Is Infinite still alive?

[XJ9]

Just wondering. The sonic guide book released this year states "After his final defeat, he and his prototype are consumed by the original Phantom Ruby."

However, consumed doesn't mean he is dead or anything. He could be in null space/trapped. We never got a 100% infinite is dead by any character.

When eggman comes in with his robot, the character states there are zavoc/metal/chaos/infinite, thousands of them. However, in the last cutscene battle, there is not a single infinite clone to be seen. Was there only one infinite? Did infinite get away?

Idk. I hope he did because he was a cool character. Lore of Sonic forces speed battle is also that the race is his illusion. So yer!

[Ikagura]

They ditched him because he wasn't needed after Forces.

In a lazy way yes he is dead like Mephiles, Doom or most characters that were only for one episode.

[XJ9]

Publicado originalmente por Ikagura:

They ditched him because he wasn't needed after Forces.

In a lazy way yes he is dead like Mephiles, Doom or most characters that were only for one episode.

tbh ive done more research since this post as i only just completed this game when i made the post and did some research.

He gets consumed into the phantom ruby along with his prototype. this is a fact stated by the sonic book that came out this year. however, sonic mania encore edition is what happens after forces. the phantom ruby wasn't destroyed, and survived even at the end of the game, sucking in eggman and his entire base with him. so in a way, he is "consumed" as well.

Sonic frontiers has the same shade of purple come out of the exploding robots in the trailer as the phantom ruby with it's portal effects. So i'm hopeful that infinite will return in the next game, or at least sometime in the near future.

Mephalis making back would never make sense, as he simply doesn't exist due to 06's ending.

In original scripts of Sonic forces, it was clear infinite was meant to be a one off character, as the phantom ruby as meant to be destroyed after you beat the game. However, this isn't shown at all and sonic mania encore continues the story.

They changed the plot of forces a bit because of manias inclusion and perhaps just wanting to change it in general. It goes Mania < Sonic Forces < Mania Encore < Frontiers