yknow as much of a bop as the jp version of stardust speedway bad future is, i think making the us version (particularly forces’ remix) metal sonic’s theme was a good move it suits him well. even if the dubstep aspect of it was meant to be representative of infinite

very overwhelmingly technological and threatening, fast paced and energetic but otherwise a far cry from anything you’d hear associated with sonic. it’s pretty perfect for metal

though at this point you could easily argue that stardust speedway bad future us is modern metal sonic’s theme and st-sp bf jp is classic metal sonic’s theme? what an odd web this series has weaved

i shouldn’t’ve posted this thread at 5 am i’m still thinking about this last tweet in particular. it’s even consistent to the modern games