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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game)
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Shadow the Hedgehog is a 2005 spinoff in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise which centers on the anti-heroic black hedgehog, Shadow. The game picks up after Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes and references many events and characters from the former, most notably Dr. Eggman's late grandfather Professor Gerald. Most of the playable characters from SA2 also appear as NPCs, along with E-123 Omega (from Heroes) and Team Chaotix (Knuckles Chaotix and Heroes).After his apparent death and return, Shadow resurfaces in Westopolis just as the skies turn red and a UFO starts lasering the city to pieces à la Independence Day. Shadow is about to turn away, uncaring, but the alien leader calls out his name, insisting that Shadow fetch him the Chaos Emeralds. Thus begins Shadow's quest of self-discovery, culminating in an assault on the aliens' organic mothership, the Black Comet: In the Golden Ending, Shadow learns that he was created by Gerald not to destroy humanity as previously assumed, but as a counter-measure against the alien threat.While the typical controls of the 3D entries in the Sonic series apply to some extent, the game has Third-Person Shooter elements. Pistols, SMGs, and rifles can picked up to use against enemies and you can even drive vehicles in some places. Each level has two objectives that either serve the heroes (as embodied by Sonic) or the villains (the self-interested Eggman or the human-hunting aliens). Players can take any one of 326 routes through the game's 22 levels: Option A, destroy the damn planet; Option B, have Shadow suffer alone from existential depression; Option C, let Eggman convince him he's really an android; or Option D, actually be a hero.On another note, this game marks the debut of the 4Kids cast from Sonic X into the video games (along with Sonic Rush, which was released on the same day). Ironically, they began with the least kid-friendly Sonic game.Despite the game's rather tumultuous legacy, elements of the game will return for the 2024 Updated Re-release of Sonic Generations, Sonic X Shadow Generations, with Black Doom making a return as the main antagonist of Shadow's campaign. | |
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Aliens Speaking English | |
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Aliens Speaking English: Black Doom, though none of the other Black Arms. | |
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Blamed for Being Railroaded | |
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Blamed for Being Railroaded: Follower characters (usually Black Doom) will often complain about you attacking their allies, even if it's the only way to progress in the level. | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: One line of Enemy Chatter from GUN troops references Yuji Naka, one of the founding members of Sonic Team. | |
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Katanas Are Just Better | |
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Katanas Are Just Better: The Samurai Blade, the unlockable melee weapon, is stronger than any other melee weapon. In addition, its upgraded form fires a shockwave that does just as much damage as a slash and doesn't use up one of its uses. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: Downplayed. Shadow the Hedgehog is darker than previous franchise entries mostly in terms of aesthetics. For all its posturing, there really isn't anything in this game that comes close to being as unnervingly morbid as Gerald's diary and execution speech from SA2. Most of the plot is only as grim as Adventure 2 (Black Doom's behavior and To Serve Man plan notwithstanding); the game's mood is primarily brought about by darker textures (even the springs look like they belong in a M-Rated game), environments, and the use of mild cursing and guns. | |
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Hero Antagonist | |
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Hero Antagonist: G.U.N., no matter whose side you're on... with Rouge being the exception since she's both technically a freelance agent and has a personal motive for sticking with Shadow, for good or ill. | |
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Tempting Fate | |
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Tempting Fate: While confronting Black Doom, Sonic says, "We can't just stand here doing nothing!" Five seconds later, he and his friends and Eggman all fall victim to an invisible paralyzing nerve gas. | |
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Final Dungeon Preview | |
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Final Dungeon Preview: The Last Way, the only level in the game's Last Story, is a remixed version of Final Haunt, the last level of the Pure Hero path. Since the Last Story unlocks after reaching all ten of the regular (non-canon) endings, and those endings can be reached in any order, this trope can be Played Straight, if the player does the Pure Hero endings early; Downplayed, if they save them for last; or both, if they do one Pure Hero ending early on and save the other for last. | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Evil Sounds Deep: Black Doom. | |
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Evil Versus Evil | |
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Evil Versus Evil: Some levels contain Eggman's robots and Black Arms aliens as enemies. After you complete the hero mission of G.U.N. Fortress, the battle between Shadow and Black Doom turns out to be this, and after Shadow defeats Black Doom, Shadow plans on conquering the world on his own. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: Expert Mode reveals that the GUN Commander recently became a Grandfather. | |
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Unreliable Narrator | |
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Unreliable Narrator: Does Shadow actually learn anything about his past? The Emeralds always tell him a different story depending on which ending you've unlocked, as if his past is defined by whatever he's just learned about himself. | |
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Eternal Engine | |
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Eternal Engine: Lava Shelter. | |
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Multiple Endings | |
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Multiple Endings: There are ten end goals, all of which need to be seen in order to get to the True Final Boss and Omega Ending. | |
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The Cynic | |
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The Cynic: Due to his past experiences, Shadow has a pretty pessimistic and dark worldview. He also has high disregard for Sonic's carefree nature, and is quite annoyed with his cheerful and unserious behaviour. | |
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Poor Communication Kills | |
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Poor Communication Kills: Shadow apparently never thinks to ask any of his friends about his past, even though every single one of them both know him well as well as found out about his past in Sonic Adventure 2. | |
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Boss Battle | |
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Boss Battle: Certain stages from the second set on end with a boss fight against G.U.N.'s aircrafts, Dr. Eggman's Egg Breaker or the Black Bull alien. If you play neutrally up to Sky Troops, however, you can reach any of the final stages without fighting a single boss. | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall | |
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Breaking the Fourth Wall: Playing on Expert Mode changes your allies' Dialog During Gameplay so they encourage him not to get tired, keep stock of extra lives, and head to the Goal Ring no matter what. | |
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Ambiguous Situation | |
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This game definitively establishes that Shadow was created on the Space Colony ARK and that his memories of Maria are the real deal—Shadow's true backstory was an Ambiguous Situation in Adventure 2, where Shadow's memories were shown to be tampered with and the ARK's computer files have no data on himnote The "Project Shadow" files only describe his Flawed Prototype, the Biolizard. | |
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Gleeful and Grumpy Pairing | |
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Gleeful and Grumpy Pairing: Sonic and Shadow have this kind of interaction in the Hero Route. Sonic is portrayed as cheerful, adventurous and treats Shadow as a friend, but Shadow is serious, cynical and is annoyed by his carefree nature. This dialogue in one scene before the ARK stages tells the story: | |
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Chekhov's Boomerang | |
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Chekhov's Boomerang: Two from Sonic Adventure 2 in this game's Last Story. The Chaos Spear, which Shadow only used when you fought him as Sonic, is Super Shadow's method of attacking Devil Doom. The second is the Eclipse Cannon, which was made for the purpose of destroying the Black Comet. It actually fills in a plot hole, too; it's hard to believe that Gerald converted an entire space colony into a cannon by himself, but it makes much more sense that it was already a cannon in preparation for the Black Comet and he simply put in new coordinates. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: Those five top secret discs and the data terminals from the Chaotix missions? It's never outright stated, but there's a good possibility that they're actually bits and pieces of the entry in Prof. Gerald's diary that appears in the last story. It's especially likely since it's possible to help out all three Chaotix members in two of the stories. | |
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Your Mind Makes It Real | |
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Your Mind Makes It Real: "The Doom" and "Lost Impact" take place as flashbacks, but Shadow can still manipulate his morality during these events. | |
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Aborted Arc | |
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Aborted Arc: Sonic Heroes ended with Shadow and Omega carrying Metal Sonic, which implied something about their similar origins would be touched upon in a future story. Shadow the Hedgehog ignores this element, with Metal being absent and Omega having a downplayed role, which, according to the Final Story, is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
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Ironic Echo: After the fight with Sonic and the GUN Commander's Diablon Mech on the Pure Hero - Dark Ending, Shadow says, "Game over, Sonic!", a direct Call-Back to what Sonic said to Shadow after their second battle in Sonic Adventure 2: "Game over, Shadow!" | |
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Astral Finale | |
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Astral Finale: Three out of five final stages will lead Shadow to either the ARK or the Black Comet. The other two avert the trope by taking him to GUN's headquarters or to Lava Shelter, one of Eggman's fortresses on Earth. After The Last Way, which is set on the Black Comet, the True Final Boss subverts the trope by taking place back on Earth. | |
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Slave Mooks | |
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Slave Mooks: The Shadow Androids, physically identical replicas of the original Shadow the Hedgehog. In the Neutral endings, Shadow becomes convinced he's one of them that somehow went rogue. | |
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Mythology Gag | |
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Mythology Gag: After the Hero mission in Westopolis, Sonic references a Sega slogan from the Sega Genesis era: "Welcome to the next level"! Circus Park features the infamous barrels from Carnival Night Zone as moving platforms. Giant ones are even part of the scenery during certain setpieces. The ARK stages Space Gadget and Cosmic Fall are titled after Sonic Adventure 2 stages set in the space colony: Crazy Gadget and Cosmic Wall. | |
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Kill Sat | |
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Kill Sat: The Eclipse Cannon and the unlockable Satellite Laser weapon. | |
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Karma Meter | |
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Karma Meter: Doing more "evil" or "good" actions will fill the respective gauge, which, at max, will allow Shadow to use Chaos Blast or Chaos Control respectively. Ironically, Chaos Control's main use is to accelerate you towards the goal of the neutral path, except in the boss levels where it freezes time. | |
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Reused Character Design | |
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Reused Character Design: The Egg Breaker's face is shared with the Egg Emperor of Sonic Heroes. | |
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Gravity Screw | |
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Gravity Screw: Space Gadget is full of green... blocky things that shift the gravity around. There are several points throughout the stage where Shadow is standing on the ceiling. | |
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Non-Indicative Name | |
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Non-Indicative Name: The "Black Arms" are actually gray in in color, but everyone in-game says that they're black (amusingly, one of the Black Arms Elite Mooks looks like a really muscular gray alien). | |
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More Dakka | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | comment |
More Dakka: The gatling gun equipped on the Bigfoot mechs. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b706ca | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b9272d7 | type |
Misbegotten Multiplayer Mode | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b9272d7 | comment |
Misbegotten Multiplayer Mode: The 2-player battle mode feels very much like it was tacked on, being a simple deathmatch mode with only three stages, and different-colored Shadows and Shadow Androids to choose from. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b9272d7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b9272d7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2b9272d7 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae | type |
Awesome, but Impractical | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae | comment |
Awesome, but Impractical: Despite the fact that filling either of your 2 Chaos meters grants you access to really powerful moves, the best use of either of them is often just the passive invincibility/unlimited ammo perks that come with filling either meter: The Chaos Control ability is supposed to be the "good" ability, obtained from killing evil characters, and it allows Shadow to skip part of a level. Problem is, because all but a few of the "good" missions are based on finding stuff and not getting to the end, and because many of these things can only be found in out-of-the-way areas, Chaos Control is next to useless on the alignment it's associated with. It's only useful on neutral missions and the handful of good missions that involve simply getting to the end. Chaos Blast allows you to unleash a powerful explosive attack, which does come in handy in a couple of missions, but typically A) there usually aren't enough mooks to make it worthwhile (especially since most enemies are just fodder), B) when there are enough enemies that would otherwise make it worthwhile, there are other enemies of the other alignment in range, which ultimately hurts your score, or C) the bosses are too mobile to make it effective (Shadow comes to a standstill while the cinematic plays, but bosses like the Egg Dealer can still move about, usually out of range). | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2de7bbf1 | type |
Nominal Hero | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2de7bbf1 | comment |
Nominal Hero: Shadow is one if you complete various hero missions. He will help out the heroes, but only for the sake of finding the Chaos Emeralds to regain his memories. Eggman is this too, only teaming up with Sonic and his friends to stop the Black Arms from destroying earth, so he can conquer it. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2de7bbf1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2de7bbf1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2de7bbf1 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e6a41e0 | type |
