Sonic X vs Sonic Prime

[Rabbitearsblog]

So, which of these Sonic the Hedgehog shows do you guys like the best: Sonic X or Sonic Prime?  I pit these two shows against each other because they are often considered to be more faithful to the games than the other Sonic the Hedgehog TV shows released.

Now, I know that Sonic Prime had just come out and there's only 8 episodes so far, but I wanted to see which one of these shows is well-liked more so far.  For me so far, I still like Sonic X a bit more.  Sure, it has its issues, like the human characters taking up too much screen time from Sonic and his friends, but I do like how faithful it was to the Adventure Era games and the fight scenes were very well done.  With Sonic Prime, I do like the premise about Sonic shattering the dimensions and trying to fix everything.  However, I do want to see more from this show and see what happens with Sonic and his friends next.

[Indigo Rush]

It's not right to compare them yet as Sonic Prime has only just started, but I'm already going to say that I think Sonic Prime is the better Sonic cartoon by the sole virtue that one of them actually stars Sonic and the other stars a 10 year old rich kid. 

[MetalSkulkBane]

Each has its strengths and weaknesses. 

X had amazing Knuckles and Rouge
Prime has very interesting takes on Tails or Amy

I dislike how Prime characterized Sonic
I dislike how X let Chris exist

Sonic Prime has better animation
X had better humor (and at least the backgrounds are more varied)

In Prime, I liked most things about Green Hill and New Yolk, but the Pirate and Jungle worlds were disappointing. So it really will depend on next episodes.

[TheEyclopediaHBookReader]

Sonic X has nicer worldbuilding and pretty gud episodes and moments (FYI  i don't hate Chris that much - sorry guys), Prime has a pretty gud execution of a old trope and great animation, also nicely animated action sequences

 

both of them are in the Champollion of actual good Sonic TV shows (OVA - X - Prime - NOTWH) as opposed to those other ones.......

[Tornado]

Sonic Prime was actually about Sonic, so automatically it kind of has to take this one no matter how awful parts of Prime were.

[CrownSlayer’s Shadow]

If it weren't for Chris and the limited focus on Sonic, Sonic X would probably win in my book.

I don't know what it is about Prime, but it doesn't grab me as much as I wanted it to. It's a little better than Boom by virtue of having my attention more, but it didn't grab me as much as X did. But Chris, who I don't really hate than I do see him as being the one who the show was actually about through the first two seasons, does sell it short.

Can't really say either one do it for me.

[Cooldude]

Man, I remember how I hated Chris. I don't know what the producers and screenwriters were thinking, but he was just so annoying. I used to joked with my friends that he was the Sonic's version of Jar Jar Binks. 

[Iko]

So far none of the existing Sonic cartoons fully meet my tastes (the closest tbeing the Night of the Werehog short, but that was an one time thing and, indeed, a short, it could have very well been an in-game cutscene of Unleashed), so neither of them... but I slightly prefer X anyway.

So far, alternate media-wise, the first movie and some stories of IDW (not all of it) are the things I liked the most, and in the case of the movie, it's still not ideal for me because even if I liked it, it's something completely different than the videogames universe. Sonic X had potential but they had to focus it on the humans.

EDIT: If we count those web shorts as well, maybe the Frontiers prologue is the very closest thing to my favorite Sonic cartoon.

[Ricochet]

It's really curious huh, prime has far better overall production values, but didnt enthrall me at all unlike Sonic X did when I was a kiddo. Maybe because Im too old for this now, but Sonic X despite all its nonsense had greater appeal because of the shounen vibes and its share of melodrama.

[Raya]

At this point I still prefer Sonic X. It has better worldbuilding and more stories I really liked.

[Tornado]

On 2/1/2023 at 10:44 PM, Cooldude said:

Man, I remember how I hated Chris. I don't know what the producers and screenwriters were thinking, but he was just so annoying. I used to joked with my friends that he was the Sonic's version of Jar Jar Binks. 

They basically did think the same thing as Lucas did with Episode 1. Show about Sonic and friends wouldn't be enough to keep the interest up without a character for the (children) audience to have as a surrogate; to interact with the characters as a blank-ish slate that you could project yourself onto.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What I'm saying is, Sonic X is a dating sim.

[Shaddy Zaphod]

The thing is, with this series' track record, we'd all play a dating sim if they put one out and it'd score way better than anything Sonic Team has made in decades.

[Cooldude]

If one day

On 2/10/2023 at 3:55 AM, Tornado said:

They basically did think the same thing as Lucas did with Episode 1. Show about Sonic and friends wouldn't be enough to keep the interest up without a character for the (children) audience to have as a surrogate; to interact with the characters as a blank-ish slate that you could project yourself onto.

What I'm saying is, Sonic X is a dating sim.

All I will say is that if one day, the powers-that-be make a "Chris-less" Sonic X, then I will be onboard 100%. 

[juiceDpunk983]

I'll go with X for now but that could change, maybe.

Sonic X has the Metarex saga and Dark Sonic. Some funny episodes. I also liked the original episodes it had (before the adventure arcs)

I prefer the rings being power rings to give Sonic enhanced power, to cheap battles like the Shadow. The intro was great, all versions of it.

Might get murdered for this but sometimes I feel Sonic X should be canon haha... But then again idk cos the Shadow game didn't happen in the Sonic X Continuity.

[Rabbitearsblog]

15 hours ago, juiceDpunk983 said:

I'll go with X for now but that could change, maybe.

Sonic X has the Metarex saga and Dark Sonic. Some funny episodes. I also liked the original episodes it had (before the adventure arcs)

I prefer the rings being power rings to give Sonic enhanced power, to cheap battles like the Shadow. The intro was great, all versions of it.

Might get murdered for this but sometimes I feel Sonic X should be canon haha... But then again idk cos the Shadow game didn't happen in the Sonic X Continuity.

I think the Shadow game was made after Sonic X.

[juiceDpunk983]

On 2/20/2023 at 6:13 PM, Rabbitearsblog said:

I think the Shadow game was made after Sonic X.

Yeah I know. I was just thinking about which is the better Continuity and how I can't personally choose between X and the games.

I'd assume the event's of Shadow being half Alien isn't considered Shadow's backstory in X as it hasn't been brought up in that Continuity. Obviously because the game wasn't made yet but I do wonder if X Shadow was never created with Black Doom blood.