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This location exists primarily or exclusively within the Post-Super Genesis Wave continuity.
Information in this article may not be canonical to the storyline of the games or any other Sonic continuity.

The Special Zone is a location that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. It is a Zone that is often the location of the Chaos Emeralds or similar objects, and once acted as a place of banishment for Nigel Acorn and Walter Naugus when Dr. Eggman took over Mobotropolis.

Description[]

The Special Zone is an alternate Zone that can be entered through various means, such as through Star Posts and Warp Rings. It is evidently a mystical dimension that is difficult to escape, as even Walter Naugus proved unable to break free from it with his magic. However, it appears that its visitors can leave the Zone by finding a Chaos Emerald or a similar object there.

The physical appearance of the Zone supposedly differs to some degree. After his first visits to the Zone, Sonic described its environment of consisting of "crystal mazes that spun around" and a sky "that kept changing into all these different shapes."[1]

History[]

Past[]

When King Nigel Acorn's royal adviser, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, betrayed him and took over Mobotropolis, the dictator banished the overthrown king into the Special Zone along with the Royal Wizard, Walter Naugus, using the Star Posts.[2]

During Sonic's adventure on South Island, he would enter the Special Zone several times to find the Chaos Emeralds. He eventually managed to rescue Walter disguised as Nigel from the Zone on his sixth visit, where the latter gave him the Chaos Emerald he found there.[1][3] The Freedom Fighters later managed to rescue the real King Acorn from the Zone after taking back Mobotropolis.[2]

The Special Zone would be visited by Sonic and his friends many times in the future to find the Chaos Emeralds or similar objects. Such was the case when he and Tails used Star Posts on Westside Island to access the Zone and get the Chaos Emeralds,[4] and during his visit to Little Planet to find the Time Stones.[5] Later on, Sonic, Tails and Knuckles entered the Special Zone from Angel Island to find the Chaos Emeralds and possibly even more powerful gems there,[6][7] and Sonic and Tails would re-visit the Zone before and during Little Planet's return.[8][9] After that, Knuckles, the Chaotix and Mighty went to this Zone in order to find Rings with mystical properties.[10]

Over time, Sonic and his friends would still visit the Special Zone to get the Chaos Emeralds, as was the case when Eggman threatened the world with a giant super-weapon,[11] during their first meeting with Cream,[12] during an incident involving Neo Metal Sonic,[13] following the first Genesis Wave,[14] and on Blaze's first visit to Sonic's World.[15] More recently, Sonic would go to the Special Zone in possible events of incidents involving the Wisps[16] and the Time Eater.[17]

Post-Shattered World Crisis[]

Note: From the readers' point of view, this picks up from where the Special Zone's original timeline ended.

After the Shattered World Crisis was over, Sonic would visit the Special Zone once again in a possible event of an incident on Lost Hex, where he collected the Chaos Emeralds.[18]

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