#sonic pict

[sonic-gallery]

Under the clear blue sky, the Chaotix members are busy repairing and renovating their office.

Not only is there a hidden advantage to being able to get a small waiver on the rent while repairs are being made, but the Chaotics are also working enthusiastically with anticipation of opening a cafe.

The sounds of bright carpentry work echoed among the trees.

[tailschannel]

This month's Sonic Pict from SEGA of Japan features Ray the Flying Squirrel enjoying the white snow and autumn leaves in Press Garden; and made a portrait of his friend, Mighty the Armadillo.

[silverthehedgehogexplained]

Explaining Silver the Hedgehog's Backstory

One of the most confusing subjects in the Sonic fandom is Silver’s backstory, the chronology of Sonic 06 and how it affects the characters. So in this post I’ll go over what we know about Silver’s backstory, its effects on his character, his involvement with Blaze and how the ending of Sonic 06 affects them.

Silver was born 200 years into a devastated future ravaged by the Flames of Disaster Iblis. The sky was always dark and the world was filled with endless wastelands ravaged by constant disasters and hostile Iblis spawn. The people are exhausted and live without hope. Iblis rampages and burns everything in its path. Silver has fought against Iblis for most of his life and tried to find the source of the disaster for just as long but no one could tell him how the world came to ruin.

This backstory informs Silver's character in the following ways:

Silver is a warrior. He is proficient in and enjoys fighting, has very aggressive determined expressions with constant fists and is a noted fighter(Shadow describes him as a fighter in Team Sonic Racing) whose power is respected by Sonic and Shadow. Silver is extremely powerful and capable of defeating small armies of enemies and giant monsters by himself. This stems from his apocalyptic background in the hostile future filled with Iblis minions and disasters such as flame tornadoes that he had to battle constantly. When you surprise him in Generations he is instantly ready to fight and angrily looks around, he comes from a world where all manner of Iblis spawn could attack at any given moment. It is explained in Silver's introduction story on Sonic Channel that Silver fought and struggled for half his lifetime, indicating that Silver fought against Iblis and its forces from a very early age.

Silver is naive, he has a black and white perspective and tackles things bluntly. He expects people to believe and cooperate with him when he says he’s from the future or explains outlandish things about his mission. He is earnest, he has no filter and acts unrefined when talking to people(which in Japanese is signified by his use of the informal "Ore" and "Anta" to address himself and others when he speaks). He sometimes takes things literally, misinterprets things or doesn't get jokes. He can also be unfamiliar with things in Sonic's time period. We don't know how people lived in the apocalyptic future or what they did and didn't have access to but it seems to be very rudimentary, destitute and even militarized as one of the glimpses into Silver's future from Sonic Pict shows him eating calorie bar rations that are described as apple flavored. Related to the above, Silver likely spent the majority of his time fighting.

Silver is also very pragmatic. He has a straight to the point mindset and hates distractions, frivolous details or just things getting in his way. As a survivor there is no room for pointless things for him.

On the flip side of that however, Silver is also wide-eyed. He loves challenges and experiencing fun new things he never had access to and is said to engage in cheerful activities following the historical change of 06.

Silver is incredibly optimistic and hopeful. He was able to fight through the hopeless ruined future world because he had the hope for a blue sky and the determination to keep fighting when everyone else had given into despair.

Most importantly of all however is Silver's deep love and drive for peace and prosperity. Silver is a very empathetic person that cares deeply for the state of the world and people around him. Note the beginning of his story in 06 where he expresses outrage at the state of his future with dark skies, endless wastelands and people that live in despair then contrast that with his later dialogue throughout the series where he expresses love for blue skies, beautiful vistas or just places where people live happily. Something as simple as a desert is beautiful to him simply because there is no destruction and the people are happy. Silver particularly loves and desires to protect smiles and blue skies because he came from a world that is stated to be filled with darkness and despair according to Sonic Team's Sonic Channel stories. Silver fights for peace and prosperity for the world and its people because he has experienced quite literal hellish suffering and devastation.

