CHAPTERS 0:00 Introduction 1:01 Sonic Frontiers 2 - Playable Shadow? 4:23 Shadow the Hedgehog: 3rd Solo Game 10:19 (SONIC 3 SPOILERS) Movie Shadow - Spin-offs and Sonic 4?
Imagine a Rival year that focused on all the friends and rivals like Blaze, Silver, and Jet, another perfect way to continue to keep Shadow in the forefront as well by acknowledging we do want other playable characters again as long as their gameplay is done right
I could really see the future of the series having a dual spotlight between the Hedgehogs. The level design possibilities is interesting enough for the gameplay to shine. Sonic is pure and fast fun similar to Gens whereas shadow uses his abilities similar to gens… huh
Hope the year of Shadow will return or Shadow continues to climb to higher heights. I love that hedgehog as much as Sonic so much! I bet with the reception Shadow is getting. Keanu Reeves would love %100 to voice as Shadow again. Especially when his fans enjoyed him being Shadow. It’s a match made perfectly in the Sonic franchise, should continue on.
What I would LOVE is to have Black Doom as the background villain of an adventure, with some other force (maybe Mephiles or Infinite) taking the foreground... The most important thing to me is that it positions Black Doom as the anti-Eggman. Where Eggman tries to hijack some wild power and has it betray him, have Black Doom be a force that quietly manipulates such powers and somehow ends up in a stronger position. Basically let him be Shadow's Thanos.
While the Twitter Takeovers are indeed non canon, that isn't the case for Tailstube which is canon. (After all its purpose is to clarify the lore and continuity and sometimes introduce new stuff like King Boom Boo's backstory)
yeah we need a new full shadow game as shadow generations was just a side story and yeah they should use eclipse it's about time for them to use the sonic characters from DIC, fleetway and archie in the games for good
for a Shadow solo game how about having a duo like Shadow The Hedgehog and Rouge The Bat vs Surge The Tenrec and Kitsunami the Fennec and they would basically function as the rival team and maybe they can go up against Mephiles and Infinite. This would be a great Shadow game and introduce characters from the IDW comics in the main canon too. Like the game could take place during Frontiers or slightly after which is why Shadow is not present in Frontiers. Also if a Shadow movie is made I would jump in joy if I hear "I am all of me" in Theaters
4:50 Bugs aside, I love Shadow the Hedgehog, though I had it on the Xbox. Its great for its time, it just needs some slight tweaking to see its full potential
So I haven't watched the full video yet, BUT, I would like to give my thoughts. Shadow I think would be perfect in Frontiers. Why? Because the entire theme and ending of Frontiers was that all of Sonic's friends moved on without him for a while, to find things they've been wanting to do for themselves. What was it that Gerald said to Shadow in Generations? That it was amazing that he wanted to fulfill Maria's wish, but, he should also live for himself as well. I think that would be a beautiful story for Shadow in Frontiers 2. Have him gradually come to the realization that he can still keep Maria in his heart, but he can live for himself too. Live life the way HE wants to.
I really hope Silver can get a push like this in the future, doesn’t seem like it'll happen anytime soon due to the Movie 4 tease but hopefully if there's a Movie 5 we get a Year of Silver for 2030 🙏
@@Walnut64that's crap. If the IDW comics can do things with Silver there's no reason Sega can't they're just too scared to use him just because of the 06 stigma.
Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega will be in Shadow the Hedgehog Spinoff TV Series. They can help Shadow collect the Chaos Emeralds to defeat his arch enemy, Black Doom.
Y'know, maybe that Knuckles and Shadow spin-off idea might not be a bad idea. Might mean there can be less time dedicated to both, however, but it's a dynamic I really want to see be explored more and Agent Stone might be able to fill up the extra space.
I think we can release games about other characters in this franchise too. I’d love to see random team ups and stuff like that. I love Sonic but shadow is awesome asfff I agree with infinite being the next bad guy shadow fights
I would love them to do smaller games on other characters while they work on the big mainline Sonic releases, much like how Yakuza have their Gaiden games between main entries. It’s a good dynamic!
