
11th-Hour Superpower: Following the formula started by Sonic Adventure, in the last story mode Shadow uses the power of the 7 Chaos Emeralds to fight against Black Doom's true form from destroying the planet.Rouge and Knuckles can help him during boss fights, but they won't show up in the corresponding cutscenes.
11th-Hour Ranger: Notably, only Sonic, Vector, and Omega can assist Shadow in his various endings. note Baten Kaitos beats this one at 340 hours, but while that game can be left idle for a long time since its length is mostly due to the time it takes to transform an item, this game's speedrun requires 181 hours of active gameplay and had to be segmented since no human being could do that in one sitting. The fastest time anyone has ever accomplished this feat in is 181 hours, which is among the longest speedruns in gaming history. Yes, the game really keeps track of this. You can't just complete all 39 missions, either. There are ten endings (plus the Golden Ending), but if you want true 100% completion, you can't just get all ten and call it a day. 100% Completion: Taken to a truly absurd extreme. Thus begins Shadow's quest of self-discovery, culminating in an assault on the aliens' organic mothership, the Black Comet: In the Golden Ending, Shadow learns that he was created by Gerald not to destroy humanity as previously assumed, but as a counter-measure against the alien threat. Shadow is about to turn away, uncaring, but the alien leader calls out his name, insisting that Shadow fetch him the Chaos Emeralds. Most of the playable characters from SA2 also appear as NPCs, along with E-123 Omega (from Heroes) and Team Chaotix ( Knuckles Chaotix and Heroes).Īfter his apparent death and return, Shadow resurfaces in Westopolis just as the skies turn red and a UFO starts lasering the city to pieces à la Independence Day. Eggman's late grandfather Professor Gerald. The game picks up after Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Heroes and references many events and characters from the former, most notably Dr.
Shadow the Hedgehog is a 2005 spinoff in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise which centers on the anti-heroic black hedgehog, Shadow. The one where the '90s Anti-Hero embraces his role by wielding guns and throwing out swears.