I also want to emphasize that Blaze isn't part of Silver's backstory and he didn't have her in his life in the apocalyptic future. Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka confirmed that Silver and Eggman Nega originate from the future while Blaze originates from her dimension and writer Ian Flynn has confirmed that Sonic Rush takes place before Sonic 06 with these answers on his podcast.

"I can't get too much into it because this is kind of internal stuff that has not been clarified publicly but Sonic Rush comes first, the Blaze of 06 is the Blaze of Rush and she doesn't die, she turns into Burning Blaze and warps back to her own dimension and forgets the events of 06."

"I don't know how much I can get into it without being given the official go-ahead, but Blaze is not from Silver's post-apocalyptic future. She is from her own dimension and it's extremely nuancey, but she doesn't really see or interact with Sonic until like the very very end of Silver's campaign. It's...an incredibly narrow loophole but she doesn't necessarily know that it's Sonic they're after. Again I'm sure someone can tear that apart very easily but suffice to say, I believe the intention is that she doesn't know that Silver is targeting Sonic specifically and she has no interaction with him or really anybody else in the main cast for that reason."

Meaning that Silver and Blaze only met shortly before the events of 06 and Silver faced the ruined future on his own before that point.

Things are gonna get a bit complicated here but Blaze only temporarily appearing in the future before being ripped away from Silver actually ties into their Tanabata parallel. In the story of Tanabata, Orihime(the princess) only descends to the world of Hikoboshi(the cow herder) for a short while before they are separated for neglecting their duties. At the end of Silver's story, Silver neglects his duty by refusing to seal Blaze away and so they are separated, only to ever meet again when crossing paths in Sonic's world.

When arriving in Wave Ocean, Blaze notes the world of the past. This is because Blaze seems to actually have amnesia.

According to Ian Flynn, the reason why Blaze was kept away from the cast besides Silver in 06 is as a narrow loophole to keep her from realizing it was Sonic they were after. In a 2012 Q&A for the Sonic Boom convention, Sonic Team Creative Officer Takashi Iizuka stated that the characters in 06 had amnesia and at the end of the Metal Virus arc in IDW we learn that rough inter-dimensional travel can cause amnesia which happens to Sonic when he crashes into Blaze's dimension. Blaze then reawakens Sonic's memories by reminding him of his super form, something that Blaze was kept from in 06.

What happens with Blaze in 06 as I understand it is that at some point prior to the events of the game Blaze was transported to the future where she developed amnesia upon arrival before joining Silver in his war against Iblis. They are deceived by Mephiles into trying to assassinate Sonic before Silver learns the truth and returns to the future to seal Iblis away, he is unable to do so however due to not being a compatible vessel and Blaze seals Iblis and herself away instead. Following the defeat of Solaris and the subsequent historical change, Blaze warps back to her Dimension and forgets the events of 06(according to Ian Flynn).

Silver also warps back to the future and forgets the events of 06 but not his apocalyptic life under the devastation of Iblis, only the events of 06 itself and his original partnership with Blaze which was clarified in his Fast Friends Forever profile that states he can't remember how his future was restored(as in the events of 06). 

So yes, the ending of Sonic 06 doesn't change Silver or Blaze's backstories. Silver is still the apocalyptic warrior from Sonic 06 and Blaze is still the imperial princess from Sonic Rush before and after the events of 06.

The endings of both Silver’s Story and the Last Story of 06 tie into the game’s themes of duty, sacrifice and exchange.

“Do we have to sacrifice something in order to gain something?”

To gain something you have to lose something, to become a hero you must be willing to make sacrifices. Blaze sacrifices herself to save the future and in exchange for the peaceful happy future he always wanted, Silver, alongside everyone else, loses their memories of the events of 06.

