>>723050965
Eh, his reputation is mostly diminished by characters like Shadow and even Knuckles getting even more development in recent years. Metal Sonic is currently a has-been, people often talk about the chaos fight in Sonic Gens showing how far Sonic has come as he doesn’t need Super Sonic to beat him or whatever and that’s a whole topic for another day, but the Shadow vs. Neo Metal Fight was especially that since Shadow’s doom powers made Neo Metal pretty trivial. The strongest Metal Sonic has ever been is now just a punching bag for a moderately powered up shadow, who Sonic probably could’ve beaten anyway. I know I’m doing dumb powerscaling shit here but seriously, Metal Sonic is just a nuisance more than anything. In the new racing game, Crossworlds, I don’t even see people play as Metal that much. I’ve seen more Silvers and Blazes than Metal Sonic which says a lot, really.