Shadow The Hedgehog Article!!! ^___^

[Hannah]

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Oh my god, I am so happy. <3 And also I hope they don't get mad at me for direct linking, but photobucket was shrinking the images... =(

[Spitfire]

WOW that game looks exactly like Sonic Adventure 2 from the graphics to the levels. The only difference is you play as Shadow for the whole game and for some god awful reason you get a 9 to bust a cap in da asses you yo enemies

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[Hannah]

........I LIKE his rocket shoes. >.>


((Also theyve got his eye lids colored wrong. >.> They're black, not the color of his muzzle.))

[Barkworm]

The pics are not working for me.

[Hannah]

The pics are not working for me.
I think you have to copy and paste, but I dunno... they work for me.

[Dinny]

I have that magazine, and judging by things they say elsewhere in the mag, they weren't particularly impressed either, plusit's only anticipated to receive around 80%.

[ThirdMarioBro]

I dunno, part of me is thinking the game has a shot.

Hannah, I can play the sucker at E3 and tell you what it's like first hand when I get back. Which version do you want me to use? (GCN, xbox, PS2)

[Hannah]

Haha that'd be great TMB. It'd be nice if you could try the GC version.. it's the only system I have. XD

[The Stryker]

Still...His Bad-assity kills me...the way he's a 2 dimensional character and how his graphics are outdated! Wow...I've gotta buy this game...

(Im gonna have to play it anyway cuz my GF is F*cking In love with any and All Sonic Games...Im still in the dog house for saying Sonic Heroes was a Piece of crap)

[愛]

I still don't see what's so great about Shadow.

[Spitfire]

He's like an actually COOL Sonic character :lol: I dont know he looks cool I guess but he's never done anything so great I mean he's bascially Sonic with a different color scheme and longer hair

[Barkworm]

The gameplay seems to be lame, the main character is lame and the graphics... they suck! What is Sega thinking?

[The Stryker]

Sega has gone down the tubes..and quick that sega classics thing they released earlier this year was Terrible

[Hannah]

I mean he's bascially Sonic with a different color scheme and longer hair
~STAB STAB KILL KILL~


NO HES NOT



x_x

[BartAllen]

He's like an actually COOL Sonic character :lol: I dont know he looks cool I guess but he's never done anything so great I mean he's bascially Sonic with a different color scheme and longer hairfinally someone else said it.

[Anarky]

~STAB STAB KILL KILL~

NO HES NOT x_x

Now now, please Hannah, get a hold of yourself and stop posting useless stuff. We all know you have an unhealthy obsession with a character you either love or hate, but you don't need to tell us everyday. We know that already.


........I LIKE his rocket shoes. >.>
((Also theyve got his eye lids colored wrong. >.> They're black, not the color of his muzzle.))

Are people getting the meaning despite that "obvious" flaw in Shadow's characterization? Yes, I think we do, so that post was rather useless.

[DrSpengler]

Shadow never struck me as such a great character. His story in SA2 was pretty good, but they probably should have left him dead and not resurrected him. His sacrifice would've had more meaning, anyway. He's not an awful character, he's just not very interesting. As far as evil Sonics go, I prefer Metal Sonic. He has just about as much characterization as Shadow, but he looks cooler.

Looking at the game itself, it might be cool to expand the Sonic universe a little bit, but it's not what I want out of a new Sonic title.

The thing that made the sidescrollers so fun was the level design. You had multiple paths you could take, secrets hidden cleverly throughout the level, special zones, power-ups, etc.

The level designs in the recent 3D titles are pretty cut and dry. It's like a race track, no real options.

Also, when I play as Tails I don't want to pilot a mech and when I play as Knuckles I don't want to hunt for treasure. Another great thing about the old level design was that different paths utilized the different skills of the characters, and you could select which character you wanted to play through that level; giving the games enormous replay value.

The characters aren't so much the problem. I liked Sonic's set of new abilities in the adventure titles, and the revamps of his old powers as well. It's just the levels that could use some work.

Heroes was fun, but still not what I was looking for. Anyway, my two cents. I won't make a final judgement on Shadow's game until I've played it.

[Hannah]

..Dude, you guys are so uptight here. I wasn't being serious.. wtf? o.O




Anywho, I haven't really liked most of the recent sonic games. The main reason I liked SA2 was because of Shadow. ^__^ In my opinion, Heroes sucked. It was like, the worst sonic game I ever played. And the second worst overall game ever, only because of Shadow and how much more sucky monkeyball is. XD Sonic Battle was okay, while I had it. I kinda lost it in a parking lot or something.
Yeah, back to SA2. I definately did not like having to be in a robot thing for tails and robotnik. It would have been SO much cooler to waddle around as robotnmik without the robot. XD And I missed flying as tails, too. Searcing for emeralds as knuckles/rouge was boring at times though. It was cool for a first timer in SA, but that was enough.

