Should I make this experiment a full series? This was a challenge for me because I like including every detail. 😅(I know I missed spinoffs, movies, tv shows and comics)
It’s not that insane for a game about a blue hedgehog that runs at sonic speeds. The fact that there’s lore at all is what’s surprising. Mario could never be this interesting
@@Thevamp1reking Clearly you’ve never played Super Mario galaxy paper Mario 64 paper Mario the thousand year Door Super paper Mario Bowser’s inside story.
I'm shookened to my core that you managed to make this. I didn't even believe that making one cohesive sonic timeline could be possible. My compliments to you man, really well done
This took a few re-writes but I admit, it was fun condensing all this lore down! Would love to make more videos like these in-between my bigger projects.
@@chaosspider5765 no bcuz they will recomplicate the timeline The 8bit games arent even canon or made by sonic team Riders trilogy is canon excluding free riders cuz its garbage I think sonic chaos could be canon
@@TheMentok lol i loved everything about the video just wanted to let you know that classic sonic being a alt dimension was retconned, its currentlly the same timeline. Everything that happens to classic sonic has happened to modern sonic.
Sonic abel to beat some said gods. And becomes more than just a hedgehog that run fast… He is now! A blue hedgehog that runs faster than light and is at multiverse level type feats.
Emerl, the 4th greatest civilization, and Mother Wisp: "Am I a joke to you?" But seriously, this is actually very thorough, yet so simple! Awesome work!
its funny too because Emerl's back story is completely skipped over even though it lead's to some important moments in the sonic lore, why the knuckles clan wanted the emeralds so badly that they'd defile a sacred land and why gun started to fear gearlds work so much they'd raid the arc leading up to the shadow story
While I disagree on the bit about the Knuckles clan (what with Chronicles not considered canon and there being a 1,000 year difference between Emerl's creators and the Knuckles clan), I wholeheartedly agree on how he ties into the ARK's lore. He also directly ties into Sonic Advance 3 and by extension IDW, with Gemerl being made using Emerl as a template.
I'm pretty sure Sonic Battle is a side game which is why Emerl was not mentioned, and I think Mother Wisp was only a final boss in the DS Version of Sonic Colors which I happen to own
Yeah unfortunately I don't think Sonic Battle is canon. While it did add a lot and perhaps was a better direction for the series at the time, a lot of things don't fit anymore, such as Shadow's arc in that game not really making sense to happen before or after the events of Shadow the Hedgehog, or Chaos and Gamma coming back. Also nothing in Frontiers references Emerl either, and that game is chocked full of callbacks and lore easter eggs.
@@Chrome166 However, there are IDW references in Frontiers. Gemerl appears in IDW, therefore... Also, there's Dark Beginnings now, but that wasn't a thing at the time of your comment so...
To be fair, we still are somewhat on the fence about that. Him and his prototype being “consumed” is a very vague way to phrase it, leaving things up to interpretation. For all we know it might mean something along the lines of him not being dead but rather sealed inside the Phantom Ruby like Chaos was in the Master Emerald. We really can’t be sure
One bit of correction, Sonic doesn't live on South Island, he was born on Christmas Island, then when he was young, he decided to use his Biplane, the tornado, to travel the world. During one of the travels, before the events of Sonic 1, he encounters Eggman, and decides to pout a stop to his plans for world domination.
Good point and I considered leaving that in but the Christmas Island thing being canon these days is questionable. But I agree I could have used better word choice than "lives".
It's funny and awesome how a game about a fast Blue Hedgehog fighting a más scientist basically turned into Dragon Ball with anthropomorphic characters.
Absolutely wrong. I will continue to say this until the end of time: just bc sonic has inspirations from db doesn't it is db. Your logic makes no sense
@@Eminster Jackass you're the on doesn't make any sense. I never said Sonic WAS Dragon Ball, I said "basically" as to joke. I compared Sonic's current level of over-the-top action to Dragon Ball, which is not a baseless comparison. Next time learn to tell when your bullshiy is not wanted.
Dark Gaia looks like Emerald Weapon from Final Fantasy VII. Excellent work as always, Mentok. Looking forward to your insight on other material as I constantly learn dope shit each video.
I agree with you. Sonic Adventure: We learn that the Master Emerald was a prison for a water God. Sonic Adventure 2: We learn Eggman became a mad scientist because of his grandfather, who created a Black Hedgehog, with Chaos abilities. Shadow the Hedgehog: We learn that he was created from the DNA of a dark alien race, that come to Earth every 50 years. Sonic Unleashed: We learn that Chaos Emeralds are used to repair the planet during a clash between light & darkness every 10.000 years. Sonic Frontiers: We learn that the Chaos Emeralds were created by a Chaos like race, to serve as batteries for ancient ships, while being the key to stop a killer moon.
