Be’en, known for its rolling hills, and Kalow, an atoll of pristine lakes. In a time long since forgotten, two small islands coexisted in harmony. So without further ado, here is the story of the island from Sonic 4 Episodes I & II and the intro animation to Sonic CD: So let’s get to the name! With David being the creative guy that he is, he didn’t want to just say the name, he wanted a bit of back story. There will never be paintings of “The Signing of the Sonic 4 Island Name Certificate”, but if there was you’d probably see a slightly confused Aaron, David explaining what was happening, and Barry trying to find a flat surface to write the Island’s name down. Following the event, when Aaron was outside the San Diego House of Blues talking to a crowd of fans, we managed to catch his attention for a minute to get him to sign the certificate. ![]() The only part I played was drawing up the certificate and finding a moment during Sonic the Hedgehog’s 25th Anniversary Party in which David, Aaron and myself were assembled to reveal the name and sign the certificate. The reasoning? No name was ever given, and it is likely SEGA will never revisit the Sonic 4 games (this is our speculation, not official word from SEGA), so we might as well name it now and stop asking SEGA about it. Sonic Retro’s own David the Lurker was given the official unofficial go-ahead to name the island in Sonic 4 (and by extension, the island containing Sonic CD‘s Never Lake). We tried again last year in an interview with Aaron Webber, but aside from his own head canon answer there was no apparent official name.įlash forward to July. Following the game’s release, I reached out to SEGA for an answer, but I came back with just a few names of the bosses from Episode II. But one little question has always gone unanswered, and that question is “What is the name of the island in Sonic 4?”. Now, six years later, many of those questions have been answered and with the upcoming Sonic Mania, fans are looking towards the future while Sonic 4 Episodes I & II remain in the past. How would it play? How would it tie to Sonic 3 & Knuckles? Could we expect a Sonic 4 Happy Meal? These and many more questions were asked. Way back in 2010, SEGA revealed Sonic the Hedgehog 4, and speculation ran rampant. This article is about how a few fans with too much time on their hands bothered SEGA enough about silly little details. This article isn’t about how Sonic 4 Episodes I & II played or the behind-the-scenes politics of how the game came about. We’re not here today to do any of those things. Sonic the Hedgehog 4 has been previewed, played, reviewed, picked apart, dissected and a whole host of other actions.
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