But Silver's duty doesn't end there. He continues to protect the peace of the future as new disasters and changes in the timeline occur, and just like with Iblis, Silver will continue fighting them for a peaceful world.

[crystallinegazer]

Fang's Gang pulls a heist in Sandopolis Zone!

...they're not doing very well, though.

[sonicbible]

An early draft of the April 2024 Sonic Pict artwork, as seen in this official stream. I like the finalized version with Sir Percival in the market with the townsfolk a lot, but it would've been really cool seeing a fully realized out-of-armor outfit for one of the knights.

[mechaneo]

SONIC PICT June 2020 – Birthday Chili Dog?!

Translations by Windii

Today is Sonic’s birthday! Sonic was so happy to eat a jumbo-sized and juicy deluxe birthday chili dog, and surrounded by the smiling faces of his friends, it was another great birthday party. ★ Happy Birthday Sonic! You know, that looks delicious…

We were thinking of various ways to present Sonic’s birthday illustration, and we decided to fine tune this installment in the following way: Letting the viewers empathize with Sonic as he celebrates and drawing a chili dog that looks absurdly delicious to get the viewers to connect with Sonic’s joy. The result speaks for itself! Tails, Knuckles, and many other friends came to the party to celebrate, but can you guess who is in the front right? The clue is the ring on the wrist, so could it be…???

[artwithmiko]

During a Starfall! 🌟

[sonicthehedeghog]

They learned from the best! ❤️

Sonic Pict by: SonicOfficialJP

[radiantrookie]

My Sonic Timeline Part 1 (Version 1)

3000 Years ago

SONIC PICT July 2021 – Someday, I’m sure…

50 Years ago

SONIC PICT July 2020 – It’s that star and that one!

SONIC PICT February 2022 – We finished it, teacher!

15+ Years ago

Dynamite Düx (Arcade) (Has Bean's father and uncle, Bin and Pin as the protags, the Arcade version is canon because Pin is absent in the Master System version)

Sonic Origins

Tails Adventure (Takes place before Tails met Sonic)

SONIC PICT January 2023 – Now it’ll be even better! (Chronological debut of Froggy)

Sonic 1

Sonic CD (Debut of Amy and Metal Sonic)

SONIC PICT February 2023 – With all her love…

Sonic 2 (Sonic meets Tails, Debut of Mecha Sonic Mark I, the Death Egg, Death Egg Robot and Super Sonic)

Sonic 3 and Knuckles + SONIC PICT July 2023 – Big Catch Greeting Card from a Genius?! (Debut of Knuckles, the Master Emerald and Mecha Sonic Mark II, PICT takes place before Ice Cap)

Knuckles's Story of Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Debut of Super Knuckles and Super Mecha Sonic)

Sonic 2 (8-Bit) (Debut of Silver Sonic and the Master Robots)

Sonic Labyrinth and Tails Sky Patrol (Both take place at the same time, they also feature the debut of Eggmanland and the Witchcarters)

Sonic Chaos

Sonic Drift

Sonic Triple Trouble (Debut of Fang)

Sonic Drift 2

Sonic Spinball (Only canon appearance of Planet Mobius, Was non canon but got canonized)

Sonic Blast

Current Classic Era

Sonic 3D Blast (Origin of the Flickys, Confirmed to take place after Spinball)

Sonic R (Confirmed to take place after 3D Blast, Debut of Tails Doll and Metal Knuckles)

SegaSonic the Hedgehog (Confirmed to take place after Sonic R, Debut of Mighty and Ray)

Knuckles Chaotix and SONIC PICT May 2023 – Botanical Early Afternoon (Debut of Team Chaotix, PICT takes place during Botanic Base)

Sonic the Fighters (Debut of Bean, Bark, Honey and the "8th Chaos Emerald")

Sonic Mania (Debut of the Hard Boiled Heavies and the Phantom Ruby)

Sonic Mania Adventures (Was non canon but got canonized to take place during Encore's Mode's Angel Island Zone)

Sonic Mania Plus's Encore Mode

SONIC PICT November 2023 – Let’s hang out together again!

