Shadow Confirmed for Sonic Unleashed
In case you missed the live Sonic Unleashed footage we covered earlier, Shadow has now been a confirmed character for Sonic Unleashed. During a live hands-on demonstration, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow we’re all confirmed to be in the game, although no mention of how they would be implemented was discussed.
I’m a bit worried about this choice, but I’m sure Shadow fans everywhere are rejoicing. So long as he doesn’t have guns in this installment… and doesn’t act all *gangsta* or any of that crap, I’d say there’s still a chance he’ll make a good addition to the game.
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@supersonicdude211: They’ll probably just exploit his chaos control abilities again. Interesting to see what might happen by trying to manipulate the energies of the afflicted chaos emeralds though…
shadow/vampireshadow vs sonic/werehog = Bitefigth XD
That’s what I thought. (read my comment on Happy Birthday Sonic)
@ChaoticFox:
In Sonic 06, wasn’t Shadow on a government assignment?
Wouldn’t everything that was going on… cause the government to investigate? They’d send Shadow to check out some business.
Hm… this might be interesting…
Wonder how Shadow will react on his encounter with WereSonic? Surprised… I’m sure…
Right, but you have to remember, at the end of Sonic 06, none of it ever happened.
They turned back time and stopped Shadow from ever going on that mission, Sonic from saving Elise, None of it.
So, maybe Shadow isn’t part of GUN or the government anymore?
and using a corrupted Chaos Emerald could be a big problem @.@;
But if Shadow is part of the Govt. then they’d most likely have him snoop around the gigantic whole in the earth for clues as to what the hell happened.
Maybe Shadow will even be the first to find Sonic after he falls from space.
As for Tails and Knuckles, this couldn’t be a classic sonic game without them (unless we were converting WAY back to Sonic 1)
Tails will probably bring some gizmo or gadget later on into the game to help Sonic with the Were-hog situation. And as for Knuckles, like someone mentioned, he can probably play a big role in helping restore the Emeralds.
wouldn’t all of this set the world into panic? There wouldn’t be anyone to talk to in the Hub World. Gun would probably hunting Eggman down! Anyone ever wonder why they even have GUN? They don’t do anything. Sonic’s the one who stops Eggman! And he gets away! They never arrest HIM! They only arrest SONIC!
*Picks up newspaper*
“A Wild Monster is running around terrifying the whole earth during the nights!
PS: Eggman destroyed the World, escaped, and now crazy monsters are running amoke.
PPS: A little girl fell down a well”
oh yeah and,
“Hey Knuckles! Aren’t you suposed to be guarding the Master Emerald?” “…The Master wha? Oh yeah, don’t you remember? I left it in the Ark.” “Frick”
Robotnik has never actually taken over the world. There isn’t really anything to charge him on. What can they say? Attempted world domination?
Its really just Sonic that “knows” what Robotnik is up to. Egg Carrier is so high up in the sky, it’s mostly Sonic’s friends that knows about Robotnik’s deeds.
Shadow’s in this game?
That’s too bad, for a while I was going to consider buying this game. Oh well, Sega’s either going to have to learn from their stagnation, or be bankrupted by it.
thanks my friend is happy
Really you Shadow haters….. his game rocked… I’m glad that he’s in Unleashed ^^
I’m not entirely happy that Shadow is in this game. =/ But because he is that “popular” to Sonic fans, that’s why he cannot be ignored even if it’s just for one game.
As long Shadow is NOT playable in this game, I’m happy. I don’t wish to play as Shadow. >.<
I am looking forward to plaing with around 4 to five characters. Sonic is my favorite though, his style is so cool. =) I have no problemo with Shadow is he fights alongside Sonic. They make a pretty good team, second to Sonic and Tails.
@ iNAUDiBLE:
Shadow’s is not emo. :/
@dog@bird.net:
You’re wrong, Amy’s in Sonic CD and that’s also consider a classic (plus the Sonic Drift games if they also count). People didn’t notice who Amy is in Sonic Adventure cause of her makeover.
HOLY CRAP! i had a weird feeling this morning someone was going to be confirmed. THANK GOD ITS SHADOW WOO!
i guess your right
@talk about low budget flights: In a great deal of the games he’s certainly THREATENED global domination. There’s gotta be some sort of repercussions for saying “I’ll blow you up if you don’t relinquish control of the planet to me” XD
(-Regarding Shadow, he was great in SA2:b, but he should have been a one shot. He cant be as great as the original blue blur. <3)
As long as Sonic/weresonic are the only playable characters I dont care. I’d just like to see the casts reactions to were-hog.
