Board Thread:Question of the Month/@comment-29935361-20160910192139/@comment-679780-20161016211940

Alexj98 wrote: so do we think the time stones will be in project sonic 2017 I merely hope they will. As much as it's nice to see Classic Sonic returning after Sonic Generations, Sega only has so much lore they allow in the modern era. While I won't say Hyper Sonic, Super Tails and Super Knuckles along with the Super Emeralds are no longer canon, they are pretty much retired. Super Tails and Super Knuckles had a good oppotunity to return in Sonic Heroes but Sega gave it a miss.

I think in San Diego Party this year the reason why Sega does not want the Super Emeralds and it's given superstates to return is because they believe 14 collectible emeralds in total will be too much emeralds to keep track of. I can't help but think they've forgotten the Super Emeralds are the Chaos Emeralds infused with more Special Stage power or something. (Way I see it, the reason why the classic Chaos Emeralds became the modern Chaos Emeralds was because they were Super Emeralds, which explain why modern Super Sonic is more powerful than Classic Super Sonic and why Sonic can jump-dash and boost.)

Chances are Sonic '17 will have Dr. Eggman use Chaos Control or some time machine to time travel again like in Sonic '06. It's cliché but given Sonic 4 failure as a Sonic 3 sequal despite digging up Sonic CD lore, chances are Sega finds Sonic 4s story a dead horse to beat into Sonic '17.

It would be a nice suprise for Sonic '17 to have my ideas because it recycles old Sonic lore as well as stays in theme with what makes Sonic the Hedgehog, but it just seems unlikely Sega would put that much thought into Sonic '17 and would perhaps have some cliché or other method of time travel shenanigans. Like ressurect Time Eater somehow.