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Frost the Wolf wrote:

Edd Shwartz wrote: Speaking of Sonic 06, I was working on Shadow the Hedgehog's canon page, and while I was typing the "Appearance" section, I wanted to add a comment about his enhibitor ring. I don't know what else to call it, and its purpose is only explained in the non-canon Sonic 06, and we all know how messy the story in that game is. I guess we can just assume that they're just there for decoration and just call them "rings."

Speaking of that, I wanted to make a suggestion about creating the canon pages. I know I'm not an admin or anything, but I still felt like bringing this up, because, although it may seem obvious to some, it's still worth bringing up in my eyes. If anyone disagrees, I will be glad to read any arguments. I was thinking we should add a "Heading2" Section called "In Other Media" for each of the other continuities a character appears in. Mind you, these would be other official continuities such as AOSTH or The Archie Sonic comics. For example, Tails's page [and yes, that's the correct form. Singular possessive nouns always end in "s".] might have "In Other Media" as the 5th heading, so the contents box would read:

"...5) In Other Media

5.1) In Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

5.2) In Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM)

5.3) Archie Sonic Comics

5.4) Sonic the Comic

5.5) Sonic X

5.6) Sonic Boom (2014 TV Series)..."

I used Tails as an example, because he appears in most of the other forms of media, with the exceptions being Sonic Underground and Night of the Werehog. Well, what do you guys think? Should this be a standard or do you think it just depends on the page at hand? I do apologize if I'm stepping on any boundaries. I don't object to it, but isn't that basically what SNN already has? I didn't look at Sonic News Network, because I was afraid it would cause me to unintentionally plagiarize what was on the Sonic News Network's pages for the same characters. I brought this issue up, because someone added Sonic's appearance in Sonic Boom under the "Appearance," and, when I first glanced at it, it seemed to be a bit out of place. I probably should have read the whole paragraph before posting that. I'm sorry. Anyway, I feel that it would be okay, at least in my eyes. You cannot copyright a general idea; therefore, you cannot plagiarize a general idea. If we added a section called "In Other Media," it would be the same as writing a book about robots trying to take over the world. Although it's been done before, it's too general for someone to claim it as theirs.

As for canon, I'm not sure what to do. Sega doesn't really care enough about story to keep the story straight, not that I can blaim them. After all, they are a video game company, not a television studio. I don't think we can have a "There is no canon" policy like the Aqua Teen Hunger Force Wiki (shameless plug), but at the same time, the facts seem to be contradictory. Many people place Sonic CD before Sonic 2 in the timeline. This would mean Dr. Robotnik invented Metal Sonic, then he invented the downgraded Silver Sonic, then Mecha Sonic. S3&K takes place directly after Sonic 2, but Sonic 4, which contains a revived Metal Sonic takes place directly after S3&K, and Sonic 4 has Modern Sonic, despite it taking place directly after S3&K, which has Classic Sonic, who is shown as having a pot-belly in Sonic Generations, but then, Sonic 3D Blast wouldn't be canon, because it has Knuckles and Classic Sonic, so...

Another issue is that E-121 Phi was made after E-123 Omega. It's directly stated by Rouge that she has already met Omega in the Sonic Battle game. Why would you go back in terms of numbers, unless Eggman really is insane.

Of course, I don't think that the issue stated directly above will come up. Archie Sonic Comics would likely fall into "In Other Media." Archie has always stated that their comics tell a different story than the games, as evidenced by a fan asking about why Silver and Blaze have never interacted in the comics.