Shadow the Hedgehog of the Colossus
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- Опубліковано 12 лют 2018
- How far would you go to save the one you love?
Animation and 3D by Jessica Cutrell (@fiftytu) and Andrew Kuserk (@process39)
Sound by Kevin Senzaki (@kevinsenzaki)
ARTIST STATEMENT:
By juxtaposing Shadow of the Colossus with Shadow the Hedgehog, this piece asks the viewer to think critically about the elements that identify a piece as "high art."
This challenge to the viewer becomes something of a "Hard Mode" itself given the history of Sonic art as avatar. Derived from the Hindu avatāra, the term originally referred to the earthly manifestation of a deity. Now we are the deities, manifesting inside our favorite virtual worlds as customized "avatars." These digital bodies follow our every command, as long as that command is part of the limited subset deigned useful by the game's creators.
With this in mind, one could see how Sonic became such a powerful symbol for many young game players, his top speed of 2887 miles per hour unlocking a sensation unavailable to the human experience prior. Contrast this with the original hero of SotC, Wander, a young man with supra-human climbing prowess and dramatically less fan art on Tumblr. The excess of Sonic "folk art," specifically works that place the artist in the hedgehog's iconic red shoes, betrays the importance of wish-fulfillment and power fantasies in modern video games.*
Does this need to make the viewer feel powerful come at the expense of a more powerful experience? Can the viewer separate themselves from the siren call of becoming Shadow the Hedgehog to think critically about his role in the alien world of Shadow of the Colossus?
Perhaps only then can the viewer meditate on the larger question lingering in the shadows: "Are video games art?"
*Had he lived four more years to see Sonic's rise alongside a new medium, it is not inconceivable that pop culture artist, Andy Warhol, celebrating the cartoon hedgehog as a figure of masculine power, in stark counterpoint to his Marilyn Monroe series.
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Nice Video
Sweet
I'm confused by this pin. But nice :D
Cyrribrae same lol
I wonder if Freddie pins this.
Or maybe it was his dog who knows.
Yes, it IS a nice video...
How nonchalant...
To those wondering why Shadow's Boom model was used along with the standard one: It's to represent the transformation of Shadow into something else as he slays each colossus. It's mirroring Wander's own transformation into something demonic/otherworldly in appearance as he kills each colossus and absorbs the essence of Dormin within.
exactly
Probably be more accurate that he becomes werehog after absorbing the demonic energies.
Yes, that was intended, definitely not just to get the right poses for shadow
The crossover nobody asked for but everybody needed
StickMaster500 WHY WHY JUST WHY DO I SEE YOU
Francisco A G these are what we call legends, this dude and people like that ninja pic guy are everywhere
Are you like Spoowagen's successor?
I didn't want it or need it.
Why the hell are you EVERYWHERE???!
"Where's that DAMN fourth colossus?!"
omg why did you have to make this joke
It's up your a$$
@@KingJero1313 better have a look then 🤔
I love how the rings represent the blood spilling
Me too. It would be weird if a monster made from stone would have blood spurt anyway.
Just when I thought he was doing it for Maria, Sonic was under the fucking cloak instead.
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Kaito Momota! PENGUINOFTHESTARZ! Same thoughts bro
Kaito Momota! PENGUINOFTHESTARZ! I know
Plot twist sonic didn't save Amy from gear ord cause sonic couldn't bothered to gather ring to fight toothy bi--- so sonic die by being thrown too much by giant and humongous golems.
its Sonic 06 all over again
How this video came into existence:
*One week ago*
Someone at RocketJump wants to text/tweet about Shadow of the Colossus
In their haste, they leave out "of"
Phone recommends "hedgehog" for the next word
Eyes widen
It is shocking how close this is to reality, including the timeline.
Matthew Arnold wait, so you work at RocxetJump?
Un Usuario "work at" is one way to put it lmgtfy.com/?q=Matthew+Arnold+Rocketjump
Ending almost made me laugh, but Shadow looked so deeply sad that it felt legit lol. 😿
The was the first thing I thought of when I saw the "Sonic Frontiers" trailer.
I died when the rings spilled out of that giant monster
So did the monster.
0:42
Its hilarious because literally every stage in Shadow the Hedgehog looks similar to Shadow of the Colossus
But did it have that damn fourth chaos emerald?
TheFrostyIcecreamSlush no shadow still didnt find it
Legends say he’s still searching for it.
