Sega takes the time to remind us that Sonic the Hedgehog canonically is a homeless wanderer

Sonic the Hedgehog has always been a homeless drifter, according to canon. I didn't know this. I doubt you knew that? I thought he had just gone somewhere. Hedgehogs live in little burrows, right? Or perhaps hedges? Sonic is too quick to be slowed down by concepts like "home."

This is what I learned from a professional story manager of Sonic, who watches over the hedgehog canon with the same acuity as Polyphemus does his sheep. According to Automaton, the Sonic Fact File in the 2025 edition of the Sonic the Hedgehog Annual is incorrect. This required a clarification by Chris Hernandez, a professional Sonic the Hedgehog story wrangler.

Sorry for bursting the bubble so late! We caught this early on, but it appears that an older draft was accidentally sent through. Sonic still has no home. He's a drifter," Hernandez said via Twitter.

The comic stated that Sonic lived in Green Hill Zone, the first level of the original Sonic the Hedgehog. This is the most iconic and well-lovedf level. This was simply not true, and Mr. Hernandez, a professional, is employed to make sure you, and the writers of Sonic the Hedgehog-related comics, know it. It's their fault. Not on him.

It's not as bad as it seems. Sonic could live in Green Hill Zone, a wild rolling plains with waterfalls, coconut palms, bizarre looping rock formations, and scrolling backgrounds that are parallax-effected.

This is a common job. I've encountered more than a few in my years of writing about games. There are lore manager for everything, from Sonic to Halo or My Little Pony to Warcraft or League of Legends. And yes, that's a full-time salaried position and no, you can't take it. It's already their job. Don't ask, I've tried.

I'm about to watch the extremely disturbing 1973 western film High Plains Drifter, but the entire time I will imagine Clint Eastwood playing Sonic the Hedgehog.