Thread:Sonicisawesome2448/@comment-477304-20150630114119/@comment-24830601-20160720031719

Ultrasonic9000 wrote:

Groovykid2000 wrote: Hey Ultrasonic9000 ''', are people allowed to edit Sonic's Wiki Profile? Because I put his ability to do "Time Stop" under the miscellaneous skills, and it got removed...''' Because the nature of Time Stop is ambiguous. The Time Stop uses by the others characters cannot be confirmed to be rooted in time manipulation either. As hinted by the SA2:B manual, the characters use one of their own abilities to simulate a time stop; Shadow uses a technique to stop time, Tikal binds her opponents with a flash and Chaos freezes the air around the opponent. Taking into consideration that it would be ridiculous for Sonic to have time manipulation, it is likely a two-fold subject: Sonic either uses another skill of his to simulate a time stop, or the developers simply gave Sonic the Time Stop so he can match the other characters without consideration for his existing skillset (that happens more often than you think).

Point is that Time Stop is an ambiguous subject and giving it a conclusive answer will be moving into speculation, and we do not add speculation. But then wouldn't that make it even more of a reason to put that in the miscellaneous skills? On the Sonic Wiki, it says that it is debatable whether being able to destroy robots comes from his speed, strength, or a combination of both. That sounds a bit like speculation because we are not aware of if it's his own strength.

And to be honest, saying that a move called Time Stop doesn't have to do with time manipulation is kinda contradictory. Yes, almost every character (except Metal Sonic) has their own kind of "time stop" but like you said, they have different descriptions to go with it, like Chaos freezing the air around the opponent, and Knuckles' power flash. However, it is only Sonic and Shadow that can actually stop time, while everyone else could freeze their opponents. Shouldn't be a coincidence that Sonic's move is named "Time Stop" and he actually freezes everything in the vicinity?

Regarding the attempt to match movesets with other characters, yes, this happens a lot, but the other characters get this "matched move" in their wiki page, while Sonic doesn't get Time Stop. For instance, in Shadow's "Techniques and Moves" section, it states he performs the Sonic Boost. If I recall, he was only given the Sonic Boost to match up with Sonic's boost in Sonic Generations, which is only one game. Regardless, it was added in Shadow's section. Now, Sonic can be using a Time Stop to match with Shadow's Chaos Control, but it's not allowed? At the very least we can put it in the miscellaneous skills, I believe.

Either way, I understand that the Wiki wants to be as efficient as possible, and I respect that.