Gratuitous English | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e6a41e0 | comment |
Charmy not knowing what a "top secret disk" is makes him sound dumb to Western players, but in the original text the item is named in Gratuitous English. That's why he asks Shadow what it means. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e6a41e0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e6a41e0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e6a41e0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e742218 | type |
Don't Say Such Stupid Things | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e742218 | comment |
Don't Say Such Stupid Things!: An unsuccessful attempt in the Semi Hero - Hero ending: | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e742218 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e742218 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2e742218 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2f329e3c | type |
Tomato in the Mirror | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2f329e3c | comment |
Tomato in the Mirror: It's revealed that Shadow's at least partially a Black Arm. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2f329e3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2f329e3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_2f329e3c | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_31874a | type |
100% Heroism Rating | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_31874a | comment |
100% Heroism Rating: For such a brooding, lonesome fellow, Shadow's never been more popular with Sonic and his friends than he is in this game. Everybody's pleased to see him when they encounter him, and Rouge, Amy, and Charmy are all quite admiring in their own ways. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_31874a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_31874a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_31874a | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_319e4a2f | type |
Even Evil Has Standards | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_319e4a2f | comment |
Even Evil Has Standards: When Eggman learns in the final chapter that his grandfather apparently sold out his planet for research, for Black Doom, he was legitimately horrified. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_319e4a2f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_319e4a2f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_319e4a2f | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3273ebb9 | type |
Cut-and-Paste Environments | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3273ebb9 | comment |
Cut and Paste Environments: Several stages share a theme and some have noticeably repetitive level designs. One major example is Lost Impact, where the indoor areas are quite literally a set of 3 or so rooms being repeated over and over. Its twin stage, The Doom, is even a labyrinth, so have fun completing the Hero or Dark objectives. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3273ebb9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3273ebb9 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33864ee8 | type |
Collection Sidequest | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33864ee8 | comment |
Collection Sidequest: Most of the non-neutral missions involve some sort of collection. This can range from killing every enemy of a certain type to sucking up twenty small bombs with the vacuum gun. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33864ee8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33864ee8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33864ee8 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33ca811a | type |
Game-Breaking Bug | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33ca811a | comment |
Game-Breaking Bug: In the GameCube version, one of the GUN Troopers in The Doom will always fail to spawn the first time. It will spawn if you come back, but it is nonetheless frustrating because it can require you to backtrack quite a bit when you miss it. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33ca811a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_33ca811a | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3496c5b7 | type |
Alignment-Based Endings | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3496c5b7 | comment |
Alignment-Based Endings: For actual endings, there are 10 alignment-based endings, and 1 "true" ending unlocked for completing all of them. The 326 ending paths are differing names for reaching these endings through completing the stages in various sequences. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3496c5b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3496c5b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3496c5b7 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | type |
Rule of Cool | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | comment |
Rule of Cool: Why does Shadow need a gun? Or vehicles? Because of this trope. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_36e63b81 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3767d6f9 | type |
Ruder and Cruder | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3767d6f9 | comment |
Ruder and Cruder: Downplayed; Shadow is the only game to use profanity regularly in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, but never uses any expletive stronger than "damn" to avoid the T rating. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3767d6f9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3767d6f9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3767d6f9 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3821b813 | type |
I Can Rule Alone | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3821b813 | comment |
I Can Rule Alone: Following the Dark path all the way to the end, involves Shadow helping Black Doom by gathering the Chaos Emeralds, and ultimately joining him in subjugating the planet under the Black Arms after dispatching both the GUN Commander and Sonic. However, if the player takes the Neutral option in the final stage of the Dark path, Shadow instead betrays Black Doom by taking the Chaos Emeralds for himself, ultimately defeating Black Doom, and then proceeds to subjugate the planet under himself, while declaring his intend to conquer the universe. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3821b813 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3821b813 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3821b813 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38bf28e3 | type |
Engineered Public Confession | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38bf28e3 | comment |
Engineered Public Confession: Inverted in the ending. Gerald Robotnik made a video at some point between Shadow's creation and GUN's attack on ARK. It is a message to Shadow that it was his fault that Black Doom is going to attack Earth, that he intends for Shadow to save it by destroying the Black Arms, and that the Eclipse Cannon was originally designed to destroy their homeworld, the Black Comet. Upon Charmy activating the message, it was transmitted throughout the world, and onto the Black Comet where Black Doom was currently attempting to break Shadow's will. It's also implied that the reason why Gerald didn't tell them sooner about the reason was because Black Doom would have seen it. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38bf28e3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38bf28e3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38bf28e3 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | type |
Batman Gambit | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | comment |
Batman Gambit: Black Doom's entire plan for collecting the 7 Chaos Emeralds. He takes advantage of Shadow's amnesia and desire to learn about his past, and claims to have knowledge about all that Shadow doesn't know about — he will only share this information if Shadow retrieves the Chaos Emeralds for him. The entire scheme revolves around Black Doom expecting Shadow to collect the Emeralds, under the assumption that the hedgehog couldn't possibly resist the chance to learn the truth. This can either go really badly for Black Doom, or work out perfectly. You decide. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_38d02d44 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a70c165 | type |
Mind Screwdriver | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a70c165 | comment |
Mind Screw Driver: The game fixes a lot of continuity issues and plot holes that built up after Adventure 2, most notably making the events of Sonic Battle make more sense (Shadow’s actions, how he knows about Emerl, and characterization place Battle AFTER this game) | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a70c165 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a70c165 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a70c165 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a90dc63 | type |
Aliens Are Bastards | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a90dc63 | comment |
Aliens Are Bastards: The Black Arms are a race that go from planet to planet consuming all life. The leader, Black Doom, outright states how inferior humans are and that his race is liberating them from themselves by eating them. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a90dc63 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a90dc63 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3a90dc63 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | type |
Unintentionally Unwinnable | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | comment |
Unintentionally Unwinnable: Some missions will become unbeatable if you missed something early on and didn't activate the stage's first checkpoint either. In the fights with Sonic and Diablon, it's possible for Sonic to bounce off of you while doing a Homing Attack and fall off the stage. If he does so, he doesn't respawn, making it impossible to attack Diablon and thus forcing a restart. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3b113b7 | type |
Character Development | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3b113b7 | comment |
Character Development: The entire game is basically one big character study for Shadow — all of his actions drive the story and we can watch as Shadow goes through Character Development; his troubled, questioning mind and quest to learn the truth about his past are given extensive scrutiny. It's in this game that the loose ends in Shadow's past are dealt with and he declares that he's put his past behind him. Indeed, he would lose pretty much all of his brooding in the next games he would appear in. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3b113b7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3b113b7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3b113b7 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | type |
Degraded Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | comment |
Degraded Boss: The bosses Big Foot and Hot Shot from Sonic Adventure 2 are a part of GUN's arsenal in the stages Black Comet and GUN Fortress, but they're reduced to being elite mooks that are easily blown up by gunfire. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3babae20 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bb81225 | type |
Recurring Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bb81225 | comment |
Recurring Boss: Black Bull, faced after the Hero Stage 2 and True Hero Stage 4. Egg Breaker, faced after the Dark Stage 3, Neutral/Hero Stage 4, and True Neutral Stage 5. (Note that it's impossible to get to both of the first two appearances in a single playthrough, but possible to get either of them and the third.) To a lesser extent, Heavy Dog (faced after Neutral-Dark Stage 4) and Blue Falcon (faced after True Dark Stage 5) are essentially the same boss, as well, only time-shifted 50 years because Neutral-Dark Stage 4 is a flashback level. You're probably more likely to see one of these bosses twice in a playthrough than to see all three of them in the same playthrough.note It is possible to see all three in the same playthrough by starting off with a Hero Mission, then doing two Dark missions and then another Hero Mission. This will take you to Hero Stage 2, Neutral-Dark Stage 4, and True Neutral Stage 5. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bb81225 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bb81225 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f | type |
Foregone Conclusion | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f | comment |
Foregone Conclusion: Whatever the choice you make in Cosmic Fall, unless you let the timer run out, the ARK is stopped from falling in either path. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | type |
Noodle Incident | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | comment |
Noodle Incident: At one point, the president will receive a message from his secretary and will later monologue to himself about how the world was saved by two heroes, a Continuity Nod to Sonic Adventure 2. However, he will look at a photo of Sonic and Shadow, which is unclear at what point it was taken. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3c0a4666 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3eee0728 | type |
Captain Obvious | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3eee0728 | comment |
Captain Obvious: Due to an attempt to write the script around teaching the game's mechanics to newcomers, it looks like almost every single character in the game is bound to do this. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3eee0728 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3eee0728 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_3eee0728 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_41ba335a | type |
Amnesiac Hero | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_41ba335a | comment |
Amnesiac Hero: Shadow, who struggles to remember anything from his past and he doesn't know who he is, why he cannot remember anything, or why certain names like "Maria" have significant importance to him or why the government is hunting him down. But his goal is to remember. Depending on the outcome of the Hero, Neutral, and Dark endings, he gets his answers. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_41ba335a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_41ba335a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_41ba335a | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | comment |
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Hero Shadow is ruthless in achieving his goals, acts callous, and is apathetic to (most) things that are going on in the world. However, he tries to stay on the side of justice, while still focusing on getting answers to his past. He also blames himself for Maria's death and views the humans as terrible beings for what they did, saves Sonic early on despite his annoyance at his presence, and is ready to go against Black Doom after realising that he wants to use the Chaos Emeralds to destroy the planet. This is best shown in the Slightly Hero ending, where Shadow is completely emotionally destroyed after finding out that the world views him as a nightmare, going so far as regretting his own existence. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4781adbb | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4782e60f | type |
Jerk with a Heart of Jerk | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4782e60f | comment |
Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk: Shadow can be played as this, especially in the Pure Hero path if you turn on the good guys in Final Haunt. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4782e60f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4782e60f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4782e60f | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_479f9ad0 | type |
Characterization Marches On | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_479f9ad0 | comment |
Characterization Marches On: Shadow in the previous games is a bit moody and serious while having some cockiness to him. This game takes away the cocky aspect of his character and made him more serious and cynical. He regains his disdain for humans for some reason, he has a rebellious attitude ("No one tells me what to do!"), and he's annoyed with Sonic's presence, unlike in Heroes where he seems to be fond of fighting against him. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_479f9ad0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_479f9ad0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | type |
Infinity -1 Sword | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | comment |
