Thread:Ultrasonic9000/@comment-24014422-20160214181641/@comment-4220590-20160214183904

Whether it is contradiction or not, it occurred with Perfect Dark Gaia. Super Sonic lost Rings. As to the contradictions, it could might as well be because the game switched from a gameplay perspective to a cinematic perspective and so choose not to illustrate Super Sonic getting hurt during the QTE by having him drop Rings (as it would look silly to see Super Sonic loose Ring in a move).

Losing Rings with a Super State has occurred before: Solaris, the Egg Salamander. Even in Sonic Chronicles where no Rings are used, Super Sonic could take damage against Ix's super state. I dont know how that translates into the non-gameplay environment, but it is the only fact we have been given. And it is not our job to judge how valid that is, only record it.

We could go around and say to keep the gameplay separate, but that would mean we could be ignoring a side of the truth that actually may hold some merit. Many believed Super Sonic was invulnerable due to his Invincibility mechanic, but some would say that did not count because that occurred only in gameplay. However, official sources in the late 2000s later confirmed Super Sonic's invulnerability. That means that this gameplay element translated into the "real world". There was just never nothing proving or disproving it. True, regarding if a Super State's invulnerability can be bypassed is only rooted in gameplay, but there is nothing proving/disproving its transition into the "real world". The only fair thing to do then for all the different opinions, and in regards to detailing information and occurrences without passing judgement as to what is possible or not, is to at least mention it on the same level as the other information. We are not to pass judgement, only record and make sure it harmonize with the other material.