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So why did they name it Mobius?

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(@gamer-x)
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When the setting up the North American continuity of Sonic, why did they name it Mobius? Why couldn't they called it Earth back then?

 
(@toby-underwood)
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The only over references to the word mobius I'm aware of are:

A) The Mobius Strip from my analytical geometry class.
B) Dr. Mobius from the C&C series.

Other than the Sonic universe I've never heard the word before.

~Tobe

 
(@samanfur-the-fox)
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The only thing I can think of is it being a random, obscure and vaguely scientific name from the Mobius strip.

I wouldn't mind looking up the etymology of the original name "Mobius", though.

 
(@psxphile_1722027877)
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The Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series, based on the videogame series, takes place on the planet Mobius. This stems from a mistranslation of Yuji Naka stating that a Mobius strip was used in the videogame Sonic the Hedgehog 2.

This seems to be the popular theory. Naka was referring to the elongated loop that premiered in Emerald Hill.

 
(@erinaceus)
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I've heard the term "Moebius" has generally meant "rebirth", so I'd assumed they just took out a letter and used "Mobius", implying that it's really a "rebirth" of Earth.

 
(@samanfur-the-fox)
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I doubt that Sega had that idea in development back in 1991, though.

 
(@shadow-hog_1722585725)
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I dunno if the planet even received that name in 1991, though; all of the main Genesis games make no mention of the planet's name (barring Sonic CD, but the manual for that was FUBAR anyway - note how Amy Rose becomes Princess Sally). The comics and cartoons did, so logically I could guess that it started circa 1993 with the Dic cartoons, but even then, I think there was another Disney Adventures comic that came before even that... and I can't remember the date for that. Was that 1991?...

 
(@psxphile_1722027877)
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You mean the Francis Mao comic? Holy crap, they did start calling it Mobius right from the get-go.

 
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