Board Thread:Speculation, Theories, and Rumors/@comment-1260174-20170321195400/@comment-679780-20170323201745

LuckysixFroggy wrote: I wonder how classic sonic gets into this time peioid. time stones, time eater leftover, maybe mephiles, or just some time manchine. I am just making some random ideas. I have a few guesses:
 * Classic Sonic is from Sonic 1. Modern Eggman went back in time and sent him into the future wher Sonic Forces take place. Instead of Modern Sonic being absent because of this, Modern Sonic from the default timeline remained for some reason and both Sonics have to venture in a world of Eggmans creation.
 * Modern Eggman is Classic Eggman secret benefactor. Either by communicating with his past self or through time travel. Modern Eggman is able to advice Classic Eggman how to defeat Sonic, thus erasing the Classic era of Sonic games. However due to cause and effect, the Classic era of games were replaced with Sonic Mania. Sonic from Sonic Mania finds a way forward in time to Sonic Forces where he meets Modern Sonic from the default timeline.

As for how Eggman does it:
 * Either through Chaos Control, as prooven in Sonic '06 where at least two Chaos Emerald can create time warps as far as a decade into the past, or to Silver's future. If Eggman had a machine that can create Chaos Control and more than two emeralds, he will be able to create a time machine.
 * Sonic '06 shows the Solaris Project doubles as a time machine even though it isn't evident to be chaos powered. Could be possible Eggman construced his own.
 * The Death Egg mk.II was damaged at the end of Sonic 4: Episode 2 but not destroyed. Eggman may have repaired it and used it as his own personal TARDIS.

I'm hoping the story will revolve around collecting the Time Stones. Simply because it be a nice alternative to collecting the Chaos Emeralds for a story.