Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26167440-20160111225919/@comment-679780-20160201072021

True, he might as well focus his power of being Super Sonic than his need for more rings so he doesn't have to focus his power of being Super Sonic. But thats my best explanation for why he needs rings. Chaos Emeralds have unlimited power and the power of all seven of them are needed to be Super Sonic but not enough for Super Sonic to stay Super Sonic. I mean sure we say they're "unlimited" but thats not entirely true. They're "infinite" sure but not unlimited. One Chaos Emerald alone can only provide so much pwoer but more than one is better and so on.

Not recharge, we agreed that they're infinite in power right? They go back to at least stabalize. As for the idea that the emeralds have "wisdom", I disagree. I think it's merely part of the very reaction to being instable after excessive use. I know it may seem a bit complicated, but chaos itself tends to be. I think the reason why the chaos Emeralds warp back to the Special Stage is because they're overloaded and instable and just part of the whole process and cycle of it all.

Kinda like the water cycle. Water going through states of evaporation and condensation due to a series of reactions to certain conditions that make water change state. No real intelligence behind it.