Netflix's animated series Sonic Prime is mere days away from its premiere, launching this week on December 15th.
To whet your appetite, a new clip from the show has been released on the 'Netflix After School' YouTube channel to showcase one of Sonic's first encounters with an alternate reality version of Tails. After Sonic saves Tails from an approaching vehicle, he recounts how the two originally met and became friends, after which Tails gives an alternate take on his "origin" story. Both versions of the tale showcase retro pixel art visuals similar to the original Sonic games, which - while lacking some of the platformers' character and charm - is a lovely little touch.
Sonic fans ought to know how the OG Tails came to meet the 'Blue Blur' by now: our favourite side-kick and inventor was routinely bullied as a child for having an extra tail. Sonic, who happens to be speeding by when a couple of nasty characters are abusing Tails, knocks them aside and saves him. Tails, now enamoured with his new pal, follows Sonic and becomes his new side-kick in Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
This is all portrayed wonderfully in the new intro cutscene featured in Sonic Origins, but for a look at how our "new" Tails dealt with the bullies, take a look at the below clip:
What do you make of this alternate origin story for Tails? Are you looking forward to checking out Sonic Prime on Netflix? Let us know!
[source youtube.com]
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Seems a little cliché, if you ask me. I think Sonic saving Tails from being bullied makes more sense.
And I can definitely see why Tails would be bullied for having an extra tail. As it is, the now-defunct magazine Nintendo Power would routinely call him a mutant squirrel (despite him being a fox) in the letters to the editor section.
People would always write in saying he was a fox, and the editors would always respond saying he was a mutant squirrel. It was a running gag in that section, along with their frequent references to Mr. T and Chuck Norris.
@AstroTheGamosian
The point of the scenario is that it's an alternate universe or reality where Sonic doesn't exist, so he isn't there to save Tails from being bullied.
Seems like his 7 tentacles are a reference to a nine-tailed fox spirit
@Bobb omg yeah that's so cool
@Bobb
It wouldn't be the first time, there was a brief moment in Sonic Origins that did that too.
The leaked concept art for this episode of Sonic Prime featured Tails actually having 9 tails. Maybe they were intended to be fake at this stage too, but they decided to go with a more dystopian take for the final production.
Incidentally, retro flashback featured the same bullies from Sonic Origins too.
Of course, the article already mentioned this, but it's worth showing this too.
@WhovianSol what made me think that was the end of the pixel art sequence when Tails is standing with his tails and tentacles open in a "fan" and the shadows make that typical Ninetails form.
@RupeeClock that's really cool! Looks like the team behind the show did their research and/or are big fans of the source material
The pixel art shown here is much worse than the MegaDrive games, wow...
@RupeeClock about the bullies, I'm gonna assume that's their canon appearance from here on.
Too bad I'll be busy on the day of the premiere. Oh, well. I can save it for when I'm on vacation.
Well it look really good
This is the first clip I have watched so far
Can't wait to see more.
Also, am I the only one who is still a bit intrigued to see Tails wearing pants?!
Alright,the dialogue killed it for me. Pass.
I've been anticipating the premiere of this thing for a while, albeit I did miss the random one they did a few days ago on Roblox...
@RupeeClock Even then, though, I still feel it's a little on the cliché side. It's almost like "It's a Wonderful Life," where the main character never met the people in their life at key moments in the other person's life, and so the other person ended up alone and miserable.
Plus, after Sonic X ended, I largely stopped watching the Sonic cartoons. And after the Archie Comic series rebooted and was then cancelled, I stopped following that, too. I'm more into OG Sonic, so it's hard for me to get into these new versions of the Blue Blur.
Heck yess!!! This has me hyped for the show.
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