Now it is very likely to see Sonic fight against titans in Sonic Frontiers, I hope and take advantage of using the open world to put several mini bosses throughout the map
I was dead when he revealed sonic under the sheet XD
Mujtaba Ibrahim He bout to smash..
I feel Maria would of been better or Rouge
Amy or Tikal
The fucking description though 😂
Space Duck Best description ever
That was actually a quote from one of the original promotional images that I saw in a magazine from back in 2005. It showed a colossus in the background with the hero charging at him, sword out, and comparatively, very small. It was actually a pretty good ad.
Space Duck, Do you consider gaming an art, if so would it match the description? Think of gaming as a whole.
Gaming is art. To not consider it so would be to state that art, itself, does not exist.
+Batman,I'd like to see it.
This aged super well
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@@eavyeavy2864Sonic Frontiers
Gotta say, I LOVE the implications of Sonic at the end
Not gonna lie, if by crazy shenanigans this were a real game or elaborate mod, I’d play it, if just for the sake of curiosity.
Plus, the idea of dashing around massive landscape of The Forbidden Lands with Shadow’s (or even Sonic’s) speed, hover-shoes, spin-dashing, and other abilities would be fun to goof around with.
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UnPhayzable I think you mean bromances
sonictheporcipine Homophobe.
Not sure if you're joking or just ignorant.
sonictheporcipine shhh Lil boiii
Oh I understand now. Well unfortunately for you I'm not a troll wrangler.
Damn, dude predicted Sonic Frontiers.
Right lmao
Shadow the Hedgehog 2 is looking great.
yeah I know
Finally!
The game After Frontiers
Glorious. The description is just icing on the delicious cake.
What's this, Rocket jump posting 2 videos in the same year? What is this 2010?
Callum Fox right,?? Lmao
LOL facts.
LoL
Callum Fox Oh how we all wish.
Tyler Allen tears
wow, Rocket Jump predicted Sonic Frontiers
Shadow the Hedghog of the Colossus of Chernobyl of War of the Tomb Raider
Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series.
+ bowser fury new funky mode
After Sonic Forces, Sonic has officially died. Now, it is up to Shadow to save the franchise.
Knuckles has changed his nationality in order to save the Sonic universe.
He sacrificed himself for the greater good.
TheNotoriousDrOsiris
I would've thought after 06 he died. Since 06 is considered to be one of the worst games of all times and Forces is pretty meh.
TheNotoriousDrOsiris I thought '06 was the game that killed Sonic? Considering it killed him (he was revived, but still) and his reputation?
Sonic Forces isn't even bad, plus the game didn't succeed or fail,
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow the Hedgehog of the Collussus of the Beast of Mordor.
Where does the Shadow Hearts series stand in all of these?
Fine, Castlevania:Lords of Shadow Hearts the Hedgehog of the Collosus of the Beast of War of Tomb Raider of Valentia of Mordor .
I hope we will all make new meme from all of this like "& Knuckles".
Not & knuckles, It would be
"And the chaos emerald stone"
SHOOTER 57 the movie video game
Shadow : I expected a beautiful maiden
Matt Arnold was right this is under-rated
When Sonic appeared i died !!!
XD...
Ankush Gogna like Sonic...
Ankush Gogna if ur ded how did u write this comment
So... basically Sonic 1006 A.D
LeBeautiful stay beautiful
No The 1991
You mean shadow the hedgehog 2006 2018 edition ?
1:00 I expected Maria Robotnik to be lying on the alter but I guess this is a commentary about how the Sonic seris should be dead but Sega keep making deals with the devil to bring him back? I could be wrong though.
This was the Shadow the Hedgehog game we deserved
Where's that damn fourth chaos emerald?!
bigsurf77 in the computer room xd
Where's that damn fourth Colossus!?*
bigsurf77 destroyed
"Where's that *DAMN* fourth chaos emerald?" FTFY He really enunciates damn so you know he's edgy. lol
Where's that *DAMN* fourth chaos emerald?!
*DONT TOUCH IT*
*high art*
Sonic Frontiers…?
Episode Shadow
Someone needs to send this to the Game Grumps.
The Grumps are funny
The description is the best part. XD
I gotta admit. This is actually pretty cool. This would work in the sonic universe....maybe not shadow saving sonic though. Lol anyway, alot of sonic gameplay elements would work well to fight titans.
