@Theuser789 @ShakeResounding I don't know if this really helps in this hypertimeline downgrade thread, I also don't even know if we should use this stuff, but I don't remember seeing this being brought up anywhere on the Wiki, so I wanted to share it.
On the official SonicChannel YouTube, there are Q&A videos answered by Sonic (Vtuber) where he usually answers everything with great accuracy to anything related to the games material and lore. In one of these videos, when answering a question about stages/places that stuck in his mind, Sonic mentions that he liked when the color went back to the areas and zones that the Time Eater attacked, and that it boils down to basically every place he's ever been. This would obviously include Blaze's dimension, Maginaryworld, Story Books Worlds, all Special Stages, all alternate futures of Sonic CD and etc:
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As I said at the beginning, I don't know exactly what this influences, but I think it's important to bring this up here in case it helps in any way.