real return to form for the series, the shot in the arm that the franchise sorely needed after years of dreck. Then a year later, developers Christian Whitehead, Headcannon and PagodaWest decided to cheekily release a 'Plus' expansion which included more characters, remixed stages and other additional features. While there's no firm release date as of yet (just a vague '2024'), the Netflix Games version will seemingly be based on the Plus version of the game, if the trailer's assets are anything to go by. Speaking of assets, it seems that one of the renders used on the trailer might not exactly be official (thanks for the shoutout, 'Game_Gambler'!)... Whoops. Sonic News Tips Credit: Merry Gems Original Post Content: Pretty nice, huh? View full story
  13. A new Sonic Prime trailer has debuted exclusively on Netflix's service. As of this writing, the trailer still hasn't debuted on Youtube, but you can check out a video capture I took of it below. This is are most in-depth look yet at what part 3 has in store: trim_27CC39FE-9284-4D21-9BBD-CAB952144A63.mp4 Sonic Prime Part 3 will debut on Netflix January 11, 2024.
  14. This week marks the release of Netflix' first "What We Watched" report, an effort to increase viewership transparency by publishing the total hours viewed of all series seasons and movies that passed 50,000 hours from January through June this year. As such, it's worth checking out how Sonic Prime did within Netflix' full slate of programs. I hope you're ready to jump into The Number Zone! The only true Netflix exclusive on the list, Sonic Prime, only has Season 1 stats available since Season 2 was released shortly after the June cutoff for this report. However, in these six months, Sonic Prime was watched across 82.1 million hours. This doesn't quite pit Prime against Netflix' most popular dramas and thrillers, but it confidently ranks the series at about 137 on the entire list of over 18,000 seasons and movies. Sonic Boom isn't available on Netflix in every region, but its two seasons did quite respectably. Viewers watched a collective 27.8 million hours of Season 1, and 26.1 million hours of Season 2. Ranking in this list gets a little messy due to hours only incrementing by the hundred-thousand, but this puts Season 1 somewhere in the 710s, and Season 2 in the 790s. Sonic X is available on a number of services, including all three dubbed seasons on YouTube at time of writing, but the first two are currently on Netflix and seem to be doing okay for a series that's now [checks calendar] 20 years old. Season 1 was watched for 9.5 million hours (ranking in the 2100s), and Season 2 for 3.7 million hours (ranking in the 4200s or 4300s). Bringing up the animated tail(s) is the DiC classic Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (which is also officially on YouTube), though oddly enough, only 20 episodes of the 60+ episode series are available on Netflix. Yet despite the limited run, this so-called Season 1 still racked up 1.5 million hours, ranking somewhere between the 6600s and 6800s. Aaaaaaand finally, Paramount's Sonic series did appear on Netflix with limited availability in certain times and territories, and were each watched enough to chart. Sonic 1 got 300,000 hours, and Sonic 2 doubled it in every sense with 600,000. If you'd like to peruse the entire list to take in the stats or compare other series, Netflix has made the full spreadsheet available here to download.
  15. The excellent Sonic Mania will finally be landing on mobile devices in 2024, as part of Netflix's growing Games subscription service. UPDATE: Netflix did have a trailer uploaded to its YouTube channel but it was suddenly set to Private. We've uploaded a mirror which you can watch below until it comes back: netflixsonic.mp4 The announcement was made randomly in a montage video highlighting a huge expansion of the streaming service's games offering over the course of the next year. Alongside Sonic Mania, the trailer also shows other critically-acclaimed titles such as Hades, Dead Cells and Monument Valley joining the platform. Sonic Mania first launched in 2017 to a hugely positive critical and fan reception - we reviewed it and thought it was a real return to form for the series, the shot in the arm that the franchise sorely needed after years of dreck. Then a year later, developers Christian Whitehead, Headcannon and PagodaWest decided to cheekily release a 'Plus' expansion which included more characters, remixed stages and other additional features. While there's no firm release date as of yet (just a vague '2024'), the Netflix Games version will seemingly be based on the Plus version of the game, if the trailer's assets are anything to go by. Speaking of assets, it seems that one of the renders used on the trailer might not exactly be official (thanks for the shoutout, 'Game_Gambler'!)... Whoops.
  16. A fresh batch of screenshots for the third season of Sonic Prime have been released, ahead of its January release. Netflix has also shared a new synopsis of the series' continuation, which picks things up after the events of Season 2. Check out the Season 3 description, as offered by Netflix (via fansite What's On Netflix): It certainly looks like things are heating up in the Shatterverse - especially the suggestion that Sonic himself may shatter! And will Nine realise the error of his ways in time for our heroes to stabilise the worlds around them? We won't have long to wait to find out, as Netflix recently announced a release date of 11 January 2024 for Sonic Prime Season 3 during a showcase event earlier this month. Let us know how excited or intrigued you are in the comments section below!
