Shadow the Hedgehog (シャドウ・ザ・ヘッジホッグ Shadō za Hejjihoggu?) is a video game character who appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series released by SEGA. The character is a black and crimson male hedgehog whose hover shoes propel him at extreme speeds that rival the speeds of Sonic, and he can use Chaos Emeralds to manipulate time and space through a technique called "Chaos Control". Designed as Sonic's arch-rival,[4] Shadow has been featured in a variety of Sonic series games, including a self-titled game.The character of Shadow was conceived by Takashi Iizuka,] director of Sonic Adventure 2, the game in which Shadow was first introduced.The character was first shown to the public in a game trailer; however, his name was not revealed. GameStop described what little was shown as Anti-Sonic - similar in appearance, but with darker skin, more angled eyes, and a fearsome scowl instead of Sonic's trademark grin." Takashi Iizuka said that they maintained the mystery around the character of Shadow the Hedgehog and had wanted to feature him in his own game since he was introduced.After feeling that it would be inappropriate to give Sonic's character a gun as fans had requested in mailings] Yuji Naka believed that by focusing on Shadow for his own game, they could use his different identity from Sonic to build upon the Sonic brand] The character was featured as a guest announcer and performed other promotional work for the game's release during a wrestling show set up by the Japanese league, Pancrase, in December 2005] Shadow's design was influenced by films such as Underworld, Constantine, and the Terminator series.[
Shadow right now in the Sonic games in 2013 is an Andriod STOP ASKING IF HES A HEDGEHOG HES A BLOODY ANDRIOD!
My Rival Shadow
