Thread:Ultrasonic9000/@comment-26194462-20150311233029/@comment-4220590-20150502201352

The Emeralds having unlimited power does not mean it makes the transformations last indefinitely. The second part about the characters not mentioning the energy drain is not a valid proof either: just because they do not say anything, it does not mean that the transformations last indefinitely. You can go on your whole life without being told that plants do not need water, but that does not mean that plants do not need water. In terms of validity about the super form's duration, the closest comments we have to its duration is in the gameplay and from the world of god, which we must not ignore.

As a side explanation to Sonic Advance's case of Super Sonic, let me break it down for you. It is stated on both Sonic Channel and other games that Sonic can only stay in this form for a limited time due to the Ring count yet Sonic Advance shows Super Sonic used for a longer time. So here we have a classic chase of contradiction which we need to break down to come to a logical conclusion that seems reasonable.

First, we must weight the validity of the cases: it is written by Sonic Team itself that Sonic needs energy to maintain his transformation, ergo this is the word of god. So, the problem here lies in the Sonic Advance game where Sonic remained super form for a long time. Here, it appears to be the hole in our perception. We see Sonic, still Super, days after his battle, so we assume he has stayed super all this time. However, we only see Super Sonic at the end of the moon battle and then in the scene days after where Tails finds him. Here, we thus have a period of time we cannot account for, so the question is: what did Sonic do in the time he was gone?

The answer is this: we do not know. We have no idea what Sonic did in that time whatsoever nor can we assume anything without speculation. What we do now is that Super Forms only are temporary without nourishment, as stated by Sonic Team, so Sonic cannot have stayed Super without aid in that time. So what could have happened you might ask? That we do not know: he could have collected rings all the time while he was gone, his super form might not drain as quickly when he is not in battle, or he could have powered down, collected the chaos emeralds again and gone super again. We cannot tell for sure, so we have to leave it as unknown.

Surmised, we have two things to by here: either the word of god from Sonic team that the Super Form is only temporary, or our own perception of what happened while Sonic was gone. The only logical thing to do here is fall back on the word of god because that has the highest right.