Weeeeelllll, there's technically the side stuff that ties in, like Sonic Rush [Blaze], and Sonic advance [Cream]. But yeah for the mainline games, spot on. Would like to see side game lore next. As it's just as crazy.
Yeah my favourite thing is that Sonic has canonically became an isekai mc on two different occasions in completely different fantasy settings and just never bothers to bring it up
alot of people dont know witch ending to frontiers is canon but in a twitter takeover sonic said a quote amoug the lines of " oh I change my answer my favorite to fight was the end teaming up with my freids, eggman and sage to take a narsasitict planet down was legendary" in the og ending sonic did not team up with his buddies only sage and eggman so I guess final horizon is the canon one kinda off topic but I wanted to say anyway
Yeah, I know I missed a few games. Decided to stick to the major plot points to keep things simple. I would have otherwise named it "The Entire Sonic Universe Explained in Under 10 Minutes" 😂 It was hard giving Blaze the cut since she's in my top 5 character list. I'm down to do this format again with the spinoff games/other plotlines I missed
@@TheMentok Fair enough, if it’s just the major ones than it’s understandable since some of the ones I mentioned were kind of spin-offs. If you do decide to redo with all of them, hopefully Mephiles’ involvement at least gets a mention.
Having just learned there is a wholesome ending to the last game with Dr. Eggman learning the value of caring for someone and Sonic is able to focus on finding future personal growth. Dr. Eggman does deserve a War Crimes trial at the bare minimum tho, his crimes were global and near genocidal multiple times, but still, warms my heart to see that sick SOB liking the idea of being a Dad, not a Dictator.
with the release of Sonic Superstars I believe they’ve not only backed out of the two dimensions (classic and modern) a while ago, but now recently backed out of Generations creating a split timeline that leads to Mania and Forces which I believed for a while. Now Sega is saying that Mania happens after Sonic 3&K, and Superstars is sometime in between Mania and Adventure
Minor correction, the Time of Awakening happens once every few million years, the only reason the one in Unleashed was only a few tens of thousands of years after the last one is because Eggman woke Dark Gaia up early
You’ve done quite a thing here. Not only is it all there, it’s told in a cohesive way that basically mimics the heroes journey cycle. Really nice work.
I’ve been a long time Sonic fan and I learned something new about the lore (probs cuz I skipped quite a few of the games). Please keep updating this video when the universe expands again!
This was a pretty good explanation on universe of Sonic the hedgehog Well I don't know why people say That's Sonic 4 is where they got their modern look when adventure exists Now Sonic 4 is not cannon since people don't like that game and it's not even finished because episode 3 never happened and was abandoned 12 years ago but I do respect the theory as to what others they're trying to do
You just explained over 30 years of Sonic lore in this amount of time pretty cool. Just out of curiosity tho, at which point would you put the storybook games since you know Sonic was just chilling during the start of both stories until he got summoned by Shahra and Merlina respectively
MAN THIS VIDEO WAS SO GOOD!!! I imagine a video like this with all the other Spin-Offs games (GameGear saga, DS saga, GBA saga, and others), the IDW comics and Sonic Prime, would be wild.
