Christmas Island
Christmas Island is a location mentioned in the Sonic the Hedgehog seriesEarth , notable for being the place where Sonic the Hedgehog was born.[1]
Description [ ] Not much is known about this place. According to Sonic himself, Christmas Island is a strange place that looks much different from most other places on Earth .[2]
Concept and creation [ ] In a 2011 interview conducted by the Russian magazine GameLand , Yuji Naka clarified that Christmas Island was based on the actual island , which was the site of nuclear weapons testing by the United States and the United Kingdom during the Cold War, which is why Sonic Team chose to populate it with robots and strange animals.[3]
History [ ] Past [ ] On June 23,[1] Sonic the Hedgehog , who abandoned his home at an early age to pursue danger and adventures.
References [ ]
Relationships Tails (best friend) · Eggman (arch-nemesis) · Knuckles (frenemy) · Amy (self-proclaimed girlfriend;admirer) · Metal Sonic (robotic doppelgänger) · Big (close friend) · Shadow (arch-rival) · Rouge (close friend) · Cream (close friend) · Chaotix (Vector , Espio , Charmy ) (close friends) · Omega (ally) · Blaze (close friend) · Silver (friendly rival) · Jet (rival in speed)
Transformations Super Sonic (Super Sonic 2 (Super Sonic Cyber )) · Hyper Sonic · Darkspine Sonic · Excalibur Sonic · Werehog · Shatter Sonic
Equipment Sonic's shoes , Custom Shoes , Stomping Shoes , Wall Jump Shoes , Air Boost Shoes (footwear) · Grind Shoes (grinding footwear) · Rings · Light Speed Shoes /Light Chip , Crystal Ring , Bounce Bracelet , Flame Ring , Magic Gloves , Mystic Melody , Antigravity (Level Up Item) · Red Gem , Blue Gem , Green Gem , White Gem , Yellow Gem , Sky Gem , Purple Gem (Gems ) · Blue Star , Blue Star II (Extreme Gear) · Speed Star , Cyclone (race cars) · Tornado (biplane)
Moves Spin Attack · Spin Jump · Spin Dash · Super Peel Out · Insta-Shield · Homing Attack · Jump Dash · Light Dash · Light Attack · Somersault · Fire Somersault · Bound Jump · Speed Up · Sonic Wind · Time Stop · Chaos Control · Skid · Blue Tornado · Kick · Boost Mode · Gun Drive · Homing Smash · Mach Speed · Scale · Slow · Thunder Guard · Tornado · Trick Action · Boost · Hop Jump · Humming Top · Air Boost · Slide · Stomp · Quick Step · Cartwheel · Drift · Wall Jump · Foot Sweep · Drift · Double Jump · Side Step · Vault · Vault Dash · Wall Climb · Wall Run · Wall Spin Dash · Drop Dash · Cyloop (Quick Cyloop ) · Parry · Dodge · Sonic Boom · Wild Rush · Phantom Rush · Homing Shot · Spin Slash · Loop Kick · Recovery Smash · Grand Slam · Cyclone Kick · Cross Slash ·
Major games Rad Mobile (cameo appearance) · Sonic 1 (first major appearance) · · Sonic CD · Sonic 2 · Sonic 3 & Knuckles · Sonic 3D Blast · Sonic Adventure · Sonic Adventure 2 · Sonic Advance · Sonic Advance 2 · Sonic Battle · Sonic Heroes · Sonic Advance 3 · Shadow · Sonic Rush · Sonic Riders · Sonic '06 · Sonic & the Secret Rings · Sonic Rush Adventure · Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity · Sonic Unleashed · Sonic & the Black Knight · Sonic Free Riders · Sonic Colors · Sonic 4: EP I · Sonic Generations · Sonic 4: EP II · Sonic Lost World · Sonic Mania · Sonic Forces · Sonic Frontiers · Sonic Superstars · Sonic Dream Team
Key people Yuji Naka (co-creator) · Naoto Ohshima (co-creator) · Hirokazu Yasuhara (co-creator) · Yuji Uekawa (redesigner)
Voice actors English Deven Mack (Sonic Prime · Roger Craig Smith (2010 - present) · Jason Griffith (2005 - 2009) · Ryan Drummond (1999 - 2004)
Japanese Tomokazu Seki (Werehog ) · Jun'ichi Kanemaru (1998 - present)
Theme songs "It Doesn't Matter " · "We Can " · "His World " · "Endless Possibility " · "Knight of the Wind " · "Live Life " · "Reach for the Stars " · "Speak with Your Heart " · "Fist Bump " · "I'm Here " · "Second Wind "
Related Alex Kidd · Chili dog (favorite food) · Christmas Island (birthplace) · June 23 (birth date) · Statue in Japan · Team Sonic
