History Videogame / ShadowMan

* InformedAbility: It's never quite explained how exactly Legion's minions managed to rip the dark souls out of the Govis, even tho those should be apparently safe beyond the means of even the most powerful voodoo magic. The remastered version kinda partially averts that, by showing in one of the new levels that through many experimentations the bad guys eventually got there. [[spoiler: And it's still implied that the process may be too much of a burden to begin with, given that Legion had nowhere enough dark souls to start the Apocalypse [[UnwittingPawn and had to lure Mike into doing all the work for him]]]].

* NoSell: Thanks to their Dark Souls, the Five [[ImmuneToBullets cannot by killed by Liveside weaponry]]. You have to acquire your Shadow Man powers in Liveside to be able to destroy them.

** In the Remastered version of the game, [[spoiler: there is an additional Soul Gate in the Fogometers which requires every Dark Soul to open. Beyond that is a door that requires the player to have collected every Cadeaux in the game (666 in total). Past that is a short area, at the end of which you can acquire the Light Soul, which gives the Shadowgun the ability to fire max-level charges without needing to charge. Though it's gotten so late, it does make the final boss battle easier]].

** In the Remastered version of the game, [[spoiler: there is an additional Soul Gate in the Fogometers which requires every Dark Soul to open. Beyond that is a door that requires the player to have collected every Cadeaux in the game (666 in total). Past that is a short area, at the end of which you can acquire the Light Soul/White Soul, which gives the Shadowgun the ability to fire max-level charges without needing to charge. Though it's gotten so late, it does make the final boss battle easier]].

* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Basically, in the first game the five's job is to open portals in Liveside so that Legion can start the Apocalypse by sending his army through them. By the time the game starts, those portals are already functional. Take a guess at where they are located: [[BritainIsOnlyLondon London]], [[BigApplesauce New York]] and...[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Texas]].

''Shadow Man'' is a two-part series of multi-platform action-adventure games, the first released in 1999 by Creator/{{Acclaim}} Entertainment for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] and UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 (later ported to the Sony UsefulNotes/{{PlayStation}} and UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast), and the sequel, ''Shadow Man [[Letters2Numbers 2econd Coming]]'', released on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 in 2002.

In March 2020, Creator/NightdiveStudios announced ''Shadow Man Remastered'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and PC, involving updating the graphics and effects with modern sensibilities, as well as the reintegration of cut content. The PC version of ''Remastered'' was eventually released in April 2021. The console versions were released on January 13, 2022.

On May 2022, 22 years after the release of ''2econd Coming'', Valiant Comics and Blowfish Studios announced ''Shadowman: Darque Legacy'', an Action RPG Soulslike set in the 2021 run of the comic book series, with Jack Boniface serving as the main protagonist. It is set to release on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, UsefulNotes/PlayStation4, UsefulNotes/PlayStation5, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS.

Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 gaming's other Shadow Man.]]