Gotta say, that's probably the best video in this style, explaining the Sonic Lore and especially under a certain time, most of those trying to explain a resumed version of Sonic's lore under a certain time always have LOTS of errors and confusion But a reminder to everyone that these are just the major/most important points of the history of Sonic's World, telling just the plot of all the mainline Sonic games Beetween some of the mainline games we have other stories and spin-off games that expands on the lore (and some extern media which also adds to the universe) Like the Sonic Advances series and Sonic Battle, which introduces Cream, as well as exclusive characters with lore also involving the past like Emerl, which was created by one of the four great civilizations of the world and later also found by Professor Gerald during his time working with Project Shadow, and later with Emerl's demise that lead to the creation of Gemerl, a robot created by Eggman which at the end is reprogrammed by Tails and stays as a body guard at Cream's house Sonic Rush and Rush Adventure which introduce and expand on Blaze's dimension and the contrast beetween the Chaos and Sol Emeralds, while both Eggman and Eggman's version from Blaze's dimension which is actually an Eggman descendent from the future, Eggman Nega while showing more of her dimension in the second game and how she's the paralel of Sonic in her universe, as well as introducing Marine, Tails' paralel on her universe The Sonic Riders Trillogy, which also expands on the lore of the Ancient Babylonians, which created the Extreme Gears many years ago, and are also aliens from space which had to land on Sonic's planet because the engine of their ship when combined would create a Black Hole, then their temple/spaceship was burried under a desert and they started wishing upon shooting stars so they could one day return home, while in the present also being another Eggman plan to conquer the world in the form of a world Grand Prix and creating a fake company to sell robots all around the world so they could go rogue The Sonic Rivals duology, which are the games where Silver meets up with Sonic for the first time after the "rewind" on Sonic 06's events, and also expand on the Ifrit, a creature from other dimension which at some time was also studied by Gerald Robotnik Sonic Colors DS, which takes place simultaniously with the Wii version, where Blaze and Silver meet for the first time AFTER the events of Sonic 06 while still remembering having worked togheter in the past, and where Super Sonic fights against the Mother Wisp at the end which is a character that appears in later games like Team Sonic Racing Some media like the Sonic Channel monthly stories (the 2016 Sonic Comic, the 2021 Cover Stories and the 2023 Otherworld Comedy) and the IDW Comics, which don't have any major plot point so you're forced to read them, but they expand and show more of Sonic's world and all those characters, Sonic and his friends going out in adventures And many more games I didn't even mentioned And explaining how Angel Island floats, if I'm not mistaken it's exactly when Tikal seals herself inside the Master Emerald with Chaos, her doing the Master Emerald prayer not only seals her and Chaos, but also spreads the seven Chaos Emeralds around the planet and makes a huge chunk of the Mystic Ruins start floating Also important to note that the reason Dark Gaia splits apart and Chip loses his memories is because Eggman woke them up prematurely Also also, Classic Sonic is now once again, from the past, so Sonic Mania and Superstars happend for Modern Sonic prior to Sonic Adventure after Sonic 3 & Knuckles Also also also, Super Sonic 2 as it's called in the files also is called Starfall Super Sonic internally during development!
I once sat down friend who is a fan of kingdom hearts and told him the entirety of the sonic franchise lore including the chaos Emeralds lore and the split timeline theory before the retcon. And he Told me how can I think kingdom hearts is confusing knowing all this? I told him its like breathing I don't think about.
Masterful work. I hope SONIC TEAM or whoever is managing the story side of things sees this specific video. It clears up so much in a non-confusing way (as much as you can make this jumbled lore not confusing lol)
I never played an Sonic Game but I kinda fuck with it thanks to all the Jehtt Memes. Thanks for bringing me up to speed on this batshit insane lore lmao
uh oh bro forgot Sonic Mania (I'm just kidding, this summary was actually perfect and short and simple, if i wanted to know sonic lore from no knowledge at all this would clear up everything)
Who's is most likely to be the main villain of the Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise? A scientist named Dr. Eggman or A lovecraftian god that destroys worlds with ease
Sonic 2 takes place before CD. Literally confirmed by Naoto Ohshima himself no matter what Origins and Ian Flynn claim. Also you mention 06 (even tho it’s really not suppose to be canon anymore but for some reason is treated as such) but not the Rush games (where Blaze is introduced into canon) or the Rivals games (which properly reintroduces Silver into the canon). Other than that, good video mate
Good thing people don’t play Sonic for the story lmao 🤣 this is so convoluted but at the same time it’s nice that they’re also experimenting and trying new things and just having fun with it :)
This is GOLD content! Magnificent. Even makes me want to play games that I’ve skipped due to not being appealing to me (Sonic’06 and Forces). Just wish you’d squeezed in the story books ones (Wildfire and Black Knight) they are great games for me.
8:20 God I’m so sorry but when you mention these tiny creatures as lucky charms that’s worn on their chests, I can’t help but think of the cursed Sonichu medallion. 😭
The fact this helps me find new voices to voice act and show my friends you also helped me find their origins and character and I finally know the backstory! Oh and there are 3 versions how Sonic and Tails met the Sonic Prime Version where he explains to Nine,Sonic X and your version
>be me, making a fic set in the future >planning on noting down the history of their world to see how it influences the time by which my fic tales place in >struggles to form a coherent timeline and does some research >finds this video >slowly realizing that i am going to have a field day with this one >mfw:
2:31 Does he really live in South Island though? He doesn't have any place on earth where he lives permanently even in Christmas Island where he is said to be born.
@@The20thLetter-s4v Revisiting one certain place like Green Hill multiple times in some form or another doesn't proof that he supposely lives in South Island (and don't get me started with mess that is Sonic Prime and its inconsistencies with game canon). Sonic doesn't have any permanent place where he lives since he is constantly traveling different places of the earth in video games.