Im at this point doom could be shadows eggman always trying new angles to either destory or control shadow and if infinite becomes shadows metal sonic then i would be interested in seeing a doom/infinite team up or corrution or if doom in his defeat in the white space allows memphis to team up. But one things for sure i dont feel tired of doom as a reccurring villain but itll be nice he was given more personality to make him shine not making goofy
I want a Shadow thé Hedgehog 2005 remake. Boost formula level + some levels like ratchet and clank where Shadow can use guns (not the human guns). I’d also like better characterization for each of the 10 endings + final ending. Make the plot a neat political thriller since it works with several factions. Also would prefer it if Shadow thé Hedgehog was one of the few games in the sonic franchise where it would be cutscene heavy like metal gear solid 4. After that they should make Shadow thé Hedgehog sequels to the remake. Make Mephiles a reoccurring character, combining philosophical complexities and characterization for both Shadow and Mephiles. Bring infinite back. Bring some characters from IDW comics like eclipse.
It’s such a cool concept! Feels like the closest we came to was Forces by the default of having multiple Metal Sonic clones (but that is far, far from ideal.)
If they do make a Team Sonic X Team Dark game, I wanna see Rouge and Knuckles interact more and revive their “will they, won’t they” thing. Don’t get me wrong, I like Shadow, but Knuckles was done dirty since he showed up. As for Shadow’s nemesis, regarding Infinite, all I have to say is… NO. That character was not as good as people say. He’s certainly no Mephiles. And Mephiles being a supernatural villain, does provide more excuses to bring him back. And Eclipse is not gonna make a return. Sega wants nothing to do with anything originating in the Archie comics.
This is awsome a dual sonic and shadow game would finally give a new breath into sonic how awsomenit would be for a goku x vegeta esque story like a sonic adventure 3 a new age where it would be an new view for the franchis with them both being on the run from eggman
I would love to see more of Shadow, just don’t overuse him if he ain’t gone contribute to shit. He’s an important character who shouldn’t be wasted on minor roles
(Spoilers for Sonic Movie 3) Given the post credits scene, I’m hoping for a year of Amy/Metal Sonic in 2027, maybe Amy would finally get to go super in the games. In addition to movie 4. Maybe even play as Metal Sonic in a mainline game for the first time(SA2 doesn’t count because it’s only multiplayer.)
@dominustv it would b great if they would give us a Dreamcast shadow, or finally give sonic 06 more love by giving a 06 Shadow skin alongside one for Sonic.
I know IDW is - never refuted that. TailsTube has always been a bit too tongue-in-cheek for me to take seriously though lmao seeing as the latest one actively acknowledged “Year of Shadow” being a thing.
10:03 and also the problem with bringing archie characters into the sonic is technically Sega of japan and sonic team can't become of legal copyright reasons
Honestly I can see shadow being given a solo film with shadow in the movie franchise I feel like if the series wants to diverge and truly grow then now is the time with shadow. No shade on knuckles but a shadow film is more likely to sell then a knuckles film Black doom’s invasion can be an entire event in itself but not the first shadow movie. My idea for the first shadow movie is an adaptation of 06. Shadow having survived and saved the earth is now looking for purpose. In the movie universe he’s still on “G.U.N.S” bad side so he takes refuge in a place called Soleanna where in this universe he finds something akin to Maria in princess Elise, shadows resolve to stay is further strengthened when he learns that G.U.N has been trying to attack the nation cause of the “Solaris project” In the movie universe say the Solaris project is a remnant or made in inspiration of project shadow given the green light by commander Rockwell 20 yrs ago with the project giving birth to mephiles the dark an incomplete “ultimate life form” of shadow made by his DNA Now shadow is facing off against a skewed inverse of his in game origins and races to in a way redeem himself by saving Elise where he failed with Maria. With Sonic having reshaped shadows outlook in life can carry on into the film but mephiles refusal to listen and his desire to only destroy and prove to shadow that he is the true ultimate life form can harden shadow into that dark hero that does what has to be done even if nobody else can agree with him, and even have shadow question if mephiles is a monster cause of circumstance or cause he shares shadows DNA with the ending of the film is him saving the day but the people of soleanna fearing his power (also hinting at shadows dark future in 06) with G.U.N and soleanna teaming up to create something that can stop shadow if he went rouge again and that being “E-123 Omega” and this serving as a loose thread for the creation of the metal sonic prototypes Finally culminating in shadows sequal film where black doom finally reaches out to shadow. Sending Rouge the bat as a messenger for shadow. Now knowing his origins and what he’s meant to become, a vanguard for Doom’s invasion shadow is conflicted, he saved lives, Elise and Maria’s kindness however he remembers how soleanna feared him, how they duplicated him, how they wanted to use his power for their own means and how G.U.N created a weapon to destroy him, maybe shadow should just herald an invasion. Juxtapose this with omega’s growing sentience wanting to become more than a weapon with him even harboring and nurturing a lost bird inside of his body. Amy can play a role with her telling shadow that if the world turns on him he’ll have friends who’ll never abandon him and this friendship and found family can sway rouge into joining shadow and omega into pushing back black doom’s efforts for an invasion. The world is less fearful of shadow and with the existence of black doom out in the cosmos G.U.N can offer shadow a spot so they can both better protect humanity
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
1:01 Sonic Frontiers 2 - Playable Shadow?
