I am at ALDI chain (subs only)

Fun Fact about Shadow the Hedgehog: Every path in this game has an individual name, depending on which stages you complete. That's *300+* paths if you technically want 100%.

Fun fact: If you unlock hard mode, every stage is treated like Shadow is doing training simulations with the help of GUN, and there's dialogue from every character you can't hear anyone else. One of these bits is the GUN Commander apologizing for how he treated Shadow and LITERALLY INVITING HIM TO A PICNIC WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN.

the neutral ending where he goes full skynet is so funny cus like, hes not an android, eggman was literally just fucking with him

I personally would have ranked the "I should never have been created" ending higher on account of the incredible moment of Vector the Crocodile telling a depressed Shadow "hey man don't go there... YET"

Fun fact: In every single path... Shadow ends up collecting the Chaos Emeralds and says "Finally. I've got all the Chaos Emeralds!"

The commander annoyed me. He blamed Shadow for Maria's death, but became a commander that leads the GUN army that killed Maria 50 years ago.

I fucking love that shadow ended the call in the beginning of the video with an "I love you." It's just such a random thing he did and is probably the literal last thing you'd imagine he would say.

“Welcome to the Salty Spitoon how tough are ya?” “I beat Shadow the Hedgehog” “Sorry to keep you waiting sir” “ *ALL ENDINGS* “ “Oh uh…. This place is too soft for ya”

9:56 the guy who directed the sonic movies actually happens to be the same guy who directed the cg cutscenes I think so there will definitely be a reference to this game

"The year is 2005" OH THANK GOD, I'VE HAD SUCH A NIGHTMARE - oh.

He got shadow to say “I love you”… IT SHOULDVE BEEN ME

According to Sean (voice of Goku) from the recent collectAcon, he apparently had to go to the hospital a number of times while voicing Doom. Considering how monsterously deep the voice is, that makes sense.

“Shadow it’s me, the Devil”

Fun fact about the game: despite not having a split screen story mode. A second player can control the characters that pop up in the stages. Like sonic, knuckles, and even maria

Maria's death in Sonic Adventure 2: A touching scene where she sacrifices herself to save Shadow, probably after being accidentally hit in the crossfire Maria's death in Shadow the Hedgehog: Some dude with a pistol just shoots her right in the face

One of my favorite things about this game is that I'm pretty sure most of the cast doesn't know Shadow has amnesia. Like, it is never a subject of conversation. I don't know if Sonic even knows who Maria is.

"what's the green Gundam name, with the one eye" Honestly that describes like 50 different mobile suits.

The SnapCube fandub is ingrained in my mind, so learning the real lines is very odd

2:31:09 It’s funny how you asserted that this scene is why “Mike Pollock continues to prove why he’s the best Eggman” when this game was his in-game debut as Eggman! He originated the role in the dub of the Sonic X anime, and Sega decided to carry over the cast of the then-recent show into Shadow the Hedgehog for the sake of consistency.

55:45 "give us a chao mobile game" The things I would do for a Mobile Chao garden that is based off your steps/physical activity. A man can dream I guess...

The fact that Maria Robotnik has multiple deaths in general is the biggest *bruh* in Sonic.

„Ooh a clone of yourself! Isn’t that pretty cool? I made them to take over apple“

>All 10 endings. So you only completed 1/30th of the game?

"Don't go there yet." Yet? Someone should NEVER go there. Way to go Vector.

46:01 Here's the neat thing Choc. We speedrunners do *every* ending for the speedrun. It's actually not that bad after a while.

2:22 "love you!" Thats cute!

Hot take: I wouldn’t have an issue with Shadow using a gun if it wasn’t so illogical. There’s nothing inherently “edgy” about using a weapon in fights but, well, he’s already *much* faster than any bullet. The only thing wrong with him using guns is that literally would be better off fighting unarmed and his amnesia just made him forget that. Maybe the supposed edginess comes from how he’s using a lethal weapon as a handicap? 🤷‍♂️

18:59 Funny you mention that Choc, there's uh... there's something hilarious with this statement.

Different-colored eyes are actually a natural thing called heterochromia; I have it. No special lore reason, he just looks cool with it.