Infinity -1 Sword: Most of the unlockable weapons, acquired by watching certain endings, are like this. If you see both the Hero and Dark endings for a particular endgame level, you can "upgrade" your unlockables to Level 2, where they can become slightly more powerful. The heal gun is really useful for The Doom (Hero). The Egg Vacuum is the weapon of choice in Central City (Hero) and Circus Park (Hero). Speed runners really love the Omochao gun for the ability to bounce off anything. In levels where there are not very many large/elite enemies such as Giants and Mechs, it's actually better than the Shadow Rifle. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_480c69ba | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_486466ee | type |
Dual Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_486466ee | comment |
Dual Boss: In the Pure Hero-Dark, Semi Dark-Dark, and Pure Dark-Dark endings, Sonic fights you alongside G.U.N.'s Diablon mech as the Final Boss. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_486466ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_486466ee | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_486466ee | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a | type |
Gory Discretion Shot | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a | comment |
Gory Discretion Shot: Several endings that have the Egg Dealer as the final boss have Shadow kill Eggman. The scene cuts to black just as Shadow karate chops the Doctor's head, as he lets out a Big "NO!". | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f | type |
Leaning on the Fourth Wall | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f | comment |
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In the cutscene before Lethal Highway (one of the three second levels of the game), Sonic says, "Welcome to the next level!" He also says, "Well, Shadow, it looks like we've reached the climax of this little game. Time to make the big boss man responsible for this invasion step up and play." at the beginning of Final Haunt, one of the potential final levels. Before the battle with Black Doom, Sonic says "Like it or not!... THE GAME'S OVER!" | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4a8c4e5f | type |
Big "WHAT?!" | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4a8c4e5f | comment |
Big "WHAT?!": Eggman says these in any of the four endings after Shadow declares who he is. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4a8c4e5f | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ac8b81f | type |
Humans Are the Real Monsters | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ac8b81f | comment |
Humans Are the Real Monsters: The attitude of the Black Arms. Black Doom uses G.U.N.'s assault on the ARK to turn Shadow against humanity. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ac8b81f | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4b1aa6e5 | type |
Telephone Polearm | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4b1aa6e5 | comment |
Telephone Polearm: You can break traffic signs and various other objects, and then use them as melee weapons. | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4b1aa6e5 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4cefd8a6 | type |
Long Song, Short Scene | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4cefd8a6 | comment |
Long Song, Short Scene: The game contains a rather neat remix of E.G.G.M.A.N. by Paul Shortino. Unfortunately, the segment used in the game is less than 30 seconds long, only used in one cutscene, and is buried in the Sound Test behind the anonymous "Event" title. The full version of the track did eventually appear on the "Lost And Found" soundtrack CD, however. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4cefd8a6 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4e92cd2d | type |
Checkpoint | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4e92cd2d | comment |
Checkpoint: Checkpoints are used as teleporters to help with the exploration-driven missions. They also award rings or an extra life upon activation. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4e92cd2d | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ea4ad70 | type |
Rebellious Spirit | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ea4ad70 | comment |
Rebellious Spirit: Shadow has this kind of attitude. He makes this his entire purpose in the Slightly Dark - Hero Ending, declaring that he knows what's best for him and that no one can tell him what to do. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ea4ad70 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ef92d0b | type |
The Atoner | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ef92d0b | comment |
The Atoner: Shadow implies this after defeating Black Doom in the Semi Hero path, after the latter revealed to him that he was a part of the Black Arms. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4ef92d0b | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4fc1a6c7 | type |
No Points for Neutrality | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4fc1a6c7 | comment |
No Points for Neutrality: Averted. There's a "neutral" objective in most stages, which is just "get to the end of the stage" every time. Going invokedTrue Neutral in the war between the heroes and Black Doom results in Shadow having his own fight with Dr. Eggman. Said war still goes on, but Shadow doesn't affect the outcome of it. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_4fc1a6c7 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_52475ffd | type |
Cutting Off the Branches | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_52475ffd | comment |
Cutting Off the Branches: Notable for doing this in the very same game the multiple endings were in instead of in the sequel. It's also a particularly annoying example, as in order to see the canon ending, you are required to see all ten non-canon endings first. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_52475ffd | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_527fc5fe | type |
Gotta Catch Them All | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_527fc5fe | comment |
Gotta Catch Them All: A number of missions are find or kill everyone. | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_527fc5fe | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5313c266 | type |
Bookends | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5313c266 | comment |
The game's final line, spoken by Shadow as he leaves the photo of Maria and Gerald behind, is supposed to be the same as Maria's final words to Shadow before her death. This is missed completely in the localization, which renders it as the rather generic "Goodbye forever, Shadow the Hedgehog", removing the intended Book Ends. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5313c266 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_53224e46 | type |
Bookends | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_53224e46 | comment |
Bookends: Sonic is the first heroic partner in the game. If you go on a pure hero run, he is the last heroic partner in the game. If you go on a pure dark run, he is the last opponent in the game. The Final Boss of this one (the last game dealing with the "Shadow's amnesia" story arc) has some similarities with the final boss of the first game in the aforementioned story arc. That said, Sonic Adventure 2 introduced Shadow struggling with his memories. The Omega Ending here has him putting the past behind him and becomes his own person, while carrying on with Gerald and Maria's legacy. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_53224e46 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_53e36b34 | type |
Shades of Conflict | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_53e36b34 | comment |
Shades of Conflict: Black vs. White vs. Gray — Shadow is very much "gray", and it's up to the player to decide whether to take him down the white path, the black path, or leave him gray. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_53e36b34 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_56b5a6b7 | type |
Nostalgia Level | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_56b5a6b7 | comment |
Nostalgia Level: Space Gadget, which appears to be a mixture of Final Rush (taking place primarily outside of the Ark), Crazy Gadget (the gravity gimmick, the indoor sections with acid), and Final Chase (the pillars Shadow has to move up). Subverted by The ARK. It's Final Rush with a remix of its music, but all the platforms and rails Sonic once ran on have drifted apart and the entire stage is played like a rail shooter with Shadow riding one of the flying aliens. | |
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-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_56b5a6b7 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_57b80b45 | type |
Fantastic Racism | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_57b80b45 | comment |
Fantastic Racism: Black Doom's general opinion of humans. In some endings, Shadow has a tendency to agree with him. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_57b80b45 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5963b221 | type |
Eviler than Thou | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5963b221 | comment |
Eviler than Thou: The level "Sky Troops" has both Eggman and Black Arms missions. Eggman counts as the "Hero" side. Cryptic Castle, Sky Troops and Mad Matrix also have both Eggman's robots and Black Arms as enemies, where killing the robots gives you dark points and killing the Black Arms gives you hero points, which leads to unintentional hilarity in A-ranking the Dark mission for Eggman in Cryptic Castle as you have to deliberately smash up his robots. Omega is considered the Hero side in his missions, which usually involve his desire to kill Eggman. In fact, the main difference between the outcomes of the Hero and Dark "neutral" endings is that Omega appears in the Hero one. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5963b221 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5989e3b6 | type |
Enemy Mine | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5989e3b6 | comment |
The "Bad" consists of Dr. Eggman and his Eggman Empire. Eggman is still as evil as he usually is, but he also wants to protect the Earth from the Black Arms (albeit only so he can conquer it for himself) and even pulls an Enemy Mine with Sonic and his friends in the Last Story. Eggman provides the "Dark" mission on every stage he's on except for Sky Troops, where he is instead the "Hero" to Black Doom's "Dark". | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5989e3b6 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5aa4ec8a | type |
Ambiguous Syntax | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5aa4ec8a | comment |
Ambiguous Syntax: One scene presents Shadow with an easy Chaos Emerald, prompting him to declare, "This is like taking candy from a baby, which is fine by me." While the line is probably meant to indicate Shadow's fine with getting a quick emerald, the line can also be interpreted to mean Shadow is fine with taking candy from babies. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5aa4ec8a | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ad80bf8 | type |
It's All My Fault | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ad80bf8 | comment |
It's All My Fault: Shadow feels this way in the Semi Hero - Hero ending after G.U.N. falsely accuses him of causing the deaths of the ARK. Professor Gerald also proved to feel guilty for making the deal with Black Doom to carry out revenge on humanity. | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ad80bf8 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ade9ace | type |
Gang Up on the Human | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ade9ace | comment |
Gang Up on the Human: The Black Arms have invaded and human soldiers are apparently trying to fight them off. And the aliens you would be expecting to be killing off the soldiers. Except they don't; all they do is gang up and fire rapidly at you, even when you're on their team. Justified in that GUN has orders to bring Shadow in dead or alive. And in the only two stages set before they get those orders, they actually do ignore Shadow. Black Doom, however, given he is trying to get Shadow on his side, has no such excuse. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ade9ace | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ca80293 | type |
Pragmatic Villainy | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ca80293 | comment |
Pragmatic Villainy: Eggman, in response to the Black Arms' assault on Westopolis. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ca80293 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ce7dbb9 | type |
Central Theme | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ce7dbb9 | comment |
Central Theme: The quest for identity. The story of Shadow is about unconvering his past and true origin, and depending on the player actions, Shadow can become a brave-hearted hero, a black-hearted villain, or discover he was just an experiment gone deadly wrong. The past doesn't define who you are. The "Last Story" would reveal Shadow's true purpose to save humanity from the Black Arms, but in doing so, Shadow would say good bye forever to his old life and never turning back. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5ce7dbb9 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5d044c3c | type |
Alternate Catchphrase Inflection | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5d044c3c | comment |
Alternate Catchphrase Inflection: In every ending, Shadow gives a speech that ends with "This is who I am." In 9 of the 10 endings, Shadow says this with a triumphant tone at having ascertained his identity; however, in the Hero Ending to the Semi-Hero path, Shadow says it in a depressed tone because he feels that he should have never been born due to all the suffering he caused. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5d044c3c | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5d9bdbb1 | type |
World's Strongest Man | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5d9bdbb1 | comment |
World's Strongest Man: After defeating Sonic and Diablon in the Pure Hero - Dark Ending, Shadow proclaims himself as the most powerful hedgehog in the world with the power of the 7 Chaos Emeralds. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5d9bdbb1 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f3c35df | type |
Graffiti Town | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f3c35df | comment |
Graffiti Town: Westopolis, Lethal Highway, and Central City. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f3c35df | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f3c35df | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f4219a2 | type |
Free-Sample Plot Coupon | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f4219a2 | comment |
Free-Sample Plot Coupon: The Chaos Emeralds are generally acquired at the end of every level, but the green emerald is simply sitting in a cage at the very start of the first level and is mandatory to collect to progress, to justify Shadow's Chaos abilities, as they require an emerald. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f4219a2 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f4d158d | type |
Space Zone | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f4d158d | comment |
Space Zone: The Doom, The ARK, Space Gadget, Lost Impact, and Cosmic Fall all takes place within the general area of Space Colony ARK in outer space. The Doom and Lost Impact specifically take place within colony, itself, while The ARK, Space Gadget, and Cosmic Fall take place around the outer areas of the colony. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_5f4d158d | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac | type |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac | comment |
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Black Doom. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: G.U.N. became much less antagonistic to Shadow after the events of this game, to the point of hiring him as an agent. A few people think Rouge may have had something to do with it. Like the above, it's entirely possible for Shadow to do this multiple times over the course of the story at any point. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_617f0563 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_62259825 | type |
Nintendo Hard | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_62259825 | comment |
Nintendo Hard: While the platforming is not all that difficult, many Hero and Dark missions can require a tedious amount of exploration for a Sonic game. One could take upwards of twenty minutes looking for that Last Lousy Point on Westopolis, the very first stage! Three missions require Shadow to hunt and destroy an aircraft that's fleeing throughout the stage. Those vessels have a very high amount of health and will not be taken down unless the player masters the level designs to truly make use of the weapons and shooting opportunities they provide. Mad Matrix's dark mission involves you trying to destroy a handful of bombs placed in Eggman's cyber network; however, due to the layout of the stage, finding all of these bombs is a pain in the proverbial ass. Expect to take quite a lot of time on it. The ARK missions, Lost Impact and The Doom, are mazes with repetitive level designs and high requirements on their non-neutral missions. The latter in particular because it is incredibly easy to get lost within the ARK's massive interior space, or just simply die. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_62259825 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_62c1f9a9 | type |
