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This is why I don't believe Hyper Sonic will never return.

Hyper Sonic was a step further to going too much like DragonBalls Super Saiyans.

Super Sonic has defeated such enemies close to godhood. Perfect Chaos and Solaris recognise as gods themselves and Dark Gaia looking like he's from Cthulhu Mythos.

These characters were monsters with god like powers. I imagine Hyper Sonic of modern games perhaps able to take down real gods.

I have a headcanon theory why modern Super Sonic is more powerful than classic Super Sonic.

The Chaos Emeralds were once. Some mistake them for emerald cut but they're too hexagonal for that. During S3&K the Chaos Emerald changed in both shape and size to become the Super Emeralds. The Super Emeralds became brilliant cut and almost the size of the Master Emerald.

After S3&K when the crisis averted, the Super Emeralds return to normal size in which they were again called Chaos Emeralds, however they still retained a portion of their super energy which had the emeralds retain their modern brilliant cut shape.

It is why in Sonic Adventure, Sonic's Insta-Shield evolved into the Homing Attack, it is a concentrated, chaos-free version of the Hyper Flash. Meanwhile during Super Sonic's great battles during the Dreamcast era he is able to become a "Bolt of lightning", something Super Sonic could do at will against FinalHazard. Years later "Modern" Sonic masters an ability called Sonic Boost and in Sonic Generations has a rematch against Perfect Chaos without Super Sonic and makes short work of it!

So my headcanon is the Chaos Emeralds are more powerful than before being Super Emeralds and Sonic is getting more powerful because of them. If Hyper Sonic ever returned in the future then Sonic might as well be ascending into godhood.

As for why the Chaos Emeralds appeared brilliant cut 4000 years ago in Sonic Adventure ancient past cutscenes, well could simply be an error in hindsight or being these emeralds were large on their pillars, were in somewhat super state themselves and the rise of Angel Island cause them to scatter to South Island.