Game Theory: Sonic is Lying...AGAIN! (Sonic Mania)

Just to clarify... I'm not using the Sonic comics to "prove" the theory by any means. The conclusion that the Emeralds are quartz is based solely on evidence from the games: Color and Behavior. I'm then using the comic lore to draw parallels that I thought were interesting as I researched, like the radiation and compression machine. So the fact that the comic lore isn't canon doesn't have any actual bearing on the conclusion that I reached in the theory...or maybe the radioactive quartz means that lore is more canon than you might think... ;)

When you realize the Naruto run first appeared in 2002, and Sonic began to run with his arms behind his body in 1993

I love that hes talking about emeralds being the wrong colour in a series where you play as a blue hedgehog.

'The Chaos Quartz' doesn't sound too bad, actually.

The sad thing is that they could've been "Chaos Beryls" if they kept Sonic 1's pink gem, which looked like Morganite

I absolutely DESPISE MYSELF FOR KNOWING THIS, but in the same origin comics that’s being quoted, it specifically states that the Xorda’s gene bombs interacted with “beryl deposits” underground, and that originally, all chaos emeralds were in fact green and were quite numerous. It wasn’t until some “crisis on infinite earths” level shenanigans that I don’t recall the specifics of, that the multiple green emeralds were fused into the singular green emerald, with the other “emeralds” being transported in from other planets, and therefore likely having a different mineral composition, thus explaining their unusual color.

The difference is that sonic doesn’t scream for ages to become god-like

Matpat: When was the crystal aquamarine used as a deadly weapon Me: Steven Universe

Being a crystal nerd myself, I knew it was quartz the moment you said their not emeralds

Just want to point out. The pink gem in Sonic Mania is actually called Phantom Ruby and is no more related to the Chaos Emeralds than the Time Stones are.

So that’s why SHADOW USES THE GREEN “EMERALDS”

The intro to this video still remains the best intro I’ve ever seen

That feeling when Matpat says, "just kidding, im not gonna end the episode after 5 minutes" at 5 minutes 4:55

MatPat: the more you pick apart the Sonic canon the weirder it gets. That’s because you used two different Sonic canons. In Archie the chaos emeralds of Mobius were originally green

"Green color of quartz comes from radiation exposure" - shows biohazard warning in background instead of ionizing radiation warning - 99/100 Mat, keep trying (Love the vids btw <3)

Something noted in the Sonic Wiki, the 7 Chaos Emeralds are meant to be based on the colour spectrum. You have the 3 primary colours in Red, Green and Blue, and for secondary colours, Red and Blue make Magenta (Purple), Green and Blue make Cyan (Light Blue) and Red and Green make Yellow. All the colours combined create White Light, aka the Clear Emerald.

After years of a new opening, I love listening to the old ones.

Do a Baryl roll Get it? I'll just go home😞

I love this channel because I can listen while I walk to school, without watching, and still get the whole experience

I love how at 7:53 one of them say "Is Sonic even real life?"