I want to see how shadow looks in this new style.
I mean if Eggman and Sonic the Werehog looks like the baddest of all asses, then just imagine shadow.
I reckon will have been sent by GUN to destroy weresonic.
@sonicfan:
I’m wrong? Now your post is beginning to offend me. Do you know how much Sega CD sold? Sonic CD is a rare game owned by so few people. Sega “officially” declares the Sonic classics to be Sonic 1, 2, 3, and Knuckles.
I don’t suppose you’ll claim Chaotix is a classic as well, right? So few people actually owned Sega CD or 32x. Dreamcast is a console that actually had a decent amount of sales. And I doubt anyone would have “trouble” recognizing Amy. It’s a HEDGEHOG that is PINK.
If you still want to claim that I am wrong, why don’t you poll random gamers. Unless you are speaking SPECIFICALLY to hardcore Sega fans, the chances of finding someone with a Sega CD is rare. For the average gamer, Sonic Adventure is their first experience with Amy… Sonic Heroes is their first experience with Chaotix.
Shadow’s one of my favorite sonic character’s!!!
That’s why I’m so happy his in unleashed!!!
Shadow ROCKS!!!!!!! :D
The most well-known games are Sonic 1, 2, 3, & Knuckles. Those are considered classics.
Oh… and Sonic Drift. Really, a GAME GEAR game you are mentioning? I am sure there is a hidden “turtle” character you’d consider “classic” and more known than Shadow. Sonic Drift wasn’t even sold in most stores at the time. Perhaps there is a “Sonic Schoolhouse” character I should care about… because I’m sure they are “first” and more known than Shadow.
@dog@bird.net: Maybe so, but there was a PC edition of Sonic CD that sold moderately well in the US. I find it odd that you’d want to exclude Sonic/Sega fans from that little “poll challenge” of yours though. Its possible (though uncommon) to find people in the world who don’t even know who Sonic is, but that’s certainly not the point anyone’s trying to make. Of course a non-Soniic fan would be less likely to know of Sonic CD or who Amy is. Because being a non Sonic fan: they don’t CARE! We, being here AS Sonic fans: DO.
As for Sega’s “official” claim about what it considers classics, I’d like to see that
But I think the bigger question is: why did we bother bringing up Amy in the first place. The original statement mentioned that Shadow wasn’t in the classic Sonic games. A valid point. Then it was brought up that Amy isn’t technically classic (I’ll withhold my opinion on the matter) either. Whether that’s true or not: who cares? Nobody ever said “Shadow doesn’t belong, but Amy does” ><
So why don’t we all just snuggle up with our favorite Sonic character plushie and learn to get along? ^^;
Oh thank God! I thought that Sonic Unleashed would be “Just you and me, Eggman – no one to get in the way!” I hope Shadow will be playable.
Let’s hope Shadow won’t have guns and vehicles. I think he will be playable in those “mini areas” that were mentioned in one of the interviews.
I hope you get to fight shadow as weresonic!
PS: I had sonic CD. but didn’t have a dreamcast, so I found out in sonic adventure two battle.
@Weresonic: You are so right…. That could happen.
@dog@bird.net:
I don’t care how much it sold to be quite frank. I consider it a classic cause people who played the game even said that Sonic CD is one of the best Sonic games in the series and people think the classics is one of the best games in the series, so yeah I think Amy has been in one of the classics.
@ChaoticFox:
“But I think the bigger question is: why did we bother bringing up Amy in the first place. The original statement mentioned that Shadow wasn’t in the classic Sonic games. A valid point. Then it was brought up that Amy isn’t technically classic (I’ll withhold my opinion on the matter) either. Whether that’s true or not: who cares? Nobody ever said “Shadow doesn’t belong, but Amy does” ><”
Exactly! I don’t know how Amys name got in here either. I was reading earlier comments and nobody’s even said anything about Shadow not being a classic character but Amy should stay cause she’s a classic.
@CMT:
Are you really not going to buy the game just because Shadow appears in it. WOW.
@G&E:
If he’s not getting the game cause of one character then pretty much he wasn’t interested in buying this game anyway.
