Sonic X pilot

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This was the first of two Japanese promotional videos from Sonic Team and TMS for Sonic X and was shown at the 2003 Tokyo Game Show.

Characters shown but not introduced: Newly introduced characters:
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (character)/Super Sonic
 * Tails
 * Knuckles
 * Amy
 * Cream
 * Cheese
 * Eggman
 * Shadow
 * Rouge
 * Big
 * Nazo
 * Chris
 * Danny
 * Perfect Nazo
 * Ultra perfect Nazo

Plot
Chris saves Sonic from drowning when Sonic and his friends travel to Earth through Chaos Control conducted by Eggman. Original storylines seem to have been created for fights between Sonic and Eggman's team as Shadow was shown to be in the plotline but with no known connection as to how he survived his supposed death in Sonic Adventure 2. Chris and Danny also helped Amy and Tails aid Sonic in the orange X Tornado prototype, although the bios at the end of the video show Chris would have an obviously larger role than Danny. However, Danny's role was shortened much more by the addition of new characters and a plotline revision before Sonic X's release, demeaned even more so by 4Kids. While fighting with Shadow, Sonic uses a Power Ring to become Super Sonic. Nazo, shown at the end of the video, was a scrapped design for Hyper Sonic. It was possibly obtainable in X when gathering the Chaos Emeralds since there were no Super Emeralds and Super Sonic was unleashed via Power Rings. It was probably scrapped since it might not have a major role, it could not be done this way in current games, or for another reason. This scene gave birth to Silver's famous pose and line in the Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) trailer where he claims to have found the Iblis trigger.

Don't recognize the robots? The silver mech serving Eggman his cards was the prototype for Decoe, and some of the robots on the cards and slot machine never made it into the show's final production. The robot seen rampaging the city (not yet known whether or not to be Station Square) was also scrapped for the show, but released in a promotional toyline for the 4Kids version as parts that came along with each character.

This video is also famous for having the announcer (Japanese) speaking in "Engrish" near the Nazo pic "Smart, speedy, stylish, shit!"

English Version
The English version is now available on the TMS website. It is slightly modded from the original and features 4Kids ex-voice Andrew Rannels, the voice of X characters like Bokkun, who was not previously featured to show for Sonic X. It features a scene from the other promotional video for Sonic X (where Sonic speeds by a humanoid sentry bot) and was the first sign that 4Kids took over the English production of Sonic X. Notably, Danny's picture card was excluded from this version.

The OTHER promo
Previously featured on YouTube, but taken down, is another Japanese video that promoted Sonic X prior to release, possibly before the above video, as it featured humanoid "furries" (human-like animals like Sonic) portrayed upright and at adult human height, including an animal similar to one that was picking on Tails in a flashback during X's safari dam episode (the orange ones, the promo had him wear a purple sweater, black pants, and a baret). This video also features scenes famous in the 4Kids and first Sonic Drive intro:
 * Sonic with 2 Emerald shards
 * the building he breaks out of to beat Eggman
 * the robot sentry (see above)
 * Sonic running past standing Knuckles, Amy, Cream, Cheese, and Tails to get to said tower
 * the first to use Sonic's crossarms pose with English letters (notably, this is not the X redraw, but official art from Sonic Adventure itself
 * (insert more here)