Emerl wasn't on Archie, but I understand where you coming from, as Archie Shadow was very empathic with other machines aka tools of war. He tried to convince Metal Sonic to find a purpose, and he bonded with Gamma and Omega.
...Huh, written by Flynn. Sensing a pattern with IDW's plot points.
To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.@Tomodachi yeah I don't think SA 2 was even trying to even give the idea that Maria and Shadow's time together was fake, that would be weird to think that.
After 10 year plus years I have the confidence to be here. My one and only Fate servent.
(2) My syntax was bad, but I meant "they did the whole Shadow and Gamma thing in the Archie comics, and that was like what they did with Shadow and Emerl in Battle."
On principle I don't like idolizing specific writers, but Ian Flynn seems to be doing great with what he's allowed to use. Get him, Christian Whitehead, and the writers of the Sonic movie into a room together.
Edited by FOFD on Jul 7th 2024 at 7:28:51 AM
https://x.com/SEGAbits/status/1809673743263994006
Shadow was inspired by Spawn from Image comics according to the creators.
Hello worldWait, was it not implied that the events were:
- Gerald discovers Emerl, takes to ARK for research.
- Emerl's berserker mode triggers because Gearld had a Chaos Emerald...somehow.
- Shadow and Emerl fight.
- Shadow wins (duh), G.U.N. is like "hey, if this old windbag can't handle a lousy robot, how can he handle a flesh and blood life form? We better shut it down."
- Cue GUN Incident.
- Cue Sonic Adventure 2.
Hey, look! The teaser is on YouTube and in HD!
Speaking of SA2, if Dark Beginnings has three episodes, and the first is the Gizoid Incident, what if the other two are remixes of the events of SA2 and the Shadow game (and Heroes and 06, I guess)?
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jul 8th 2024 at 11:24:04 AM
Literally as this preview was coming out, I chose not to watch it, and was talking to someone about how I didn't want to buy the same game 3 times (I have regular Generations on PS 3 and Steam).
But if it's got EMERL?!?!?! I will ABSOLUTELY buy this game.
There's also a (Japan only) bit of external media that covers Rouge's report on Shadow during SA 2, and that also very explicitly raises the question on if Shadow's the original, or a clone Gerald made after the original died (as the capsule he was launched out of was never found).
I always felt kinda bad for the Phis. They were like little siblings of Emerl but with no free will.
The Protomen enhanced my life.And very little personality. Two of them managed to gain a semblance of personality with Emeralds's shards, same way as Chaos Gamma did.
That's an interesting food for thought. Eggman machines don't tend to gain a personality unless an incident happens that make them sentient. I don't know what happened that caused Metal Sonic, Gamma and Omega to gain theirs; Sage appears to be a side effect of the Starfall Islands. Orbot and Cubot were just a side-gig Eggman did.
Edited by Tomodachi on Jul 9th 2024 at 8:19:20 AM
To win, you need to adapt, and to adapt, you need to be able to laugh away all the restraints. Everything holding you back.It WOULD be really daring if Shadow Generations decided to use the time travel gimmick to clear up all the questions about Shadow's identity and whether he's real or not.
The craziest answer would be "the original Shadow died along with Maria 50 years ago, Sonic Adventure 2 Shadow is a clone made by Gerald who died at the end of SA2, and Shadow after that point is a robot clone made by Eggman programmed to think he's the real Shadow". And then Generations has all three versions of Shadow fight each other.
Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Jul 9th 2024 at 8:35:10 AM
It's too late to do the one interesting thing a clone story could've done...
They used it and all they did was have Shadow clones be a generic stage mook.
Rules of the Internet 45. Rule 45 is a lie. Check out my art if you notice.My own case of Damn You, Muscle Memory! is in Sonic Heroes, I attempted to glide as Knuckles, only to forget that when in Power Formation it activates the "Triangle Dive".
Iizuka says he wants to make a Sonic RPG
before he retires, being a bit surprised that they (Sonic Team) haven't fully tackled one.
Chronicles don't count in this instance since it was by Bioware and not Sonic Team or Iizuka

Well, I was a kid when I first played the game, so I took everything pretty literally.
I feel special being one of those few to have played Battle. I got stuck on Shadow's chapter for a while, finally cleared it and I felt like my Emerl was just unstoppable. Then we euthanize him.
I like how Shadow related to Emerl. It's something the Archie comics did with him and Gamma too; Shadow's ability to empathize is one of the best aspects of his character.
Edited by FOFD on Jul 7th 2024 at 7:11:43 AM