My dear [name],
I hope you don't mind all these strange letters, but I just want to share my life with you. Even if you have chosen to live with animals, which I'll never understand.
Don't they smell? Mom
— Mom's letter, Animal Crossing (2001)
Archibald: So what kind of animal are you?
Tony Hale: I should probably go...
Interviewer: "Sonic initially had critters and robots but Sonic Adventure have introduced humans suddenly. Why have you decided to add them?"
Naka: "Action in Sonic's universe unfolded on Christmas Island from the very beginning. Accidentally, things have happened the way there were only animals and robots in there, and and later when Sonic made it to the usual megapolis in Adventure, that's where he met humans."
Interviewer: "But is this island located on Earth or is it some sort of another planet, anyway?"
Naka: "On Earth."
"Well thank you Mr. Pig, this frying pan well really help us out when we're cooking up some baco... Ooooon that note, how about them bears? [Beat] The team, not the people who own the hardware store down the street."