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This article is about the character from the 2015 series. For the 2006 series counterpart, see here.


Sorry. I work alone.

Shadow, The New Threat


Shadow the Hedgehog, born Project Shadow, is a resident of Mobius, and one of the main protagonists of Super Mario Bros. Z. He debuted in the first episode alongside Sonic.

Biography

Appearance

Shadow is a hedgehog with black spines and red stripes on his quills, around the edges of his eyes, and on his arms and legs. He has red eyes, a patch of white fur on his chest, and his muzzle is tan. He has six quills on his head, four of which curve upwards and two that curve downwards, two spines on his back, and a small tail. He wears white gloves with black cuffs and red tongues, and Air Shoes which, like his gloves, have black cuffs and red tongues. On each of his wrists and ankles, he wears a single inhibitor gold ring.

Personality

Shadow is infamous for his cold and intimidating nature. He is described as a lone-wolf, preferring to work by himself and handling things his way. Although silent most of the time, when Shadow does speak he is blunt and never afraid to speak his mind. He also takes pride in his power as the "Ultimate Lifeform." Shadow is one for focusing on the task at hand and cares little for anything else. He wants to quickly acquire the Chaos Emeralds and destroy Metallix without any interruptions, and is quick to be irritated should anyone (or anything) impede his progress. In battle, Shadow is ruthless and attacks his foes with much aggression, wanting to end the fight as quickly as possible. Despite clashing with Sonic in terms of personality, he does share his smug attitude, overconfidence, and tendency to mock his opponents.

History

Metallix Saga

1-134

Shadow and Sonic emerge from the capsule

Shadow and Sonic's capsule teleported into the Mushroom Kingdom during the first Smash Tournament. Their capsule landed on Metal Bowser, cracking his metal armor and returning him to his normal form. When Kamek held Princess Peach hostage, Sonic and Shadow emerged from the capsule, with Sonic attacking Kamek, allowing Mario to finally finish off Bowser. After the battle, Shadow remained silent while Sonic began to talk to Mario.

Powers and Abilities

Being the final product of Project Shadow and often being referred to as "The Ultimate Life Form", Shadow is an immensely powerful fighter. Shadow's Hover Shoes allow him to glide along the ground as if he's skating on thin air, thus rivaling the speeds of Sonic (however, it has been implied and even to a degree demonstrated in certain forms of media relating to Sonic that he can still rival those speeds even without them). In addition to this, he possesses superhuman strength that even surpasses that of Sonic's. He is also very agile and athletic, being able to react to imminent danger within seconds. Because of Project Shadow, he is effectively immortal and does not show signs of age.

Shadow's fighting style focuses on brutal, unrestrained, and powerful hand-to-hand combat. In line with his nature and potent abilities, Shadow has adopted a style where he fights his opponents using powerful blows, such as swift punches and roundhouse kicks. With the speeds Shadow can move at, he can disable the opponent through the force of his blows alone while leaving them at the mercy of his incoming attacks. Unlike in the games, Shadow rarely uses the Spin Attack.

Shadow's signature technique is his natural ability able to tap into the powers of any nearby Chaos Emeralds and utilize their chaos energy to perform a wide variety of moves, most of which he does not even need a Chaos Emerald to use. Shadow's trademark power is Chaos Control and is the most adept known user of it. With Chaos Control, he can manipulate space and time to slow down time and even teleport. While he mostly uses this for himself, it's been shown that he can teleport others too. When acting in conjunction with the capsule, Shadow was able to warp himself and Sonic through dimensions and into the Mushroom Kingdom. He also can use Chaos Spear, a technique where he throws a large bolt of condensed chaos energy, and Chaos Blast, where he releases a burst of chaos energy in a massive explosion surrounding himself. All of Shadow's chaos abilities increase in power with the number of Chaos Emeralds he possesses.[1]

Transformations

Super Shadow

A form Shadow takes whenever he absorbs the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds. In this form, Shadow's black spines become golden. He also immensely more powerful than he was in his previous form, becoming invulnerable and possesses greater speed and strength, and is also capable of flight, Chaos Control and Chaos Blast.

Super Star Shadow

Using the power of the Star Rod[2], the Star Spirits unlock Shadow's true power from within, allowing him to transform into Super Star Shadow. His abilities are currently unknown, though it is implied to be powerful enough to fight against Metallix. This form could potentially differ in appearance from his standard Super form.[3]

Relationships

Allies

Sonic

Since meeting each other, there has been a never-ending competition between Shadow and Sonic, and their battles can range from friendly races to fierce death battles. In any case, one always wants to outdo the other. Shadow and Sonic frequently fight due to their views on justice and morality and how to act on them. In a sense, the two hedgehogs are opposites in every way aside from their appearance. Almost every time they meet, they fight ferociously. Neither is ever willing to accept defeat. Despite their fierce arch-rivalry, Shadow and Sonic have helped each other on occasions and even acknowledged Sonic's powers during their adventures. Shadow sometimes lets his ego get to his head and believes that Sonic is slowing him down, which can lead to more disagreements. They are forced to work together in order to take down Metallix and get the Chaos Emeralds, much to Shadow's chagrin.

Mario

Mario is shown to be visually livid at Shadow for withholding important information about Metallix when the latter almost kills Yoshi for a Chaos Emerald.

Luigi

The two of them meet briefly face-to-face when trying to find the Chaos Emeralds together. Luigi even offered Shadows help in finding the Chaos Emeralds but Shadow decline the offer, saying: "Sorry, I work alone." He then proceeds to literally leave Luigi in the dust, or in this case, sand.

Yoshi

It was Shadow’s idea to only tell the heroes about collecting the Chaos Emeralds and nothing else, leading to Yoshi nearly being killed by Metallix.

Princess Peach

Peach is shown to be just as grateful for Shadow’s appearance as well as Sonic’s when their capsule lands on top of Bowser and breaks his metal armor. However, when Kamek holds Peach hostage, Shadow does nothing, leaving only Sonic to save her,

Enemies

Metallix

Shadow and Metallix are nothing short of mortal enemies due to the latter killing his only two friends, Rouge and E-123 Omega.

Dr. Eggman

Shadw the Hedgehog is another one of Eggman's enemies. Their relationship mainly comes from the fact that Shadow was created by the doctor's own grandfather, Gerald Robotnik. The two first met during the Space Colony ARK incident, in which Eggman was after Shadow because he was stated as the "Ultimate Lifeform" which could help him conquer the world. As such, he raided G.U.N.'s military bunker on Prison Island and released Shadow from his capsule. At first, Eggman thought that Shadow was Sonic, but then he realized that the hedgehog merely looked like his rival. He also ordered Shadow to work for him, steal all seven Chaos Emeralds, and to keep Sonic out of the way so that he would not foil his plans. However, everyone was shocked when they realized that Shadow was created to kill everyone on earth, even Eggman himself .

Battles

To be added.

Trivia

  • In SMBZ, Shadow serves as an analogue to Vegeta from the Dragon Ball series.

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