^.^

[The Stryker]

SA2 was Ruined by shaky writing and characters that had become more flat when they went 3D. the Added roster didn't help either.

Who the hell cares about Rogue or however her name is spelled or Shadow? SA2 was like the later seasons of the Brady Bunch, They added an annoying character to try and improve things but failed...badly

SEGA!

[DrSpengler]

The SA2 story was greatly improved in the cartoon version, and the new characters were a lot less annoying.

There were a lot of problems with the 3D Sonic games, and I already listed what I want. Honestly, I think the new characters have potential to be a good addition to the Sonic universe, they just need a good game to go along with them.

[ThirdMarioBro]

The problem with the Sonic franchise is not the characters. Sonic X had it's cheesey stuff, but it showed with good writing, you can do pretty amazingly emotional stuff (in the original version blah blah). But, the problem is that the games are being dumbed down. They kept trying to push these crappy new concepts on people (3 team characters and mechas) that bogged down the speed of the gameplay. That kills the whole point. Heroes sucked because it was slow. Sonic Adventure 1 & 2 may have had lower framerates, but the sense of speed in those suckers was INSANE. It was the presentation. Think about it. Sonic Adventure had a hellish metamprphic creature from the past destroying all civilization and killing a city full of people with Sonic going all Goku in the end and killing it in the apolyiptic ruins of the capitol. Now that is damn serious, and the gameplay was pure speed. The level design was also clever. That was the Sonic game we had all been waiting on. A little glitchy here and there, but no one cares. The game was intense, serious for the hardcore old school Sonic fans, and bright enough to have that sunny california Sega beach feel. Perfect balance. SA2 was the epitomy of story design and a highpoint for Sonic Team. Shadow's story was deep, the ending was depressing as hell, but it made you have a deeper respect for the franchise as a resutlt.

What did SOnic Heroes do? Sent Sonic and his little pals on a quest to save Chocola and defeat the evil Eggman and a deformed Metal Sonic. The music wa sh*t, the graphics were sub Dreamcast, and the 3 team design was clunky and slow. The stopping and switching element killed it, the cheesy cutsy story killed it. Fu*k it. Heroes was this "let's appeal to the little kids and new generation" type thing and it bombed badly doing nothing but piss off the fans. Sooo, I just blame it's bad decisions on the Sammy shakeup and move on. That's over now. THey have no more excuses. Now, Sonic Team is working on Sonic Adventure 3 and Sonic DS, w00t. In the meantime we have Shadow the Hedgehog from Sega of California.

They see that the team crap was a bad idea and just gave us one faaaaaaast character. The gus is what worries me, but they say it dosen't slow down gameplay and that they intagrated it into the running part. We'll see, but they did fix a lot so far. Graphically it's an improvement, but still has a ways to go. But it's still a beta so I'll wait and see the final product for judging that. Shadow's giving us a bad ass dark story ala SA2, so good. The game has a chance. It'd have a bigger chance if it were done by Sonic Team, but I'll give the San Francisco branch a shot. After all, they did have a hand in SA2.

[Hannah]

TMB... I love you.

[DrSpengler]

It'd have a bigger chance if it were done by Sonic Team, but I'll give the San Francisco branch a shot. After all, they did have a hand in SA2 after all.

Weren't many of the original Genesis Sonic titles done by Sega of America and not Sonic Team? I know Spinball for sure, but I think Sonic 2 as well.

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Ah, it was a combined effort with Sega Technial Institute located in America.

http://www.sonicstadium.org/games/index.php?gid=sonic2

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yep, sadly though the Tech Institute no longer exists. I wish it did though. :cry:

[Shark]

(Im still in the dog house for saying Sonic Heroes was a Piece of crap)

Why? You were just steing the truth. The only good that came out of that game was the return of Espio. The return of Metal Sonic, Vector, and Charmy was crap, considering how badly those three were ruined in this game.

[The Stryker]

My Girlfriend like most Nintendo and Sonic Fans Blindly Praise anything that is released, Good or Bad

[DrSpengler]

I guess this is the new Sonic thread, so...