While the writing could definitely be better, I really love the idea of this amnesiac who already made peace with that(in Sonic Heroes) but then has to face the past he lost; both mentally, as the amnesia wears off, and physically, as the results of previous events(some he never knew about to begin with) start unfolding around him.

I didn't expect this game to give me a newfound appreciation for Shadow as a character because I'd only seen it memed, but it did. A fun playthrough to watch, and thank you for enduring all the endings so we got to see all of them.

Cool. _Now do the other 316 paths._

Fun fact: when you are in chaos control or chaos blast mode, projectile weapons have unlimited ammo for a limited time.

1:33:40 He has Heterochromia, that's all. Although interestingly, his eyes are the colours of Shadow's and Sonic's trail effects.

Idk, I could see Shadow Generations being a potential lead in for remake of this. If SonicxShadow Generations is Sonic Generations + a shorter Shadow Campaign AND the levels from this game using Shadows moveset from the Generations campaign, that is well worth its price. With the revelation that the Chaos Emeralds aren't from Earth, it makes a lot more sense that an alien plan revolves around them.

I love watching Choc go through the five stages of grief every time he plays a Sonic game.

I love it how they keep a planet destroying massive thing casually floating by which seems to be too easily broken into and humans are just fine with it

19:00 I love how he (probably unintentionally) referenced the plot of the snapcube fandub

shadow… it’s ME THE DEVIL

Choc has a good vector voice

The fact that this game was Rated *E* despite all the deaths and swearing.

This game is unironically one of my favorites in the series.

Listening to the actual dialogue in this game after watching the Snapcube dub is giving me some sort of whiplash seeing the context of what they are parodizing lmao

Using this video to kill 2 1/2 of the hours left to go until FF7 Rebirth is out is such an easy decision that it is like taking candy from a baby which is fine by me.

I just finished watching a reaction video to the Shadow the hedgehog fandub by Snapcube and as soon exit the video I see this was posted an hour ago. Talk about perfect timing lmao

Technically you could read Eggman's dialogue there as him lying to push Shadow to fight harder...but yeah it's probably true.

You know you're terminally online when you hear Shadow's first line at 1:24 and immediately thought it was Jehtt...

I hope that Shadow does get to use guns in the movie and Generations, he did in Lego Dimensions after all

This game is a 8/10 amazing level aesthetics some of the best in sonic top 10 sonic soundtrack(secret agent vibes like 007 but antihero),guns and weapons, interacting with all your favorite sonic characters, they gave us a game where we could play as shadow the entire game and we didn’t appreciate it like we should have… sega also could have made the game faster in levels and work on bosses but I’d do anything to be able to play this on my ps5

Lol, shadow saying “love you” to choc on the discord call was so funny! Choctopus lore people, wright this down!!!

As someone who completed this game in his childhood, I honestly feel like the best thing about this game is the lore it adds. Shadow's origins are rather interesting, and confirming that this Shadow is the original is a relief, ever since the mystery was placed during Sonic Heroes. The only other thing I can praise the game for is the alignment system, as a concept. It could have been done better, particularly without having to repeat bosses, cut scenes, or reusing so many assets in general. But having a goal to work toward in the form of multiple endings is a good motivator. Other than that, the game is clunky at best, and frustrating at worst.

This is gonna be a marathon to enjoy, also, Jehtt absolutely nailed the voice acting

‘Shadow, it’s me, the Devil.’ Edit: Jesus christ, what’s happening in the comments.

Yall want to play a drinking game? Take a shot every time he references dragon ball or SpongeBob 😂

15:57 so who’s gonna tell bro that he was (and still is) missing out on peak fiction

I’ve waited for this FOR SUCH ALONG TIME since you told me about it at the Sonic Expo. Damn do I unironically love this game

Chocto. Pal. It’s okay, to admit being a Sonic channel.

