Sonic The Hedgehog (Pre-Wave)

Sonic The Hedgehog's History

At the beginning of the series (in its original canon), the year was 3235, though by the end it was 3237 (due to the relativity of Sonic's "year" in space, in which several months passed while he was gone on Mobius while only weeks passed for him). Sonic had lived on Mobius in New Mobotropolis by the end of the series. It was eventually revealed that Mobius was actually a future Earth (in an alternative reality), the year being 14,015 AD by our calendar. (StH: #148, #157)

Originally, the date the Xorda attacked Earth was the year 0 by the Mobian calendar (during the 21st century by our calendar), and that was known in Echidna theology as the first "Day of Fury". However, the date of the Xorda attack was retconned to have occurred roughly twelve thousand years ago from the current Mobian year. The reason for the Mobian date only being 3237 with the currect retcon is unknown.

At the onset of the series, Sonic's original home was Knothole Village, a secret woodland base hidden within the Great Forest outside of Robotropolis. Since then, other areas of Mobius have been featured in the series. Additional main areas of setting include Angel Island, Downunda, New Megaopolis and Station Square.

The comic officially entered into a new continuity from its 252nd issue onward. The switch to this new canon was initiated in issue 247 when Mobius was hit by the reality-warping Genesis Wave, which in turn led to a 4-month long crossover with another licenced video game-based comic series. The crossover event culminated in the fabric of Sonic's entire Multiverse collapsing in on itself, which resulted in Sonic's world returning in an almost completely unrecognisable state, and all alternate realities (excluding the Sol Zone) being completely destroyed and replaced by new ones.

The comic, from there on, took place in a world that bore a closer resemblance to the games, but with several concepts being carried over from the old continuity. It's unknown how much of the elements introduced in the old continuity still remained.