Shadow the Hedgehog

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[edit] Background

Shadow The Hedgehog is a spin-off of the popular Sonic Adventure series, in which you control the mysterious black hedgehog Shadow. You will be faced with upwards of fifty unique missions, with the aid of weapons and vehicles, in order to find the true history behind Shadow the Hedgehog.

[edit] Story

Shadow sees the Space Colony ARK in a dream. In this dream, he sees his human "girlfriend", Maria, who is the daughter of Shadow's creator and Dr. Eggman's grandfather, Prof. Gerald Robotnik.

In this dream, the ARK is wrecked, and one piece of vital information is cut off from Shadow's access. Shadow is tormented by this lack of information, but he cannot get it to come to him.

So, for some reason or other, Shadow grabs a few guns and various other weapons, which makes the game more unique seeing as it is the only game in the Sonic series where the protagonist uses a gun, then proceeds to fight his battles and access the information.

[edit] Characters

• Sonic The Hedgehog - - A member of the Heroes and is the fastest hedgehog on the earth. During Westopolis, Lethal Highway, and Final Haunt levels he will be your ally. and you also can do races against him in the Space Gadget level, or face him in the dark endings of GUN Fortress, Black Comet, and Final Haunt, but not as the main boss.

• Miles "Tails" Prower - Sonic's sidekick and best friend. He appears in the Circus Park and Air Fleet levels as an ally.

• Knuckles The Echidna - The guardian of the Master Emerald and friendly rival of Sonic. He appears in the Glyphic Canyon, Central City, and Black Comet levels as an ally.

• Rouge The Bat - A jewel-loving thief and government spy. She Appears in the Digital Circuit, GUN Fortress, and Death Ruins levels as an ally.

• E-123 Omega - The 24th model of Eggman's E-100 robots who, due to being deactivated, now wants revenge on Doctor Eggman. Omega appears in the Iron Jungle and Lava Shelter levels as an ally.

• Vector the Crocodile - The leader of the Chaotix (and boss of Espio and Charmy). He appears in the Cosmic Fall level as an ally.

• Espio the Chameleon - A Chaotix member. He appears in the Mad Matrix level as an ally

• Charmy Bee - A member of the Chaotix. Like Doom's Eye and Dr. Eggman; however, he hovers just out of reach and does not fight. He is not playable using controller 2. He appears in the Prison Island level as an ally.

• Amy Rose - The self proclaimed girlfriend of Sonic. She appears in the Cryptic Castle level as an ally.

• Cream the Rabbit - A friendly 6-year old rabbit. She is part of the hero mission of Cryptic Castle where Amy needs Shadow to help rescue Cream, as well as her Chao, Cheese. She never tags along with Shadow as an ally.

[edit] Main Characters

• Shadow the Hedgehog - A rival of Sonic and the protagonist of the game. He is presented as the only playable character (although many allies can be playable with the second player controller in the Gamecube and PS2 versions). Shadow must go on a quest to find out who he is and why he was created.

• Black Doom and Doom's Eye - The leader of the Black Arms and the game's main antagonist. He commands Shadow to bring the seven Chaos Emeralds to him and he will unlock the hidden story about Shadows past, also witness of the creation of Shadow. Dooms Eye is an extension of Black Doom, allowing him to view whats going on when he's not there.

• Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega's famous mascot and Shadow's rival, can ally with him during the Westopolis, Lethal Highway, and Final Haunt levels, and races against him in the Space Gadget level. Sonic is also a boss if the player plays through the Dark Mission. Sonic is playable with controller 2 when allied with Shadow.

• G.U.N. Commander - The highest ranking officer of the Guardian Unit of Nations. He is one of the few who knows the secrets of Shadow's past and loathes Shadow for reasons unknown, at least until a certain level and is one of the bosses on the dark path.

• Dr. Eggman - Sonic's arch-nemesis, but this time appears as either an ally or an enemy, depending on the player's choices. He plans to create a utopia called Eggmanland, but needs to get rid of G.U.N., the Black Arms, Sonic and company to do so. He tracks Shadow and follows him through means of a floating camera-monitor.

• Professor Gerald Robotnik - A brilliant scientist as well as Shadow's creator and grandfather of Maria and Dr. Eggman, and the top researcher on board Space Colony ARK.

• Maria Robotnik - Prof. Gerald Robotonik's Granddaughter; she was Shadow's best friend who gave her life to save him from G.U.N.

[edit] Gameplay

Shadow will engage in a complex battle between enigmatic alien life-forms, the G.U.N. and Dr. Eggman himself in over 50 unique Missions to discover the truth about his past and end the way in which it torments him. He will use weapons, vehicles and other objects to achieve his goals.

[edit] Features

• A hedgehog with a very different kind of "cool". Guarded, reckless, and defiant by nature, Shadow struggles to unveil his true identity
• Intense high-speed action! Amplified speed and firepower. Use special skills like the Chaos Control to manipulate time and space or Chaos Blast for unbelievable destruction
• Weapons, vehicles, and items! An arsenal of weapons including projectiles, firearms, bazookas, blasters and worm lasers.Handle vehicles from a motorcycle and SUV's to alien craft. And, For the first tiime ever in a Sonic property - pick up and use environmental objects like poles, sticks and debris to plow your way through the mission
• Open-ended, story altering choices. Shadow's future, the story and his true identiry will be shaped and created entirely by you! The paths you choose with produce either positive or dire consequences.
• An all-star cast of characters! All of your favorite characters from the Sonic series as well as an interesting lineup of new allies and adversaries!
• Huge variety of unique and intriguing stages and missions Over 20 stages and more than 50+ missions. Multiple endings based on the paths you choose mean a different experience every time you play
• 2-player competitive mode intensifies the action

[edit] Multiplayer

There is a multiplayer mode. In this mode, there are Cyborg Shadows for you to pick. This mode can only be played with two controllers. It is always battle, with three stages to pick from. You can either do only 1 of the stages of all 3 of them. Some of the Cyborg Shadows have their own weapon, but the two normal Shadows do not, so you must either obtain a weapon for them, or use the homing attack to win. If you get hit without any rings, you lose.

[edit] Pages

• Vehicles (Shadow)
• Secrets (Shadow)
• Endings (Shadow)
• Bosses (Shadow)

Major portions of this page were written by: Chad and Twilight