{"id":39898,"date":"2024-11-14T16:59:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T07:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=39898"},"modified":"2024-11-14T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T07:59:27","slug":"sonic-the-hedgehog-is-still-homeless-sega-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/sonic-the-hedgehog-is-still-homeless-sega-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic the Hedgehog is still homeless, Sega confirms\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There\u2019s a general consensus among <strong>Sonic the Hedgehog <\/strong>fans that Sonic doesn\u2019t really have a home, drifting from place to place instead. This has also been confirmed in the past through spin-off media such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CnnqXIGA_UQ?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TailsTube<\/a> web series, which basically told us that Sonic just sets up camp wherever or squats at his lab when he gets tired.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1293\" height=\"848\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1293px) 100vw, 1293px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241114-39898-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic Annual 2025\" class=\"wp-image-39902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241114-39898-1.jpg 1293w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241114-39898-1-380x249.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241114-39898-1-768x504.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in the print edition of the \u201cSonic the Hedgehog Annual 2025\u201d<strong> <\/strong>comic, Sonic\u2019s fact file says that \u201cSonic lives in Green Hill Zone, the first level of the original game.\u201d Fans on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/whisperwoIf\/status\/1854546346402840973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who noticed this<\/a> were surprised at the new piece of lore, as they&#8217;d been convinced that Sonic was homeless.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hikOG8htYq\">pic.twitter.com\/hikOG8htYq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Chris \ud83e\udd94\u2728 (@MisterCrits) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MisterCrits\/status\/1856774713206612017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But that\u2019s where the Sonic series\u2019 associate lore manager at Sega hopped in to clear up the misunderstanding. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MisterCrits\/status\/1856767895088570382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@MisterCrits<\/a> told fans on X that an old draft ended up being misprinted in the Annual 2025, and that the part about Sonic living in Green Hill Zone is a mistake. \u201cSonic doesn&#8217;t have a home, he&#8217;s still a drifter,\u201d they assured.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lore manager at Sega has stepped in to confirm that Sonic the Hedgehog is, and always has been, homeless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":38006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-39898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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