Post by Krazed Kitsune on Jun 15, 2005 10:24:07 GMT -5
My theory on Shadow and Sonic (Only a theory, mind you, so don't go wacko over it).
50 or so years ago (Sonic Adventure 2), Professor Gerald Robotnik was experimenting with genetics and chaos energy to create what he called "The Ultimate Lifeform", in other words, the superlative being in existance. He first made the Biolizard, but that big lug required life support to keep living, and thus it was a failure. He finally created Shadow the Hedgehog.
The rest of the story we all know. Afraid of Shadow, GUN attacked the scientists on ARK, killing many of them and imprisoning the rest. Maria, instead of letting Shadow try to protect her (as she probably knew not even Shadow could fend off all of GUNs soldiers), she trapped him in a capsule (It is possible she was already shot by this point) and send him down to Earth.
However, the capsule was intercepted and Maria either died from wounds, or in a fit of anger, the GUN men killed her. (Sonic is childish? What idiot says that.)
Gerald Robotnik, distraught that his precious Maria was killed in the attack on ARK(Yes, she WAS killed), wrote a program that would activate whenever all seven Chaos Emeralds were inserted into the Eclipse cannon, while in prison (On the walls. Before Metal Harbour, LOOK AT THE WALLS OF SONIC'S CELL! IT'S GERALD'S OLD CELL!!). Before his execution, he managed to get the program up to ARK, and entrusted the BIOLIZARD with the whole thing.
However, in his final moments, it is most likely that the professor had second thoughts and wished that Shadow would stop his plan from ever happening.
BUT.... when shadow was awakened, he was struck with amnesia, and all he could remember was that he promised Maria something... he guessed it was revenge. So, he plotted to find the seven chaos emeralds and, with Eggmans' unwitting assistance, use the Eclipse cannon to destroy the world. After going through ARK's main computer, Shadow saw Gerald terrible revenge plot, and found it quite appealing. Thus Shadow's plan was formed.
However, at the very end, when things looked bleak, Shadow remembered his promise to Maria, which was the exact opposite of what he was doing!! With this in mind, he sets out to stop the imminent destruction of Earth with Sonic. Yet that b*stard the BIOLIZARD still wanted to make Gerald's plan come to fruition, so Shadow and Biolizard duked it out, and Shadow seemingly won.
Yet, in a display of great aptitude in the use of Chaos Control, the Biolizard escaped and started dragging the colony towards Earth!! (OH NO!)
Shadow and Sonic, using their true powers, kicked the living CR@P out of Biolizard and chaos controlled ARK to the other side of the planet, thereby halting its descent.
Shadow, exhausted from the battle and from the use of his super form, hadn't the strength to make it back to ARK, and he fell, supposedly to his death.
Now, everyone knew all that crap I have just said, right? That was just a background.
During the battle with the FinalHazard, at around 4 mins into the fight, Shadow, if he isn't the character you are currently using, will say "I've finally figured out what the ultimate lifeform is! I think it's you, Sonic!" Or something very similiar. (Sonic's version is "Shadow! I understand now! You're invinvible! Now let's do this, they're waiting for us back at the colony!" or something like that)
Anyway, aside from that, there's the obvious fact that Shadow was far too weak physically after that battle to make it back to ARK.
My theory is that once Shadow was made by Robotnik, in the years that followed, nature sought to find a way to balance things out. Nature created her own "ultimate life form" which would supercede the artificial one. This explains why both of them are hedgehogs, both of them are FAR MORE powerful than any other living creature and why they are so similiar (yet different, if you know what I mean?). Oh, and why they can both Chaos Control and use things like Chaos Spear and Sonic Wind, etc.
That's just my theory, and I just felt like sharing it.
(Of course, it may be that Tails is even more powerful than Sonic... at least he is in the comics, but that's a different reality)
Oh, and a lot of the story behind Shadow I sort of took a guess at after doing a bit of research. You know, it's most likely that Shadow was actually TOLD by Gerald Robotnik to stop his revenge plan, then he forgot due to amnesia. He's very prone to amnesia, isn't he?
