Sonic Boom (event)


 * This is for the Los Angeles event, Sonic Boom. For the main theme of Sonic CD, see Sonic Boom (song). For the SatAM episode, see Sonic Boom.

Sonic Boom was an official event hosted by SEGA to celebrate Sonic's 20th anniversary. The event was held in Los Angeles California at Club Nokia. the event was from 6 - 10 pm. There were a number of exclusive giveaways, musical performances and guest appearances. The event was MC'd by SEGA representative, Aaron Webber, (more commanly known online as RubyEclipse).

Sonic Boom Features

 * Ring stickers on the ground made a path to Club Nokia.
 * Before entering, guests walk down a blue carpet where they got their pictures taken in front of a Hollywood-esc Sonic background.
 * Large pictures of Sonic, Knuckles, Amy, Tails, Robotnik and Shadow hung on the walls inside the club.
 * Many Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 stations were set up where guests could play Classic and Modern Green Hill Zone stages from Sonic Generations.
 * A Time Trial competition for Sonic Generations was held and hosted by Brad from The Sonic Stadium website.
 * Food and drinks were available to purchase. Drinks came with Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic coasters. Blue Cupcakes were free.
 * A digital photo station was there to allow guests to take four pictures which they can then email to themselves with Sonic borders.
 * Guests were able to tweet messages on their cell phones to the SEGA E3 Twitter account and their messages would appear on the large screen on stage.
 * A Photo station where guests could stick their face in place of either modern Sonic or classic Sonic.
 * Guests could be interviewed about their favorite Sonic memories and what they thought of Sonic Boom. The interviews were taped.

Special Guests

 * Aaron Webber
 * Takashi Iizuka
 * Hiroshi Miyamoto
 * Jun Senoue
 * Johnny Gioeli
 * Alex Makhlouf
 * Yuji Naka
 * Naoto Ōshima
 * Sonic
 * Needlemouse the Musical performers
 * Adam "T-Bird" Tuff
 * Svend "Dreadknux" Joscelyne

Sonic Boom events

 * Welcoming from Aaron Webber, introducing Takashi Iizuka and Hiroshi Miyamoto and announcing Crush 40.
 * Crush 40 and Alex Makhlouf from Cash Cash played Sonic themes from the past games.
 * Needlemouse the musical (Winner of the 19th Anniversary video contest) was performed live.
 * A costume contest.
 * A giant Green Hill Zone themed birthday cake was presented on stage along with many prominent contributors to the Sonic franchise such as Yuji Naka, Naoto Oshima and Sonic himself. Everyone sang happy birthday to Sonic. Sonic danced on stage.
 * A painting of modern and classic Sonic done on the spot was presented to SEGA as a gift.
 * The audience was recorded shouting "Happy Birthday Sonic!" which will be featured in Sonic Generations
 * Svend and Adam (Dreadknux and T-Bird) from the Sonic Stadium website announced Summer of Sonic and invited all to join them at the event in England.
 * Takashi Iizuka told fans to raise their expectations.

Songs Performed

 * Splash Hill Zone (Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I)
 * Sonic 4 Title Screen (Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I)
 * Classic Green Hill Zone(Sonic Generations)
 * Modern Green Hill Zone (Sonic Generations)
 * Open Your Heart (Sonic Adventure)
 * His World (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Sonic Heroes (Sonic Heroes)
 * What I'm Made Of... (Sonic Heroes)
 * Free (Sonic Free Riders)
 * Speak With Your Heart (Sonic Colors)
 * Escape from the City (Sonic Adventure 2)
 * Super Sonic Racing (Sonic R)
 * Sonic Boom (Sonic CD)
 * Live & Learn (Sonic Adventure 2)

Costume Contest
Close to 20 cosplayers came on stage to compete for unknown prizes. Costumes ranged from Sonic and Knuckles to Charmy and Tikal. Aaron Webber hosted the contest. Winners were chosen by how loud the audience cheered and clapped for them. In the end three winners picked; one Sonic, Blaze the Cat and a Charmy Bee who probably received more applause than the other two combined.

Materials

 * Sonic Hats
 * 20th Anniversary T-Shirt
 * Sonic Generations Pin sets
 * Modern and Classic Sonic drink coasters
 * Blue frosted cupcakes

Trivia

 * Sonic Boom is named after the Sonic CD song, which was one of the songs Crush 40 did.
 * Each song done during the Live Performance features a video behind the stage (Except for What I'm Made Of).
 * This is the first official event SEGA has held celebrating Sonic.
 * At 10 PM Sonic Boom ended and security guards kicked everyone out of the club. A number of fans peeled and stole the giant Sonic stickers off the balcony.
 * Many of the pictures taken at Sonic Boom were posted on the SEGA of America Blog and the official Sonic the Hedgehog Facebook page.
 * A number of tweets presented on the monitor on stage were inappropriate to say the least.