I picked up Sonic Adventure DX yesterday and I've got to say it's a good deal less annoying than SA2. You can play through Sonic's levels all at once and not be forced to go search for treasure or pilot a mech or similar bullsh1t. The camera's one of the worst I've ever seen, though to be honest I don't play as many video games as I used to. So I'm sure there's worse.

There's also more alternate paths in the game than in SA2 or Heroes. Granted, they aren't as unique as in the 2D titles and mostly just consist of different ways to get yourself out of a pit.

I also like being able to explore and roam around areas rather than be forced along a race track at all times. However, due mostly to Sonic's speed, the area's you're allowed to roam freely seem kinda small (like Mystic Ruins).

The other 3D Sonic titles I've played have been borderline awful, but SA1 seems to be average at the very least. SA1 was a good starting point for the 3D Sonic franchise. Had they just improved upon the concept of this game the 3D Sonic titles might be something to be proud of. Instead they just kept changing gimmicks and now the franchise is worse off than ever before.

They should take what made SA1 fun, and improve on it. Like they should've done in the first place. :ohwell:

[Shark]

I'm looking forward to this game, even though I know it will be bad. Every Sonic game thats came out since 2000 sucks...

Sonic Shuffle, Sonic Adventure 2, Sonic Advance 1, 2, and 3, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Pinball Party, and any others I may have missed.

Noticed I didn't add Sonic Battle? Although the com was cheap in that game, it was the only Sonic game with a good story this century.

I miss the good old Sonic days...

[The Stryker]

I actually liked Sonic Shuffle, Then Again I Was Trippin' Balls back then

[Shark]

I actually liked Sonic Shuffle, Then Again I Was Trippin' Balls back then

It would of been good if...

1. Computer wasn't Cheap or Cheating
2. Loading Time was Better
3. Had more levels
4. Void wasn't a Child. I mean, a Mentally Retarded Villain was pretty good or a change, but did the American version have to make him just a messed up kid?

[ThirdMarioBro]

It would of been good if...
1. Computer wasn't Cheap or Cheating

Welcome to Mario Party and every other party game known to exist.

2. Loading Time was Better

Consider that fixed because there will be a new Sonic Collection for Gamecube revealed at E3 featuring Sonic CD (THANK GOD), Sonic Fighters, Knuckles Chaotix, Sonic Arcade, and yes, Sonic Shuffle reoptomized with GAMECUBE LOAD TIMES. Maybe it will finally be playable now.

[Shark]

Welcome to Mario Party and every other party game known to exist.



Consider that fixed because there will be a new Sonic Collection for Gamecube revealed at E3 featuring Sonic CD (THANK GOD), Sonic Fighters, Knuckles Chaotix, Sonic Arcade, and yes, Sonic Shuffle reoptomized with GAMECUBE LOAD TIMES. Maybe it will finally be playable now.

Weird. Didn't have my quotes when I quoted you. for 1. I was originally going to say WASN'T FAIR, but I decided to say WAS CHEAP OR CHEATING. I just forgot to change the WASN'T part...But Mario Party...a little too easy. Sonic Shuffle...a little TOO hard. I beat it, but there way no point in playing again, considering I couldn't get a fair game.

Sonic CD. I got three of those. Sega CD, PC, and Emulated. I'm almost honestly sick of the game. Sonic Fighters, Sweet. I got it emulated, but it's soo damn slow. Metal Sonic might be impossible without the Save State though... Knuckles Chaotix, Emulated, beat, hated. Sonic Arcade, the ONLY Sonic game I never got to play or beat. Seen it at Sega World, but didn't get to play it. Finally, I can finally play the one and only Sonic game I never played or beaten. Sonic Shuffle, a month ago I was actually considering dragging out my DC just to play it again, now I don't have to. And with Action Replay, I don't have to worry about cheaters and cheapness EVER again! thanks for the great news. I never heard anything about it, but then again, I never heard anything about TMNT Mutant Melee until after it came out...sweet XD

[Hannah]

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..........yes. <3

[Shark]

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..........yes. <3

WTF? It's been named Sonic Adventure 3 already, and it's only one character? That sucks. I was hopeing people like Rouge, Nack, maybe anyone else that could befriend Shadow would be in it. Although this does give them room to make more levels for one character, AND give them plenty of room to make story scenes, unlike Sonic Heroes, where they had little to none story scenes...god I hope this game goes back to it's story scene roots, and improve with Sonic Heroish graphics. I hope just as much that they have ADVENTURE FEILDS RETURN!!! Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes ruined us all -.-

[Peanut]

God, this game just keeps looking worse and worse.