Evil Versus Oblivion | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_62c1f9a9 | comment |
Evil Versus Oblivion: Why Eggman takes on the Black Arms with his fleet in Sky Troops. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_62c1f9a9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_62c1f9a9 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6320eced | type |
Gameplay and Story Segregation | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6320eced | comment |
Gameplay and Story Segregation: If you have a dark/hero side character following you, they will obviously get mad if you attack soldiers that are on their side; however, sometimes you are forced to do so in order to proceed in the mission. Also, all enemies will attack you on any level, regardless of whose side Shadow's on. The worst case of this is Black Doom. You can repeatedly go against him and even battle him, yet later missions still have him try to get Shadow to work for him. When a second player takes control of your ally, they can attack any soldiers, including ones on their own side. They'll still chew out Shadow for attacking the enemies they themselves defeated. In both the cutscenes leading up to Space Gadget and Lost Impact, Shadow is riding into space along with Sonic (and presumably an off-screen Tails.) Lost Impact occurs when Shadow steals the cyan Emerald powering the spaceship, seen in a container, and the alarm triggers his flashback. On the other hand, Space Gadget has Sonic and Shadow notice Black Arms around the ARK and prepare to confront them. During the ensuing race, Sonic and Shadow are competing for said cyan Emerald, which is on the outside of the ARK in this scenario. The only problem? The *exact* same scene was used for the inside of the ship in both cutscenes, so the cyan Emerald can still be seen at the very end of the Space Gadget cutscene, apparently in the heroes' possession *before* they've found it. For another example involving the same Emerald, in order for Shadow to complete the Neutral mission of Space Gadget, the Hero mission must fail. This is because they share the same objective: the cyan Emerald. Despite Sonic ostensibly racing Shadow for the Emerald, it remains there indefinitely after Sonic has "won." What's more, Sonic himself is never seen in the stage in any capacity. Since Shadow ends up obtaining the Emerald no matter which route is chosen, it can be assumed that story-wise, the Neutral path involves Shadow simply claiming the Emerald but ignoring the idea of allying with Sonic, rather than Sonic obtaining the Emerald himself as the level suggests. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6320eced | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6331ba26 | type |
Plot Hole | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6331ba26 | comment |
Plot Hole: A subplot of the game that ends up being important to the final story is The Chaotix looking some information through Eggman's base that leads them to (presumably) the Space Colony ARK, which will unlock a final message from Gerald Robotnik to Shadow. The game never answers who hired the Chaotix for this endeavor. | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6563a3f2 | type |
Cyberspace | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6563a3f2 | comment |
Cyberspace: Digital Circuit and Mad Matrix. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6563a3f2 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_68068108 | type |
Evil Laugh | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_68068108 | comment |
Evil Laugh: Shadow gets one in the dark endings. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_68068108 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6838a3ec | type |
EliteMook | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6838a3ec | comment |
Elite Mook: Each of the three factions has an enemy type that might be more challenging than the rest if you take on it without weapons. The Black Arms have giant soldiers and teleporting gunfighters. G.U.N. has the Big Foot and Hot Shot mechs previously seen in Sonic Adventure 2. Dr. Eggman has Shadow Androids, slightly low-poly renditions of the protagonist who can fire missiles. They'll respond to Homing Attacks by bouncing off them with ones of their own. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6838a3ec | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_685a6461 | type |
Circus of Fear | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_685a6461 | comment |
Circus of Fear: Circus Park. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_685a6461 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | type |
The Power of Love | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | comment |
Rouge gets in on this too. If you do Dark Westopolis then Hero Digital Circuit, then do all the hero missions from then on, that pathway is called "For Love's Sake". If you do the normal Prison Island mission after Dark Westopolis and Hero Digital Circuit, then the rest of the Hero missions, it's called "The Power of Love". Granted, there is one normal mission in this one, but Shadow doesn't go dark after Rouge's influence either. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6a696742 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6b8b122b | type |
The Good, the Bad, and the Evil | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6b8b122b | comment |
The Good, the Bad, and the Evil: There are three factions Shadow can ally himself with over the course of the game: The "Good" consists of Sonic, his friends, and GUN, who want to protect the Earth from the Black Arms as usual. Sonic and his friends provide the "Hero" mission for each stage. The "Bad" consists of Dr. Eggman and his Eggman Empire. Eggman is still as evil as he usually is, but he also wants to protect the Earth from the Black Arms (albeit only so he can conquer it for himself) and even pulls an Enemy Mine with Sonic and his friends in the Last Story. Eggman provides the "Dark" mission on every stage he's on except for Sky Troops, where he is instead the "Hero" to Black Doom's "Dark". The "Evil" consists of Black Doom and his Black Arms. Black Doom wants to destroy the Earth and consume all of humanity. Black Doom provides the "Dark" mission for each stage without exception. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6b8b122b | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6c1864a9 | type |
I Fell for Hours | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6c1864a9 | comment |
I Fell for Hours: "Cosmic Fall" takes place in a section of the ARK that's falling apart from years of neglect and the colony speeding towards Earth, with Shadow racing to reach either a Chaos Emerald or the infamous Computer Room depending on if the player chooses the Dark or Hero mission for the level. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6c1864a9 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | type |
Guide Dang It! | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | comment |
Guide Dang It!: Some of the objectives are utterly obtuse in finding, like rescuing Cheese from behind a slowly-retracting wall that has little sign of it being able to do so, or hunting down that single target in the entire stage that you may have skipped over by accident. The game also is ready to explain that your Hero/Dark versions of Chaos Control have exceptional power, but doesn't bother explaining that not using your meter is arguably more useful than both thanks to becoming an invulnerable One-Man Army with infinite ammunition. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6edb0066 | type |
Zero-Effort Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6edb0066 | comment |
The Egg Dealer is an extreme case that amounts to a Zero-Effort Boss despite being one of the potential ending bosses. It activates attacks from the results of a slot machine, but those backfire if Shadow is the one who hits the buttons and it's so easy to do so that the machine can be rendered completely defenseless until it is destroyed. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_6edb0066 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7228d0cb | type |
Game Over | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7228d0cb | comment |
Game Over: Upon losing all lives, you can start over from the beginning of the current stage. Interestingly, the screen reads "black out", in a rare case of the term "Game Over" not being used in the series. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7228d0cb | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: Some implements from Shadow the Hedgehog have left fans scratching their heads. Eggman's final boss battle involves the Egg Dealer, a gambling machine Eggman uses to fight Shadow. If Shadow presses the buttons, it will redirect Eggman attacks at him. Thing is, why does Eggman put buttons there for Shadow to attack? Why does he have a Shadow Fever option that allows Shadow to get more power? Because otherwise there wouldn't be a boss battle that uses Shadow's homing attack. During the Last Way story mode, Eggman and the heroes go where Shadow is with the Chaos Emeralds, telling him to not give Black Doom the emeralds. Eggman goes with the heroes on his own, being more likely to be a attacked by the aliens instead of using some machine like the Egg Walker or having a pair of robot allies. You could argue those were destroyed off-screen by the Black Arms, but nothing in the story suggests this. The cutscene leading into Lost Impact has Shadow discover the ship he's on has a Chaos Emerald as its power source. Despite this being on the True Hero path, his response is to bust the glass open and steal the Chaos Emerald.. leading to a presumed, impromptu crash landing that he's apparently shocked and surprised by. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7286e96d | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_72cdfc33 | type |
Big Bad Ensemble | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_72cdfc33 | comment |
Big Bad Ensemble: While the game has a definitive main villain in Black Doom, Eggman acts as the secondary villain until he forms an Enemy Mine with Sonic and the others toward the end. The GUN commander also acts as the third primary antagonist of the game, being a Good Is Not Nice Knight Templar Hero Antagonist. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_72cdfc33 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7315fd38 | type |
Covers Always Lie | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7315fd38 | comment |
Covers Always Lie: The gun Shadow is holding on the cover isn't actually in the game. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7315fd38 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_733e007a | type |
Unwitting Pawn | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_733e007a | comment |
Unwitting Pawn: Shadow, by both Doom and Eggman who use him as a tool to further their plot for revenge against humanity and take over the world. Depending on which story ending you go for, this may or may not backfire. | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_733e007a | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7464705c | type |
Arc Words | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7464705c | comment |
Arc Words: "This is who I am." | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7464705c | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7570a10c | type |
Bond Villain Stupidity | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7570a10c | comment |
Bond Villain Stupidity: In the Last Story, after Black Doom receives the Chaos Emeralds he decides to teleport out of the way of Shadow's attack, leaving the emeralds behind. Rather than teleporting with the emeralds (something he is capable of doing so), Black Doom taunts Shadow as he transforms into Devil Doom off-screen. This mistake allows Shadow to use the emeralds to obtain his super form, and defeat him once and for all. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7570a10c | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_76b4b7dd | type |
The Comically Serious | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_76b4b7dd | comment |
The Comically Serious: Shadow when paired with an energetic and chummy Sonic in the Hero path. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_76b4b7dd | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_76c72a08 | type |
Schrödinger's Gun | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_76c72a08 | comment |
Schrödinger's Gun: As the player moves through the Story Branching, Shadow will always come across each Chaos Emerald no matter where he goes and their power will somehow confirm whatever it is that he learned in the last couple of stages as the truth of his past. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_76c72a08 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_77f6cc58 | type |
100% Completion | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_77f6cc58 | comment |
100% Completion: Taken to a truly absurd extreme. There are ten endings (plus the Golden Ending), but if you want true 100% completion, you can't just get all ten and call it a day. You can't just complete all 39 missions, either. You have to take all 326 possible paths. Yes, the game really keeps track of this. And they're all individually named. The fastest time anyone has ever accomplished this feat in is 181 hours, which is among the longest speedruns in gaming history.note Baten Kaitos beats this one at 340 hours, but while that game can be left idle for a long time since its length is mostly due to the time it takes to transform an item, this game's speedrun requires 181 hours of active gameplay and had to be segmented since no human being could do that in one sitting. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_77f6cc58 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7a7ec1e8 | type |
Violence is the Only Option | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7a7ec1e8 | comment |
If you have a dark/hero side character following you, they will obviously get mad if you attack soldiers that are on their side; however, sometimes you are forced to do so in order to proceed in the mission. Also, all enemies will attack you on any level, regardless of whose side Shadow's on. The worst case of this is Black Doom. You can repeatedly go against him and even battle him, yet later missions still have him try to get Shadow to work for him. When a second player takes control of your ally, they can attack any soldiers, including ones on their own side. They'll still chew out Shadow for attacking the enemies they themselves defeated. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7a7ec1e8 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7c0bfb83 | type |
Obviously Evil | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7c0bfb83 | comment |
Obviously Evil: Black Doom. Who'da thunk it? | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7c0bfb83 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7c862b8a | type |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7c862b8a | comment |
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: You have the option of doing this multiple times in a row due to the setup of the levels and karma system. In one stage, you help Sonic; in the next stage, you can help Black Doom; in the next, you can help... | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7c862b8a | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7d0d26e1 | type |
The Day of Reckoning | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7d0d26e1 | comment |
The Day of Reckoning: Invoked by Black Doom during the prologue: "Shadow... As you can see, the day of reckoning will soon be here. Find the seven Chaos Emeralds and bring them to me as promised." The dialogue was altered for the opening of Black Comet, in which he says: "Shadow, the day of reckoning is near. Bring all of the Chaos Emeralds to me, IMMEDIATELY!" | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7d0d26e1 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7e2b418c | type |
Story Branch Favoritism | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7e2b418c | comment |
