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Shadow the Hedgehog is a character appearing in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise. Shadow was created by Takashi Iizuka and Shiro Maekawa, and debuted in the series' 2001 installment Sonic Adventure 2. Shadow is the "Ultimate Lifeform", created by Professor Gerald Robotnik, grandfather of Doctor Eggman, using the DNA of Black Doom, a Black Arms alien. Shadow befriended Maria, Gerald's granddaughter, who suffered from N.I.D.S (Neuro-Immune Deficiency Syndrome). They lived on the ARK, where they worked hard for a cure for N.I.D.S. But then, G.U.N. appeared and shut down the ARK, killing Maria in the process. However, her last dying words to Shadow were to "give everyone a chance to be happy", before launching him out of the ARK. Gerald, enraged and now insane that his granddaughter was killed, messed with Shadow's mind, making him think her last dying words were revenge. 50 years later, inspired by his grandfathers research, Doctor Eggman awakens Shadow from his slumber, inside a G.U.N. base, and Shadow told him to use the Chaos Emeralds to destroy the Earth, but Shadow later remembers who he is and stops the ARK. He later crashes to Earth. Shadow has appeared in several Sonic games. His personality is sharp-witted and usually serious, because of how Maria's death affected his psyche. He is one of the edgier characters of the series. Although critics have divided opinions about this character, he has remained one of Sonic the Hedgehog's most popular characters, popular enough to even get his own game.

Shadow the Hedgehog

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A hidden project developed 50 years ago has been released. Sonic is arrested after being falsely accused of crimes committed by The Ultimate Life-Form created Eggman’s grandfather Professor Gerald Robotnik and another but mysterious hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog joins the Eggman Empire seeking revenge on humanity for what they've done in the past and conquer the earth once and for all. This might as well be his deadliest plot yet. Meanwhile, Eggman threatens to destroy the world in 24 hours with a planet destroying weapon if the world doesn't surrender to his rule. Sonic and his friends investigate sightings of a mysterious hedgehog until they finally see that the hedgehog they're looking for is actually Shadow himself. In their adventure, they'll encounter an ultimate life-form reject called the Biolizard, find the Chaos Emeralds, all are efforts to stop Eggman from opening the all-powerful eclipse cannon on the Space Colony Ark. Sonic and his friends must team up with Shadow along with Rouge collect the seven Chaos Emeralds and stop the countdown before the world is destroyed.