I don’t like Shadow either, but I already had a huge feeling he’s going to be in it so it doesn’t suprise me that he’s confirmed. As long as he doesn’t take up half of Sonic spotlight then I’m okay with him in it.
For heavens sake people how will shadow compete with weresonic… This is (put in curse word)!!! Shadows going to get riped limb from limb! Shadow was made to be sonic rival in SA2(that game ruled by the way). Know hes some low life with a gun. I bet the scene with weresonic and shadow will be like this: “I am the ultimante life form with a tranqualizer fear me werehog” shouts shadow(If your so ultimant you don’t need the tranq).Weresonic jumps at him. Shadow shoots the tranqulizer. Hits weresonic between the eyes. Weresonic gose down.”Ha and you call yourself my fa..Agggggghhh!” Weresonic jumps and kill shadow in bloodlust. his claws in shadows disimbodied head.
Yes a gory thought but you get the point. Even with his petty guns shadow is going to get killed because sega made him so full of himself that common sense dosn’t even ocur to my once favorite sonic character. Don’t get me wrong I don’t hate shadow, but I wont like that tard again till sega makes him more normal and not so well what he turned into in shadow the hedgehog. Hes A bipolar reck “good…bad no good… mabye bad… ah the hell withit die!” said shadow “what have I done nooooo!” my point being sega ruined him.
@Weresonic
XDDD yes! Thats what I imagine it would be like.
Probably he will be introduced into it as G.U.N telling him to investigate the world splitting up or to get eggman or something stupid.
…Or maybe he has amnesia again for kicks. =P
@Weresonic: Oh brother! A little brash if you ask me… If you listened closely to the Were-Sonic gameplay in the gamespot e3 coverage, You could hear that Sonic’s voice didn’t change much at all. That and the fact the Official Nintendo Magazine said that the Werehog isn’t dark/evil, I beilieve the Were-Sonic/Shadow scene would go a little more like this:
Shadow: So, this is the monster that’s been terrorizing cities. I make soure of your demise, beast!
Were-Sonic: N-no, wait! It’s me, Sonic! SONIC!
(cue Shadow boss fight)
Then after the fight they clear things up and Shadow becomes Were-Sonic’s ally or something.
No, like
Shadow:GUN, i found the were-hog. what are the commands?
GUN:Bring him back, Dead or Alive!
Shadow:Gotcha!
Were-Sonic:No shadow, its, its..(full moon) ME!!! SONIC! GR!AA!!
Shadow:You will soon realize your fate, you retched beast!
(Were-Sonic and Shadow run full speed at each other, the screen flashes black, and cue Shadow boss fight)
Whoa, got a little creative, there… My emotions got a little 2 involved, i drew the whole thing…Did i mention im an artist?
To be honest, is there anything wrong with any of the characters that good character development and appropriate usage wouldn’t fix? If Shadow is working for G.U.N, then it would make sense that they would be involved. Even if they’re not (this story is not connected to the other games, remember?), this game runs on a “clean slate” with character development. Maybe you’ll like this incarnation of Shadow a little bit more now that he’s not “hog”-ing the spotlight. I think more people liked Shadow in SA2 than people who didn’t, and the “angst” seems to be from Team Dark having the most important storyline in Heroes, and then Shadow getting his OWN game…instead of a new Sonic. Then, when we get a new Sonic game…he’s running around with a human girl while Shadow is arguably the least confused of the three hedgehogs(which sounds odd to say”.
Point is, if Shadow is a part of the storyline like any other character than he should be seen as a “side character”. That means, he’s either an enemy or an ally. If he’s an ally, is that so bad? The story is about Sonic…it’s always possible Shadow could get involved because of his own experiance with feeling out of control. Shadow seems all angsty and lonerish, but as of ShtH and Sonic ‘06…he’s portrayed as an ally of Sonic’s. So yeah, being a popular character…and a controversial one…they probably figure him a minor role is best for everyone.
This is all speculation, though. Maybe he’s ONLY in the game in minigames like in Secret Rings. He has NOT been confirmed as playable or even as part of the storyline. Give peace a chance! Oh sorry, wrong slogan. Give it time!
I tyuped more than I thought. That’s what I get for typing fast.
