Shadow has one of the most tragic pasts in the Sonic universe.
Shadow was the protagonist of his own video game
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Sonic is a character that throughout all these years has been adding new allies and enemies to the roster of their video games, thereby giving rise to some being more loved than others. And in that sense, it must be said that Shadow is among those with the best acceptancebeing so that he has even been chosen to be the villain of the third live action Sonic movie of which we have already seen a first look.
Now, beyond products from other media, it must be said that Shadow is a character who debuted in Sonic Adventure 2 for Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Game Cube, giving rise to him also being a tragic character due to the past that the Sonic Team wanted to give him. And it seems that in a recent Christmas illustration by the official Sonic account in Japan they wanted to pay tribute to one of the character's origins.
The blue shoes that Shadow sees would allude to María Robotnik
As you can see in the tweet below these lines, the Japanese account in charge of Sonic the Hedgehog content has shown a christmas illustration in which we can see Shadow looking at blue shoes, this being a clear reference to Maria Robotnik, a character closely related to Shadow's origins in the Sonic franchise and who, in addition, has one of the script twists that he still does the character's background more dramatic. You can take a look at it below:
Mission Street with powder snow 🌃
Shadow, walking alone in the crowd, is momentarily captivated by a store's show window.Bright sky blue shoes with a slightly adult atmosphere
At that moment… what will Shadow see in those shoes? ❄️#Happy Holidays! I hope you all receive wonderful gifts🌲#sonicpict pic.twitter.com/Ut59IXvoOI— Sonic the Hedgehog[Official](@SonicOfficialJP) December 23, 2023
Having said all this, it must be said that We haven't seen Shadow in a mainline Sonic game in years.since the character has been absent in both Sonic Frontiers and Sonic Superstars, so it is expected that rumors about a new 3D Sonic for 2024 will give rise to the character being able to return in style to this universe, although such It seems that, given what has been seen with this illustration, in SEGA they haven't forgotten about him.
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