Sonic Team boss, Takashi Iizuka, has spoken about the possibility of the ultra-edgy Shadow the Hedgehog appearing in the Classic series of Sonic the Hedgehog games. Iizuka told Game Informer in their most recent coverage of the forthcoming Sonic Superstars, that that while Shadow continues to be his favourite non-Sonic character, he won’t be appearing in the Classic series simply because its before his time and jokingly said “Unfortunately, Shadow was in a capsule at that time.” Here’s what he told Game Informer:
“Shadow is from the Modern series of characters and gameplay that we have introduced. The Classic series exists before the Modern series, so they haven’t met at that time. There’s no relationship, so we won’t be bringing Shadow into the Classic series.”
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