What the Sonic Adventure 2 game can tell you about the Sonic 3 movie

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If you already know about ‘that’ cameo from Sonic 2 what can the video games tell you about the future of the Sonic movie universe?

While not the most faithful of video game-to-movie adaptations, Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is more loyal to its source material compared to the first movie. Aside from the additions of Tails and Knuckles, there is more familiar iconography and the story is based on the lore of the games.

This is likely to continue based on the sequel’s post credits scene, which not only confirms another new addition to the movie franchise but also gives away which Sonic game will be the main inspiration.

Although a Sonic The Hedgehog 3 movie has been confirmed, there are zero official details and, since we’ll now be going deep into spoiler territory, it’s advised you stop reading now if you haven’t seen Sonic 2. If you have or don’t care about spoilers, let’s get into it…

Yes, Shadow the Hedgehog makes a last minute cameo. Given his popularity, it only makes sense for him to feature in the movies. For anyone less familiar with the character, let’s run through his backstory from the games (primarily Sonic Adventure 2).

While it’d be easy to assume that he’s Sonic’s evil brother/clone, Shadow’s origins are far more complex. He’s actually the result of a military-funded science experiment titled Project Shadow and, upon his creation, he was dubbed the ultimate life form.

The goal of Project Shadow was to create immortality and it succeeded with Shadow. His creator, Professor Gerald Robotnik (the grandfather of series villain Robotnik/Eggman), had an ulterior motive, however: to cure his terminally ill granddaughter, Maria.

Shadow, Maria, and