SONIC PICT June 2023 – Birthday Gig!

Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special 

Sonic the Hedgehog Free Comic Book Day 2021

Sonic the Hedgehog: Tails' 30th Anniversary Special 

Sonic the Hedgehog: Amy's 30th Anniversary Special

Fang the Hunter Mini Series (Chronological Debut of the Warp Topaz)

Sonic Superstars: Fang's Big Break

SONIC PICT October 2023 – Happy Pancake Halloween!

Sonic Superstars: Trio of Trouble

Sonic Superstars Start Book

Sonic Superstars

SONIC PICT August 2024 – Color of Summer ★ Hiking to Escape the Heat!

Sonic the Hedgehog: Knuckles' 30th Anniversary Special

2000s Modern Era

Sonic 4: Episode I

Sonic 4: Episode Metal

Sonic 4: Episode II (I put Sonic 4 as canon due to White Park and the game's Badniks coming back)

Sonic Advance (Tails uses the Tornado 1 so I'm placing it before Adventure, Debut of Mecha Knuckles)

Sonic Adventure and SONIC PICT August 2022 – On a hot day, this is the only way to go! (Debut of Big, the Tornado 2 and the E-Series, the PICT takes place during Sonic's Red Mountain)

SONIC PICT February 2021 – Zzz… hrm… ribbit-ribbit…

SONIC PICT April 2020 – All right! I found ’em!

Sonic Shuffle

SONIC PICT March 2020 – I wonder if you’ll be pleased…?

Sonic Adventure 2 (Debut of Shadow, Rouge and G.U.N)

SONIC PICT April 2023 – First-Rate Brilliance

SONIC PICT May 2024 – Not like that! Like this!

SONIC PICT January 2020 – A Naughty Adult Chao?

SONIC PICT March 2024 – Fine spring day, cherry blossom viewing feast, treat for the palate

Sonic Advance 2 (Debut of Cream)

SONIC PICT February 2024 – So excited…!

Sonic Heroes (Debut of Omega)

SONIC PICT November 2021 – If you’re looking for someone, leave it to me!

SONIC PICT October 2019 – YOU SCREAM, CREAM!?

SONIC PICT October 2020 – I’ll play a prank on you! ♪

SONIC PICT October 2021 – Trick or Trick?!

SONIC PICT October 2024 – “Does not compute…”

Shadow 05 (Expert Mode confirms Shadow canonically does the Hero Mission in Cryptic Castle and makes it to Cosmic Fall, Debut of Abraham Tower and Black Doom)

Shadow 05's Expert Mode (Shadow gets placed in a simulation for GUN training)

Sonic Battle and SONIC PICT May 2022 – Maiden Straight! (Rouge mentions Omega and Shadow has most of his memories, Debut of Emerl, the PICT takes place during Amy's Story)

Sonic Advance 3 (Debut of Gemerl)

SONIC PICT May 2020 – To my beloved mom…!

World Grand Prix

SONIC PICT March 2022 – To a New Stage!

Sonic Riders (Debut of the Babylon Rogues)

SONIC PICT September 2024 – Is this it? …What are these?

Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

SONIC PICT August 2020 – A Green Gale Blowing Through

Sonic Free Riders (In Zero Gravity, Sonic tells Jet's he'll see him in the next Grand Prix)

Jet & Shadow

06 Timeline

SONIC PICT September 2022 – A Brief Rest (Takes place before 06 Silver met Blaze)

Sonic 06 (Game was intended to be a prequel to Rush, Debut of 06 Blaze, Elise, 06 Sonic Man and Mephiles)

SONIC PICT August 2021 – Fire Flower Scenery in the City of Water (During the game)

SONIC PICT March 2023 – I’ve got something for you! (During of the 06 Town Mission)

