Just when we believed that nothing from the universe of Sonic It may surprise us, Sega presents an official chronology that covers “tens of thousands of years in the past” to “200 years in the future” and that Canoniza Sonic Shuffle United Nations match

Sometimes one wonders if inside Saw They have a giant button that says “confused fan” and someone clicks it every now and then. And no, they didn’t release it in a random panel of a video game fair. This chronology was published on the official Japanese website Sound channel And, although for now it is only in Japanese (it requires an automatic translation for those who do not dominate the language), it is A real madness of details.

Official chronology of Sonic the Hedgehog

Each fragment of the time line is accompanied by the most relevant gameswhich allowed the courageous to venture to try a chronological order. But that nobody gets too excited: Some games appear at different timesThanks to Time Trips and other narrative pirouettes of the home brand. So if you expected a straight and coherent line, it is better that you go tea and breathe in depth.

Now, what the alarms of all jump on the internet has done is that Sonic Shuffle -Yes, The style spin-off of style Mario Party with mini -giochi and dice— It has been included as the official part of the fee. They justify him because in the game Sonic Save a dream world called MaginlyworldThat … makes sense within the logic of the parallel universes, I suppose.

One of the most representative comments that Reddit has circulated summarizes with pure confusion: “What do you want to say Sonic Shuffle Canon is it?!?

And it is not the only shock that this chronology has given. Although it includes the details of what happened Thousands of years ago and events that will happen within two centurieshay absences that hurt. For example, Sound rivals y Sonic Rivals 2 (PSP) They do not appear anywheredespite its importance in the history of characters like Silver, Eggman denies y Metal sonic.

The explanation of the fans

The most delivered fans believe they have the key to this omission: The games did not launch to JapanAnd as a chronology it is Japanese, Saw He would have decided to omit what his local audience does not know. Even like that, there are recent clues that indicate that these titles They are still relevantas a direct mention to Rivals 2 in the diary of Gerald Robotnik In Generations of Sonic X Shadow.

By the way, talking about that game: Generations of Sonic X Shadow Promises an epic comparison between the two most iconic hedges of the saga Under the moonlightand come to celebrate the 34 years of history of our beloved blue sprinter. Takashi Iizuka, one of the managers Sound generationsHe said it years ago: “We wanted to pay homage to the entire story of Sonic, with all its design”.thus justifying the existence of two versions of the character in the same title.

And yes, even in this time line Has the driving cars of Sonic Cabidaas in Sonic Racing: Crossworlds. Which is time to stop asking why it runs by car if it is faster than that. Because if we accept dream worlds and ancient divinities, A car doesn’t seem so far, right?

In the end, although this chronology Does not respond to all existential doubts about the sound universeYES offers an official reference point For those who dare to understand how decades of video games, temporary travels, alternative dimensions and mini of dice are intertwined.