@@totempoleman7810 OK but where else would he live? Where else did he came from other than South Island? And why would he move to a different island if he doesn’t belong in South Island? The oldest sonic game was the first game. Sonic 1
@@The20thLetter-s4v Again, he doesn't have permanent place where he lives. It's not about whetever "he doesn't belong in South Island", Sonic's wanderer or nomad who doesn't settle down in one place and travels around different places across the earth for seeking new destinations and adventures. It can be simple as that. Yeah he comes from Christmas Island as certain internal souces stated and even then he didn't stay there for long. Also about Sonic 1 for Sega Genesis, I don't remember western nor Japanese manual ever stating Sonic was specifically born in South Island as far as I've read. When it comes to this topic, I recommend you take a look at a video essay called "The Complete Story & Lore of Classic Sonic" in RUclips. Have a good day.
Should I make this experiment a full series? This was a challenge for me because I like including every detail. 😅(I know I missed spinoffs, movies, tv shows and comics)
You should
Yea
Yes! Please!
The Mario Universe Explained in Less Than 10 Minutes
Yes, it was nice :)
This batshit insane lore is unironically part of why I love this franchise so much
It’s not that insane for a game about a blue hedgehog that runs at sonic speeds. The fact that there’s lore at all is what’s surprising. Mario could never be this interesting
@@Thevamp1reking Clearly you’ve never played Super Mario galaxy paper Mario 64 paper Mario the thousand year Door Super paper Mario Bowser’s inside story.
Lore of three games vs 30@@randomdoctorsstudios142
I like how sonic games occour on earth, like even Mario dont occour on earth and he is a human
rouge is now offended
I cannot believe you managed to cover every major plot point in just 10 minutes
It's 9 minutes
Except whatever Emerl was, but ok who cares about Sonic Battle
Bro had to summarize in sonic speed
Also no sonic 4 + sonic heroes story covered. But not really relevant to the lore. So it doesn't matter that much
@@farid3454heroes story was in the video btw
The lore going chronologically from ancient alien races and god to funny hedgehog going fast is so hilariously jarring.
Yeah lol
All great animes are fly by the seat of your pants nonsense honestly
honestly when you know that the ancestors of chickens were dinosaurs it makes sense (somehow lol)
I'm shookened to my core that you managed to make this. I didn't even believe that making one cohesive sonic timeline could be possible. My compliments to you man, really well done
This took a few re-writes but I admit, it was fun condensing all this lore down! Would love to make more videos like these in-between my bigger projects.
@TheMentok now do this again but with all the spin-offs, including different versions of games like sonic 1&2 8-bit
@@chaosspider5765 no bcuz they will recomplicate the timeline
The 8bit games arent even canon or made by sonic team
Riders trilogy is canon excluding free riders cuz its garbage
I think sonic chaos could be canon
@@TheMentok lol i loved everything about the video just wanted to let you know that classic sonic being a alt dimension was retconned, its currentlly the same timeline. Everything that happens to classic sonic has happened to modern sonic.
@BrianRagesIizuka might be on to some
Sonic games: Blue Hedgehog that runs fast.
Sonic Lore: Ancient Aliens and Gods
Then sonic frontiers: most powerful hedgehog
Sonic abel to beat some said gods. And becomes more than just a hedgehog that run fast…
He is now!
A blue hedgehog that runs faster than light and is at multiverse level type feats.
@@bensims6796Faster than time itself even
@@Mo-. fr tho. That’s od.
Just like Kirby Games
You made everything sound so simple.
Emerl, the 4th greatest civilization, and Mother Wisp: "Am I a joke to you?"
But seriously, this is actually very thorough, yet so simple! Awesome work!
its funny too because Emerl's back story is completely skipped over even though it lead's to some important moments in the sonic lore, why the knuckles clan wanted the emeralds so badly that they'd defile a sacred land and why gun started to fear gearlds work so much they'd raid the arc leading up to the shadow story
While I disagree on the bit about the Knuckles clan (what with Chronicles not considered canon and there being a 1,000 year difference between Emerl's creators and the Knuckles clan), I wholeheartedly agree on how he ties into the ARK's lore. He also directly ties into Sonic Advance 3 and by extension IDW, with Gemerl being made using Emerl as a template.
