Southern Island

Southern Island is an island located in the home dimension of Blaze the Cat. It’s also home to Blaze, Marine the Raccoon, and a group of Koala Mobian natives. It is a tropical island consisting of jungle areas, sandy beaches, and a small village where the population resides.

Search for the "Blue One"
Being haunted by dreams of the "Blue One” and another mysterious individual, Blaze the Cat would leave her home of Southern Island to seek out the recently-missing Sol Emeralds. After leaving for the Cosmic Interstate she would encounter Sonic the Hedgehog in the Prime Zone only to be defeated and returned home. (StH: #160, StH: #161, SU: #1)

Metal Sonic's Invasion
Metal Sonic and Shadow the Hedgehog would appear in the Zone after being teleported there through Metal Sonic’s special Zone-jumping engine and Shadow’s Chaos Control. Metal Sonic would leave the battle to go out and seek the Zone’s native version of Dr. Eggman only to stumble upon Southern Island. (SU: #1)

Upon arriving on Southern Island, Metal Sonic would attack the villagers and tear apart they’re community; demanding to know where the Zone’s Robotnik is located. The Ocean Tornado would arrive on the docks containing Blaze, Shadow, and Marine the Raccoon. Blaze would suspect this to be the work of Captain Whisker only to be informed by a villager that it is in fact Metal Sonic. She immediately attacked the robot, only to be taken by surprised and defeated. Shadow and even Marine would then join in on the fight to stop Metal Sonic, but would also find themselves unsuccessful. It wasn’t until Shadow attempted to convince Metal Sonic to betray his programming that the robot would leave himself open to the trio’s attacks and would be destroyed by Marine’s cannon on the Ocean Tornado. (SU: #1) Shadow would stay around to help Blaze and Marine put on the fires and help clean up the island but would express frustration that Metal Sonic was his only way home. Blaze would reveal her possession of a Chaos Emerald that Sonic gave to her during a previous encounter and gave it to Shadow so she could help out a friend of Sonic’s. Shadow would then use his Chaos Control and the Chaos Emerald to teleport back to the Prime Zone; leaving Southern Island and the entire Zone in the hands of Blaze and Marine. (SU: #1)

Background Information
Southern Island was a location found in “Sonic Rush Adventure” for the Nintendo DS and would act as a sort of hub world for the player. Similarities between the comic version of the island and the game version would be that it was the home and base of operations for Blaze, Marine, and the Coconut Crew as well as its tropical appearance. The player was giving the opportunity to complete optional missions and unlock decorations; letting the player change the cosmetic appearance of the island. The final battle of the game itself was also located on Southern Island.

Southern Island is also a possible refrence to the classic video game location of South Island; which appeared in the original 1991 "Sonic the Hedgehog" Sega Genesis video game. Coincidentally, South Island was never featured in the comics unlike Southern Island.