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Shadow the Hedgehog

Shadow The Hedgehog first appeared in Sonic Adventure 2 on the Dreamcast. Since his debut in SA2, he has appeared in the Sonic games, either as a main character or an unlockable character. One example of such is in the game ‘Sonic and the Secret Rings’, Shadow can be unlocked in 2-player mode by collecting 30 Fire Souls in Story Mode, whereas in ‘Sonic Rivals’, he has his own story mode.

Shadow is most described as a ‘lone wolf’, who avoids others such as Sonic, but will help them if the task benefits him. Shadow’s main background is that, created Professor Gerald Robotnik, Dr. Eggman's grandfather, with the use of Black Doom's DNA (making Black Doom his biological father), Shadow is supposedly the ‘Ultimate Life form’. However, when G.U.N storm their base – The Space Colony A.R.K – Shadow is locked in a capsule by Maria, who acts as a sister to Shadow and is killed by the G.U.N Soldiers, and from Maria’s sacrifice, this saves Shadow from the G.U.N’s rampage, but is also the cause of his amnesia of what he was created for and the image of Maria dying stuck in his head.

His main special ability is to use Chaos Control which allows him to warp time and space, which is seen in his own game ‘Shadow The Hedgehog’ (Gamecube, PS2, and X-Box). By filling either the Hero or Evil gauge, Shadow can release Chaos Control (Hero Gauge) which speeds him through the level, killing enemies he passes, or Chaos Blast (Evil Gauge) which sets of a blast killing everything within a certain radius. Other moves include Chaos Spear (Sonic Adventure 2), Chaos Boost, Chaos Lance, Chaos Snap, and Chaos Attack (Sonic The Hedgehog). Shadow, like Sonic, also has the ability to change into a Super form, known as 'Super Shadow'. Shadow's fur becomes yellow/gold, and has the same powers as Super Sonic. Allowing him invincibility and more powerful attacks. The same terms apply to Super Shadow, starting with 50 rings his energy slowly decreases to 0. Once reaching 0, Super Shadow's form ends and he returns back to normal Shadow the Hedgehog.


Many Sonic fans believed Shadow to be like Sonic's "evil twin"? It was later on that Shadow developed into a character of his own. Many Sonic fans like Shadow's attitude and angst, whilst other fans believe that Shadow's appearance has lead to disappointment in the series since Sonic Heroes (where Shadow was brought back to the series, after dying in Sonic Adventure 2).