Thread:Wiriamu/@comment-1075764-20130427052045/@comment-307764-20130429203735

Antiyonder wrote: I'm pretty sure Bass already existed before Dr. Wily and Dr. Eggman. I'm refering to the end of the main story of Sonic Universe #50 in which Dr. Eggman is describing Mecha Sonic's new partner as a Base Villain like himself (if you consider that Bass' name is pronounced as Base).

From what I understand, it's because of the properites of the Skull Egg Zone that they were able to create him. The events of Eggman and Wily's meeting as recored in Mega Man #24 occurred before Universe #50. Ian did this because so far as the Mega Man comics go, the events of Bass' creation have not yet transpired in canonicty.