Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20160901000706/@comment-679780-20161218224512

TyphlosionX wrote: Erik.wallace.395 wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: I just don't want the Sonic series to be gutted out. I still hold onto the hope that characters other than male hedgehogs can go super like in the Classic era, I believe Angel Island is still a thing and Knuckles is still guardian, I still believe Omega is still around and maybe the old Sonic Bible still holds water? Dr. Robotnik could of once been Sonic's friend before he became Dr. Eggman in a lab accident. (None of that Dr. Kintobor stuff.) That's a lot of stuff to believe.

It's all pretty believable, except maybe that last one about the Sonic Bible still being partially canon. I highly doubt that, although it would explain a few things.

Something I really wish SEGA would dive into (I might be alone on this, I don't know), are the origins of some characters. For example...

How come Knuckles is all alone, and seemingly has no recollection of any family? Why is Sonic so fast? Was it hereditary, achieved, or from some sort of freak accident/experiment (ala Sonic the Comic)? Wait, if it's hereditary, who are Sonic's parents? The most we know about Sonic's origins, is that he was born on Easter Island (of all places). Where do Silver's powers come from? Is Silver descended from any of the current cast? etc. etc.

Unfortunately, SEGA doesn't want to tell us, either because they think it's too risky (some fans might not like these new backstories), or they don't really care (more likely). Leaving it all up to the fans' imagination, for better or worse. After watching a lot of Adventure Time, it made me re-imagine how the Sonic Bible can work into modern Sonic lore.

Instead of Christmas Island, Sonic was born a brown hedgehog on South Island. He met a dottering scientist named Dr. Robotnik who was a nice guy, took up science to be like his grandfather. He befriended Sonic and invented such things as the Retro Orbital Chaos Compressor with just six of the seven emeralds he has found in his life travels and for Sonic made a chaos-powered treadmill for Sonic. The treadmill is particularly made from a cobalt alloy which high-speed vehicals often use for durability and light weight.

Sonic overloaded the treadmill which caused a surge of chaos energy that infused his body with element of cobalt, this explains his streamline form, incredible speed and his canon colour.

One day Dr. Robotnik accidentally fell onto the ROCC and smashed a rotten egg into it, this caused chaos energy to infuse the corroding genetics of the egg towards Robotnik. The effect wans't instant but he was upset and angry that Sonic had to leave. Over time Dr. Robotnik was slipping into madness as his body became more egg shaped. While he still recognise the name "Dr. Robotnik", he forgotten the kind of person he was and prefers the name Dr. Eggman now.