The Shatterverse (シャターバース Shatābāsu?) is a prominent location that appears in the Sonic Prime animated series. It is a name that Nine applied to the multiple realities, known as Shatterspaces, created by the destruction of the Paradox Prism. It is also considered a subsection of the multiverse. The Shatterverse contains both the Void, and all of the Shatterspaces linked to it.
Within Shatterverse, there are distorted versions of the "Green Hill" universe Sonic shattered in the episode: "Shattered." When he shattered the Paradox Prism, his group and Dr. Eggman were affected, leaving each Shatterspace with a distorted version of them, except for New Yoke City, which had five Shatter Variants of Dr. Eggman known as the Chaos Council, and The Grim, which had none at all. Green Hill was only restored when Nine was able to use the power of the fully restored Paradox Prism to rebuild it and the other Shatterspaces.
Due to Sonic shattering the Prism, he is responsible for the creation of the Shatterverse and is capable of traveling through it by using either the power of the Prism Shards, or his signature speed, enhanced by the residual energy of the Paradox Prism that got stuck inside him. Other characters have tried to enter the Gateways, but haven't been able to due to not having the energy. However, residents of the individual Shatterspaces, like Tails Nine and Rusty Rose, are also capable of traveling across the Shatterverse by harnessing the Prism Shards' energy via technology, specifically, the Shatter Drives, or in Nine's case, the Shattercraft. On the other hand, through the use of Chaos Control, Shadow was able to prevent himself from having Shatter Variants like the other characters, but was instead left stuck in the Void, only being able to pass through the Ghost Hill Gateway and the tearing holes through the Shatterspaces, although he only ever entered The Grim.
The Shatterverse also appears to have a bottomless void, where anything that enters can never come back out. Shadow dropped one of the Chaos Emeralds (specifically the green one) down this void in "Avoid the Void", seemingly losing it forever until "From the Top", via a time rewind back to moments before Sonic shattered the Paradox Prism.
The Shatterverse is a name applied to the group of pocket universes created as a result of the Paradox Prism’s shattering.
Locations:
The Void - The main hub of the Shatterverse, which features the Gateways to the Shatterspaces. The Void is a vast expanse of space with purple coloration and thousands of crystal-like shards floating within it. At the bottom of the Void lies a massive black pit, described as “an eternity of darkness”. Around the Void are Gateways to Shatterspaces, composed of colored hexes surrounding glowing white energy portals. The red Gateway leads to New Yoke City, the green Gateway leads to Boscage Maze, the blue Gateway leads to No Place, the purple Gateway leads to The Grim, and the yellow Gateway leads to Ghost Hill. Inside the void are large astral projections of Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Rouge and Eggman, each of which is able to say a single line relating to Sonic.
New Yoke City - A dystopian dimension ruled over by the Chaos Council. The red Shard is found here. New Yoke City is a dystopian city on an unnamed planet, where Sonic and Shadow never existed. As such, New Yoke City is a miserable and oppressive place, entirely industrialized with ugly technology and neon lighting everywhere. The skies surrounding the city are constantly filled with smog. There is no trace of nature (save for a lone palm tree in the Resistance base); it is all metal, glass and concrete. Many buildings are egg-shaped. There is Egg Propaganda everywhere, and robots patrol the streets to ensure that the citizens stay in line. Even the sidewalks are motorized, and the people generally do not walk along them, but they allow themselves to be moved at an orderly pace.
Boscage Maze - A jungle dimension which the Scavengers watch over. The green Shard is found here. The Boscage Maze is a dimension created by the destruction of the Paradox Prism. It is a version of Green Hill that has been transformed into a jungle through the power of the green Prism Shard. Most areas of the jungle floor are dark, as its vast number of trees prevent nearly all sunlight from penetrating through the canopy. Because the jungle floor is too overgrown and blocking the sun, the ecosystem is suffocated, so Thorn Rose dedicates herself in preserving the nature that remains. After getting kicked out of the jungle by Thorn, the citizens, known as the Scavengers, built a village above the trees for refuge. However, as their location has no access to food, the Scavengers must constantly sneak back to the jungle to get supplies, but most of the time, Thorn finds them and kicks them away again.
The Grim - A barren dimension which was claimed by Nine. The purple Shard is found here. The Grim, unlike the other Shatterspaces, is a dimension devoid of any life, civilization, or alternate versions of Sonic’s fragmented friends. It is a desert-like world with grey, hexagonal rock structures scattered around. The sky was at first like the northern lights, but after Nine collected all of the Prism Shards and rebuilt the Paradox Prism, the sky changed to light blue.
No Place - A flooded dimension with a few islands, filled with pirates. The blue Shard is found here. No Place is a dimension created by the destruction of the Paradox Prism. It is a version of Green Hill that has been transformed into an endless expanse of ocean through the power of the blue Prism Shard. The peaks of the mountains of Green Hill now act as islands and across the sea.
Ghost Hill - A ghostly dimension reminiscent of the original Green Hill. The yellow Shard is found here. Ghost Hill was the ghostly and corrupted version of the remains of the original Green Hill. It looked nearly the same, except the whole place was grayer, with the colors being more faded. Ghost Hill was the home of ghostly versions of Amy Rose (with Birdie), Knuckles the Echidna, Miles “Tails” Prower, Rouge the Bat and Big the Cat (With Froggy). It used to contain the yellow Prism Shard in the Temple Mountain, which created the Ghost Prism, the ghostly outline/blueprint of the Paradox Prism.
Trivia:
Sonic and Shadow do not seem to have alternative selves in the Shatterspaces, unlike their friends whose counterparts are always together, with the exception of The Resistance, Rusty Rose and Nine, as Sonic is the one who shattered the Paradox Prism and absorbed the Prism Energy that he would willingly give up to fully restore the Paradox Prism, and Shadow used Chaos Control before it was broken, so as to not end up “shattered” himself. The current status of the Shatterverse is unknown. While Sonic and Shadow’s return to their universe reset time to moments before the Paradox Prism was broken, it’s unclear if this applies only to their universe or if the Shatterspaces were retroactively wiped from existence. At the end, Rebel talks about getting back to their home Shatterspaces, implying that the Shatterverse is still intact, but normally unreachable by Sonic and Shadow, but Nine said that the Gateway to Green Hill’s dimension won’t be there for long; whether he means the Gateway will disappear and lose contact with the other Shatterspaces or that it won’t be part of it anymore due to the Paradox Prism being whole again is uncertain.