I'm from the future....spoiler alert...it works!
Amazing! I can't believe you can do this xD. You are a master of your craft for sure!
This man literally predicted sonic frontiers
I was expecting Maria instead of Sonic tbh.
Soul Khaos your profile pic fits my face exactly.
*MARIA!*
That would have been perfect
It should have been... But because it wasn't, I had the best laugh :D
Chaos Controller
Batman: *WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!!!*
still better than twilight
Lol funny
Life is better than twilight
that movie is dead
dead meem combined with a normoes understanding of memes
Fox29 i didnt find the movie that bad, although i only watch it for the amazing Wolf animationing lol, books are way better,
Very clever editing. Funny video as always. Shadow should have tried to resurrect Maria though. Oh well, he's put the past behind him i guess
Damn when the colossus die they releases rings lol
Hopefully Shadow has learned not to eat the rings.
What video are you guys referencing?
Karv3r If Videogames Were 11% More Realistic.
Raphael Tapispisan 100 rings equals 1 Life 😉
*But where is Maria?*
NightRaidHD ナイトレイドHD that's what I was thinking
Maria the Hedgehog or Maria the Human?
Read the description XD
Ok, jokes aside, I kinda imagine a Shadow game or a chapter where he's in a G.U.N. solo mission investigating a source of energy that comes from some ruins and then everything goes wrong, he accidentally awakens whatever was dormant down those ruins/gets teleported to another world where he's absolutely unable to communicate with Rouge or the base and he has to find a way to come back, meanwhile on earth it's been months and he has been reported as 'Missing in action', Rouge and friends have to take the matter in their own hands bc some of the higher ups are unashamedly relieved the ultimate-lifeform-that-tried-to-destroy-earth-is-gone and won't lift a finger to search for him, we can have Shadow starting to feel truly lonely and have him talk to himself how much he would like to at least a way to communicate (He has been keeping count of how long he has been in planet-god-knows-what) or how much he misses home, maybe he was sent to an alternative future where his friends have been sealed for AGES by something Eggman unleashed and it ended up in the destruction of the world, idk, just looking at a modern or futuristic-like character in a world set whole centuries in the past (Maybe more) is a nice concept to me, we can play arqueologist with Shadow since he decided to document everything (As he was intended to do in the first place) and discover the story of those ruins (It gives him something to do as he tries not to go insane from pure boredom while trying to get back) It would be pretty hilarious if you leave him standing still for too long he'll yell exasperated to the player something like 'I've got places to go, y'know?' Or 'I wonder if Rouge is feeding my cat', or even 'Maria would like this castle...'
I love small details like that XD Hell, you can have his Chao travel with him, he can reach small places Shadow can't! Shadow arguing with his Chao while tracing a map that takes an entire wall (He speed ran through the area and marked down several towers/castles, you get more places the more you explore, and it's just shadow doodling the thing horribly with ink and connects it to the other ones with tiny dots XDD) and that's how you get your next mission, by crossing off places in the map and heading to the next, imagine he names the places (In the most bored, sassy tone) like 'Sandy castle 1, Sandy castle 2... Oh! Sandy tower, I love the view!' XDDD You can have a secret achievement like 'Test of patience' or 'The Ultimate Arqueologist' if you manage to document everything there is to document XDD If the other characters see his mess of a map and notes and are like 'Da fuck is this????' because it only makes sense to him and he refuses to elaborate and this is his mission report
(He gets a 3 month vacation after this, he seriously needs it, he has seen enough sand for the rest of existence)
That was... AMAZING ! "High art" isn't enough to describe this ! However, I've seen something that disturbs me : sometimes Shadow Boom replaces Shadow, is that a mistake or an artistic choice ?
WHAT, why not Maria, she's perfect for the dead lady. She's a girl, she was important so Shadow and also she's actually dead.
Siranoid Man, what a missed opportunity...
Because from this we can infere that Shadow wanted to bone Sonic
baxkill ........EWWWWW
Siranoid I was expecting Maria too
It was for the comedy part of the vid.
"How far would you go to save the one you love?"?
More like: "How far would you go to realize a pun?"
Loved it
Legend has it, that the hedgehog is actually the bad guy. Stealing other people's money, killing, and incest.
Heavyboxes DIY Master He's stealing their
Dramatic pause
INCEST?
So he steals their incest?