I'm pretty sure Sonic Battle is a side game which is why Emerl was not mentioned, and I think Mother Wisp was only a final boss in the DS Version of Sonic Colors which I happen to own
Yeah unfortunately I don't think Sonic Battle is canon. While it did add a lot and perhaps was a better direction for the series at the time, a lot of things don't fit anymore, such as Shadow's arc in that game not really making sense to happen before or after the events of Shadow the Hedgehog, or Chaos and Gamma coming back. Also nothing in Frontiers references Emerl either, and that game is chocked full of callbacks and lore easter eggs.
@@Chrome166 However, there are IDW references in Frontiers. Gemerl appears in IDW, therefore... Also, there's Dark Beginnings now, but that wasn't a thing at the time of your comment so...
That was needed actually. I never actually thought that Infinite is DEAD dead. Thank you.
To be fair, we still are somewhat on the fence about that. Him and his prototype being “consumed” is a very vague way to phrase it, leaving things up to interpretation.
For all we know it might mean something along the lines of him not being dead but rather sealed inside the Phantom Ruby like Chaos was in the Master Emerald. We really can’t be sure
One bit of correction, Sonic doesn't live on South Island, he was born on Christmas Island, then when he was young, he decided to use his Biplane, the tornado, to travel the world. During one of the travels, before the events of Sonic 1, he encounters Eggman, and decides to pout a stop to his plans for world domination.
Good point and I considered leaving that in but the Christmas Island thing being canon these days is questionable. But I agree I could have used better word choice than "lives".
@@TheMentok can you make a video of the Christmas island, first time hearing this
@@Chayusuizaiit’s in the JP sonic bible for his origin
Except being born and leaving christmas island, you have zero evidence for anything u just said
christmas island? Isn't that a place in australia? SONIC IS FROM AUSTRALIA!?
jk but still
The fact that you made every game in the series sound good while also covering EVERY SINGLE PLOT POINT. Is insane
Yeah, its amazing that he covered 15% of the plot in just 10 minutes
It's funny and awesome how a game about a fast Blue Hedgehog fighting a más scientist basically turned into Dragon Ball with anthropomorphic characters.
For. Real
Absolutely wrong. I will continue to say this until the end of time: just bc sonic has inspirations from db doesn't it is db. Your logic makes no sense
@@Eminster Jackass you're the on doesn't make any sense. I never said Sonic WAS Dragon Ball, I said "basically" as to joke. I compared Sonic's current level of over-the-top action to Dragon Ball, which is not a baseless comparison.
Next time learn to tell when your bullshiy is not wanted.
@@Eminsterit’s a joke
@@nunusthoughts I know. But most people actually believe that
Dark Gaia looks like Emerald Weapon from Final Fantasy VII. Excellent work as always, Mentok. Looking forward to your insight on other material as I constantly learn dope shit each video.
Thank you sir for your dedicated viewership 🖖😆
@@TheMentok 😂 just waiting on FF content, specifically FFIX
shit has gone wild since sonic and knuckles
I agree with you.
Sonic Adventure: We learn that the Master Emerald was a prison for a water God.
Sonic Adventure 2: We learn Eggman became a mad scientist because of his grandfather, who created a Black Hedgehog, with Chaos abilities.
Shadow the Hedgehog: We learn that he was created from the DNA of a dark alien race, that come to Earth every 50 years.
Sonic Unleashed: We learn that Chaos Emeralds are used to repair the planet during a clash between light & darkness every 10.000 years.
Sonic Frontiers: We learn that the Chaos Emeralds were created by a Chaos like race, to serve as batteries for ancient ships, while being the key to stop a killer moon.
Weeeeelllll, there's technically the side stuff that ties in, like Sonic Rush [Blaze], and Sonic advance [Cream].
But yeah for the mainline games, spot on.
Would like to see side game lore next. As it's just as crazy.
Yeah my favourite thing is that Sonic has canonically became an isekai mc on two different occasions in completely different fantasy settings and just never bothers to bring it up
i like how you just go straight to the point and dont overcomplicate the lore, great vid dude
The Sonic lore can be summed up as “Because Eggman”
alot of people dont know witch ending to frontiers is canon but in a twitter takeover sonic said a quote amoug the lines of " oh I change my answer my favorite to fight was the end teaming up with my freids, eggman and sage to take a narsasitict planet down was legendary" in the og ending sonic did not team up with his buddies only sage and eggman so I guess final horizon is the canon one kinda off topic but I wanted to say anyway
Left out the lore concerning Blaze and her world, the Babylonians, the story book series and the Rival series.
