Somebody wanted to see all of Tikal’s flashbacks in order, so here they are!
An ancient tribe that was wiped out in a single night by the Chaos Emeralds was a staple across the classic era, explained in the Japanese manual of various titles, and even Knuckles’ Sonic Channel page. My girlfriend translated a lot of them:
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Sonic Adventure goes into further detail about what this tribe was and how it met this fate, introducing the Knuckles clan, Chaos and Tikal.
The order of events is taken from official Japanese strategy guides for the game. I also added some extra information about the tribe and the aftermath of Pachacamac’s raid taken from these guides.
Windii translated the guides here:
Very interesting stuff. The guide stat