Talk:Sonic the Hedgehog vs Mega Man/@comment-24281142-20150914225046/@comment-2197224-20150915000739

Fair enough- and good to see you here, too. Even still though, you have similarly fast or faster opponents that the game version of Mega Man has successfully kept track of as well- Duo (Mega Man 8) for instance, has a top speed has been given as FTL, along with Jupiter and Pluto (Mega Man V on the Game Boy) who can be considered faster than Quick Man due to their ability to move at similar levels of speed within much harsher gravity levels. I merely mentioned Quick Man predominantly since he's the most evident example of Mega Man being able to keep up with opponents faster than him by a massive degree, and arguably the most iconic.

Same goes for the opponents he's beaten who can actually teleport and/or distort the flow of time, like Centaur Man, Astro Man, Flash Man, Time Man, and Bright Man. In all those cases, he's far slower, but his reaction time, aiming skills and ability to dodge and counter accordingly meant he was able to keep track of them and defeat them accordingly despite being significantly outmatched in speed.

So as it stands, even if Sonic in his standard form is a lot faster than I initially thought (Which I apologise for, legitimate mistake.), his top running speed is still sub-lightspeed for the most part. Whilst he can temporarily attain it with his Light Dash and Homing Attacks and can consistently maintain it as Super Sonic, he wouldn't be able to maintain it constantly in his normal form- ergo, Mega Man would still be able to keep track of him, and at the same time is resilient enough to tank the attacks that use it for the most part outside of his Super Form. In that sense, I know what you mean, and apologies for the confusion- but overall, I doubt it would change the outcome.