User blog comment:Mystic Monkey/Captain S: The Game Master/@comment-6576725-20140917212408/@comment-679780-20140920012448

I figured, since Captain N didn't introduce Mario, Captain S may not have Sonic. And since the Mega Drive is important to the series, the story should be set in the early 90s.

However, unlike Captain N series, if there is continuous time and Chad Velmont continues being Captain S for about 5 years then eventually the Sega Saturn will be released.

The early 90s being an important theme. Because even if some of us still have Mega Drives to this day, the Mega Drive needs to be portrait as the modern console of it's time to be significant to the series. That means CRT televisions, casset players, VHS tapes and so on. I'm old enough to remember such things.