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Canon wise, Sonic is the fastest game characters in existance. (Not including minor characters in other franchise.)

Thing is though modern consoles cannot process games fast enough to play miles and miles of zones in under a few short brief seconds.

And who would want too? Wheres the fun in that? Thats my only real complaint of Sonic Boost in modern Sonic games. Beautiful places and scenry in Unleashed and Generations and you miss most of it by boosting.

It's why I vouch for Sonic gameplay to return to it's Dreamcast roots, when classic 2D Sonic gameplay was challenged with all three dimensions of gameplay. Or very least Sonic Boost be nerf'd. Not whatever gameplay Sonic Lost World was.

I used to accept that The Flash is officially faster the Sonic. But given Sonic's "evolution" throughout the games, such as inheriting non-chaotic variations of Super Sonic's powers (Homing attack being Hyper Flash, Bolt of Lightning being Sonic Boost) as well as canon documents claiming Sonic's ability to exceed lightspeed, I'm starting to believe Sonic maybe able to go toe to toe with The Flash. Or very least Super Sonic can.