I've never even watched an episode of Sonic Boom...

Well you should.

You should, most of the episodes are pretty funny.

Well On Demand is my friend in this situation. And many others.

Most of them are standalone, so pick any and get watching.

I think some of the episodes are up on Youtube.

Looks like a 25th anniversary game will be announced next year - http://www.gamnesia.com/news/sega-wi...r#.VZv1wfneLow

Please be good and don't rush out the game like Sega did almost a decade ago.

Well...

5th Anniversary: No game
10th Anniversary: Sonic Adventure 2 (Good)
15th Anniversary: Sonic '06 (Horrible)
20th Anniversary: Sonic Generations (Great)

Assuming the pattern holds...

Sega announces "NO GAME! AAAAAND WE'RE KILLING THE FRANCHISE TO BRING BACK...*Giant JSR logo appears behind presenter*"

I kid, I kid. I think Sonic Team learned their lesson with '06 (since I'm pretty sure this is gonna turn out to be the Sonic Team made PS4/Xbone one that was supposed to come out later this year).

Colors and Generations are both good games. I think another good Sonic game is possible. Lost World had too many ideas that they had on paper and it end up being okay at best.