Anyway, what do you think?
50 or so years ago (Sonic Adventure 2), Professor Gerald Robotnik was experimenting with genetics and chaos energy to create what he called "The Ultimate Lifeform", in other words, the superlative being in existance. He first made the Biolizard, but that big lug required life support to keep living, and thus it was a failure. He finally created Shadow the Hedgehog.
The rest of the story we all know. Afraid of Shadow, GUN attacked the scientists on ARK, killing many of them and imprisoning the rest. Maria, instead of letting Shadow try to protect her (as she probably knew not even Shadow could fend off all of GUNs soldiers), she trapped him in a capsule (It is possible she was already shot by this point) and send him down to Earth.
However, the capsule was intercepted and Maria either died from wounds, or in a fit of anger, the GUN men killed her. (Sonic is childish? What idiot says that.)
Gerald Robotnik, distraught that his precious Maria was killed in the attack on ARK(Yes, she WAS killed), wrote a program that would activate whenever all seven Chaos Emeralds were inserted into the Eclipse cannon, while in prison (On the walls. Before Metal Harbour, LOOK AT THE WALLS OF SONIC'S CELL! IT'S GERALD'S OLD CELL!!). Before his execution, he managed to get the program up to ARK, and entrusted the BIOLIZARD with the whole thing.
However, in his final moments, it is most likely that the professor had second thoughts and wished that Shadow would stop his plan from ever happening.
BUT.... when shadow was awakened, he was struck with amnesia, and all he could remember was that he promised Maria something... he guessed it was revenge. So, he plotted to find the seven chaos emeralds and, with Eggmans' unwitting assistance, use the Eclipse cannon to destroy the world. After going through ARK's main computer, Shadow saw Gerald terrible revenge plot, and found it quite appealing. Thus Shadow's plan was formed.
However, at the very end, when things looked bleak, Shadow remembered his promise to Maria, which was the exact opposite of what he was doing!! With this in mind, he sets out to stop the imminent destruction of Earth with Sonic. Yet that b*stard the BIOLIZARD still wanted to make Gerald's plan come to fruition, so Shadow and Biolizard duked it out, and Shadow seemingly won.
Yet, in a display of great aptitude in the use of Chaos Control, the Biolizard escaped and started dragging the colony towards Earth!! (OH NO!)
Shadow and Sonic, using their true powers, kicked the living CR@P out of Biolizard and chaos controlled ARK to the other side of the planet, thereby halting its descent.
Shadow, exhausted from the battle and from the use of his super form, hadn't the strength to make it back to ARK, and he fell, supposedly to his death.
Now, everyone knew all that crap I have just said, right? That was just a background.
During the battle with the FinalHazard, at around 4 mins into the fight, Shadow, if he isn't the character you are currently using, will say "I've finally figured out what the ultimate lifeform is! I think it's you, Sonic!" Or something very similiar. (Sonic's version is "Shadow! I understand now! You're invinvible! Now let's do this, they're waiting for us back at the colony!" or something like that)
Anyway, aside from that, there's the obvious fact that Shadow was far too weak physically after that battle to make it back to ARK.
My theory is that once Shadow was made by Robotnik, in the years that followed, nature sought to find a way to balance things out. Nature created her own "ultimate life form" which would supercede the artificial one. This explains why both of them are hedgehogs, both of them are FAR MORE powerful than any other living creature and why they are so similiar (yet different, if you know what I mean?). Oh, and why they can both Chaos Control and use things like Chaos Spear and Sonic Wind, etc.
That's just my theory, and I just felt like sharing it.
(Of course, it may be that Tails is even more powerful than Sonic... at least he is in the comics, but that's a different reality)
Oh, and a lot of the story behind Shadow I sort of took a guess at after doing a bit of research. You know, it's most likely that Shadow was actually TOLD by Gerald Robotnik to stop his revenge plan, then he forgot due to amnesia. He's very prone to amnesia, isn't he?
Anyway, what do you think?
. Amnesia is amnesia, it can be short or long term.