Sonic Team head Takashi Iizuka is interested in making Shadow evil again, re-exploring his more villainous roots. This comes after more than two decades of Shadow being the anti-hero of the series, as opposed to the antagonist he introduced as in Sonic Adventure 2.
This comes from an interview with Polygon, in the run-up to the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations. Here, Iizuka briefly touches on his future plans for the character, revealing that he would find it "interesting" to make Shadow evil again.
"In Sonic Adventure 2, if you go through all the different stories, you have probably run into Shadow getting revenge on the entire world and being… pretty much evil," says Iizuka, explaining Shadow's role in his debut game.
"Ever since Sonic Adventure 2, we haven’t really explored that ‘Evil Shadow’ presentation of the character," he continues. "He’s always been on a different kind of spectrum. But maybe in the future it’ll be interesting to come back and revisit Shadow being not so nice, maybe even as far as evil, as far as the other characters may see him."
While fans are pretty split on what they want from Shadow as a character,...