Fun fact, Shadow the Hedgehog and Pokemon Gales of Darkness released at the same day

I think choctopus is the only person who actually liked Charmy in this games, wtf

SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG: FAMILY GAME OF THE YEAR After the release of the multi-platform Sonic Heroes, everyone questioned what the Sonic series would do next. Would there be a sequel to the new Heroes style? The release of Sonic Adventure 3? Or would it be something really new? Rumors began to circulate when an official Sega poll was put up asking people their first choice of which character in the Sonic franchise they'd like to star in their own game. With choices ranging from the already spun off like Tails and Knuckles, to total nobodies like Espio, the winner of the poll would be none other than Shadow the Hedgehog by a fairly wide margin, the "Ultimate Lifeform" that had stolen enough hearts in Sonic Adventure 2 to be resurrected in Sonic Heroes. Only a few weeks after the poll results were revealed, it was announced that Sonic the Hedgehog would be an inaugural inductee into the Walk of Game, a monument in San Francisco designed to honor icons of video gaming, both the characters and the minds behind them. In an explosion of marketing synergy, Sega thought it the perfect time to unveil the trailer for the next installment in the Sonic series. The trailer came in two parts: the first being a celebratory montage of all things Sonic over the previous fourteen years. The second part of the trailer would show off the latest title by Sonic Team...and it was introduced with a hail of bullets punching through the footage of Sonic's history. This was the world's first ever look at Shadow the Hedgehog, and for many of the Sonic faithful, it was the perfect herald of The Troubles. Now, Sonic Team USA, having renamed themselves Sega Studios USA after the completion of the absolute trial that was Heroes, were not so foolish as to begin development of a game based solely on an official poll. In fact, the poll was made simply to gauge potential fan reaction for the unveiling. Honestly, something like Shadow the Hedgehog had been gestating ever since Sonic Adventure 2, where Takashi Iizuka had come up with a plethora of angles to tackle using the character during development, and he hadn't managed to use them all to his liking. After wrapping up production of Sonic Heroes, Iizuka had become a bit bored with how the previous titles has been aimed at a younger audience, and was wanting to appeal to an older demographic, and attract those who might not otherwise play a Sonic title. With an older demo in mind, he was also wanting to capitalize on the story elements of the previous games, putting a focus on the mysterious nature of Shadow and his origins, answering the many burning questions fans had been asking over the previous two games. The fact that he was wanting to appeal to an older demographic with what was still at heart a children's cartoon mascot never seemed to merit any closer examination from SEGA leadership at the time, especially when he started having the staff watch films like Underworld, Constantine and Terminator for tonal guidance. With the tone for their anti-hero cartoon mascot decided thanks to, of all things, Constantine, the team then began to add other much-requested features to the game such as the ability to ride vehicles and the use of weapons, which was given real emphasis to make Shadow the Hedgehog stand apart from the Sonic franchise before it. Though shooting mechanics had been implemented in the two Adventure titles, the team wanted to challenge themselves to include it as a core mechanic this time, creating a 'gun action' game that focused on both speed and shooting at the same time. Since Shadow was the only remotely-appropriate character to do this with (Omega didn't count as he had guns for arms instead of needing to pick them up), production was able to get fully underway quite quickly after Heroes wrapped up. Another element the team worked hard to put in the game was the use of branching pathways within the story. The concept had originally been meant to feature in Sonic Adventure 2, but a lack of time and resources had shelved it. Taking the Hero/Dark dichotomy from Adventure 2 and running with it for what they hoped was a touchdown, even the game's tagline ("Hero or villain? You decide.") advertised how each playthrough of the game would theoretically be a wholly unique experience. Though only playing through six levels in any path, with 22 total available, this meant 326 different ways a player could complete the game. The game initially received a "T" rating from the ESRB. Sega even tried to play up the higher age rating, asking those at trade shows and events where the game was being demoed to only play if they were 13 and