Yeah, I know I missed a few games. Decided to stick to the major plot points to keep things simple. I would have otherwise named it "The Entire Sonic Universe Explained in Under 10 Minutes" 😂 It was hard giving Blaze the cut since she's in my top 5 character list. I'm down to do this format again with the spinoff games/other plotlines I missed
@@TheMentok Fair enough, if it’s just the major ones than it’s understandable since some of the ones I mentioned were kind of spin-offs. If you do decide to redo with all of them, hopefully Mephiles’ involvement at least gets a mention.
Very impressive work explaining all the main events in such a short time!
Sonic gameplay: Wohoo blue cartoon hedgehog runs!
Sonic lore: Cosmic horror, lovecraftian gods, tragic characters.
Having just learned there is a wholesome ending to the last game with Dr. Eggman learning the value of caring for someone and Sonic is able to focus on finding future personal growth.
Dr. Eggman does deserve a War Crimes trial at the bare minimum tho, his crimes were global and near genocidal multiple times, but still, warms my heart to see that sick SOB liking the idea of being a Dad, not a Dictator.
Great video! You really managed to explain well everything and somehow organize the lore as confusing as it is lol
with the release of Sonic Superstars I believe they’ve not only backed out of the two dimensions (classic and modern) a while ago, but now recently backed out of Generations creating a split timeline that leads to Mania and Forces which I believed for a while. Now Sega is saying that Mania happens after Sonic 3&K, and Superstars is sometime in between Mania and Adventure
9:05 YES do it again. Especially with Sonic X Shadow Generations.
I actually think the final horizon is the cannon one it just makes a lot more sense
Yeah I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that Final Horizin is canon while the original ending was something put together due to crunch time.
Minor correction, the Time of Awakening happens once every few million years, the only reason the one in Unleashed was only a few tens of thousands of years after the last one is because Eggman woke Dark Gaia up early
You’ve done quite a thing here. Not only is it all there, it’s told in a cohesive way that basically mimics the heroes journey cycle. Really nice work.
I'm very new to the franchise and I have to say that this lore recap was very useful! Thanks. At least I know the jist of it
Excellent Work.
I'm always paying attention to lore, and you covered all the bases flawlessly.
How it started: Hehe stop egg boi.
How it's going. *YOU STAND AGAINST THE END OF ALL THI--*
8:52 At this point, this is just Dragon Ball.
Facts
This is amazing man!! It’s insane how you fit the most important parts of the lore all right here in 10 minutes
I’ve been a long time Sonic fan and I learned something new about the lore (probs cuz I skipped quite a few of the games). Please keep updating this video when the universe expands again!
Thank you so much, as someone who has never researched Sonic this helped a lot. I did not know the lore was this crazy!
This was a pretty good explanation on universe of Sonic the hedgehog
Well I don't know why people say That's Sonic 4 is where they got their modern look when adventure exists
Now Sonic 4 is not cannon since people don't like that game and it's not even finished because episode 3 never happened and was abandoned 12 years ago but I do respect the theory as to what others they're trying to do
You just explained over 30 years of Sonic lore in this amount of time pretty cool. Just out of curiosity tho, at which point would you put the storybook games since you know Sonic was just chilling during the start of both stories until he got summoned by Shahra and Merlina respectively
The storybook games take place between 06 & Unleashed.
This is the best sonic lore video Ive found so far. Good job!
MAN THIS VIDEO WAS SO GOOD!!! I imagine a video like this with all the other Spin-Offs games (GameGear saga, DS saga, GBA saga, and others), the IDW comics and Sonic Prime, would be wild.
