sonicgarden/content/chronology/classic.md

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# The Classic Era

Some infos and canevats :
- I decided to prioritise Sonic Mania Adventure over the Encore Mode of Sonic Mania
- I consider the Modern/Classic style as something more stylistic than in-canon, and to keep a clean Metal Sonic arc, I put Sonic 4 in the Classic Era.

## First Adventures

- Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) - The first game.
- Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) - Sonic save Amy and Little Planet
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) - The Start of the First Death Egg Saga
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (1994) - The End of the First Death Egg Saga
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 GG (1992) - Eggman kidnappe Tails. According to the manuals Sonic and Tails know each other, so it have to happens post-S2 (thus post-S3 too).

## The return of Metal Sonic

- Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (2010) – Metal Sonic is back : needed for every story with Metal Sonic after that.
- Sonic Chaos (1993)
- Sonic Triple Trouble (1994) - Metal Sonic is here.
- Sonic Spinball (1993) - Happenned in some sort, can be seen as "canon" as the Veg-O-Fortress is referenced in Sonic Origins
- Sonic Labyrinth (1995) - Eggman try to make Sonic slower
- Tails' Skypatrol (1995) - Tails fight a witch.
- Tails Adventure (1995) - Tails fight birds (I use the US interpretation of the game, as it makes a more compeling story arc imo)
- Knuckles' Chaotix (1995) - Knuckles fight Metal Sonic too.
- Sonic Blast (1996) 
- Sonic 3D Blast (1996) - Sonic & Co. travels to Fliky Island
- Sonic the Fighters (1996) - Let's not think too much about the 8 emeralds, and think it was 7 emeralds + the Master Emeralds.
- Sonic R (1997)

## New classic adventures

I've put the newest classic stories here, as it seems that the characters known each other in the comics.

- Sonic Generation (2011) - As Sonic seems to come from the first games, it makes the next placement more logical.
- Sonic Mania (2017) - Metal Sonic seems to come back here, so it's before Chaotix and Triple Trouble.
- Sonic Forces (2017) - Classic storyline of the game
- Sonic Mania Adventure (Animation, 2017) - Back to is time, Classic Sonic fight Eggman that made some shenanigans.
- Seasons of Chaos (IDW, 2021)
- Dr. Eggman's Birthday (IDW, 2021)
- Sonic Learns to Drive (IDW, 2021)
- Amy's New Hobby (IDW, 2021)
- Tails' 30th Anniversary Special : Flying Off the Rails (IDW, 2022)
- Amy's 30th Anniversary Special (IDW, 2023)
- Sonic Superstars : Trio of Trouble (Animation, 2023)
- Sonic Superstars (2023)