up. However, many SoA marketing execs worried that a T rating would lose them a large chunk of Sonic's customer base that bought titles exclusively for kids, and Sonic had been heavily associated with that branding. As luck would have it though, during the game's production, the ESRB decided to update their rating system after years of complaints, adding an "E10+" rating to be slotted in between "E" and "T." With maximized dollar signs in sight now, the Western translation gunned for the rating, haphazardly removing some of the mild swearing and leaving the rest. The blood was also sucked straight out of all G.U.N troops, and then tinted green for the Black Doom armada. This purposeful censorship managed to land the game right into the ten-and-up designation, leading to high fives all around the Sega offices. Which was strange, because the whole point of the game was to court a more mature audience, wasn't it? Multiple vocal tracks were composed for the game, with each meant to be played for a specific path through the game. However, not all the tracks made for the game actually ended up in it. Despite strenuous protests, Jun Senoue, the lead composer of the game, lost out on two songs he had his heart set on. The first was a track titled "Who I Am," written by the band Magna-Fi, that was forced out due to copyright and licensing issues. The second song, however, was lost for a sadder reason. "Broken," a song previously released by the band Sins of a Divine Mother, was the other track that Jun wanted in the game, specifically as the Neutral-Hero theme. All the band members were in agreement except the singer, Wylie B. They couldn't track him down to get his permission to use it. Unable to discuss the licensing of the song, it was dropped, instead creating a new song "Chosen One", written and performed by the band A2 (which actually featured quite a few members from Sins of a Divine Mother). Despite all the risks taken by Sonic Team to make a darker, more mature tale to attract older audiences, their effort proved laughably ineffectual, as the released product was thoroughly trashed by critics and snubbed by the very demographic they were chasing. Although it still managed to sell reasonably well despite the drubbing, this effectively killed its potential in the eyes of SEGA to become a companion franchise to Sonic. Though criticism at the time has paled in comparison to what the passage of time wrought, as many fans and critics alike have cited the game as a Happy Days style "jump the shark" moment for the Sonic series. Now, a whole heaping helping of criticism for the game stemmed from what many felt was an unearned sense of maturity and the unwelcome addition of guns. To quote one critic, Game Informer's Matt Helgeson "not only is this new 'adult' interpretation of Sonic painfully dumb, it’s also ill-advised and almost feels like a betrayal to longtime fans." Eurogamer's Tom Bramwell felt similarly, stating that "the game's other selling point - its darker edge - is not really meant for us." Though, not everyone had it out for Sonic's own Vegeta spinoff. In fact, Nintendo Power's Steve Thomason rated the game an 8.0 out of 10, stating that a darker take on Sonic's universe "succeeds for the most part, giving the series a bit of an edge without going overboard on violence." (Hilariously, this kind review would be retracted with prejudice in the last issue of Nintendo Power, with Thomason not only stating that this rating was his worst mistake in the magazine, but that the game itself was an "abomination".) What was an even bigger target for criticism in Shadow The Hedgehog, more than the gunplay or scattershot tone issues, was the controls. What many found especially egregious was Shadow's homing attack, as it caused many unexpected and cheap deaths. Game Informer's Matt Helgeson complained that the attack "frequently sends you careening off into nothingness, resulting in cheap death after cheap death." This was a sentiment echoed countless ways by Nintendo Power, X-Play, Eurogamer, Official Xbox Magazine, and GameSpy, among others. While the homing attack took the brunt of criticism, other mechanics were not spared, as seen in Greg Mueller of GameSpot's complaint that the guns were nearly useless because of a lack of an aiming ability. IGN staff writer Matt Casamassina, 1UP.com staff writer Greg Sewart, Game Informer, X-Play, GameSpy, and London's The Times also criticized the mechanics of Shadow's weapons and vehicles, and other aspects of the game's controls. Of course, even this mixed-to-negative reception didn't stop the game from gaining the coveted status of "Best Game of 2006" by the Official Jetix Magazine Reader Awards. It even received a nomination for a Golden Joystick Award as 2006's "Family Game of the Year" on the website of British newspaper "The Sun".

