After all, it's what Hyper Sonic's jump dash does. Of course, you could reasonably argue that since Sonic's shield is hidden, the insta-shield should just override all other shield moves for the duration of the Super form. As such, all shield moves are disabled while Sonic's shield is hidden, and this includes Super Sonic. Since shields and invincibility share a single VRAM slot, they can't be displayed at the same time (thank goodness), and it would be pretty bad design to let players use shield moves without knowing ahead of time which move Sonic would actually perform. This is probably why Sonic can't use any shield moves while invincible. This is because unlike other characters' special moves, the insta-shield must animate independently from Sonic, and it loads its art to the same VRAM slot reserved for shields and invincibility stars. I'm not sure if that's a bug but it feels odd since the rest still can use their special moves as super but sonic can'tįirst off, the insta-shield is implemented as regular power-up - it is actually a separate object which spawns into the player 1 shield shot when playing as Sonic, and Sonic is also awarded one whenever he loses any other shield. Why SS can't use the insta shield? Or why you can't use the insta shield with normal invicibility.
There's something that always bothered me in sonic 3 with super sonic
