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Sonic the Hedgehog (2006): While its events getting undone may seem to warrant it not being here, you'll see my justification for putting it in in the comments below.Sonic Battle: As shown in the comments below, Shadow is no longer on the quest for his memories and seems to be on moderate speaking terms with Sonic and co., meaning this game has to take place after the events of Shadow the Hedgehog.Shadow the Hedgehog: The final ending, of course, is the canon one.Sonic Advance 2: Must take place before Heroes, as Cream meets the rest of the cast in this game.
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Sonic Advance: Shadow is not present, and begins the Advance games pocket timeline.Sonic Forces (Classic version): Shown to be directly after Mania within the game itself.Mania is occasionally thought to go here, but it's less complicated to put it much later. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (both episodes): Plot synopsis says it takes place directly after Sonic and Knuckles.NOTE: I did not include these Classic moments or Mania in a separate timeline, since there's no evidence of alternate universes being created by any of the time travel in the Sonic series, with the exception of the end of 06. I was tempted to put this directly alongside the 1991 game due to the opening level being Green Hill, but that would mean Sonic has not met Tails, which he has. Sonic Generations (Classic version): By "Classic version", I mean this was the point in time where Classic Sonic and Tails in this game come from.Tails' Skypatrol: Ambiguous in nature, but was placed here due to comments below.However, some believe it goes with its release date and follows Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (see comments). SegaSonic the Hedgehog: Most sources seem to list this as the first Sonic game chronologically, and Sonic's personal motivation for fighting Eggman.We at least know it comes before Sonic the Hedgehog 4, but most sources list it between the first two Sonic games, so I've put it there. Sonic CD: This one's a doozy, since most people seem to think it can take place at earliest at this point in time and at latest towards the end of the Classic Era.Could you guys help me in expanding this chronology, or fixing errors in it? This is what I've gathered thus far, but the list is far from complete.
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So I decided that now would be a good time to make a full timeline of the series. Sonic continuity is weird, with games both acknowledging and not acknowledging each other. Hey guys, so I've been doing some thinking on Sonic lately, and it resulted in me thinking about the games chronologically.