Story Branch Favoritism: The game plays this trope straight, where although the game features up to 11 different endings ranging from Evil to Neutral to Good, only the hidden Good ending against the obvious Big Bad is considered to be the game's Golden Ending from the creator standpoint. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7e2b418c | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7ea2a915 | type |
Animation Bump | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7ea2a915 | comment |
Animation Bump: In the trailers, there are a few very well-animated cutscenes. Obviously, this is from a time when cutscenes were considerably better animated than the game. But then you play the game and realize that despite the many, MANY cutscenes in the game, these are the ONLY cutscenes with high animation; the rest are animated with the more blocky, cheaper in-game models — despite two of them taking place mid-game. In general, coming from Sonic Heroes, the in-game animation is a lot more fluid and smooth, with Shadow especially being quite cartoonishly stretchy and bouncy. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7ea2a915 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7ec94d53 | type |
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7ec94d53 | comment |
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: In one ending, specifically the slightly heroic path's hero ending, Shadow will regain his memories after defeating Black Doom, and says in a remorse-filled tone that he was good at nothing more than destruction, and he was better off not being created, despite Vector's attempts at telling him otherwise, indicating that one of his paths would end in this trope. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_7ec94d53 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8029fa50 | type |
True Final Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8029fa50 | comment |
True Final Boss: After completing each of the five final levels twice (by completing the "good" and "evil" objectives in those levels across multiple playthroughs), a final campaign and story is unlocked, culminating in this. It is Black Doom's One-Winged Angel form by the name of Devil Doom. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8029fa50 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6 | type |
Easy Level Trick | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6 | comment |
Easy Level Trick: The Hero mission in Lethal Highway requires Shadow to chase a enemy ship and destroy it. The ship has so much HP that it may take most of the level to even get its shield to flash green, but damage done to it remains if you die. You can exploit this to clear the mission and get an A rank. The Hero mission in Circus Park requires Shadow to collect and keep 400 rings. One of the stage's gimmicks is a target that awards 50 rings upon being hit and it happens to be the one thing that resets upon teleporting between checkpoints. This can be exploited to earn an A rank without making your way through most of the stage. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8151ec48 | type |
Driving Question | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8151ec48 | comment |
Driving Question: Who is Shadow, and is he even the original? | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8151ec48 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_820133fd | type |
Tragic Hero | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_820133fd | comment |
Tragic Hero: Throughout the game, Shadow has difficulties deciding which path to choose. He is unsure on whether to destroy the humans as revenge for murdering Maria, or if to keep his promise to her by protecting them. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_820133fd | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8344209e | type |
BFG | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8344209e | comment |
BFG: Well, obviously, when compared to Shadow, whose entire body is as tall as an assault rifle is long. It gets pretty ridiculous, though, when he gets his hands on a minigun the length of a car. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8344209e | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8404a0f3 | type |
Amnesiac Dissonance | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8404a0f3 | comment |
Amnesiac Dissonance: An odd case is the Semi-Hero - Hero Ending, where Shadow realizes that he was a failed experiment who has caused so much destruction and wishes that he was never created. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8404a0f3 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_863fa679 | type |
What Happened to the Mouse? | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_863fa679 | comment |
What Happened to the Mouse?: Certain pathways have major characters that inexplicitly disappear from the story completely with no explanation or resolution. For example, the Pure Hero ending introduces the player to the GUN Commander, the President, and Eggman's subplot respectively. However, the former two completely vanish from the story after the halfway point, with the GUN Commander still believing Shadow is evil despite how much he's helped them, and he never actually confronts Shadow outside of Diablon and learns about his amnesia with the sole exception of the Semi-Hero route (meaning this plot point is never resolved on the Pure Hero route). Eggman, meanwhile, only appears for one level where Shadow helps Tails collect rings, and the whole thing has absolutely nothing to do with GUN or the alien invasion, while the doctor himself is completely forgotten about after the fact in favor of stopping Black Doom. The most blatant example is the Neutral pathway, where both GUN and the Black Arms vanish completely from the story in favor of Shadow going after Eggman. Even after defeating Eggman, no explanation is made as to what happened with the other two sides, or how Shadow's actions play a part in it. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_863fa679 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_86af7ab0 | type |
Badass Biker | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_86af7ab0 | comment |
Badass Biker: Shadow rides a motorcycle in some of the cutscenes and the player can choose to make him ride one during the game. The bike is rather impractical during gameplay, though, at best providing Shadow with an temporary armor. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_86af7ab0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_86ee8070 | type |
World of Ham | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_86ee8070 | comment |
World of Ham: The dialogue really is terribly hammy, especially Shadow, Eggman, and Black Doom. The voice actors all seem fully aware of this, and work it hard. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_86ee8070 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_86ee8070 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8903fee3 | type |
Omega Ending | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8903fee3 | comment |
That said, Sonic Adventure 2 introduced Shadow struggling with his memories. The Omega Ending here has him putting the past behind him and becomes his own person, while carrying on with Gerald and Maria's legacy. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8903fee3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8903fee3 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8d3f3e8b | type |
Levels Take Flight | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8d3f3e8b | comment |
Levels Take Flight: Air Fleet, where Shadow has the option to either cover the President's escape from the Black Arms (Hero), find the Chaos Emerald (Neutral), or assassinate the big man himself (Dark). Sky Troops takes place on the now flying ruins previously seen in Glyphic Canyon, with Dr. Eggman's Air Fleet attempting to take them down. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8d3f3e8b | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8e13875c | type |
Death Mountain | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8e13875c | comment |
Death Mountain: Glyphic Canyon. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8e13875c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8e13875c | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8e81e57f | type |
Voice with an Internet Connection | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8e81e57f | comment |
Every level has one or more characters that give you orders. Dr. Eggman doesn't follow you, instead using a hovering video transceiver drone and a Voice with an Internet Connection. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8e81e57f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_8e81e57f | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_91652846 | type |
Hero-Worshipper | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_91652846 | comment |
Hero-Worshipper: The President keeps a picture of Sonic and Shadow on his desk, remarking they taught him to never give up and that he must uphold the peace they've been fighting for. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_91652846 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_91652846 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_91652846 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | type |
Damage-Sponge Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | comment |
The Hero mission in Lethal Highway requires Shadow to chase a enemy ship and destroy it. The ship has so much HP that it may take most of the level to even get its shield to flash green, but damage done to it remains if you die. You can exploit this to clear the mission and get an A rank. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_92a1fa1b | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_930a6407 | type |
Rewrite | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_930a6407 | comment |
This new backstory also implicitly rewrites what Sonic Battle established, that Shadow was a Living Weapon created for the military (implying thereby that he was created on Prison Island after Gerald Robotnik was taken into G.U.N. custody). | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_930a6407 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_930a6407 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e | type |
Pre-Rendered Graphics | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e | comment |
Pre-Rendered Graphics: The opening cutscene before the title screen, and most cutscenes involving Shadow talking with Black Doom or learning about his past onboard the ARK are pre-rendered. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9591377d | type |
Heel Realization | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9591377d | comment |
Heel Realization: In the true ending, the GUN Commander realizes what a douchebag/Knight Templar he's been and that Shadow wasn't nearly as responsible for the ARK disaster as he thought. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9591377d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9591377d | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_95a4c6df | type |
Wild Card | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_95a4c6df | comment |
Wild Card: You can change Shadow's allegiance at any time, even during a mission. Sometimes your allegiance will be changed for you if you accidentally collide with a different Mission Character. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_95a4c6df | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_95a4c6df | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_95ff52c7 | type |
Guns Do Not Work That Way | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_95ff52c7 | comment |
Guns Do Not Work That Way: In the introductory cutscene, Shadow pumps his MP5 SMG like a shotgun. SMGs do not pump. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_95ff52c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_95ff52c7 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_96181ea7 | type |
Loads and Loads of Loading | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_96181ea7 | comment |
Loads and Loads of Loading: Downplayed for most of the game, but played straight if the player chooses to complete the Dark mission in The ARK. The following cutscene, of Black Doom telepathically ordering Earth's forces to surrender and then firing the Eclipse Cannon at Central City, is broken up into several parts, and every single part is preceded by a loading screen that, in some cases, lasts longer than the cutscene itself. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_96181ea7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_96181ea7 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_970c790a | comment |
He also says, "Well, Shadow, it looks like we've reached the climax of this little game. Time to make the big boss man responsible for this invasion step up and play." at the beginning of Final Haunt, one of the potential final levels. Before the battle with Black Doom, Sonic says "Like it or not!... THE GAME'S OVER!" | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_970c790a | featureApplicability |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_970c790a | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_973d220f | type |
Never My Fault | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_973d220f | comment |
Never My Fault: Eggman and Black Doom both get mad at you for destroying their armies, ignoring the fact that their armies are trying to kill you and neither of them make any effort to get them to stop. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_973d220f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_973d220f | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_97522514 | type |
Heel–Face Revolving Door | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_97522514 | comment |
Heel–Face Revolving Door: Shadow was a bad guy in SA2, but became good at the end. He remained essentially neutral through Sonic Heroes. In this game, for some of the routes you can take, you can switch sides up to six times. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_97522514 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_97522514 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9aa17eb0 | type |
Story Branching | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9aa17eb0 | comment |
Story Branching: Throughout each stage you have the option of finishing a Hero, Neutral, or Dark Mission that determines your progress through the game; there are six stages per playthrough, and finishing either the Hero or Dark mission in the 6th stage determines what final boss you fight and one of 10 different endings. There are a whopping 326 different routes (all with unique names), but you must see all ten unique endings at least once to unlock the canon Secret Final Campaign and the Omega Ending. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9aa17eb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9aa17eb0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9b0f37de | type |
Contemplate Our Navels | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9b0f37de | comment |
Contemplate Our Navels: Shadow, when he isn't contemplating his over-expressive hands, and just about everyone who works for GUN. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9b0f37de | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9b0f37de | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9b73b497 | type |
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9b73b497 | comment |
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Shadow will say this line after clearing the dark mission for Lava Shelter. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9b73b497 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9b73b497 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9c45b5a2 | type |
What Measure Is a Non-Human? | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9c45b5a2 | comment |
What Measure Is a Non-Human?: Dark and edgy the game may be, but while tearing the Black Arms to pieces is fine you can only defeat human G.U.N. minions via Non-Lethal K.O.. The story also goes out of its way to mention that little, if any, casualties have occured despite the destruction of whole cities. The possible exception is the pilot of the Blue Falcon, who plummets offscreen in horror upon defeat. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9c45b5a2 | featureApplicability |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9c45b5a2 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
While the existence of the Black Arms is vaguely and obliquely foreshadowed in Adventure 2note Specifically the "Blind Idiot" Translation text at the corners of the rim of the pit where Shadow is originally sealed in the scene where Eggman first finds him., nothing in the game indicated Gerald Robotnik made deals with beings from other planets. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | type |
Continuity Nod | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | comment |
