Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-27368475-20151218170323/@comment-679780-20160620233811

I'm not saying Sonic had never acomplished such speeds, just he can only acomplish them when certain conditions are met, such as being Super Sonic, use of speed-up, wearing the Light Speed Shoes or Sonic, for some reason, choose to slow himself down when passing through zones. After all if Sonic is as fast as he claims to be, why can't we finish stages in under a second or something like that? His games would be boring if dome in minutes.

Another thing is that while I don't believe Sonic is faster than DC Comics best, what is definately established is that Sonic is indeed the fastest being in his world, not DCs. There is only a few who has come very close to his speed but regardless, Sonic will always be the fastest. Sonic being the fastest is equivilent to Superman always wins.

But he is not as fast as DC Comics Flash or Superman, he has his physical limits and thus limits Sonic must overcome when he needs to. How he address and overcome these limits make him much more of a believable and solid character than the Flash who can zip around the planet in a mere few seconds without getting tired or Superman who can bash through solid concrete and metal with ease. It's why growing up, I prefered to play video games than read comics because heroes like Superman were just over-powered to me. I'd rather have a hero who has to push his limits than one without limits.

Take for example in Sonic '06, Sonic was too late to save Princess Elise, but thanks to time travel was given a second chance. Or in Sonic Lost World where being too fast caused more trouble than good and he had to learn to not be so irrational.