4:23 Shadow the Hedgehog: 3rd Solo Game
10:19 (SONIC 3 SPOILERS) Movie Shadow - Spin-offs and Sonic 4?
I think we’ll see team dark in frontiers 2 exploring the starfall islands
Imagine a Rival year that focused on all the friends and rivals like Blaze, Silver, and Jet, another perfect way to continue to keep Shadow in the forefront as well by acknowledging we do want other playable characters again as long as their gameplay is done right
More Shadow More Shadow More Shadow!
Yes yes and YES.
I could really see the future of the series having a dual spotlight between the Hedgehogs. The level design possibilities is interesting enough for the gameplay to shine. Sonic is pure and fast fun similar to Gens whereas shadow uses his abilities similar to gens… huh
The Neo year of metal sonic could be what they call 2027 or they could call it the lovely year of Amy
Hope the year of Shadow will return or Shadow continues to climb to higher heights. I love that hedgehog as much as Sonic so much! I bet with the reception Shadow is getting. Keanu Reeves would love %100 to voice as Shadow again. Especially when his fans enjoyed him being Shadow. It’s a match made perfectly in the Sonic franchise, should continue on.
What I would LOVE is to have Black Doom as the background villain of an adventure, with some other force (maybe Mephiles or Infinite) taking the foreground...
The most important thing to me is that it positions Black Doom as the anti-Eggman. Where Eggman tries to hijack some wild power and has it betray him, have Black Doom be a force that quietly manipulates such powers and somehow ends up in a stronger position.
Basically let him be Shadow's Thanos.
While the Twitter Takeovers are indeed non canon, that isn't the case for Tailstube which is canon. (After all its purpose is to clarify the lore and continuity and sometimes introduce new stuff like King Boom Boo's backstory)
yeah we need a new full shadow game as shadow generations was just a side story and yeah they should use eclipse
it's about time for them to use the sonic characters from DIC, fleetway and archie in the games for good
for a Shadow solo game how about having a duo like Shadow The Hedgehog and Rouge The Bat vs Surge The Tenrec and Kitsunami the Fennec and they would basically function as the rival team and maybe they can go up against Mephiles and Infinite.
This would be a great Shadow game and introduce characters from the IDW comics in the main canon too.
Like the game could take place during Frontiers or slightly after which is why Shadow is not present in Frontiers.
Also if a Shadow movie is made I would jump in joy if I hear "I am all of me" in Theaters
I’m all for bringing the IDW characters into game canon! Especially Surge. Would be rad!
Should make a new game just about him. A shadow or knuckles game would be better than anything sonic related
0:11 silver will have his day in the sun one day it will happen
4:50
Bugs aside, I love Shadow the Hedgehog, though I had it on the Xbox. Its great for its time, it just needs some slight tweaking to see its full potential
So I haven't watched the full video yet, BUT, I would like to give my thoughts.
Shadow I think would be perfect in Frontiers. Why? Because the entire theme and ending of Frontiers was that all of Sonic's friends moved on without him for a while, to find things they've been wanting to do for themselves.
What was it that Gerald said to Shadow in Generations? That it was amazing that he wanted to fulfill Maria's wish, but, he should also live for himself as well.
I think that would be a beautiful story for Shadow in Frontiers 2. Have him gradually come to the realization that he can still keep Maria in his heart, but he can live for himself too. Live life the way HE wants to.
