>>535395392
Whoops misread, I can see the connection; but I feel like Classic Sonic lore never really focused on the Emeralds abilities as a power source, only the Master Emerald was really used that way in the games, which the Modern series activity avoids
>>535395886
Alien thingamajigs can be used to create dimensional distortions, but in Modern Sonic lore the Chaos Emerald are just super karma batteries