Sonic the Hedgehog dressed as Shadow broke my brain

polygon.com:

It seems like Sonic the Hedgehog is always finding ways to one-up his rival and frenemy, Shadow. This time, it’s dashing around Sonic Superstars while wearing a onesie that makes him look exactly like his black and red counterpart. The new costume looks like some sort of cosmic horror, and its reveal prompted a wave of responses online making jokes about Sonic’s terrifying but hilarious new look.

The onesie basically transforms Sonic into Shadow from head to toe, save for a small circular cut out on his face. The onesie is a free new costume in Sonic Superstars and was released on Thursday to celebrate the announcement of Sonic X Shadow Generations. This may just a be a minor cosmetic addition, but it comes with an extra dose of pettiness since Sonic Superstars doesn’t actually include Shadow as playable character. Instead this faux-Shadow costume almost makes the addition feel like a taunt of sorts. Sorry Shadow!

To celebrate the announcement of Sonic x Shadow Generations, a new Shadow the Hedgehog costume is available in Sonic Superstars! Download it for free today! pic.twitter.com/8jSoPoGQD3

However, as some have pointed out, adding a costume of Shadow is much funnier than just adding him to the game. Now, people online are sharing funny commentary and fan art commenting on the cursed Sonic costume on X.

since we now know that classic sonic canonically owns a shadow onesie, i'm gonna need some art of him sleeping whilst wearing it pic.twitter.com/RovonLdOXN

i like to think he saw Shadow and thought «holy fuck that's the coolest guy I've ever seen» and went home and made the cosplay with Amy pic.twitter.com/SqdJpPreLY

White kids dressing up Miles Morales: pic.twitter.com/riXhPANyeL

Classic Sonic didn’t let that slide pic.twitter.com/qzIGRIbA6V

I love him sm ❤️ ❤️ pic.twitter.com/W6TtEpwN23

Shadow top admirer in generation ✨ pic.twitter.com/0mkbJiy0t7

Sonic dressing up as Shadow is far from the only big news to come from our beloved blue hedgehog. He’s still