Continuity Nod: In the cutscene after Mad Matrix, Eggman tells Shadow that he has no past, which is what he (Metal Sonic in disguise) said to him in Sonic Heroes. In the neutral path, Shadow must find the gray Chaos Emerald in Prison Island. It was the same Emerald Eggman used to awaken him from his capsule in Prison Island. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9fde2eb1 | type |
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9fde2eb1 | comment |
Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9fde2eb1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9fde2eb1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_9fde2eb1 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a07afea2 | type |
Random Events Plot | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a07afea2 | comment |
Random Events Plot: Since most of the scenes are designed to fit a variety of moral alignments and plotlines, many of the paths tend to involve Shadow warping around doing arbitrary and frequently contradictory things before having some kind of epiphany at the very end. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a07afea2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a07afea2 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a1b141f4 | type |
My God, What Have I Done? | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a1b141f4 | comment |
My God, What Have I Done?: Shadow's initial reaction when he realizes that he was used by Black Doom in the final story. The GUN Commander also gives a similar reaction to what he nearly did when Shadow, after hearing about his apparent involvement in the destruction of the ARK and Maria from the Commander, says "if what you say is true, then I will respectfully accept my fate", making it very clear that he really cannot remember it. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a1b141f4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a1b141f4 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a21b9511 | type |
Route Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a21b9511 | comment |
Route Boss: Depending on which story path Shadow takes, the player may end up facing one kind of boss or another: In Lethal Highway, the second stage of the Hero path, Shadow faces Black Bull, a Black Arms-aligned beast. In Cryptic Castle, the third stage of the Dark path, Shadow faces Egg Breaker, one of Eggman's mechs. The fourth stage has different bosses depending on the route Shadow takes. In The Doom, Neutral / Dark route stage, Shadow faces Heavy Dog, a ground-based G.U.N. mech. In Neutral / Hero route, Shadow faces Egg Breaker in the Mad Matrix. And in Pure Hero path, Shadow faces Black Bull again in the Death Ruins. In the fifth stage, the True Neutral path pits Shadow against Egg Breaker in Iron Jungle, while Pure Dark path has Shadow face Blue Falcon, an aerial G.U.N. mech, on the ARK. The final boss of each ending is determined by the mission Shadow completes on the sixth stage. Completing the Dark mission typically pits Shadow against Sonic and Diablon, while the completing the Hero missions will usually end with Shadow fighting Black Doom. Shadow will face Eggman in his Egg Dealer mech at both ends of the Neutral path, as well as after completing the Semi-Dark path's Hero mission and the Semi-Hero path's Dark mission. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a21b9511 | featureApplicability |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a21b9511 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a426ae28 | type |
Multiple-Choice Past | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a426ae28 | comment |
Multiple-Choice Past: Played with, but ultimately subverted. The different endings each have Shadow coming to different conclusions about his true identity, including some objectively false ones like believing that he's a robotic duplicate of the real Shadow. However, the true ending settles once and for all who Shadow really, canonically is. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a426ae28 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a426ae28 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a45ca6ee | type |
Fantasy Counterpart Map | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a45ca6ee | comment |
Fantasy Counterpart Map: The map of Earth seen in one of the cutscenes is certainly not one of the real-life planet, but most continents depicted can be recognized as twisted versions of America, Eurasia, etc. All other Sonic games use either the same geography as the real Earth or completely unrecognizable continents, they never settled on one look. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a45ca6ee | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a45ca6ee | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | type |
Mood Whiplash | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | comment |
Mood Whiplash: The game as a whole can be considered this to the entire Sonic series, considering it came out after the incredibly kiddy and bright (end-game notwithstanding) Sonic Heroes. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | featureApplicability |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e | type |
Infinity +1 Sword | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e | comment |
Infinity +1 Sword: The Shadow Rifle does a ton of damage to the point where it can kill every normal enemy in the game, except Artificial Chaos, with a single shot. This also makes it great in Lethal Highway, Air Fleet, and Iron Jungle for dealing with the fleeing vehicles. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e | featureApplicability |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a5e02e9e | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a62b49ea | type |
That One Level | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a62b49ea | comment |
Unlike the other games before it, you only lose 10 rings after being hit as opposed to all of them. This was made especially so that the Hero mission of Circus Park (to collect 400 rings) wouldn't be a That One Level. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a62b49ea | featureApplicability |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a62b49ea | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a6cda066 | type |
Rule of Three | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a6cda066 | comment |
Rule of Three: Three missions in most levels, three scores, three Final Bosses (albeit in branching storylines), and of course a three-way war. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a6cda066 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_a6cda066 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aa42306e | type |
Totally Radical | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aa42306e | comment |
Totally Radical: On the level of the game's entire aesthetic. The whole time it feels like the creators are yelling at you "Look how DARK and EDGY we are now!" | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aa42306e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aa42306e | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aaf19fae | type |
Doesn't Like Guns | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aaf19fae | comment |
Doesn't Like Guns: Sonic states this outright as soon as you find one in Westopolis, in a way that implies you're a loser for needing it. Why he (or any other support character) can't pick up melee weapons either, nobody knows, though Tails does enthusiastically gush about a particularly well-designed gun turret. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aaf19fae | featureApplicability |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aaf19fae | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_ab5eea65 | type |
Dramatic Irony | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_ab5eea65 | comment |
Dramatic Irony: The President of the United Federation holds both Sonic and Shadow in high regard and in the Dark routes is completely oblivious to Shadow's involvement with the Black Arms even if Shadow helps set up bombs right on Central City or attempts to directly assassinate him. Only in the intro to G.U.N. Fortress is the President told about Shadow, much to his disbelief. Even more odd is the the G.U.N. Commander holds a grudge against Shadow, knows the President is a fanboy and yet never says anything. | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_ab5eea65 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) | hasFeature |
Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_ab5eea65 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_acf8f71a | type |
Dispense with the Pleasantries | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_acf8f71a | comment |
Dispense with the Pleasantries: In one scene, Sonic offers Shadow a chance of friendly competition, with Shadow telling him not to waste his time. | |
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Final Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_ad4a45be | comment |
The Final Boss of this one (the last game dealing with the "Shadow's amnesia" story arc) has some similarities with the final boss of the first game in the aforementioned story arc. | |
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Black Screen of Death | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_ad5c41b7 | comment |
Black Screen of Death: On all but one of the Shadow vs. Eggman endings, it's implied that Shadow killed Eggman. | |
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Deadpan Snarker | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Shadow, often. | |
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Viewers Are Morons | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_aebae11c | comment |
Viewers Are Morons: The game never stops giving you tutorials about how to play it. Even in the Last Way, the very last level of the game, it still puts up messages on how to use basic mechanics like the homing attack. | |
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Face–Heel Turn | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_af3ea0e3 | comment |
Face–Heel Turn: Due to the game's structure, it's possible for Shadow to help Sonic and friends in one level, then decide to help Black Doom in the very next level even when doing so makes absolutely no sense story-wise or doesn't give Shadow any advantage whatsoever. In fact, Shadow can do this multiple times depending on the player's choice. The most ridiculous example is the Pure Hero-Dark ending, where Shadow helps Sonic and G.U.N. the entire game, then randomly decides to help Black Doom at the last possible second for no reason whatsoever other than just to be a dick to Sonic. | |
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Omnicidal Maniac | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b1619b3c | comment |
Omnicidal Maniac: Shadow in the Pure Dark - Dark ending. After defeating Sonic and Diablon, he declares his intention to use the Chaos Emeralds to destroy the world. | |
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Retcon | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b2280b66 | comment |
Retcon: Shadow the Hedgehog reveals new information that affects how one can read Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes. This game definitively establishes that Shadow was created on the Space Colony ARK and that his memories of Maria are the real deal—Shadow's true backstory was an Ambiguous Situation in Adventure 2, where Shadow's memories were shown to be tampered with and the ARK's computer files have no data on himnote The "Project Shadow" files only describe his Flawed Prototype, the Biolizard. This new backstory also implicitly rewrites what Sonic Battle established, that Shadow was a Living Weapon created for the military (implying thereby that he was created on Prison Island after Gerald Robotnik was taken into G.U.N. custody). While the existence of the Black Arms is vaguely and obliquely foreshadowed in Adventure 2note Specifically the "Blind Idiot" Translation text at the corners of the rim of the pit where Shadow is originally sealed in the scene where Eggman first finds him., nothing in the game indicated Gerald Robotnik made deals with beings from other planets. What's more, Maria knowing about them as revealed in Gerald's message to Shadow in The Last Way changes the reasons for Maria to send Shadow to Earth. In Adventure 2, G.U.N.'s reason for attacking the ARK 50 years ago was unknown. Gerald questions in the journal if they were opposed to his research. In this game, the G.U.N. raid is implied to result from the not-yet G.U.N. commander discovering Shadow's creation. The G.U.N. Commander's existence, and him knowing who Shadow is. While G.U.N. has a role in capturing Sonic and fighting Doctor Eggman, Adventure 2 never implied G.U.N. had a specific grudge against Shadow beyond hiding it as one of Gerald's weapons. If anything, they confused Sonic for him, which doesn't add up with the timeline. The purpose of the Eclipse Cannon. In Sonic Adventure 2, Shadow establishes that the Space Colony ARK was secretly meant for Weapon of Mass Destruction research and development, but this game introduces a revision to further establish that the ARK's premiere weapon, the planet-shattering Eclipse Cannon, was secretly meant to destroy the Black Comet. | |
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Dungeon Bypass | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b4d6aa7d | comment |
Dungeon Bypass: Though risky, it's possible to beat Sonic in the racing segment by jumping off the track and guiding yourself to a rail leading to the finish. Be prepared to lose several lives in trying. | |
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Don't Look Back | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b504613c | comment |
Don't Look Back: The general theme of the final ending song, "Never Turn Back". | |
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Ammo-Using Melee Weapon | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b769b9df | comment |
Ammo-Using Melee Weapon: All melee weapons have limited uses, which can be replenished by picking up another of the same weapon. | |
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Lost in Translation | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b7920c43 | comment |
Lost in Translation: As parodied by some fans, in one cutscene, the Commander will say Maria was like a sister to him and the only family he knew, but in a later cutscene, he will yell that because of Shadow, Maria and his family were killed. In the original text, the Commander just says Maria was like a sister to him as he didn't have any siblings. Charmy not knowing what a "top secret disk" is makes him sound dumb to Western players, but in the original text the item is named in Gratuitous English. That's why he asks Shadow what it means. The game's final line, spoken by Shadow as he leaves the photo of Maria and Gerald behind, is supposed to be the same as Maria's final words to Shadow before her death. This is missed completely in the localization, which renders it as the rather generic "Goodbye forever, Shadow the Hedgehog", removing the intended Book Ends. | |
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Mass Monster-Slaughter Sidequest | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b7b7b8d9 | comment |
Mass Monster-Slaughter Sidequest: Kill all aliens, soldiers, etc. | |
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Blood Knight | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b7c53a22 | comment |
Blood Knight: After clearing Lethal Highway, Black Doom summons Black Bull to kill both Sonic and Shadow. Sonic's response to seeing the massive, fire-breathing alien dragon thing? | |
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Corridor Cubbyhole Run | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b87ca9b3 | comment |
Corridor Cubbyhole Run: Many, many levels, such as the abandoned base with its vast acid lakes, or Eggman's fortress, which will fill with lava if you choose to side with Eggman and protect it. | |
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Promoted to Playable | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b8f8b892 | comment |
Promoted to Playable: Maria is playable in The Doom and Lost Impact for second players, as an Easter Egg. | |
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Tron Lines | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_b956ebdd | comment |
Tron Lines: Used in the layouts for Digital Circuit and Mad Matrix. | |
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Cool Bike | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bb0197af | comment |
Cool Bike: All of the trailers for this game shamelessly used the fact that Shadow can drive a motorbike in the game as a selling point. In fact, in some of the trailers, that was all he did. In-game, said bike only appeared in Lethal Highway, handled poorly, and is far slower than Shadow's normal running speed. Made worse when the intro proudly displays Shadow driving full speed into a monster and jumping off at the last second cueing a Hollywood explosion. Try this in game... and you quickly learn that the 'jump off' and 'brake' buttons are the same... you'll slow to a stop in front of your target, calmly step off the bike, and get slapped in the face for your efforts. | |
