Thread:Metal Mario875/@comment-30294856-20170419012639/@comment-26374068-20170419020131

Adam and I had discussed it in chat.

Apparently, ‘06 was retconned at the end of ‘06 by erasing its events. Theoretically, this would mean that the events of ‘06 never did, and never would happen because Solaris was destroyed by blowing out the Flame of Hope.

But because Iblis still exists in Sonic Generations (according to his bio in that game, coming from a “ruined planet in the future”), Iblis still exists after the retcon.

What this would mean is that the events of ‘06 would endlessly repeat, because the halves of Solaris can't be destroyed by resetting their timeline.

So, the events would take place, and reset. Iblis and Mephiles survive, and then the events unfold, but are erased. Over, and over, and over again.

This creates, as the Sonic News Network puts it, an “In-universe temporal paradox.” Creating an infinitely repeating and resetting paradoxal future. So, because the universe infinitely resets itself, all that's left is to determine how the reset works.

But we're given no info on what reset is ocurring of the three types: the reset could create a new timeline beside the old, it could erase the old and replace it with the new, or it could reset the timeline to an earlier period.

If it's the first one, then there are infinite timelines because the events of ‘06 occur endlessly. If it's the other two, then it simply remains as is—2-C.

So, there's a possibility of infinite timelines.

I hope this helps you a bit. If you need me to explain more, or need some more proof, just let me know. :)