Talk:Smash The Echidna/@comment-25559267-20160618021658/@comment-7637833-20160622233014

Something tangentially related: in Darkness Trigger (the series me and Crimson are working on, we have a few more echidnas coming in later, Obsidian the Marauder and Diablo the Pyro. In this continuity, the "last echidna on the planet" idea is only what Knuckles thinks - in reality, he's the last member of his own tribe. When Chaos went on a rage-filled rampage, other echidna clans saw the danger and went into hiding, fearing for their lives. However, circumstances cause them to exit hiding and take a stand, determined not to let their way of life be extinguished like what happened to Knuckles' tribe.

So, in short: Other tribes exist, they hid when Chaos effed stuff up, and are now returning cuz they're in danger again. Something like that.