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Timed Mission | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bb48f8ba | comment |
Timed Mission: Several missions run on a timer. Space Gadget in particular is framed as a race against a Sonic who isn't actually an entity in the level. The story at this point makes no sense because failing to reach the Chaos Emerald before Sonic will still award Shadow with the same Chaos Emerald. | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bbfaa837 | type |
Knight Templar | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bbfaa837 | comment |
Knight Templar: Oddly, Shadow turns out to be this in the Pure Dark - Dark ending, claiming to bring justice and order to humanity, all by destroying everyone and the world. | |
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Precision F-Strike | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bc00493f | comment |
Precision F-Strike: While the use of the word “damn� can come of as Narm to some, there are some accurate times when the word has been said, such as "damn you!" | |
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To Serve Man | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bd8b2b0b | comment |
To Serve Man: Black Doom's will boast about saving humanity because they are in a path of self-destruction, but the honest truth is that Black Doom consider humans to be an excellent energy source for the Black Arms, and needs the Chaos Emeralds for the Black Comet to arrive to the planet. | |
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Mission Control | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bebf0356 | comment |
Mission Control: Every level has one or more characters that give you orders. Dr. Eggman doesn't follow you, instead using a hovering video transceiver drone and a Voice with an Internet Connection. Black Doom does something similar with his "familiar" Doom's Eye. Which turns out to be his weak point during the final battle with Devil Doom. | |
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Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bebf0356 | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bfaff026 | type |
Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_bfaff026 | comment |
Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Shadow. It shows in the Pure Hero-Dark Path where he ended up challenging Sonic as earned to being his rival, then boasted highly about his own strength after he defeated him, and even laughing about it. | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c0c54000 | type |
JokeWeapon | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c0c54000 | comment |
Joke Weapon: There are healing weapons in the game that make enemies stop attacking Shadow. It's amusing and grants some score for the alignment the enemy represents, but hardly useful outside of Lost Impact's Hero mission, which does require Shadow to look for injured scientists and heal every last one of them. | |
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Big "NO!" | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c2cedc1c | comment |
Big "NO!": Used during some of the endings by Eggman, as Shadow violenly snaps his neck. | |
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Bonus Feature Failure | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c2f149ae | comment |
Bonus Feature Failure: Each level has keys that you can use to unlock secret doors. Some of the doors are useful, including The Last Way teleporter that sends you ahead in the level (past the area where you must Chaos Control to get past) or Cryptic Castle where you get a really valuable short-cut to save time. But some are rather useless, including the armored car in Lost Impact...in a cramped space station filled with areas you must spin dash under or use rail cars to get to. Helpful! Westopolis is bad for similar reasons as you get access to the same vehicle, but while it can actually be used here, there's no reason to use it when you can move much faster than it. Black Comet and Final Haunt respectively have secret doors that grant you access to turrets to shoot down the Black Arm gunships but there's very little reason to do so as they are optional enemies to fight. Getting an A rank on every mission on every stage would unlock Expert Mode, supposedly like Sonic Heroes's Super Hard Mode, where the levels' layouts are changed to be a lot harder, and you go through every stage, one after the other, without stopping. But in Shadow, they barely changed any of the layouts at all.note The biggest change was adding a really cheap part involving floating platforms, flaming rings, and depth perception over a bottomless pit in Circus Park. And by that point, you've probably played through all the levels so many times, there isn't any point to playing what's mostly the same ones all in a row. | |
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Alien Blood | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c2f7db18 | comment |
Alien Blood: The Black Arms have green blood. Also a case of Black Blood, as they were originally planned to have red blood, but it was changed to green to avoid a T rating. | |
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Harder Than Hard | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c513249 | comment |
Getting an A rank on every mission on every stage would unlock Expert Mode, supposedly like Sonic Heroes's Super Hard Mode, where the levels' layouts are changed to be a lot harder, and you go through every stage, one after the other, without stopping. But in Shadow, they barely changed any of the layouts at all.note The biggest change was adding a really cheap part involving floating platforms, flaming rings, and depth perception over a bottomless pit in Circus Park. And by that point, you've probably played through all the levels so many times, there isn't any point to playing what's mostly the same ones all in a row. | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c64bdacd | type |
Scoring Points | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c64bdacd | comment |
Scoring Points: You have three different meters keeping track of your points — your neutral points, your hero points, and your dark points. If you finish a hero mission, your hero points are added to your neutral points, and your dark points are subtracted for your final score; the inverse is true for a dark mission. On neutral missions, only the neutral points count. It's a good thing the neutral missions pretty much only involve getting to the end of the level, because your time bonus will probably account for most of your score — neutral points are hard to come by. And, yes, the points matter. You get ranked. | |
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Mêlée à Trois | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c6695a49 | comment |
Mêlée à Trois: Black Arms versus Team Sonic/GUN versus the Eggman Empire. While each level only features two of these teams at a time, Shadow can potentially fight against both of them, thus still playing this trope straight. Annoyingly, there's no way to actually "befriend" one of the enemy factions; no many how many missions you complete on their path (Hero for G.U.N., Dark for Black Arms), they will still be aggressive to you in every level. | |
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| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: There are a pair of bosses are "Blue Falcon" and "Black Bull", the names of two of the racing vehicles in the F-Zero series. It probably helps that Sega developed F-Zero GX. Occasionally, one of the GUN soldiers will shout out "Mr. Yuji Naka is alright!" in the ARK flashback levels. The president of the United Federation looks a heck of a lot like Kent Mansley. Sonic says "I guess that means...welcome to the next level" during a cutscene. "Welcome to the Next Level" was one of Sega's slogans during the 16-bit days. The Egg Vacuum weapon is based on Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg, since it's an egg from the game with a chicken's head. In the Dark path, the Black Arms uses the Eclipse Cannon to destroy the Sonic universe's equivalent of the White House, similar to the famous scene from Independence Day. Scattered throughout the ARK & Black Comet missions are stationary energy shields extremely similar in form and function to those from Halo. | |
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Luke, I Am Your Father | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_c83a589c | comment |
Luke, I Am Your Father: As revealed in the Last Story, Shadow was created from Black Doom's blood. | |
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Video Game Caring Potential | |
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Video Game Caring Potential: Use the Heal Cannon/Capsules on a downed/injured GUN soldier. Not only will they attack any enemy of yours and not ever aim at you, but you will get quite a few heartwarming thank yous from the soldiers (who will salute you as you pass by). Using the Heal Cannon or Heal Capsules on almost any attacking enemy (including Black Arms and robots) will make them cease attacking you immediately. | |
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Evil Knockoff | |
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Dr. Eggman has Shadow Androids, slightly low-poly renditions of the protagonist who can fire missiles. They'll respond to Homing Attacks by bouncing off them with ones of their own. | |
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No Name Given | |
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No Name Given: The President of the United Federation remains unnamed. And so is the G.U.N. Commander despite his major role in the story. | |
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Series Continuity Error | |
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Series Continuity Error: In the Sky Troops level, Shadow will remark that "This blue sky... staring at it from afar... have I seen it before?". His memory must be really bad, since yes, he did saw that blue sky from afar last game during the Egg Fleet level. Alternatively, he might be talking about his childhood on the Space Colony ARK, in which case "from afar" remark makes more sense — after all, he was staring at it from space. In the scene before the Iron Jungle level, Shadow is shocked to face a Shadow Android and wonders if he, too, is one. Nevermind the fact that in Sonic Heroes, he saw a destroyed Shadow Android before and ultimately came to the conclusion that despite him not possibly being the original, he is still Shadow. | |
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11th-Hour Ranger | |
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11th-Hour Ranger: Notably, only Sonic, Vector, and Omega can assist Shadow in his various endings. Rouge and Knuckles can help him during boss fights, but they won't show up in the corresponding cutscenes. | |
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Fighting Back Is Wrong | |
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Fighting Back Is Wrong: A major complaint about the game is that even though all enemies of all sides will attack you even when you are helping them, your partners will still reprimand you for killing their allies even though they are trying to kill you and you are defending yourself. Sonic and his friends call you out on attacking the GUN soldiers even though the GUN soldiers are attacking you (but will encourage you to destroy GUN robots, and then call you out on it), Eggman and Black Doom get mad when you destroy/kill their robots/henchmen while making no attempt to get their forces to stop trying to kill you, and Maria even calls you out for attacking the GUN soldiers in her level even though they are trying to kill you both. | |
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Hoist by His Own Petard | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_d397657d | comment |
Hoist by His Own Petard: The Blue Falcon/Heavy Dog has a number of attached guns. Knock one off, and you can pick up the RPG weapon, which also has lock-on capabilities. Once you've done that, you can do serious damage, and knock off more of the RPGs, making this a pretty quick fight. Similarly, while there are guns provided in the arena for the Egg Dealer, it's much quicker to simply home in on its slot-machine style buttons, which can either result in instantly filling your Chaos Blast gauge or turning the robot's Missile Fever or Bomb Fever techniques against it. The whole endgame is a case of this, with Black Doom being hoist by Shadow, who's meant to be his tool. | |
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What the Hell, Hero? | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_d39e327f | comment |
What the Hell, Hero?: If you pick a non-neutral story path, killing your allies or completing incorrect story objectives will earn you a rebuke from your Mission Character. However, this is ironic considering your "allies" attack you and that you'll often be required to destroy them to unlock the way foward. Cryptic Castle features the Black Arms as the bad guys and Dr. Eggman's robots as the good guys, but Eggman is the Dark questgiver of the stage. So then he'll be constantly complaining about Shadow destroying his robots even though that is what gives points for the mission! Even worse, Amy (who's firmly on the side of good with Sonic and friends) will even yell at you for destroying them, so you'll have to hear your ally complain no matter which side you pick! In a cutscene example, before the Sonic and Diablon boss fights, Sonic calls out Shadow for siding with the Black Arms. Subverted in the Pure Hero-Dark ending where Shadow clarifies that he's not siding with them, he just doesn't want to side with Sonic (although you still have to fight Diablon). | |
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Tactical Suicide Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_d6dee153 | comment |
Tactical Suicide Boss: The fight against Black Bull in Lethal Highway involves chains of flying aliens spawning in front of him. Shadow can bounce off them to get enough height to attack the beast with Homing Attacks. The Diablon has an invincible shield that is turned off anytime it attacks Shadow. In the first phase, this is done by bouncing off Sonic, which causes the mech to attempt to shoot Shadow out of the air. Then in the second phase, Shadow needs to move in to lure Diablon into punching and then dodge out of the way. The Egg Dealer is an extreme case that amounts to a Zero-Effort Boss despite being one of the potential ending bosses. It activates attacks from the results of a slot machine, but those backfire if Shadow is the one who hits the buttons and it's so easy to do so that the machine can be rendered completely defenseless until it is destroyed. Black Doom is a very forced example of the trope, as he can only be attacked after he finishes a sequence of attacks but there's zero in-universe justification or even a visual indicator for why he becomes vulnerable and floats in place for so long. | |
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Anti-Frustration Features | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3 | comment |
Anti-Frustration Features: When Shadow uses Chaos Control to travel through a stage, it usually runs on the meter and ends when the meter runs out (or when you press the Chaos Control button again, if you need to stop or want to preserve some of the meter for the infinite ammo). If the meter runs out over a pit or in a dangerous location, however, the Chaos Control will keep running until Shadow reaches a stable platform. Some of the best shortcuts in the game revolve around abusing this feature; for instance, if you time things correctly and move quickly, the last quarter of Space Gadget can be circumvented entirely, due to it being nothing but a network of rails and gravity switches, netting you an easy A-rank on the Hero mission if you managed to get up to that point relatively quickly. Don't try abusing this, however. Trying to blatantly circumvent certain sections, such as sections using mounts, will result in Chaos Control either being disabled outright or taking you the distance that the meter would cover and dumping you off in the pit. Unlike the other games before it, you only lose 10 rings after being hit as opposed to all of them. This was made especially so that the Hero mission of Circus Park (to collect 400 rings) wouldn't be a That One Level. | |
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Heinousness Retcon | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_d79f4a9e | comment |
