Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25819077-20150121210329/@comment-679780-20150121231715

Beren Camlost wrote: And why was he on South Island? Does South Island have any special significance? Why were six out of seven emeralds on one Island? I personally like to believe that the outdated Sonic Bible has some truth. That Dr. Robotnik was once a good personal before a lab accident with negative chaos energy turned him into Dr. Eggman. However since his grandfather was professor Gerald Robotnik, I like to believe that Kintobor didn't become Robotnik, but Robotnik is his actual family name and he became the Eggman, the actual nickname setting in during the Dreamcast era.

Also instead of Christmas Island or Nebraska, South Island was Sonic's home before he began his adventures.

Just my ideal-story anyway than just a big fat meglomaniac mad scientist and a really fast blue hedgehog just "happened" one day.