I just imagine when i was playing this game to get to the endings, Shadow has paper notes on each level "Do Good" Shadow: :D "Do the bad thing" Shadow: >:D

choctopus, i stopped watching letsplayers a long time ago because i thought it wasn't for me anymore. but then i stumbled upon your channel. i haven't laughed this hard in a long time. watching you relive my struggles i remember so clearly as a child coupled with your commentary is just gold lmao

36:29 *THE MOMENT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR!!!*

I JUST now finished rewarching your Sonic Unleashed playthrough and thought to myself I want to see him play Shadow the Hedgehog so badly... And here it is!!! Right there!

Choc, you're not beating the "Sonic Channel" allegations 😂

i can't help but think of an interesting video i saw: you can have a second player join in and control Sonic or Omega or the other "companions". THAT youtuber was trying to see how many levels he could finish with the second player doing ALL the objectives! killing aliens or solders, etc. it wasn't very many, since the second player can't pick up the Chaos Emeralds, he couldn't even get any of the endings properly! also, i really loved your silly joke: "a chicken gun? what the CLUCK?"

54:58 thank you Choc! I knew I couldn't be the only one that thought the balloons looked like Jack Skellington's head!

That shadow impression is super good! Good job Jehtt.

Alright, now A-rank every mission so you can play through Expert Mode, which has unique versions of all the levels. 🤪

“Why did they include tripping?” It was reactionary, as I understand they weren’t overly keen on the hyper competitive scene that formed around Melee so they hard wired in an inherent degree of randomness to the games most prolific component - movement.

Huh he got to every ending before Lythero. But to be fair it's his chat's fault for not going the correct course

36:31 this is gonna get taken out of context on Twitter, Shadow. Be careful.

Sonic channel❌ Shadow Channel? ✅

I swear when I saw the thumbnail I immediately remembered Jehtt’s videos. Imagine my surprise when I saw the intro. Keep up the good work man and thanks for a Shadow the Hedgehog let’s play 🔥🔥🔥

Fun fact: The GUN Beetles in this game use MP5s as their weaponry. Just look on the beetle's bottom at 15:15. Oh, and at 2:04:10, the commander updated his audio equipment.

All the voice actors being the same ones from Sonic X means every time I hear Knuckles I hear a bit of Yugi (Dan Green) 😅 EDITS: The President is also Yugi's Grandpa (Maddie Blaustien) And Mike Pollock was Prof. Bonaparte in Yu-Gi-Oh GX, and Jason Griffith was some tennis dude in GX as well as Atticus Rhodes (I had to throw them in as well) Marc Thompson (GUN commander) voiced many characters in Yu-Gi-Oh, notably Duke Devlin in DM and Chazz Princeton in GX.

The damn 4th chaos emerald

not gonna lie to you i literally looked for a video about shadow from you 2 weeks too early omg

1:48 Duel of the fates was in episode I. Battle of heroes was in III

Well worth the wait during the Year of Shadow thank you Choc! I am looking forward to watching this 2 1/2 hours special. Still love this game, it really isn't as bad as it seems, also this Ost goes hard 🔥🖤❤️

I love that you got Jehtt to do that shadow bit, that was so good

I love that the video is in 4:3

The Man was right, he's a Shadow Channel.

I'm never gonna see the cutscenes in this game without it being the shadow the hedgehog fandub. It feels so off.

"This is like taking candy from a baby. Which is fine by me." Me: Worst line, ever!

Shadow is not a bad character, he's misunderstood, and that's why they call him an "edgelord"

2001 baby here I can confirm that when I was in kindergarten back in 06/07, my teacher did roll out one of those TVs and put on a movie while she took it easy for the day. The entire class would just sit on the floor and watched a random Disney movie

Thank you for another entertaining video from my favorite shadow channel!

unironically my favorite sonic game

Fun fact: On the gamecube version of this if you plug a second controller in, you can actually control your alley who follows you and make them attack stuff. (Everyone except Black Doom's eye and Dr. Eggman robot). Of course, they can only go as far as Shadow is on the screen but still neat. Unofficial two-player. :)

2:02:25 reminds me isn't there a wallpaper cover story where silver blocks the cannon from destroying soleanna, it wasent charge by the emeralds but i think it had to do with the artificial gravity cylinders? on the ark and what ever reserve power Eggman could muster

1:16:55 Choc as a highschooler, I unfortunately have to inform you that they dont do that anymore.

I love how he puts more emphasis on Damn but the subtitles put more emphasis on Fourth

I’m actually really excited to watch this ima watch it in one sitting. I’m gonna love this

" *Look! Look! It's a war zone!* " *- Charmy Bee, 2005, Prison Island.*

Unironically the best game of all time

This game was so much of my childhood i spent more time on this than HALO 2 and Time Spliter Future Perfect.

Fun fact: Some of those wall graphics in the ARK levels are *maps*, with the red dot being a "you are here".

Fun fact for those who don't know you can do a ShadAmy path in this game called The Miracle of Love where you do all the Dark mission's until you get to the stage Cryptic Castle and help Amy look for Cream and Cheese which is already obvious from this video that its Amy's hero mission and so once you complete that you can do all of the hero missions afterwards and you get the pure hero ending. Basically it's thanks to Amy Shadow has seen the light and will do good henceforth the Miracle of Love which is really sweet and i love this as a cute ShadAmy path! ❤️🖤