one aspect of classic sonic lore that has seemingly been brought back into prominence with recent releases is how each game would take place on its own set of islands. sonic 1 took place on south island, sonic 2 on westside island, and sonic 3 & knuckles on angel island. subsequent releases would take place in a variety of different locations, but sonic frontiers takes place on the starfall islands and the upcoming sonic superstars will take place on the northstar islands.