  17. Spend enough time in Sonic Dash or its various spin-offs, and you'll quickly hit your threshold of "YOU WERE LUCKY THIS TIME." But for those playing the Netflix-exclusive variant, Sonic Prime Dash will soon be getting a new boss! Alongside adding New Yoke City as a level theme, Dr. Babble in his mech suit makes his game debut patrolling New Yoke starting tomorrow. Noteworthy details in the screenshots include many low-poly denizens of the city in the background, and new Eggforcer enemies. Otherwise, you can probably expect the standard lane-shifting, box-jumping gameplay you're used to. The tweet suggests that this will specifically be hitting Sonic Dash Prime, the version of Sonic Dash you can play as a Netflix subscriber, and at this time, there are no indications that either Sonic Dash or Sonic Dash+ will be getting the irredeemable infant. Sonic News Tips Credit: Thankful Gems Original Post Content: View full story
  18. Spend enough time in Sonic Dash or its various spin-offs, and you'll quickly hit your threshold of "YOU WERE LUCKY THIS TIME." But for those playing the Netflix-exclusive variant, Sonic Prime Dash will soon be getting a new boss! Alongside adding New Yoke City as a level theme, Dr. Babble in his mech suit makes his game debut patrolling New Yoke starting tomorrow. Noteworthy details in the screenshots include many low-poly denizens of the city in the background, and new Eggforcer enemies. Otherwise, you can probably expect the standard lane-shifting, box-jumping gameplay you're used to. The tweet suggests that this will specifically be hitting Sonic Dash Prime, the version of Sonic Dash you can play as a Netflix subscriber, and at this time, there are no indications that either Sonic Dash or Sonic Dash+ will be getting the irredeemable infant.
  19. Sonic Prime's third season will be launching on Netflix on 11th January 2024, offering a new slate of episodes continuing the blue blur's journey through the Shatterverse. During Netflix's Geeked Week Saturday Showcase earlier today, a new teaser from the upcoming third season was also shared, in which Sonic and Shadow team up to fight an evil robot that... kind of looks a little similar to both of them? Metal Sonic? Metal Shadow? Who knows? All we do know is that it leads to a rather killer battle sequence. It's all in aid to get to Tails Nine, who is leading the charge in this third chapter as the main antagonist of the series. Sonic and Shadow desperately need to reach the rogue variant of the two-tailed hero and help fix the crumbling Shatterverse before it's too late... Who's excited? Let us know in the comments section below!
  20. Sonic Prime's third season will be launching on Netflix on 11th January 2024, offering a new slate of episodes continuing the blue blur's journey through the Shatterverse. During Netflix's Geeked Week Saturday Showcase earlier today, a new teaser from the upcoming third season was also shared, in which Sonic and Shadow team up to fight an evil robot that... kind of looks a little similar to both of them? Metal Sonic? Metal Shadow? Who knows? All we do know is that it leads to a rather killer battle sequence. It's all in aid to get to Tails Nine, who is leading the charge in this third chapter as the main antagonist of the series. Sonic and Shadow desperately need to reach the rogue variant of the two-tailed hero and help fix the crumbling Shatterverse before it's too late... Who's excited? Let us know in the comments section below! Original Post Content: View full story
  21. Netflix debuted a new trailer for what is, at the moment, the final batch of episodes of Sonic Prime (barring a renewal). In it, we get to see the results of Nine's betrayal, and where this whole thing is going: Green Hill is disintegrating, Nine is seeking to build a new world in The Grim, Sonic's trying to stabilize the shatter spaces, and there are new robot versions of some of Sonic's friends! Oh, and Shadow is there, since he has some how managed to get into the Grim himself. Check out screens from the trailer below: The trailer does have not have a release date beyond "coming soon," though it's probably safe to assume this thing isn't dropping in October. Check out the trailer here: Sonic News Tips Credit: ShinyGems Original Post Content: View full story
  22. Netflix debuted a new trailer for what is, at the moment, the final batch of episodes of Sonic Prime (barring a renewal). In it, we get to see the results of Nine's betrayal, and where this whole thing is going: Green Hill is disintegrating, Nine is seeking to build a new world in The Grim, Sonic's trying to stabilize the shatter spaces, and there are new robot versions of some of Sonic's friends! Oh, and Shadow is there, since he has some how managed to get into the Grim himself. Check out screens from the trailer below: The trailer does have not have a release date beyond "coming soon," though it's probably safe to assume this thing isn't dropping in October. Check out the trailer here:
