I just… I so severely doubt that Shadow the Hedgehog is the ultimate life form. That sounds so implausible to me
@mcc that's how he tricks you
@aeva @mcc nothin' personal, kid
@mcc obviously the ultimate lifeform is this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxlJJdh_0Kc
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency - Squirrel Moment

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@mcc You may not like it, but he is what peak performance looks like.
@mcc Typical military industrial complex naming lies. "The mother of all bombs?" I'm pretty sure other bombs existed first.
@mcc Yeah, it must, instead, be that final, real boss in Sonic Adventure 2.
@mcc
"Ultimate" only in the sense of "last".
He is the rider on the pale horse, the bringer of the final end.
@australopithecus @mcc yeah but at this point there have been more lifeforms so...
@misterdave @mcc
Ah, I see the confusion: not the last to rise, but the last to fall.
@australopithecus "This is where the Sonic writers completely ran out of ideas"
@mcc Would you rather it be the Star Trek Voyager reference?
@Video_Game_King @mcc Wait is that an intentional reference???
@mcc there is nothing more ultimate than hover rollerskating
@gourd Actually this is a really good point
@mcc The citation is to a paper by Gerald Robotnik which did not pass peer review

@mcc I think the ultimate life form should be the best at all the things that define life: it eats the most, excretes the most, responds to stimuli the most and breeds the most

from these criteria the ultimate life form is probably closer to cream the rabbit over sonic the hedgehog