Shadow will definitely get a movie trilogy, he's the only character who can sell like Sonic, they can make a billion easy
How about we have Shadow get an actual good game first. And I mean a full game. Not an expansion to a 10 year old game like Generations was.
I guess Stone is the ideal choice as Shadow's human companion for a series/special.
I really hope Silver can get a push like this in the future, doesn’t seem like it'll happen anytime soon due to the Movie 4 tease but hopefully if there's a Movie 5 we get a Year of Silver for 2030 🙏
We can only hope! Poor guy needs a shred of hype one day.
I honestly doubt Silver will appear in movies. Silver’s basically a background character, side depending on the game.
@@Walnut64 True, Silver won't appear unless it has something to do with Mephiles or '06
@@Walnut64they said they want to focus on Silver eventually
@@Walnut64that's crap. If the IDW comics can do things with Silver there's no reason Sega can't they're just too scared to use him just because of the 06 stigma.
I want a Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) remaster and/or remake so badly bruh that would go insanely hard!! 🔥
Rouge the Bat and E-123 Omega will be in Shadow the Hedgehog Spinoff TV Series. They can help Shadow collect the Chaos Emeralds to defeat his arch enemy, Black Doom.
8:32 Mephiles is the literally devil in the sonic universe he is a satanic villain we need in this franchise
I’ve still never played the original Shadow spin-off game despite owning the game cube version for about 17 years. It’s in the loft somewhere 🤣
Sonic frontiers with PLAYABLE SHADOW??
IM IN
Y'know, maybe that Knuckles and Shadow spin-off idea might not be a bad idea. Might mean there can be less time dedicated to both, however, but it's a dynamic I really want to see be explored more and Agent Stone might be able to fill up the extra space.
2:20 but I want the doom powers to come back for the next game and for some amount of the foreseeable future only for shallow though of course
I think we can release games about other characters in this franchise too. I’d love to see random team ups and stuff like that. I love Sonic but shadow is awesome asfff I agree with infinite being the next bad guy shadow fights
I would love them to do smaller games on other characters while they work on the big mainline Sonic releases, much like how Yakuza have their Gaiden games between main entries. It’s a good dynamic!
@ I agree
Im at this point doom could be shadows eggman always trying new angles to either destory or control shadow and if infinite becomes shadows metal sonic then i would be interested in seeing a doom/infinite team up or corrution or if doom in his defeat in the white space allows memphis to team up. But one things for sure i dont feel tired of doom as a reccurring villain but itll be nice he was given more personality to make him shine not making goofy
I want a Shadow thé Hedgehog 2005 remake. Boost formula level + some levels like ratchet and clank where Shadow can use guns (not the human guns). I’d also like better characterization for each of the 10 endings + final ending. Make the plot a neat political thriller since it works with several factions. Also would prefer it if Shadow thé Hedgehog was one of the few games in the sonic franchise where it would be cutscene heavy like metal gear solid 4.
After that they should make Shadow thé Hedgehog sequels to the remake. Make Mephiles a reoccurring character, combining philosophical complexities and characterization for both Shadow and Mephiles.
Bring infinite back. Bring some characters from IDW comics like eclipse.
The year of Shadow will return
Imagine how could it would be if they did the metallix army thing for the next Sonic game
It’s such a cool concept! Feels like the closest we came to was Forces by the default of having multiple Metal Sonic clones (but that is far, far from ideal.)
Shadow the Hedgehog 2 2!!
If they do make a Team Sonic X Team Dark game, I wanna see Rouge and Knuckles interact more and revive their “will they, won’t they” thing. Don’t get me wrong, I like Shadow, but Knuckles was done dirty since he showed up.
As for Shadow’s nemesis, regarding Infinite, all I have to say is… NO. That character was not as good as people say. He’s certainly no Mephiles. And Mephiles being a supernatural villain, does provide more excuses to bring him back. And Eclipse is not gonna make a return. Sega wants nothing to do with anything originating in the Archie comics.
This is awsome a dual sonic and shadow game would finally give a new breath into sonic how awsomenit would be for a goku x vegeta esque story like a sonic adventure 3 a new age where it would be an new view for the franchis with them both being on the run from eggman
I would love to see more of Shadow, just don’t overuse him if he ain’t gone contribute to shit. He’s an important character who shouldn’t be wasted on minor roles
Year of Amy anyone?
