Azul wrote:1) Mistakes happen, although this one is just "WHAAAAT."
2) Chaos Control is manipulation of space and time. Nothing more, nothing less. Using the Emeralds' power to amplify one's abilities is something else entirely different. These abilities you say Shadow can use without the Emeralds, what are they? Do you mean things Chaos Spear? Because those still rely on his connection to the Emeralds. He doesn't need to have one on hand but he can still draw on their power. And you're contradicting yourself. Sonic's abilities without the Emeralds are basically his move set. Sonic doesn't have the same connection the Emeralds as Shadow. Also, Thunder Arrow was just a gimmick move. The only time it's had a connection to the Emeralds was during the comics before the reboot.
3) I don't see what's so hard accepting Shadow, who's always been shown to travel at speeds rivaling Sonic's, is able to use the super boost too. Saying he isn't is saying he's slower than Blaze.
4) Remember that one time only 5 characters were able to tap into the power of the Emeralds? So far, no one character aside from Sonic,Chaos, Shadow, Gemrel and Silver has been shown or even hinted at being able to use the Emeralds to increase their own power. And Sonic is no underdog. He wins every time. He is the very opposite of an underdog. The Super Forms aid in fighting things that are too powerful for him in his normal form. I don't understand how you think a power up is uncharacteristic, espicially when it's been around for over 20 years.
2)I'm pretty sure other characters can use the chaos emeralds to just power, i'm also pretty a pretty sure in a bunch of other media, chaos emeralds time space powered batteres. Like thats the end of sonic heroes,. Also you mention but... but , and this is the only good thing sonic boom rise of lyric was ever for. And the cartoon. Chaos emeralds don't exist there ( yet anyway ) he can just do it, he can just super good. with out them. And I would like it to function like that normally.
3) I don't think thats it, I think its a game play convention. I think the only reason he was able to do that is that they needed the boss fight to work. Shadow is my favorite sonic character, I like the idea that sonic in some regards is better than him at stuff.
4) Eh, i mean he wins everytime the same way everyone else wins everytime. Its kids cartoon sure, but the appeal of sonic for me, was him overcoming odds, like fighting a robot in pools of lava and stuff. Things like, that, I think sonic boom sonic is way more of an underdog in that sense because the magical get out of dodge emeralds don't exist. He just has to fight, and some times he looses. Then he wins, a lot of the time its inconclusive. Sonic being an everyman is way more appealing than this weird idea that sonic has to be goku. I don't like that. I like him having to try and rely on friends , needing help being an everyman. Thats the good sonic, this super saiyain, i'm not fond of. And I think a great of everything would be improved if chaos emeralds were just relied less or just didn't exist. I don't offered anything interesting thematically, besides shadow. and even the bonus levels they reside in aren't good. Like super sonic, never really felt sonic... ey to me. Yeah its been around a while, I still don't like it.