Shadow the Hedgehog

[Teuthida]

http://cube.ign.com/articles/594/594565p1.html

Enter the "Shadowy" World...of an unexpected hero...

...OR IS HE?

I can just imagine the geniuses over at Sega:

Sega Head: "How can we further destroy the Sonic series?"
Sega Grunt: "Well, we can get rid of Sonic completely."
Sega Head: "Good, good."
Sega Grunt: "And replace him with Shadow. Since he's evil and all. "
Sega Head: "Indeed, kids today love evil."
Sega Grunt: "They also love guns."
Sega Head: "That is true. An evil version of Sonic wielding a gun? That's a stroke of genius. Never before has there been a game starring a fuzzy animal with a gun. This game idea is overflowing with uniqueness!"
Sega Grunt: "And I suppose at some point Rouge the Bat can show her boobies."
Sega Head: "Add a lesbian kiss with Amy and we have Game of the Year on our hands."

*sigh* At least the GBA games are decent.

[GameMaster]

Any true Sonic fan will boycott this game. I refuse to play any Sonic game that doesn't star Sonic. And I don't want some lame storyline about Sonic and Shadow being the same person or Shadow being a variation of Sonic in another dimension or Sonic being infected by an evil slime and turning into a evil Shadow form of himself.

[Stray_Bullet]

Created as the ultimate lifeform, but haunted by his past

Would that be Anti-Hero template #2? Not to be mistaken with...

After a tragic incident, he leads a life of vengence.

or #3

A hard-luck rebel that will always live up to his reputation, even if it means saving the world

[dropCGCF]

Today's youth are looking for edgier heroes. I mean, look at the new Bugs Bunny. Sega MUST be struggling.

[Dyne]

Wow, so they actually LISTENED to the survey responses this time. I wonder if this demo was built in under two weeks, since the time of the survey?

I voted Shadow the Hedgehog in the survey anyways, so I'm mildly happy.

Just get rid of the gun, and we're good to go.

[Canyarion]

I want pics! Haven't watched the IGN movies yet...

[Teuthida]

The thing that really bothers me is that the whole concept of the Sonic games was animals vs machines. Sonic made mince-meat out of thousands of robots, guns, and lasers by simply boucing into them. While I realize this is Shadow and not Sonic, it still bothers me. Everything starting with Adventure 1 bothers me.

And if Shadow is the ultimate life form why does he need some crappy human-made gun. If it was a laser gun I could see that...but- gah, I miss Genesis.

EDIT: Found you some pics.








Man that's an ugly looking game.

[Canyarion]

That's a terrible gun!! If it was a cartoony gun, ok, but this is just a poor attempt to be cool.