(Spoilers for Sonic Movie 3)
Given the post credits scene, I’m hoping for a year of Amy/Metal Sonic in 2027, maybe Amy would finally get to go super in the games. In addition to movie 4. Maybe even play as Metal Sonic in a mainline game for the first time(SA2 doesn’t count because it’s only multiplayer.)
I think that’s highly likely hopefully! Metal especially deserves a good year for sure.
Finally someone agrees with me on infinite, he should have been in shadow generations, I still want more dlc for Sonic x Shadow generations.
I really hope we get some! Potential is limitless.
@dominustv it would b great if they would give us a Dreamcast shadow, or finally give sonic 06 more love by giving a 06 Shadow skin alongside one for Sonic.
Um... TailsTube and IDW are canon to the games dude.
I know IDW is - never refuted that. TailsTube has always been a bit too tongue-in-cheek for me to take seriously though lmao seeing as the latest one actively acknowledged “Year of Shadow” being a thing.
@dominustv true, but I believe that's just a background gag.
10:03 and also the problem with bringing archie characters into the sonic is technically Sega of japan and sonic team can't become of legal copyright reasons
Anything post reboot could be used. They learned from the mistake that Penders ended up being
@AwesomeJam2 ok yeah just rebuild the characters from scratch and keeping Ken penders out of it
Honestly I can see shadow being given a solo film with shadow in the movie franchise I feel like if the series wants to diverge and truly grow then now is the time with shadow. No shade on knuckles but a shadow film is more likely to sell then a knuckles film
Black doom’s invasion can be an entire event in itself but not the first shadow movie. My idea for the first shadow movie is an adaptation of 06.
Shadow having survived and saved the earth is now looking for purpose. In the movie universe he’s still on “G.U.N.S” bad side so he takes refuge in a place called Soleanna where in this universe he finds something akin to Maria in princess Elise, shadows resolve to stay is further strengthened when he learns that G.U.N has been trying to attack the nation cause of the “Solaris project”
In the movie universe say the Solaris project is a remnant or made in inspiration of project shadow given the green light by commander Rockwell 20 yrs ago with the project giving birth to mephiles the dark an incomplete “ultimate life form” of shadow made by his DNA
Now shadow is facing off against a skewed inverse of his in game origins and races to in a way redeem himself by saving Elise where he failed with Maria.
With Sonic having reshaped shadows outlook in life can carry on into the film but mephiles refusal to listen and his desire to only destroy and prove to shadow that he is the true ultimate life form can harden shadow into that dark hero that does what has to be done even if nobody else can agree with him, and even have shadow question if mephiles is a monster cause of circumstance or cause he shares shadows DNA
with the ending of the film is him saving the day but the people of soleanna fearing his power (also hinting at shadows dark future in 06) with G.U.N and soleanna teaming up to create something that can stop shadow if he went rouge again and that being “E-123 Omega” and this serving as a loose thread for the creation of the metal sonic prototypes
Finally culminating in shadows sequal film where black doom finally reaches out to shadow. Sending Rouge the bat as a messenger for shadow. Now knowing his origins and what he’s meant to become, a vanguard for Doom’s invasion shadow is conflicted, he saved lives, Elise and Maria’s kindness however he remembers how soleanna feared him, how they duplicated him, how they wanted to use his power for their own means and how G.U.N created a weapon to destroy him, maybe shadow should just herald an invasion. Juxtapose this with omega’s growing sentience wanting to become more than a weapon with him even harboring and nurturing a lost bird inside of his body.
Amy can play a role with her telling shadow that if the world turns on him he’ll have friends who’ll never abandon him and this friendship and found family can sway rouge into joining shadow and omega into pushing back black doom’s efforts for an invasion.
The world is less fearful of shadow and with the existence of black doom out in the cosmos G.U.N can offer shadow a spot so they can both better protect humanity
Eclipse would be a perfect addition for the games. He's just so great.
Being banished to the vault once again
Why cant they just do a Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 remake?
Is that too much to ask😅
We move on. His year was last year, wasn’t it? We should look to the future.
Well yes, this video is about looking to Shadow’s future in particular. 😂
Bro didn't even watch the video
2:20 but I want the doom powers to come back for the next game and for some amount of the foreseeable future only for shallow though of course