Sonic Prime: What Should Fans Expect From The Series' Take On Shadow?
The Sonic the Hedgehog franchise features one of the most uniquely devoted fanbases of any ongoing multimedia IP, but that comes with upsides and downsides. While they'll defend the things they love about the franchise to the hilt, the powerful fandom will savage any creator who dares to portray a character in a way they aren't fond of.
Sonic and his entourage have been having something of a boom period this past couple of years. Between controversial upcoming games to shockingly successful blockbuster film adaptations, the character is more prominent than he has been in around twenty years. Along with all the rest, there's also a hotly anticipated animated series on its way with some interesting details attached.
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As part of the extremely brief Sonic Central presentation put out by Sega on June 7th, the company showed off around fifteen seconds of the upcoming Sonic Prime animated series. The series was originally announced way back in December 2020, with vague statements from the company. Further information has been drip-fed to fans over the past year and a half, eventually culminating in a couple of extremely brief clips. One of the upsides of the Sonic franchise is the fact that fans can be made extremely excited with the reveal of a single character, and that theory was proven by Prime's brief showcase. The few seconds display a yellow sphere spin-dashing its way through a green landscape before suddenly revealing that Shadow the Hedgehog will appear in the series. While this reveal did cause a significant fan outcry, it also raises several questions from newcomers and hardcore fans.
Shadow the Hedgehog was introduced in 2001, as one of the primary antagonists of
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