Gotta say, that's probably the best video in this style, explaining the Sonic Lore and especially under a certain time, most of those trying to explain a resumed version of Sonic's lore under a certain time always have LOTS of errors and confusion
But a reminder to everyone that these are just the major/most important points of the history of Sonic's World, telling just the plot of all the mainline Sonic games
Beetween some of the mainline games we have other stories and spin-off games that expands on the lore (and some extern media which also adds to the universe)
Like the Sonic Advances series and Sonic Battle, which introduces Cream, as well as exclusive characters with lore also involving the past like Emerl, which was created by one of the four great civilizations of the world and later also found by Professor Gerald during his time working with Project Shadow, and later with Emerl's demise that lead to the creation of Gemerl, a robot created by Eggman which at the end is reprogrammed by Tails and stays as a body guard at Cream's house
Sonic Rush and Rush Adventure which introduce and expand on Blaze's dimension and the contrast beetween the Chaos and Sol Emeralds, while both Eggman and Eggman's version from Blaze's dimension which is actually an Eggman descendent from the future, Eggman Nega while showing more of her dimension in the second game and how she's the paralel of Sonic in her universe, as well as introducing Marine, Tails' paralel on her universe
The Sonic Riders Trillogy, which also expands on the lore of the Ancient Babylonians, which created the Extreme Gears many years ago, and are also aliens from space which had to land on Sonic's planet because the engine of their ship when combined would create a Black Hole, then their temple/spaceship was burried under a desert and they started wishing upon shooting stars so they could one day return home, while in the present also being another Eggman plan to conquer the world in the form of a world Grand Prix and creating a fake company to sell robots all around the world so they could go rogue
The Sonic Rivals duology, which are the games where Silver meets up with Sonic for the first time after the "rewind" on Sonic 06's events, and also expand on the Ifrit, a creature from other dimension which at some time was also studied by Gerald Robotnik
Sonic Colors DS, which takes place simultaniously with the Wii version, where Blaze and Silver meet for the first time AFTER the events of Sonic 06 while still remembering having worked togheter in the past, and where Super Sonic fights against the Mother Wisp at the end which is a character that appears in later games like Team Sonic Racing
Some media like the Sonic Channel monthly stories (the 2016 Sonic Comic, the 2021 Cover Stories and the 2023 Otherworld Comedy) and the IDW Comics, which don't have any major plot point so you're forced to read them, but they expand and show more of Sonic's world and all those characters, Sonic and his friends going out in adventures
And many more games I didn't even mentioned
And explaining how Angel Island floats, if I'm not mistaken it's exactly when Tikal seals herself inside the Master Emerald with Chaos, her doing the Master Emerald prayer not only seals her and Chaos, but also spreads the seven Chaos Emeralds around the planet and makes a huge chunk of the Mystic Ruins start floating
Also important to note that the reason Dark Gaia splits apart and Chip loses his memories is because Eggman woke them up prematurely
Also also, Classic Sonic is now once again, from the past, so Sonic Mania and Superstars happend for Modern Sonic prior to Sonic Adventure after Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Also also also, Super Sonic 2 as it's called in the files also is called Starfall Super Sonic internally during development!
This was very insightful since i always treat most sonic games like their own story. Thank you
Making this video I realized this timeline is not all that crazy when you don't sweat the details too much.
Very impressive you pulled this off. This makes the Zelda timeline seem simple by comparison.
I once sat down friend who is a fan of kingdom hearts and told him the entirety of the sonic franchise lore including the chaos Emeralds lore and the split timeline theory before the retcon. And he Told me how can I think kingdom hearts is confusing knowing all this?
I told him its like breathing I don't think about.
So wise
I find it hilarious how you pointed out that Chip gives Sonic the bracelet, and then you never see it again.
I think Sonic keeps it somewhere safe in a locker in one of Tails' houses .
Since sonic games have started adding ‘skins’ I hope they give us a skin with chips bracelet
This is some really good info thank you for doing this ❤
Amazing summary! 😁
That was a great work.
Now I want to play Sonic games even more. I've missed so much in the past few years.
8:45, so he transformed into a super form that ascended past super sonic.
3:09 Goku's first ever shriek turning Super Saiyan absolutely killed me, 😂 hilarious my brother
Masterful work. I hope SONIC TEAM or whoever is managing the story side of things sees this specific video. It clears up so much in a non-confusing way (as much as you can make this jumbled lore not confusing lol)
I never played an Sonic Game but I kinda fuck with it thanks to all the Jehtt Memes. Thanks for bringing me up to speed on this batshit insane lore lmao
Best video ever for sonic lore this is insanely good!
Bro explained 3 generations in 9 minutes 💀
this is the BEST mainline sonic game timeline video
Yo this was awesome loved watching you break this down.
Man it‘s insane how Eggman just discovers literal universe ending powers/Creatures like every week
You have earned a subscriber! Amazing work man and I hope to see more videos like this in the future! :)
You have to do this again as the series is back to being awesome!!!
Awesome job of explaining the entire timeline in 10 minutes.
This video is fantastic! I liked it a lot!
Nah but the ending actually brought a happy tear to my eye, also i've never seen such a good explanation of Sonic lore
uh oh bro forgot Sonic Mania
(I'm just kidding, this summary was actually perfect and short and simple, if i wanted to know sonic lore from no knowledge at all this would clear up everything)
Fast paced, informative, and entertaining! Great video~☆
Super Saiyan 2! 8:48
Incredible how you did this! I just want to see another video like this but with IDW comics lore!
Who's is most likely to be the main villain of the Sonic The Hedgehog Franchise?
