Well there are no facts, but there seems to be evidence. The glitch image certainly points to Sonic social media culture of hiding stuff in plain sight, but it also could be nothing...
Reminds me of when Sakurai posted a tweet that said "it's about time" and then proceeded to not put Crash Bandicoot in Smash Bros.
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