I mean... stealing peoples money is dickish, yes, but in return he steals their killing and their incest, so I think its a fair trade.
The ending and the description just cracked me up XD
Nice work
Sonic should've been Maria instead.
FLAMINGBABYPUNCH Totally agree, I was expecting Maria.
but shadow has a crush on sonic
FLAMINGBABYPUNCH or knuckles, because it's a dead meme hehe
No the reveal works because you’re expecting Maria. Actually having her wouldn’t be as funny.
Well you have me beat there.
I like how Shadows model switches from the Boom version to the normal version.
It slowly happens as you kill more colossi.
i just realized, this predicted Sonic Frontiers.
Lmao I thought the same
This video is great, and that description is amazing
0/10 he didn't kiss Sonic at the end.
Oh yeah cause someone kissing Sonic’s dead corpse went so well last time.
sonic fans: its modern so it sucks!
Yakupup sadly reality :'(
I gotta say, I love that you guys actually included the Doppler Effect on the sound of Shadow collecting the rings as he gets farther from the camera at 0:15. Nice attention to detail.
Sonic Frontiers DLC
Das alot of rings
but there is ultimately only one to rule them all
*THAT'S A LOTTA DAMAGE*
I'd like to take your ring if you sniff my drift
it could be real , i mean sonic was a knight and a werwolf.
That was pretty nice, great job 🌟
I swear Infinite is the one who wrote the ending of this video...
HA! Good one.
Lmao
Infinite: Fue mi venganza
Ja ja ja ja ja
Sufre Shadow
El yaoi sera tu perdicion
JA JA JA JA JA JA JA JA JA JA
"Im going to blow up the whole damn planet!"
Should have been maria on the table...
GareBearPlays exactly.
The editing of this is brilliant!!
This aged well.
Show
Because we're *ALMOST DEAD*
*ALMOST DEAD*
*ALMOST DEAD TO THE WORLD*
The description for this video is deep...
this is the quality content i subbed for
I have become enlightened by the description. Thank you, Rocket Jump. You have shown me the way.
Wtf that description. I thought this was supposed some stupidly funny animation not a video that makes me question the reasoning behind the manifestations of fucking Sonic OCs and what we consider as "art"
EDIT: I guess I should point out that I didn't _actually_ take the description seriously. This was just my terrible attempt at mimicking a type of sarcastic comment I tend to see often in other videos.
Joke...
no duhh
missed the joke bud
They're going off on a tangent on purpose to make the video seem more artistic than it is, which if you would have caught that would just put emphasis on how ridiculous the whole video is.
I say boys. This may be your magnum opus
Yay :D i love this animation :3 Good Work ;3
This is edited so well it's actually scary
hey, who gave rocketjump permission to leak the 2018 SXSW announcement?
I thought he'd go out of his way to save Maria... but I guess this works too.
This was cool! Nice job!
Amazing subversion at the end! Totally expected it to be Maria from the very start of video.
SHADOW FRONTIERS!
Shadow Frontiers
My god I don't know what is better... The Video, or the discription x'D Hilarious!
It looks...incredible. well done
I would love to see Shadow fight Malice
I freaking love this concept, and I with there was more of it
It's a great idea, and I ship sonic and shadow so freaking hard
"You were too slow..."
This is honestly awesome.
oh my gosh gg this fits Shadow and his character so much
We need a rocket jump movie
ImmortalOverwatchAgent 2345 There is a TV series
Yaa
Lonk ik about the show, I just want a movie
ImmortalOverwatchAgent 2345 Oh, well. Would for sure be good!
Amazing work ! good job ;)
That moment when you realize this video foretold the ps plus games in march 2020.
They predicted sonic frontiers, just saying
This is the prequel to sonic frontier, kinda like the prequel they had for top gun
Me: Why did you use Sonic Boom Shadow?
Me: *scrolling down the comments*
Also me: Why am I the only one noticing that?
You aren’t
I never even seen sonic boom shadow before
the crossover we've been waitin' for
This is a work of beauty
Sonic Frontiers: Episode Shadow DLC
That was amazing xD id love a sort of rom hack for that, idk how all that works
This is SO well done
Sega saw this video and thus Sonic Frontiers has been born
This is the best thing you've ever done
Agreed
Have to agree 100% too
flagrama woah flag didn't expect to see you here hahaha
+RocketJump vghs is best vghs 2 Brian d son
It's your boy, Skinny Pete.