When being designed, the character's original name was 'Terios', which translates to 'reflection of', more than likely to play off of the hero/villain dynamic within the game. He states that there are times where he feels a stronger bond with Shadow than his real relatives. Shiro Maekawa was the one who came up with Shadow's final design and considers himself to be Shadow's creator. Several early designs of Shadow ranged from having long spines with tufts of fur in front of his eyes, to having capes, shades or even a missing eye. While creating Shadow, there was a proposal to create a character that was as cool as or better than Sonic. Though Yuji Uekawa was tasked drawing the final design of the character, it was Takashi Iizuka who conceived the idea Shadow, coming up with the idea to use a dark, anti-hero figure who was similar to Sonic in shape, but not in personality.

Eggman and challenge the established cast of heroes. To help explore that, the creators came up with new characters that would both assist Dr. With the team in place, brainstorming soon began on what form Sonic Adventure 2 would take.Įarly on, it was decided that one of the main themes of the game would be the dichotomy between good and evil. It was led by director Takashi Iizuka, while Yuji Naka remained back in Japan to work on other properties, including Phantasy Star Online. A portion of the team responsible for Sonic Adventure title was thus sent off to work at Sega of America. Shadow and Sonic, along with a Hero, Dark and neutral Chao, from Sonic Adventure 2: Battle.Īfter the success of Sonic Adventure, it was hoped that its sequel would be for the Dreamcast what Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was for the Mega Drive. While preferring to work alone and not one of his closest friends, he has helped Sonic and his allies when needed. Essentially a dark version of Sonic, Shadow can match him in both speed and skill, and can use Chaos Control with a Chaos Emerald to warp time and space. Shadow is sharp-witted, always on edge, and has a strong sense of purpose, always willing to accomplish his goals by any means, and always serious. From there, he continued his mission to protect humanity for the sake of Maria. In the process, Shadow lost his memories and as such, sought to uncover the truth of his past, during which he met Black Doom and the Black Arms in the end, Shadow regained his memories, uncovered the truth, and thwarted Black Doom's agenda and saved the world. Initially, Shadow worked with him but secretly sought to destroy the planet in order to avenge Maria, who had been killed by the military, but was persuaded to save it from Gerald's doomsday plans. Eggman in order to assist him in his plan to conquer the earth. when he was deemed as a threat to humanity.įifty years later, Shadow was released by Dr. However, he was eventually captured following his creation and put into stasis by G.U.N.

His purpose was to provide ways to develop a cure for incurable deadly illnesses, more specifically for Gerald's granddaughter Maria Robotnik, who he had a great bond with. Shadow was created as the ' Ultimate Life Form' ( 究極生命体, Kyūkyoku Seimeitai ?) by Gerald Robotnik by using the DNA of Black Doom and is the final result of Project Shadow. He is an anthropomorphic hedgehog/ Black Arms hybrid who resembles Sonic the Hedgehog in many ways and serves as his arch-rival and occasional ally. Shadow the Hedgehog ( シャドウ・ザ・ヘッジホッグ, Shadō za Hejjihoggu ?) is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. I will crush anyone who stands in my way! I am the ultimate life form, Shadow the Hedgehog. Chaos Inferno (requires Rouge and Omega).Teng Chang (Mandarin Chinese Sonic Prime).Riccardo Lombardo (Italian, 2011 - 2nd voice).Reginaldo Primo (Brazilian Portuguese Sonic Prime).Norberto Vilanova (Galician Sonic Prime).Maurizio Merluzzo (Italian 2011 - 1st voice).Marcin Przybylski (Polish Sonic Prime).Dave Ramos (Latin Spanish Sonic Prime).Sega Streaming Theater Sonic Edition (cameo).Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games.Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS).Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii).Sonic Generations (Nintendo 3DS) (cameo).Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

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