I think we need to, as Sonic fans, look beyond our own tastes and realize that this is a product for a wide audience. Sega has taken a risky step in the sense that Secret Rings was criticized for having ONLY Sonic by many, while other games are criticized for not being about Sonic. Obviously, they’re looking for a compromise. Other characters have no DEFINED roles, other than reports(rumors?) that Tails might have a minigame. Every established report has emphatically said it’s 99% Sonic/Werehog. Let’s be reasonable here. I hated Big’s adventure in SA and I’m hesitant playing as him in Heroes(even if he’s hilarious), but Big was hilarious as a background element and hidden factor in SA2 and Secret Rings.
What I’m saying is…put in the appropriate role, NO character is bad. Only the characterization. And the usage of the character.
…Ok, I’m done. Let’s have tea, eh?
I agree with Crazee. I believe that just about every character has their place (even the ones I hate), and the real problem is trying to cram all of them into every single game – a problem compounded by trying to make them all playable as well.
It has been a tradition for the core Sonic games to introduce a new character with each installment, and I think the real solution probably lies not in aboloshing this tradition, but by putting each character in their appropriate place. Even if that place is only within the context of a single game.
Some characters work well as background characters, support characters, storyline characters, and some work better as playable characters. Some characters, however loveable, probably deserve to be left behind and in their proper place (Big, for example. A wonderful character with no real place outside of SA)
Despite my distaste for characters like Shadow, I feel he was well-placed as both a playable and storyline character in SA2. Honestly, I would have preferred that his death be the conclusive end of it, but as a popular character it was inevitable that he lived on. The events of Shadow the Hedgehog may or may not have been an example of poor placement and abuse of that popularity, but I believe that he fufilled his role quite nicely in Sonic 06.
All of this is merely to reiterate what Crazee has said. Whether we like certain characters or not (Hell, I don’t even like Amy, but I recognize her importance and her rightful place in the franchise), they all have a special place within the Sonic Universe that ought to be respected. I think Sonic Team has the right idea with this one, and it seems to me that every character will be fulfilling their individual roles rather nicely.
i like to see all those characters in the game, but id rather playing as knuckles instead of weresonic, i mean wtf? WERESONIC? the rest of the game seems cool, and shadow could be playable in the first episode alongside sonic, but NO werehogs plz
i think werehog is a form that appears when u push sonic into going super sonic without the emeralds, but we, fans dont need that
i officially announce that i HATE weresonic, nice mouth though, reminds me of knuckles in sonic riders, heh
@Crazee and Chaoticfox:
Well put, you two! If more Sonic fans thought like you guys, our fanbase would be much better off.
@Alexiel:
Well, whether you agree with it or not, the Werehog is in the new game. I would like to say that, though I am a big fan of Were-Sonic, I believe he should be a one-hit wonder and be in only one game, like Darkspines Sonic.
Q BIEN, ME ENCANTA SHADOW ES TAN LINDO, INCLUSO MAS Q SONIC, ME ALEGRA Q ESTE CONFIRMADO PARA ESTE JUEGO PERO QUIERO QUE ESTA VEZ SEA MAS M,ALO O MAS NEUTRAL, NO SE PUEDE DEJAR DE LADO A SHADOW EN NINGUNO DE LOS JUEGOS SONIC , EN MI OPINION TODOS LOS JUEGOS SONIC ME ENCANTAN!!!!!!!!!!SOBRE TODO SHADOW Y NO ME INTERESA A LOS QUE NO LES GUSTA SHADOW O LOS JUEGOS SONIC ESTOY ANSIOSA DE PODER JUGAR CON EL MEJOR PERSONAJE DE LA SERIE SONIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!INCLUSO DEL MUNDO…………….100%%%SHADOWFAN
@Hannah the Echidna: Yeah, yeah, I agree with your agreement about their points. Admittedly, I don’t think that it was a good idea to make Big playable, (even though he IS my favorite character), but having him in cameo roles fits it much better. Most every character has their place in the franchise, if they can find a way to make it work. They appear to be getting the idea…
We need to build a detector to find more reasonable Sonic fans. For whatever reason, this site’s collective IQ is higher than most other fan forums I’ve been to. XD
@umbradark:
in english please?
I can’t understand you..
I still find it amusing that this topic continues to recieve the most attention, despite the fact that it is old (and barely interesting) news not even featured on the front page anymore XD
Well let’s keep the topic going huh?
WHY DO YOU ALL HATE SHADOW?!?!?!?!? HE’S THE BESTEST :)
His GUN is SO AWESOME!!!!! HAHA
He PWNS SONIC & SILVER HAHA anyone comment?