Post 06

Sonic Rivals (Silver's first canon appearance, retconned debut of Eggman Nega)

Sonic Rivals 2 (Silver and Espio become friends, Debut of Metal Sonic 3.0)

Sonic and the Secret Rings and it's tie-in comic, Sand, Spirits and Sonic Speed (Comic takes place during Pirate Storm)

SONIC PICT April 2021 – That means the treasure is…

Sonic Rush (Debut of Blaze)

Sonic Rush Adventure and SONIC PICT July 2022 – The Princess’s Elegant Evening Cool (Debut of Marine, the Sonic PICT takes place during Coral Cave)

SONIC PICT August 2023 – Coral Adventure

SONIC PICT November 2020 – Indian Summer at the Sol Empire

Shattered Earth

SONIC PICT April 2022 – Bon appétit!

SONIC PICT July 2024 – If only I could make these emotions into data, too!

Sonic Unleashed

Night of the Werehog (takes place before the town missions, Tower Terror and Jungle Fright)

SONIC PICT February 2020 – With all her heart… (Take place after Spagonia)

SONIC PICT March 2021 – Spring in full bloom, dancing in the night sky (During the game)

SONIC PICT June 2022 – Let’s make it your birthday too! (During the game)

Amy & Professor Pickle

Camelot

Sonic and the Black Knight (In Unleashed, Sonic has the option to go on a date with Amy)

Sonic and Merlina (During Misty Lake)

SONIC PICT April 2024 – Travel preparations livening up the castle town

Egg Planet Park

Sonic Colors Comics

SONIC PICT September 2020 – How unusually thoughtful!

Sonic Colors Ultimate + Sonic Colors DS (Both the Ultimate and DS version are canon, Ultimate introduces the Jade Ghost Wisp and the DS version introduces the Mother Wisp, Red Burst Wisp and Violet Void Wisp, along with having Silver and Blaze canonically meet for the first time, Debut of Orbot and Cubot)

SONIC PICT September 2019 – Chili dogs are the best wherever he goes?! (Takes place during Sweet Mountain)

Rise of the Wisps (Takes place during Sweet Mountain)

White Space and Shatterverse

Fang & Trip

SONIC PICT December 2023 – Sky-Blue Shoes

Sonic X Shadow Generations: Dark Beginnings

SONIC PICT September 2021 – Agent Under the Moon (Takes place before the second episode)

Sonic X Shadow Generations + Sonic x Shadow Generations X Chao (A three stories happen at the same time)

SONIC PICT June 2024 – Put this one and that one on top of it! (During the game)

SONIC PICT November 2024 – “Look! It’s shallow here!” (Takes place after Sunset Heights)

Super Sonic and Doom Wing Shadow (During the game)

Shadow & Rouge

Sonic Prime (Orbot and Cubot's existence place this after Colors and Gens, Sonic mentions how he "never saw Tails so upset" so I'm placing it before Lost World)

Lost Hex

Sonic Lost World (Debut of the Deadly Six, the 3DS version has exclusive Wisps but otherwise has the same plot)

SONIC PICT January 2021 – Just gotta tighten this here… (Canon Debut of Cosmo)

Zazz & Espio

SONIC PICT December 2019 – Cutting through the aurora night sky…

Eggman War

Sonic Forces: Rise of Infinite (Debut of Infinite)

Sonic Force: Stress Test

Sonic Forces: Looming Shadow

Sonic Forces: Episode Shadow

Sonic Forces + Sonic Forces: Moment of Truth (Moment of Truth takes place before Spaceport, Debut of the Avatar and the Resistance)

SONIC PICT May 2021 – With her favorite raincoat…

IDW Sonic 1-12 (Debut of Lanolin, Tangle, Whisper and Starline)

Sonic the Hedgehog Annual 2019 (Debut of Jewel)

[layzlays]

Snow day!!

