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I actually quite like the 2005 Shadow The Hedgehog game.

I shouldn’t have been.

Shadow holds out his hand to absorb inky black doom powers in Sonic X Shadow Generations

Don’t get me wrong.

I love Sonic Generations.

I replay it almost every year alongside my other favorite Sonic games.

Shadow boosts away from a huge and deadly train in Rail Canyon in Sonic X Shadow Generations

Introduced in 2001 for Sonic Adventure 2 on Dreamcast, Shadow fans have been carrying the torch for ages.

Shadow is zippy, but hes not quite as fast as Sonic.

Crucially, its a pacing that allows you to feel in control of Shadow the whole time.

Sonic Adventure 2

Going wider here allows for more interplay between moving between those routes even when youre on them.

Mr. Unsmiley

“Shadow has strolled in wildly confident in how Sonics speed platforming should evolve.”

Some of the Doom powers have a bit of the wisp about them.

Shadow uses Doom Blast on a Black Arms enemy in Kingdom Valley in Sonic X Shadow Generations

Shadow Generations isnt simply about iterating on earlier Sonic platformers, either.

Talk about being the ultimate lifeform.

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Shadow navigates Kingdom Valley’s 2D act in Sonic X Shadow Generations

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Shadow uses Doom Wings to navigate Radical Highway in Sonic X Shadow Generations

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