Thread:Ultrasonic9000/@comment-26194462-20150311233029/@comment-4220590-20150422172452

That is pure speculation taken out of context in a universe where such physics may not have merit. We are taking about a fictional universe here where the rules of physics does not always apply. Trying to translate our real-life physics into the Sonic universe is like trying to make an apple pie with bananas: it may be edible, but it does not turn out as intended.

The Time Warp Plates are game mechanics, but these mechanics holds some merit too in explaining Sonic's time travels in CD. In their essence, they have the ability to allow Sonic time travel-when not using them, Sonic cannot do it. That is the core part of it: it is a concept that cannot be warped by different viewpoints of gameplay or obscured by other assumptions.

What we do here when measuring when measuring the characters' capabilities is when to draw a line about what is real and fictional. When we move onto using real-life physics in the Sonic Universe, we are moving into an area of speculation and assumption. True, we may be able to use it for some things, but moving it into certain areas, like it enables Sonic to time travel, is something big to assume and demands more proof that what can be from concept outside of that universe.

Then the thing about Yuji Naka is clearly a figure of speech: "light speed action" is clearly just something used to emphasize the fast gameplay. Taken literally here, the "light speed action" of the Sonic series, means everyone is at light speed, and we can clearly assume that is not the case.

I am going in circles here, because I have told you this over and over. So understand this; real-life physics does not work in these cases. Sonic moving at light speed does not mean he can travel in time because that is an out-of-universe observation.