Polygon.com / 20.08.24

Shadow the Hedgehog is Venom now

Shadow the Hedgehog will draw upon the powers of black goo in Sonic X Shadow Generations, which includes a new story campaign that will turn the dark hedgehog into, for all intents and purposes, the Venom of the Sonic-verse. Segas new trailer for the Shadow side of Sonic X Shadow Generations shows off the gun-toting hedgehogs new Doom Powers. These include Doom Spike, which lets Shadow fire a quintet of burning goo projectiles; Doom Wing, which lets Shadow soar through the skies; and Doom Surf, which summons a manta ray composed of black goo on which Shadow can surf. With Doom Morph, Shadow can tap into his inner squid kid to slide and swing around with a clutch of tentacles. Ostensibly, Shadow the Hedgehogs arch-nemesis Black Doom is the ultimate threat in his Sonic X Shadow Generations story. But as Tuesdays new trailer reveals, Shadow will also face Metal Overlord in battle  Metal Overlord being the final form of Metal Sonic, who can also transform into Metal Madness. Appropriately...
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