Why am I seeing people call Sonic Mania a prequel to Forces?

>>388847979
Did you play the game?

They're linked. It's the plot of Mania.

Play a fucking video game for once in your life, nigger.

The phantom stone I think

>>388848042

Yes. The only excuse for a story was Eggman and that group of robots getting some time stone. Sonic/Tails/Knuckles warp throughout different time periods and zones, and at the end they win. How the fuck does that set up anything involving the new Edgelord?

>>388847979
The ending to Mania explains why Classic Sonic is in Forces.

>>388848264
Did you get the secret ending?

>>388847979
Did you beat the Super Sonic boss?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uXcE_KE-J80

>>388848264
You didn't fight the final boss.

>>388848264
I'll give you a quick rundown

>Eggman in Forces specifically refers to Classic Sonic as "from another dimension" rather than from the past
>The Phantom Ruby, every time it's activated, uses the same exact sound effect as Infinite's cubes
>"Fist Bump" the main theme of Forces, is weaved into Mania's final boss theme
>Sonic is flung into a portal by the Phantom Ruby at the end of Mania and doesn't return
>Sonic's pose at the end of Mania's perfect ending is exactly the same as the one in your OP, where he appeared in Forces first trailer. No, this is not a common pose he always makes and it's a 1-to-1 trace of it

>>388848673
That sounds dumb, I don't believe you.

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>>388848805

He literally ran it all down for you though.

>>388849046
He made autistic fanfiction.

>>388849214
Autistic fanfiction, literally all of which occurs in the games.

>>388848805
Well I'm very sorry but you can feel free to fact check everything I posted. It's all quite real.
>Eggman Forces dialogue
https://youtu.be/aGqVsuU3Jbw?t=34s
>Fist Bump theme
https://youtu.be/zhS2WV_1Bok?t=48s

Time codes and everything.
Infinite phantom ruby sound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3BkwugNsS0

The game ends with the ACTUAL KNUCKLES. Trapped in the REAL WORLD!

>>388849508

This is KNUCKLES. And we're trapped in a whole different planet! Hey Sonic - where are the EMERALDS? I know Eggman is around here somewhere...

>>388849508
They took everything from him.

>>388849508
>>388849669
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR3CWT59Pqg

>>388848264
Somebody was pleb enough to get to the end without grabbing all of the Chaos Emeralds, I see.

>>388850041

I did. All that happened was Tiny Planet being freed and Sonic doing a little flourish in the sky. Haven't bothered doing it with Tails or Knuckles yet.

>>388850424
Can someone please ban this unfunny twat?

>>388847979
When the phantom Ruby does Spoopy shit it image the same sound as infinite does when he uses his powers
At the end of the true ending of Mania the Ruby Tears Sonic away from normal space and sends him through a worm hole, people are theorizing that's how he gets to Forces