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Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (Wii U, 2014) Certainly Exists

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  NOTE: This review is part of a retrospective of the Sonic franchise. Feel free to read the other Sonic reviews I’ve done here - https://expithecat.blogspot.com/search/label/sonic%20retrospective Well gang, I’m back to review the Sonic game of all time. Background and History Before I get into anything else, I should probably talk about Sonic Boom itself. In late 2013, the TV series was teased showcasing a few redesigns of the characters, with a trailer coming out in February 2014. This would sort of serve as a spin-off franchise split from the main Sonic series with new games for the Wii U and 3DS. I’ve never really talked much about the Sonic cartoons in my reviews - mostly since I didn’t really see them for the most part as being relevant for the games - but this is one case where I feel like it’s important enough for the current subject material to at least give an overview of how I felt about the series.  When the series first came out, I was… mixed on it. I had seen the first fe