Board Thread:Sonic Boom/@comment-30202703-20160315230749/@comment-24658561-20160317185204

Small hints of a possible backstory are not a backstory. An alternate universe is always a "What if"-scenario. We neither know what exactly is different nor why. Why are they on a tropical island? What is Sticks' backstory? (No, the description on the Boom website doesn't count since it's never mentioned anywhere else.) Why is Knuckles not on Angel Island? How did Sonic and Tails meet? How did Sonic get to know Amy? What about Shadow and his backstory? Never explained. It shows that they just randomly made something up and decided to throw Sonic into it. And it's so easy to come up with alternate universe set-ups. First, you ask a question that starts with "What if", then you answer it. Simple as that.

Example: What if Sonic and Tails never met?

Possible Story: Since it is known that Tails was bullied because of his two tails and possibly his interest into technology and he never met Sonic who appreciates him as he is, he has become a bitter loner over the years. But he has more time too, more time for his machines and inventions. And then, what if he met Eggman instead? Eggman seeing the potential Tails has leads to him offering Tails to become his apprentice. Tails, feeling appreciated for the first time, gladly accepts. With Tails' help, Eggman manages to develop much better machines much faster and takes over large parts of the planet. Now all he needs are the seven Chaos Emeralds and his scheme would be complete. Sonic, still being the hero he is though a bit more of a loner, obviously can't let that happen and now you have Sonic going up against Eggman and Tails.

Such a minor change can have such an impact on the world, and it's only one. If they used that technique for Sonic Boom, I'd probably appreciate it more.

I know Metal and Shadow were in the cartoon. And they didn't fit at all. Metal's appearance didn't make any sense, he pretty much appeared out of nowhere and was never mentioned again and Shadow didn't do anything except being a jerk(for no reason) and fighting Sonic(also for no reason other than the sake of being a jerk). Why would you want Shadow to appear if he's not recognizable? Why would you want anyone to appear if he/she is not recognizable? I'm not against other characters in Boom, but I doubt they'd to them justice.