  23. Did you know that Netflix is hosting a special preview event tomorrow for its latest projects? Well, neither did we but we do now! At this upcoming showcase, called "Drop 01", the video company is planning to show off a sneak peek of some brand new episodes of Sonic Prime. Sonic Prime will be one of the animated shows that is being highlighted at the Netflix event, and chances are that whatever teasers they have planned will point to a new "third season" of the series. If so, it'll be a dramatically shorter wait for this compared to the seven-month drought we had to endure to catch the last season (if you recall, the first eight episodes of Prime launched in December 2022, with a further eight - "Season 2" - arriving in July 2023). You'll be able to watch the Netflix Drop 01 showcase on Wednesday 27 September from 9am PT / 5pm UK, on the Netflix YouTube channel. What are we hoping to see? Let us know in the comments section below - and remember to use spoiler tags, just in case your fellow Sonic fan (i.e. me) hasn't caught up yet! Original Post Content: View full story
  24. Did you know that Netflix is hosting a special preview event tomorrow for its latest projects? Well, neither did we but we do now! At this upcoming showcase, called "Drop 01", the video company is planning to show off a sneak peek of some brand new episodes of Sonic Prime. Sonic Prime will be one of the animated shows that is being highlighted at the Netflix event, and chances are that whatever teasers they have planned will point to a new "third season" of the series. If so, it'll be a dramatically shorter wait for this compared to the seven-month drought we had to endure to catch the last season (if you recall, the first eight episodes of Prime launched in December 2022, with a further eight - "Season 2" - arriving in July 2023). You'll be able to watch the Netflix Drop 01 showcase on Wednesday 27 September from 9am PT / 5pm UK, on the Netflix YouTube channel. What are we hoping to see? Let us know in the comments section below - and remember to use spoiler tags, just in case your fellow Sonic fan (i.e. me) hasn't caught up yet!
  25. Coming out shortly after the recent premiere of Sonic Prime’s second season, Jakks Pacific has released a wide variety of toys based on the Netflix animated series. From small, plush bag tags, to Knuckles the Dread’s pirate ship, to box sets of 2-inch figures, and finally, a collection of 5-inch figures featuring characters from the dimension-hopping animated series. It’s those figures that we’ll be focusing on in this review. The first wave of figures consists of Sonic in his dimension-hopping gear, Thorn Rose with her homemade Piko hammer, Mr. Dr. Eggman, and finally, fan-favorite Nine with his seven mechanical tails. Each figure is highly detailed and very poseable. Nine alone has 70 points of articulation due to his seven mechanical tails that operate similarly to Dr. Octopus from the Spider-Man series. In fact, this series beats all previous Sonic figures in terms of articulation. Wrists, elbows, legs, knees, and feet. All can be posed in different ways. Even Mr. Dr. Eggman’s toupee has its own articulation! When he gets mad, he can literally flip his wig! While this can lead to some fun posing, it can possibly lead to the figure having a difficult time standing if used too much as the joints might loosen over time. Thorn already has difficulty standing due to her heavy hammer, while Nine has his tails to keep him propped up. Each figure has a detailed paint job and a fantastic mold that really shows the expressions of each character. Not the friendliest face. One of the noticeable differences between these figures and your standard, 4-inch Sonic game figures is the price. You may be surprised at the new price sticker of $14.99 (US) compared to $9.99 (US) for the game and movie figures, but there’s a good reason. The most noticeable difference between the two is the size. In case you weren’t paying attention, you may have noticed that I’ve been calling the Sonic Prime figures 5-inch, while mentioning the game Sonic figures as 4-inch. This is very apparent when placed side by side. "Going by this chart, we've had a 20 percent growth per quarter." The other big difference is in the articulation. As mentioned before, the Sonic Prime figures have a ton of articulation in almost every joint, whereas the game and movie Sonic figures have less articulation. In particular in the elbows and ankles. This makes the Sonic Prime figures far more poseable. In fact, their height and detail are on par with the $20 Super Mario Movie figures (also made by Jakks Pacific). So why are these figures $15 versus Mario’s $20? The answer seems to be in the quality of the plastic. The Super Mario movie figures feel like they have a decent, thick weight to them, while the Sonic Prime figures are a bit light. In particular Sonic and Mr. Dr. Eggman feel like the plastic is hollow on the inside. This may have been done to keep the price comparable to the game Sonic figures rather than have higher quality figures at double the price. "We're blaming you for everything!!" Overall, the question you need to ask yourself is whether the Sonic Prime figures are worth the $5 boost in price over the regular Sonic figures. I’d say definitely. While not quite as high quality as the Super Mario movie figures, the Sonic Prime collection does have a good size, great sculpts, and fantastic articulation. You’re definitely getting more plastic for your buck. If you’re a fan of the Netflix series, I’d highly recommend picking these up.
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