What does SatAM stand for? (The only animated Sonic I've ever seen is that bizarre American version and a single episode of Sonic X, which I enjoyed quite a lot).
... but the rest are new ones on me. Particularly Big the Cat, whose very existence seems to fill me with a strange sense of injustice.
Now that I think about it, the American version I remember was probablt "The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog". My overriding memory of that series is that Eggman/Robotnik had a pointy head. It was an interesting little series, but bore virtually no relation to the games other than the central characters.
Feh, Sonic the Hedgehog. I prefer Mario.*gets pummeled*
In it's second season it also became epic, with an ultimate Doomsday plot that came to light. Then right in its best moment it was canceled on a cliffhanger by a new president of ABC who decided it wasn't his type of project.
Knuckles, I had a bit more time for... despite the fact that he was almost unbeliveably stupid, I kind of liked the guy.
Everyone else knocks it, but I actually enjoyed the Sonic anime OVA (released in the US by ADV Films as "Sonic the Movie"). Come on, it was some good harmless fun!
Likewise, I liked the idea of Sonic and co living amongst humans more than I disliked it: after all, Eggman was always human, so I never gave it much thought...
[Bring back Super Knuckles, Super Tails, and the Super Emeralds Sega!!
I have however read the Archie comic based off SatAM... And it is horrid.
I will agree that the early issues were, for the most part, less than spectacular, but the series did seem to get better as it went along, in my opinion, although it still had its fair share of hits and misses. At any rate, I will give Archie credit for doing a Super Sonic vs. Hyper Knuckles installment and a Mecha Sonic vs. Mecha Knuckles issue.
By the way, how come everything refers to him as Eggman nowadays? No one ever calls him Robotnik... Not even the games' instruction manuals.