A scientist named Dr. Eggman or A lovecraftian god that destroys worlds with ease
This is the best Sonic lore video I've seen. Great job!
Sonic 2 takes place before CD. Literally confirmed by Naoto Ohshima himself no matter what Origins and Ian Flynn claim.
Also you mention 06 (even tho it’s really not suppose to be canon anymore but for some reason is treated as such) but not the Rush games (where Blaze is introduced into canon) or the Rivals games (which properly reintroduces Silver into the canon).
Other than that, good video mate
3:33 "he gains his respect" really got my there 😅
So basically, egg-man never gives up
I love cute and colorful franchises with a crazy and dark lore
5:04
a pissed of person from the future that is definitely not named trucks
Fellas call him The Drink
This was actually accurate af and incredibly well made! I'd watch more of these with other mediums!
Good thing people don’t play Sonic for the story lmao 🤣 this is so convoluted but at the same time it’s nice that they’re also experimenting and trying new things and just having fun with it :)
This is GOLD content! Magnificent. Even makes me want to play games that I’ve skipped due to not being appealing to me (Sonic’06 and Forces). Just wish you’d squeezed in the story books ones (Wildfire and Black Knight) they are great games for me.
This made me love n understand everything about Sonic even more 💙
You forgot the part where Sonic dominated the track and field events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics 😂
My interest in Sonic started only a month ago and this is NOT what I was expecting lol, I have a lot of catching up to do I guess
This is awesome, thanks for making it!
The storybook games are underrated
you should make a detailed lore video i would still watch if its like 10 hours
Dang that’s crazy how you manage to make the entire timeline
As somebody who grew up on Sonic in the early to late 2010s this scratched my adult brain in a nice way
8:20 God I’m so sorry but when you mention these tiny creatures as lucky charms that’s worn on their chests, I can’t help but think of the cursed Sonichu medallion. 😭
It makes sense. It finally makes makes sense. It makes sense to me.
I need a *"really long video all about Sonic the Hedgehog"* at some point, but this is still good 👍. You did great explaining here
Well done. Would love to see more vids like this
Great work bro
The fact this helps me find new voices to voice act and show my friends you also helped me find their origins and character and I finally know the backstory! Oh and there are 3 versions how Sonic and Tails met the Sonic Prime Version where he explains to Nine,Sonic X and your version
what a great summary lol, beautifully done
You know the video is good when he correctly labels the planet as Earth: Sonic’s World
>be me, making a fic set in the future
>planning on noting down the history of their world to see how it influences the time by which my fic tales place in
>struggles to form a coherent timeline and does some research
>finds this video
>slowly realizing that i am going to have a field day with this one
>mfw:
2:31 Does he really live in South Island though? He doesn't have any place on earth where he lives permanently even in Christmas Island where he is said to be born.
It’s literally his home. why do you think sonic keeps revisiting Greenhill?
@@The20thLetter-s4v Revisiting one certain place like Green Hill multiple times in some form or another doesn't proof that he supposely lives in South Island (and don't get me started with mess that is Sonic Prime and its inconsistencies with game canon). Sonic doesn't have any permanent place where he lives since he is constantly traveling different places of the earth in video games.
@@totempoleman7810 OK but where else would he live? Where else did he came from other than South Island? And why would he move to a different island if he doesn’t belong in South Island? The oldest sonic game was the first game. Sonic 1
@@The20thLetter-s4v Again, he doesn't have permanent place where he lives. It's not about whetever "he doesn't belong in South Island", Sonic's wanderer or nomad who doesn't settle down in one place and travels around different places across the earth for seeking new destinations and adventures. It can be simple as that. Yeah he comes from Christmas Island as certain internal souces stated and even then he didn't stay there for long. Also about Sonic 1 for Sega Genesis, I don't remember western nor Japanese manual ever stating Sonic was specifically born in South Island as far as I've read.
When it comes to this topic, I recommend you take a look at a video essay called "The Complete Story & Lore of Classic Sonic" in RUclips. Have a good day.
If the subtext about Sonic being the ancients' god is true, then it's kinda funny that humanity twice over recreated him before he was born.
You know, I never realized how complicated the Sonic series was until I saw this video.😆
10 minutes, perfect video
Something about the thumbnail of this video alone makes me happy
Knuckles chaotix is just rotting there, slowly, forgotten
If you included every non-mainline game and the IDW comics, this video would be PEAK
So... where does Sonic Battle and Sonic and the Secret Rings (& the Black Knight) fit in here? XDD
Really enjoyed the video!
👍😊Always doing the Lord True Justice when the explanations is quick precise very accurate