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Sonic X Shadow Generations is here and it’s delicious. Let’s see how some of the worst Sonic games have come together to create one of the best in the series.
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Love how detailed this video was. Fantastic review and analysis. They really knocked it out of the park with 2D in Shadow Gens compared to all other boost games.
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Early on in the Archie Sonic comics there was an old bald eagle who made a one-time appearance, Cyril. After 30 years, my headcannon is that was him in Kingdom Valley.
32:31 That callout was so unnecessary but dang it you’re right…😂
I could see a Shadow game where he offers his blood up for healing purposes but then the people taking it are some renegade offshoot of GUN who're trying to weaponize the Black Arms and then you could pull something from Shadow '05 where Shadow has the choice to spare the soldiers and maybe Maria's sister is involved and it could take place during Frontiers
Just wanted to say, I wouldn’t consider Mario the “King” of gaming and I love Shadow but hate kingdom hearts and anything Disney
Honestly I feel Radical Highway is Black Doom trying to get Shadow back at that one point where he was the most angry at the world.
Long video, oh yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
Idw better put these new Shadow powers into a story.
My favorite Sonic character and one of my favorites ever. I’m no longer ashamed to admit it.
NGL, Kingdom Valley is a great stage, but, after playing P-06's version, this one feels a tad on rails. But that's due to the original Kingdom Valley being wasted due to the game being unfinished, and me enjoying Adventure-style handling far more than the boost equivalent.
32:31 I have no idea what you're talking about, I'm a huge Shadow fan but I've never touched Kingdom Hearts at all
As Jehtt pointed out, Black Doom loves Radical Highway
7:20 excuse me
From what I remember, radical highway is in wesopolis, so it’s another 2 birds one stone kinda thing it’s the stage radical highway but it’s also westopolis the first stage from shadow the hedgehog
I agree we should honor all of sonics history.
Except Forces, that game can go straight to hell.
I believe Rodger voices mephilis
I moss dan green, but Rodger does a good job
These videos always get my excited for Christmas
radical high way is when shadow was at his darkest/ most evil so doom trying bring him back to that.
Project 06 has a good idea of differentiating sonic from shadow by making him more combat focused then speed focused but this is also up there
YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED PROJECT '06 YET?1?1
Unapologetic is finally back
Now we just need a Silver and Blaze campaign touching in the spin off games, and a Knuckles campaign touching in the Classic spin offs and in the new Classic games (I NEED Studiopolis Zone in 3D).
Something that I noticed on sonic Generations is that it uses 3 main colors in all of it's aesthetic, yellow, red and blue, classic sonic's hud has always used the color yellow, and modern sonic's hud has always used the color blue. That only leaves the color red, now guess who uses the color red in his entire hud? SHADOW, he truly is the adventure era character that we were lacking this whole time, he truly completes the game.
"Shadow, It's me…The DEVIL!"
-Black Doom
Excellent video! Thank you so much!
Been re-watching some shadow the hedgehog analysis videos in preparation for playing through all the games where he appeared to compare his writing, and this video got recommended at just the right time.
The video itself is great ^-^ kinda wish sonic x Shadow Generations had "Who I am" as the final boss theme instead of a new remix version of "All hail shadow"
Sorry if this is a ramble of a comment
28:40 "HOW DARE A LITTLE BLACK AND RED RODENT DESCARTE THE OMNIPOTENT NAME OF DOCTOR DOOM!!!"
I'm sorry, but I had to do that.
Black doom just thinks radical highway is cool
I believe the ranking scales of BOTH rings and time, with the more rings the higher the time for rank requirement is
I don't know why people don't get why black doom keeps bringing shadow to radical highway. Black Doom is trying to either take control of Shadow or make the same as himself, right? And the tool he has to do this in white space is to pull things from Shadow's past, right? OK, so when in his life was Shadow most being controlled by someone else? At his most angry and destructive? It was when he first came out of stasis, head full of Gerald's distortions of his memory and heart still full of fresh anger and grief, and he runs off to rob a bank and then fight cops on… Radical Highway!
"Shadow, welcome, to Radical Highway."
"Black Doom! Why did you bring me here?"
"Nostalga Shadow, and branding."
"What?"
"I mean, it's where you were sure in your true purpose."
Btw, the game can also run on 120fps, atleast on PC. Still a great video, just wanted to point that out.
47:37 Hello. Video seems okay, appreciate your energy when it comes to things you’re passionate about. I’m okay. Not scared. Have water already. The Youtube algorithm works in weird ways; I’m trying to understand how Sonic fans and their franchise work (how they feel when the games/other media don’t).
Its nice to see a video where nick is happy and enthusiastic. Last few have seemed to have an undercurrent of anger, which I don't blame him for what's been going on in his life, but its nice to see some more passion and joy. Good video, nick!
Minor note: Nick, I hate to tell you, but Chaos Control being a technique for general spacetime manipulation has never been a secret. That’s literally how it’s described in SA2’s manual.
I was thinking more castle oblivion than hollow bastion
Hi, Shadow fangirl of 22 years here.
I actually hate Kingdom Hearts with a passion. My ex was obsessed with it so I tried KH3 ONCE to try to bond with him and it was literally the worst experience ever. I was also disappointed that Sora got in Smash over literally anyone else. Yes, that's all I wanted to comment on. Goodbye.