[Shark]

Not to mention, Eggman? and Appearences from other Sonic characters? The only onic characters I think should get involved are Rouge, Metal, and Eggman. Metal especially, since he knows everything about Shadow, thanks to Sonic Heroes. And Rouge because she's Shadow's only friend. Eggman, because his grandfather created the original,and he (or Metal) created this one. But Eggman as a bad guy yet again, I'm as sick of Eggman as I am on Bowser.

[ThirdMarioBro]

They never named it Sonic Adventure 3. It's Shadow the Hedgehog. SA3 is a different game for a different system in a different generation. Why do you think Sega USA is developing it instead of Sonic Team? because it's not a SONIC game. Sonic Heroes was sh*t and I know Sonic Team can do better. Sega USA hasn't made that much I want to deal with before, but I'm not comparing this on scale with other Sonic titles. It's a different game.

Frankly, I'd have nothing to complain about if the gun wasn't there. The music better be good as well. Heroes sucked again in that department.

[Shark]

They never named it Sonic Adventure 3. It's Shadow the Hedgehog. SA3 is a different game for a different system in a different generation. Why do you think Sega USA is developing it instead of Sonic Team? because it's not a SONIC game. Sonic Heroes was sh*t and I know Sonic Team can do better. Sega USA hasn't made that much I want to deal with before, but I'm not comparing this on scale with other Sonic titles. It's a different game.

Frankly, I'd have nothing to complain about if the gun wasn't there. The music better be good as well. Heroes sucked again in that department.

I KNOW it's not a Sonic game, even though I read on GameFAQS these idiots actually are going to stick Sonic in there...Knuckles Chaotix...can't any good spin-off be a spin-off without haveing Sonic in it at all?

Bs I was saying, almost everywhere I read about this game, they been calling it Sonic Adventure 3. Now if you have more information on the REAL Sonic Adventure 3, I'd like to hear it...very bad...tell me it's not on Xbox, NDS, GBA, PSP, or PS...

[ThirdMarioBro]

Well, it's not SA3 regardless of what Gamefags says. Shadow is not SA3. But by sticking Sonic in there, they just meant he's making a story based cameo. That dosen't mean he'll be playable of anything. It's not his game.

Oh, and it's going to be released for GC, Xbox, and PS2.

[Shark]

Well, it's not SA3 regardless of what Gamefags says. Shadow is not SA3. But by sticking Sonic in there, they just meant he's making a story based cameo. That dosen't mean he'll be playable of anything. It's not his game.

Oh, and it's going to be released for GC, Xbox, and PS2.

First of all...why does everyone call it Gamefags? Glad I'm not a hardcore member or anything, but it's better than the twinks at the IGN boards.

Second of all, I said EVERYWHERE called it sonic Adventure 3. I'm not saying I don't believe you, I'm just telling you what I read. Now lets drop that subject.

Third, I never said Sonic was playable. Just in it. Anyone who makes Sonic games can't make one spin-off WITHOUT includeing Sonic one way or another. Knuckles Chaotix, the main bad guy was Metal Sonic, the very same robot modeled after Sonic. Then if you kill Metal Sonic with all the...Chaos Emeralds? Forgot what those were, anyway, in the ending, picture with all the Chaotix, Sonic and Tails are in it, and I believe they were also in the title screen. I mean come on, at least Donkey Kong and Wario had some games without Mario. I'm not saying I have a problem with Sonic, just don't like the idea of them sticking Sonic into everything. Maybe this game would have use for him, but Knuckles Chaotix had no reason at all for him. And I never beat any of the Tails games yet, so I'm not sure if Sonic had any cameo's for not.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Well, putting Sonic in tends to take away from Shadow's stand alone status. Same went for Knuckles. They just spin off, then spin back in. Dosen't matter to me as long as the game is good. Knuckles Chaotix is just a Sonic game with someone glued to you running on a glicthy Sonic CD engine. It wasn't all bad. The bounus levels were th ebest part imo.

Gamefags is just an old nickname people gave it because the people there were notorious for their blantant ignorance of even the most general gaming knoledge and tendance to preach bullsh*t, preach it as truth, and flame you for telling them otherwise. They've actually shaped up a lot lately (probobly the members getting older), but you're right on the fact that IGN is FAR worse. Those forums are pure n00b hell.

[Shark]

Well, putting Sonic in tends to take away from Shadow's stand alone status. Same went for Knuckles. They just spin off, then spin back in. Dosen't matter to me as long as the game is good. Knuckles Chaotix is just a Sonic game with someone glued to you running on a glicthy Sonic CD engine. It wasn't all bad. The bounus levels were th ebest part imo.

