I find the ring consumption a fair balance for someone as over-powered as Super Sonic. If Super Sonic was freely used then why both staying blue?
I wondered how they would handle it in Lego Dimensions given the in-game currency takes the form of rings but I think they handled it well with a super gauge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=rkybesB0WeA
I mean I want an option to turn on and turn off that "super" moves.
We don't get that in classic Sonic games, once you go super, you got to wait until the ring counter reached zero to be normal version.
In normal stages of course, not in the final stages.
I do prefer super gauge than ring consumptions, because I'm used to VS fighting games that use super gauges.
In VS fighting games sometimes there is also a move that makes us powerful for awhile but our life counter will be depleted little by little until zero. I do hate that kind of move too.