Sonic tossed the cartridge into the ocean. It didn't sink. It just… faded.
"No!" Sonic lunged, but the XCI was faster. It grabbed him, not with crushing force, but with a probing, invasive pressure. It felt like a game update that was failing. sonic frontiers xci
When his feet touched solid ground, he wasn't on Kronos Island. He was in a museum. Sonic tossed the cartridge into the ocean
The loading screen didn't fade. It fractured. not with crushing force
A few feet away, a grey, cracked Nintendo Switch cartridge lay in the sand. Its label was finally clear. It read: Sonic Frontiers - Beta Build.
Not from the game. From outside. From the real world.