Got some of my sonic figures and took pictures of them in the snow! More under cut

[zonadelcaos]

SONIC PICT JULIO 2024 - TAILS

Bajo el silencioso y tranquilo cielo invernal🌙

Desde un rincón de la helada planicie de Holoska, sumida en la noche, innumerables auroras danzaban y chispeaban. Allí estaba Tails, mirando el gran espectáculo del cielo nocturno🦊

"Ojalá también pudiera convertir estas emociones en datos" 📃

La luz sigue llenando el cielo mientras la noche avanza🌠

¡Saludos desde la planicie helada donde bailan las auroras!

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El mensaje está escrito a modo de Shochumimai, que explicamos el año pasado.

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Comentario de Eitaro Toyoda:

¡Una lujosa y refrescante tarjeta de verano con vistas al espacio desde la tierra! La inmensidad de la tundra y la impresionante aurora, junto con la ternura del abrigo de Tails, harán que te olvides del calor.

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Recordad darle apoyo con vuestros likes y RTs a los tweets originales del @SonicOfficialJP.

[sonic-gallery]

A castle town bustling with the morning sun in the tranquil spring sunshine 🏰

Sir Percival, one of the Knights of the Round Table, is browsing in a stall for travel supplies 🤔 The common people were excited by the sudden visit of the nobleman, wondering what he wanted from him…

Starting tomorrow #Golden Week! Are you fully prepared? May the knight and everyone else have a wonderful start to their journey! 😉

#sonicpict

[sonadowfujoshi]

SONIC PICT November 2024 – "Look! It's shallow here!"

「ほら！ここ、浅いわよ！」👱‍♀️静寂の白い楼閣他に波を立てる者の無い水辺にあそぶ少女が、戸惑いにこわばる黒いハリネズミの手をとります🫳🦔闇は影に、虚無は静謐に世界のありようは自分次第止まった時間の中で永遠が折り重なっていきます⏳#sonicpict #シャドウ pic.twitter.com/eKcVlRyXlS— ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ【公式】 (@SonicOfficialJP) November 29, 2024 “Look! It’s shallow here!” 👱‍♀️The white pavilion of silence.A girl playing by the water’s edge, where no one else makes waves, takes the hand of a black hedgehog, stiff with…

[angelofdiamond]

Here for you guys Scrooge the Hedgehog 😂

IDW is confirmed to be canon thanks to this mention, and Jewel mention too, of the robots friends of Amy, because effectively Belle is her friend, if we count also Gemerl and Gamma

Amy blush (and before to kill Sonic 😂 because he has hams in front of the eyes ) ----> Amy who now resigns and accepts Sonic as he is (even with hams in front of her eyes 😂 in addition, I love when Sonic and Tails laugh together 🥹💕)

The confirmed canon is the ending of Final Horizon where Sage is alive then at the end they have chosen to make this ending the most acceptable for all of us and is no longer a : " what if? in addition the secret Santa of Eggman is Tails 😭💞" (P.S. how is sweet Sage that wants to do some family activities with Eggman 🥹💕??)

Well now we know who Sonic's favorite hot dog vendor is (he even knows the jingle by heart and I loved hearing him sing it 😍💕) and apparently Knuckles loves practical things like gifts, in this case the coupon

Awwwwwww even if done quickly at the end gave him a gift though....

Eggman you served it to yourself on a silver platter 😂

(Little bonus)

In the library you can see Cosmo's vase (again) and the packet of mint candy appearing in one of the official Sonic pict , this goes to confirm even more that these Sonic pict are canon and not a fandom of SEGA itself and thus the image of Sonic in which Cosmo's vase appears, is not put as a "quote" but solid evidence that Sonic X is canon in its own way

[thesonicstadium]

New #SonicPict artwork for March/April 2024 shows Vector, Espio and Charmy all having lunch together and admiring the cherry blossoms of Spring! #SonicNews #SonicTheHedgehog

[bhuxu]

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