Sonic Boom 2016 Style Guide "Eggman just wants attention"

[Badnik Mechanic]

We have found the Sonic Boom 2016 style guide, it was up for public view on the company who apparently made it for Sega, here it is, not sure if it's the full thing but it's quite a lot of it.

https://www.sonicstadium.org/2016/06/a-little-look-at-the-sonic-boom-2016-style-guide/

There's nothing amazing in it, though there is one interesting thing about Eggman, apparently he's really just after attention and would consider an invite to Sonic's sleep over as a real victory.

[SBR2]

I love Boom's Eggman so much.

[Ducktor Naldush]

2 hours ago, Detective Hogfather said:

 

There's nothing amazing in it, though there is one interesting thing about Eggman, apparently he's really just after attention and would consider an invite to Sonic's sleep over as a real victory.

Well...I guess it's in-character for Boom Eggman. And a huge hint towards what Sega wants from Sonic nowadays. It's a little sad, both in-universe and out.

[Shaddy Zaphod]

They really are doing a different take with Eggman in Boom. I just thought he sucked slightly more, but if this is the case, maybe he's not really the big bad after all...

 

Could they be going for an Ice King dynamic here (minus the mental health issues)?

[Dr. Mechano]

In a way, this is actually true of Sega Eggman's motivations as well, albeit far more nuanced.

In the games, Eggman regularly talks about going down in history as the "ultimate genius," creating his own legacy, and being praised for his impeccable accomplishments. His ideal city is one huge egotistical testament to himself, complete with statues and decor in his own likeness. He even once tried making everyone in the world love him with a mind-control ray. In the games proper, Eggman's always wanted to be praised, revered, and adored.

Sonic Boom just takes those traits and simplifies them for the lower-stakes, more comical setting of the cartoon. Eggman still desires attention, as he does in the games, but is more like a local nuisance or a bad neighbor than a global threat. However, even though he acts on it differently, Boom Eggman's core motivation is actually more or less the same as his game counterpart.

[Celestia]

3 hours ago, Ducktor Naldush Repulsa said:

Well...I guess it's in-character for Boom Eggman. And a huge hint towards what Sega wants from Sonic nowadays. It's a little sad, both in-universe and out.

I don't really think it means anything more than Boom being a comedy, so they made an already slightly silly villain sillier. Nothing wrong with that, at least in theory.

That being said, I don't care about Boom either. The cartoon was decently entertaining for the first few episodes but that's it as far as me enjoying anything Boom related went. Hopefully they eventually just let Boom as a whole go, even though I understand why they haven't yet--they invested a lot of money into this whole thing. Thing is, if they had just made a cartoon maybe that money could have just gone into that (and merch / misc. stuff) and we'd at least have a higher quality show even if the redesigns would still feel kinda unnecessary. Every other Sonic cartoon isn't based on the games so at least that wouldn't be anything new. Instead, Boom had to do EVERYTHING, for some reason.

[Cyrus]

Damn, these gorgeous renders just make me wish this was more action oriented and better animated, instead we got The Looney Tunes Show done wrong with a hint of Lunatics Unleashed. That Metal Sonic episode shifted its tone from Seinfeld to Superman-vs-Zod way too abruptly, all for some cheap haphazard fan $ervice.

[Ellipsis-Ultima]

Those models are cool! Kinda wish those pictures weren't that small now...

[kadybat]

10 hours ago, Auto said:

Damn, these gorgeous renders just make me wish this was more action oriented and better animated, instead we got The Looney Tunes Show done wrong with a hint of Lunatics Unleashed. That Metal Sonic episode shifted its tone from Seinfeld to Superman-vs-Zod way too abruptly, all for some cheap haphazard fan $ervice.

I have... so many problems... with Boom. So, so, so many problems. The first few episodes were alright but the show devolved into irritating sitcom territory before too long.

[shdowhunt60]

So, hold on, all Eggman wants is attention and all Sonic and co. needs to do to get him to stop having him being a nuisance is to just hang out with him.

Which makes Sonic and co. douchebags.

Good Christ, I hate Sonic Boom.

[FriendBot]

Remember this is the same Eggman that would build a doomsday device and risk causing the end of the world to rub his ego against Dave.

He may want attention but he's still a bad guy.

[D.H]

3 hours ago, shdowhunt60 said:

So, hold on, all Eggman wants is attention and all Sonic and co. needs to do to get him to stop having him being a nuisance is to just hang out with him.

Which makes Sonic and co. douchebags.

Good Christ, I hate Sonic Boom.

Except Eggman is constantly trying to fuck with Sonic & friends in Boom, which kinda justifies them not liking him. He wants attention, but he's still evil.

Personally, I see zero problem with this. As people mentioned before, Eggman in the games & comics was always a show-off who constantly loves to be praised for his genius, so Boom boiling it down to the most simplest manner possible, is not a bad idea imo.

[Dr. Mechano]

32 minutes ago, D.H said:

Except Eggman is constantly trying to fuck with Sonic & friends in Boom, which kinda justifies them not liking him. He wants attention, but he's still evil.

Personally, I see zero problem with this. As people mentioned before, Eggman in the games & comics was always a show-off who constantly loves to be praised for his genius, so Boom boiling it down to the most simplest manner possible, is not a bad idea imo.

On top of that, Sonic and friends are friendly toward Eggman. Sonic let Eggman crash at his house, he protected him from a rogue Cowbot, and he even let him win a dance competition to boost Eggman's self-esteem when he got really depressed on New Year's Eve. Tails appreciated and even followed Eggman's romantic advice. Amy and Eggman became "fuzzy puppy buddies" when they bonded over a shared hobby.

Sonic and his friends have a very "friendly enemy" relationship with Eggman.

[D.H]

37 minutes ago, Dr. Mechano said:

On top of that, Sonic and friends are friendly toward Eggman. Sonic let Eggman crash at his house, he protected him from a rogue Cowbot, and he even let him win a dance competition to boost Eggman's self-esteem when he got really depressed on New Year's Eve. Tails appreciated and even followed Eggman's romantic advice. Amy and Eggman became "fuzzy puppy buddies" when they bonded over a shared hobby.

Sonic and his friends have a very "friendly enemy" relationship with Eggman.

True, but Sonic did let Eggman stay over begrudgingly. So yeah, even though Sonic & friends fight Eggman constantly, there are moments in the show where they do show kindness towards Eggman.

[Green Eyes]

It's cool seeing new graphics and designs for stationary, clothes, and whatnot,  I really wish we were getting it for the main series, thesemight be just "examples of how the brand might be used"  but we've definitely been getting a lot more Sonic Boom merch than the amount of normal Sonic' merch we've been getting for a while now,  don't even think the amount of merch blew up like this with Generations. It's possibly because of demographics, that is kids tend to clamoring for toys and backbacks etc, while adults covet first4figures statues and stuff that was produced back in the 90s, I did think that there was plenty of kids to want that stuff, but maybe the fanbase is more heavily populated by adults than I thought.

At least we've gotten some nice trinkets from Han Cholo and there's gotta be some stuff with the next Sonic game.

 

 

[Cheese the Ducking Chao]

It was stated in the Chronicles journal when you begin chapter 7 that Eggster got friendly with Tails. Then he betrays the team. Who knows? Maybe he will save Tails in the next game xD