Board Thread:Speculation, Theories, and Rumors/@comment-30806525-20170206162923/@comment-679780-20170325010302

Wiki dragex wrote: Mystic Monkey wrote: I know the video you are on about. And while it was a good video, the thing is roboticization just isn't a thing in canon. The closest canon has to roboticization are the fact Badniks have small animals (Or for Sonic CD, flower seeds) trapped inside them than blood and flesh transformed into circuits and machine. Metal Sonic is not classified as a badnik as he does not have a critter for a battery. In fact Sonic CD japanese manual lists out some components he is made from. It could be possible that Dr. Eggman specifically programmed Metal Sonic to believe itself as the real Sonic in order to be even more competitive towards Sonic while at the same assured his programming will not rebel against his words.

Think of it like how in Sonic Heroes and Shadow's own game, Shadow questioned the nature of his existance when he found Eggman constructed an army of androids that look just like him

Throughout canon, Dr. Robotnik has never constructed anything like a roboticizer, other than badnik production lines. In the theory video, Sega Scourge asked that if Metal Sonic was built by Dr. Eggman, why hasn't he implimented the technology in other robots? He also states only organic characters can use the Chaos Emeralds, not robots.

The truth is, Dr. Eggman has created past robots based on Sonic to compete against his speed and abilities. Silver Sonic (In Sonic 2 was named "Mecha Sonic" but I call it Silver Sonic for conveniance sake) was more built as a tank for speed and Mecha Sonic (from Sonic 3&K) was capable of using the emeralds to become Super Mecha Sonic. However Mecha and Silver Sonic were destroyed. Dr. Eggman may prefer Metal Sonic over his past creations probably because he is more easier to maintain over the bulky failed predecessors. Metal Sonic is also a racing robot built for agility while the past robots were built primarily for combat, so it could be possible Dr. Eggman prefers to fight fire with fire, or "speed with speed" for Sonic and Metal Sonic.

Granted Metal Sonic's acquired power may grant Metal Sonic the will to go beyond his programming and grant him a soul of sorts, given the kind of power does not appear technological (possibly magical) which explains how he is able to experiance more complex emotions and to evolve into Neo Metal Sonic, however because Sonic 4 was not released during Sonic Heroes, I think it was due to Froggy's exposure to Chaos and Chocola being a chao that allowed Metal Sonic to become Neo Metal Sonic.

Eitherway, Metal Sonic is perhaps one of the most complex characters in the Sonic franchise. uhh lost world UNLESS LOST WORLD ISNT CANNON HEHEHEHEHEH *not being rude* Roboticization in Sonic Lost World is depicted as a badnik production line. The Deadly Six did perform a more traditional roboticization on Tails in which he ended up more cyborg like than full robot. Metal Sonic himself is an entirely custom made robot with no organic components.