Move over Sonic, Shadow the Hedgehog is making a comeback. He's finally getting a brand new game,

and he's the star villain in the new movie, voiced by Keanu Reeves, no less.

Your colorful bunch.

People have been going nuts for Shadow the last few months, and who can blame them?

He's just like Sonic, but better. He's an anti-hero, he's broody, he's cool, he can use chaos control to warp time and space to his will.

He's literally the ultimate life form.

And he's also a genie.

Yeah, I bet you didn't see that one coming. Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory, the show that always loves a bad boy.

Where's that d-de-fourth Chaos Emerald?

So, before Lee can get his grubby pause on another one of my franchises, I wanted to make sure

that we covered one of my favorite anti-heroes in all of gaming, Shadow the Edge Lord,

I mean, Hedgehog.

I was there in 2001 when he first hit our screens, the ultimate life form, able to harness

the power of the Chaos Emeralds and created by Eggman's grandfather.

I was also there in 2005 when they leaned a little too hard into his edgy persona and decided

to give him a gun and have him fight a bunch of evil aliens.

Yeah, it was a weird time to be a Shadow fan.

Since then, Shadow has mainly sat in the background.

But now, finally, Shadow is returning as the main character in this new game, Sonic X Shadow Generations.

I am psyched for this one.

But with both this game and the new movie focusing a lot on Shadow's origins,

it reminded me of a detail that Sonic Team was clearly hinting towards when they introduced

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