Gamefags is just an old nickname people gave it because the people there were notorious for their blantant ignorance of even the most general gaming knoledge and tendance to preach bullsh*t, preach it as truth, and flame you for telling them otherwise. They've actually shaped up a lot lately (probobly the members getting older), but you're right on the fact that IGN is FAR worse. Those forums are pure n00b hell.

Heh, I'm always right :p

Yeah I heard those rumors about GameFAQs, but I never found it happening, and I been there for a year and a half. Guess I'm out of luck? It's weird because I'm usually the target for no reason, and I figured this message board would target me after I heard of it's supposied nature. Never happend to me. For once, I'm lucky O.o

Getting back on topic, the only thing I can see myself likeing, the the ability to become good or evil. I don't mind the guns and all. Sonic games have been crap this century anyway, so I'm not expecting anything good from this either.

[Peanut]

I've been a registered member at GameFAQs since 2001, and I've visited the site since 2000. I can tell you the most idiotic things I've ever heard in my life have come from their message boards. A lot of amazingly funny stuff comes from there too.

They have been getting better over the last year or so, but that doesn't stop tards from messing stuff up. Certain game boards have a highly mature amount of posters, while big game boards (Halo, FF, GTA, and surprisingly MP) have a population of about 85% morons.

This is basically how it works: Head over to the FF, GTA, MSG (PS2 basically) boards and you'll hear tons of childish Xbox, and especially Nintendo, bashing. Head over to the Xbox boards for Halo and you'll see a ton of PS2 bashing, Nintendo praising, and worthless topics like "If MC was a fruit, what fruit would he be?". Go over to the Nintendo boards and you'll usually find a lot of nice people, but certain boards are horrible. The Metroid guys do nothing but bash Halo and praise MP while the Zelda fellows do nothing but bash FF. It's really quite a large mess over there, but I've gone off topic quite a bit, so I'll stop.

[Shark]

I've been a registered member at GameFAQs since 2001, and I've visited the site since 2000. I can tell you the most idiotic things I've ever heard in my life have come from their message boards. A lot of amazingly funny stuff comes from there too.

They have been getting better over the last year or so, but that doesn't stop tards from messing stuff up. Certain game boards have a highly mature amount of posters, while big game boards (Halo, FF, GTA, and surprisingly MP) have a population of about 85% morons.

This is basically how it works: Head over to the FF, GTA, MSG (PS2 basically) boards and you'll hear tons of childish Xbox, and especially Nintendo, bashing. Head over to the Xbox boards for Halo and you'll see a ton of PS2 bashing, Nintendo praising, and worthless topics like "If MC was a fruit, what fruit would he be?". Go over to the Nintendo boards and you'll usually find a lot of nice people, but certain boards are horrible. The Metroid guys do nothing but bash Halo and praise MP while the Zelda fellows do nothing but bash FF. It's really quite a large mess over there, but I've gone off topic quite a bit, so I'll stop.

That explains it. I don't go to overly active boards. I go to small ones, such as all Sonic games, TMNT, NiGHTS, Perfect Dark, Mario's, Streets of Rage 3, and thats pretty much it.

I had a thought last night. At first, I didn't care if there was a gun or not. I wasn't for it, but I wasn't against it. But I had a dream last night that made it seem pretty cool. Like makeing alot of quick, swift moves, and getting in good shots, I think the weapon in my dream was a shotgun, which are always good for close range. So imagine this, Shadow running at high speed, carrying the shotgun in one hand, as maybe, a GUN robot. He punches at Shadow, while shadow jumps, flips behind him, quickly strifts(sp?) to the side, just as the bot attacks again, and gives the bot a loaded shot, right into the side of the bot, blasting him off the road.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Sounds neat, but I don't know how well they could program something like that, especially with Sega's problem with bad camera angles.

[Anarchistguy]

Why? You were just steing the truth. The only good that came out of that game was the return of Espio. The return of Metal Sonic, Vector, and Charmy was crap, considering how badly those three were ruined in this game.

Yeah. They turned Vector into his Archie Comics counterpart: he went from Rockin' homeboy to Ghetto thug biatch. WTF???

[Shark]

Yeah. They turned Vector into his Archie Comics counterpart: he went from Rockin' homeboy to Ghetto thug biatch. WTF???

Actually, Sonic Heroes made Vector look like a corny ass, wrestler. He wasn't even into music. And no, I don't count Team Blast.