Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1031724-20160901000706/@comment-679780-20160902231516

KillRoy231 wrote: If it is a permanent reset, I'll FanonDiscontinuity it.

Also, if it's a standalone game, doesn't that mean there are no other games set in its continuity?

Yes, Nack mysteriously disappeared, as did Mighty when his second appearance saw the introduction of Team Chaotix, who would make some reappearances, and Ray, Bean, and Bark were one-shot in pretty shaky games.

As for Angel Island, who knows, but Rouge has stolen the Master Emerald in Sonic Rivals 2 (though they're both at Sonic's birthday party in Generations). I don't believe Sonic '17 will be stand alone. And I don't mean it is or will be a sequal, just that I believe it's part of the continuity of the main series.

We don't know what the story in the game will be but by the trailer it looks evident to be time travel due to Classic Sonic's apperance. The ruined city with the giant robots is a level of destruction Eggman has never achieved before so it's my guess Dr. Eggman has screwed with the timeline. It's logical Sonic has some memory of his true timeline and strives to correct it.

Of course it could be possible Dr. Eggman simply put some giant robots together to go wreck what looks like City Escape and simply blind-sided Sonic long enough to wreck the city. Other than Classic Sonic we've yet have more evidence of time travel Shenanigans.

If the story does end with Sonic correcting his timeline yet still some alterations to his history, then it can be to the fans guess the extentions of the changes.

For example, I'm hoping if Dr. Eggman does screw around with time to create his ideal timeline, he would logically use the Death Egg mk.II for it. Sonic would need to collect the Time Stones in order to correct the timeline and assure Dr. Eggman would never have Miracle Planet. Thus the timeline after Sonic '17 will stay accurate to what it currently is... but Sonic 4 being removed. Which is a big "whoop" if you ask me.

Granted without Sonic 4 Metal Sonic would have not returned or gain his power but Dr. Eggman could of ressurected Metal Sonic for a number of other reasons as he still will be seen in Sonic Adventure as an animated prop.