>>134137929It doesn't really jive with the whole "Sonic is continuously growing stronger every second" thing introduced in Forces and Generations (And further backed up by the fact that raising Sonic's level in Frontiers raises Super Sonic's overall damage output). Even in that same game, once Sonic gets Super Sonic, Perfect Dark Gaia folds to a single bullrush without its barrier. There's also Knuckles punching the emeralds out of him way back in S3&K.
In both instances, Super Sonic was caught very offguard. So it's not a measure of strength or losing in a contest of power like the Titan deaths are, but him being caught unawares.
>>134137958No blood or gore, but they're fairly brutal for Sonic - Giganto visibly swallows him alive, he gets blasted into a cloud by Wyvern, Knight smashes him into a lake of magma, etc.