Heinousness Retcon: In his introduction in Sonic Adventure 2, it's implied Professor Gerald Robotnik built the Eclipse Cannon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction either due to the loss of his granddaughter Maria driving him to insanity (or else he was mad even before her death); with the twist being he planned to destroy the planet via crashing his space colony into it. Come Shadow the Hedgehog it's revealed the Cannon was in fact created for a good reason: to destroy the Black Comet — as Black Doom offered his blood for the creation of Shadow the Hedgehog, in exchange for the Chaos Emeralds to conquer the planet. Of course, then Maria dies and Gerald decides to repurpose the cannon and the whole ARK for his revenge plan... | |
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Lethal Lava Land | |
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Lethal Lava Land: Lava Shelter. | |
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Love Redeems | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_d842e380 | comment |
If you do all dark missions before Cryptic Castle (where Amy is the hero character) and then do all hero missions from then on, the pathway is titled "Miracle of Love", because Amy made Shadow a hero. | |
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'90s Anti-Hero | |
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'90s Anti-Hero: The advertising and aesthetic impose this on Shadow himself. He uses guns, kills people, has a name from the Dark Age Of Super Names, is brooding, sarcastic, and an over-the-top badass. | |
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Empty Room Psych | |
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Empty Room Psych: The Doom and Lost Impact have quite a few of these. | |
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Ship Tease | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_dcb9c541 | comment |
Ship Tease: At the end of the golden ending, Amy is practically swooning as she watches Shadow's victory and what she says afterward implies that she at least holds a pretty high level of admiration for him. If you do all dark missions before Cryptic Castle (where Amy is the hero character) and then do all hero missions from then on, the pathway is titled "Miracle of Love", because Amy made Shadow a hero. Rouge gets in on this too. If you do Dark Westopolis then Hero Digital Circuit, then do all the hero missions from then on, that pathway is called "For Love's Sake". If you do the normal Prison Island mission after Dark Westopolis and Hero Digital Circuit, then the rest of the Hero missions, it's called "The Power of Love". Granted, there is one normal mission in this one, but Shadow doesn't go dark after Rouge's influence either. | |
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Motif Merger | |
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Space Gadget, which appears to be a mixture of Final Rush (taking place primarily outside of the Ark), Crazy Gadget (the gravity gimmick, the indoor sections with acid), and Final Chase (the pillars Shadow has to move up). | |
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Unfortunate Names | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_dd45df38 | comment |
Unfortunate Names: Black Bull. It's an F-Zero reference but still. | |
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Avoid the Dreaded G Rating | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_dec54a8c | comment |
Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: Sega went out of their way to make sure this game received age ratings higher than previous games. This resulted in the addition of firearms to the gameplay. On the writing side, the words "hell" and "damn" are constantly peppered throughout the dialogue. Shadow says it almost every time he gets hit, or whenever he falls into a death pit. | |
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Optional Boss | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e0606d52 | comment |
Optional Boss: The game is specifically set up so that players can reach any of the final stages without fighting a single boss. This is done by playing the Neutral missions up to Sky Troops and then clearing either its Hero or Dark mission. | |
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Schrödinger's Canon | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e1636077 | comment |
Schrödinger's Canon: Somehow, the game manages to have this with itself. The Last Way alone implies many of the routes Shadow takes are canon, which should be theoretically impossible unless Broad Strokes are being accounted for. And this is not even taking in account the status of the game itself, considering how much it contradicts the events of Adventure 2 despite solving the plot threads introduced in Heroes. | |
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Obligatory Swearing | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e292f761 | comment |
Obligatory Swearing: Not just Shadow — Sonic, Knuckles, and Espio get in on the act too. | |
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Ridiculously Human Robots | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e4900915 | comment |
Ridiculously Human Robots: In the Iron Jungle and Lava Shelter levels, Eggman Robots that look exactly like Shadow appear as enemies, and Shadow is uncertain if he is a robot too. If you stick around in the fight against Devil Doom long enough, however, Eggman will contact Shadow and explain that he rescued Shadow with his robots and chucked him into a pod while he healed, and Eggman just let him think he was a 'bot to screw with his head. | |
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11th-Hour Superpower | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e5066b68 | comment |
11th-Hour Superpower: Following the formula started by Sonic Adventure, in the last story mode Shadow uses the power of the 7 Chaos Emeralds to fight against Black Doom's true form from destroying the planet. | |
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Insistent Terminology | |
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Insistent Terminology: The Black Arms are constantly referred to as "Terrorists" by G.U.N. when they behave more like standard alien invaders. | |
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Unexplained Recovery | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d | comment |
Unexplained Recovery: The Dark mission of Air Fleet requires Shadow to assassinate the President by destroying his escape pod. If this is done, the President is shown arriving alive at G.U.N.'s headquarters with the pod completely undamaged. The game never bothers to explain if the one targeted by the aliens was a decoy. | |
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Flanderization | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e5e6640b | comment |
Flanderization: Shadow did partake in some minor brooding in Sonic Adventure 2, but that wasn't a primary character trait. However, in his game, Shadow would never stop brooding and pondering about his past. However, once he learns about his past, that apparently satisfied his ponderings and he relaxed into a characterization closer to his original portrayal. To a lesser extent, Sonic in this game is more carefree and fun-loving than he usually is in previous titles. He shows his excitement in battling the Black Arms and barely takes Shadow's brooding about his past seriously. | |
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Percussive Maintenance | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e6291d05 | comment |
Percussive Maintenance: Shadow's preferred method of computer hacking, as demonstrated to the Chaotix at the beginning of one mission. Charmy takes it to heart during the Last Story. | |
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No Endor Holocaust | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e62dfb96 | comment |
No Endor Holocaust: Apparently, the Sonic universe has a really efficient system for city evacuation. Central City is evacuated in about a day, and no civilians are seen in Westopolis. It is, however, said to have suffered "significant damage and casualties", according to the cutscene after the first level. | |
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GameplayAndStoryIntegration | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b | comment |
Gameplay and Story Integration: The GUN soldiers will try to kill Shadow in every stage except for Westopolis (since the Commander hasn't learnt Shadow is alive at that point and thus hasn't given out the order yet) and Lost Impact (which is a flashback taking place before the GUN raid on the ARK). | |
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Catchphrase | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e6b5d22f | comment |
Catchphrase: Shadow has a few of these: "This is who I am!" "Damn, not here!" when he dies. As if there's a good place to die... "No one tells me what to do!" "Stupid humans." | |
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The Maze | |
| Shadow the Hedgehog (Video Game) / int_e6ce4b | comment |
The Maze: The Doom and Lost Impact, both flashback levels set aboard the ARK. The Doom is a proper sprawling maze where players are meant to view maps on the walls to keep track of their location. Lost Impact is more linear with rail shooter corridors breaking up the indoor sections, but finding and destroying the Artificial Chaos will require players to check out hidden paths and dead ends. Mad Matrix features a web of many automated paths that links a set of towers together. For the Hero mission, you must find the way to each tower and obtain certain items in them. For the Dark mission, you must scour the maze itself to detonate a large amount of bombs, which is quite the difficult task. Even for the Neutral mission, you must figure out just which one of the towers contains the goal ring. | |
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MacGuffin Super-Person | |
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MacGuffin Super-Person: In the game (depending on the story and the player), Shadow is a super hedgehog Anti-Villain being sought after by both G.U.N. armies and Black Arms extraterrestrial monstrosities. | |
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Laser-Guided Amnesia | |
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Laser-Guided Amnesia: Shadow still remembers little of his past since Rouge found him in Sonic Heroes. In fact, he even reacts to the Shadow Androids with shock and confusion, despite having seen a destroyed one at the mid-point of Team Dark's story in Heroes. He's also surprisingly quick to fully and angrily embrace being an Android depending on the path and going on a murderous rampage against Eggman for it despite having calmly accepted the possibility near the end of the same Team Dark story before the assault on the Egg Fleet and then dismissing it as unimportant since it wouldn't change the fact he's still the Ultimate Life Form. | |
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Metropolis Level | |
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Metropolis Level: The game has three — Westopolis (the first level, which every playthrough starts with), Lethal Highway (reachable by completing the Hero mission of Westopolis), and Central City (reachable by completing the Dark mission of Cryptic Castle). All three take place at night, in cities that are being devastated by the Black Arms, and you can choose whether to help fight them off, or side with them and make things worse. | |
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Jerkass | |
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Jerkass: Black Doom, Eggman, and the GUN Commander. The GUN Commander orders his soldiers to kill Shadow, even when you're doing Doom's missions his aliens shoot at you, and in all of the levels where you can assist Eggman, regardless of the path you take, you still end up fighting him as a sub-boss. Everything Is Trying to Kill You. | |
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Take Over the World | |
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Take Over the World: Shadow reveals this motivation in the Pure Dark - Hero Ending and the Neutral - Hero Ending. | |
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Galactic Conqueror | |
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Galactic Conqueror: Shadow intends to become one in the Pure Dark - Hero Ending. | |
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The Starscream | |
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The Starscream: The Pure Dark - Hero Ending has Shadow defeating Black Doom so that he can conquer the universe for himself. | |
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Rival Turned Evil | |
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Rival Turned Evil: Shadow becomes this to Sonic if you choose to clear one of the dark missions of G.U.N. Fortress, Black Comet, or Final Haunt. What stands out the most is one scene where Shadow declares that he's siding with anyone who is against Sonic (though by this point the Black Arms are effectively screwed, so it may not really be "evil"). | |
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Undying Loyalty | |
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Undying Loyalty: In the Slighty Dark - Dark ending, Shadow declares that his purpose is to serve and protect Black Doom, having no mention of what he personally desires. | |
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Jungle Japes | |
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Jungle Japes: Prison Island, Death Ruins, and Iron Jungle. | |
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Earn Your Happy Ending | |
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Earn Your Happy Ending: To truly get what he wants, Shadow has to go through the game ten times, and then defeat Devil Doom. He damn well deserves a happy ending when he does. | |
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Video Game Cruelty Potential | |
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Video Game Cruelty Potential: In Cryptic Castle, you'll come to a room full of little Chao. You can beat (or shoot!) up all of these Chao and make them bawl their little eyes out, and you even get Dark Points for doing so! In the same level, you can also punch or shoot Cream if you're feeling particularly dastardly. Notably, the player's dark meter goes up extremely quickly if they do this. The same stage has Amy Rose as your hero-side partner. It also has exploding barrels; you throw them at certain walls to break them, or use the barrels to attack big groups of enemies. You could also chuck these barrels at Amy if you so desire. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: The Commander has a vendetta against Shadow, blaming him for the death of everyone aboard the ARK fifty years ago, especially Maria who was like a sister to him. | |
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I Was Just Passing Through | |
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I Was Just Passing Through: This is what Shadow says to Sonic after you clear the hero mission of Westopolis. | |
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Friendly Rivalry | |
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Friendly Rivalry: Sonic tries to invoke this on Shadow, especially in the Space Gadget stage where he reminisces their rundown aboard the Space Colony ARK in Sonic Adventure 2. Needless to say, Shadow isn't interested in "friendly competition", but if you choose to turn on Sonic in Final Haunt, Shadow will reciprocate in the Pure Hero - Dark ending, where he decides that he is the Most Powerful Hedgehog In The World. | |
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One-Winged Angel | |
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One-Winged Angel: For the final battle, Black Doom transforms into Devil Doom — a combination of himself and a Black Bull with Doom's Eye serving as a weak spot. | |
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Cutscene Power to the Max | |
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Cutscene Power to the Max: Inverted. An early cutscene in the game shows that Maria was killed by one gun shot. However, in the two levels where she acts as an assist character, getting hit by bullets doesn't kill her, mostly because assist characters aren't designed to die (or at least respawn if they fall too far into a bottomless pit or stray from the player). | |
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Everything Trying to Kill You | |
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Everything Trying to Kill You: The game does not care whose side you're on; all the enemies will try to kill Shadow, even if his partner is allied with them. | |
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