Thread:Sonicisawesome2448/@comment-477304-20150630114119/@comment-1293405-20160527052949

You are clearly not understanding my argument... the quote says:

"Shadow the Hedgehog: Let us battle, one last time, to see who truly is the strongest! ... My body wasn't healed completely before, but now I'm ready! I am the ultimate life form, Shadow the hedgehog. I will crush anyone who stands in my way! / Emerl: You sure about that? I don't want you whining about how you didn't have your 'Chaos Emerald' and stuff! / Shadow: I no longer need it. I have Maria in my heart."

Shadow was injured and because of this injury he was weakened. Having the Emerald made him stronger, because that is what they do, they "give energy to all living beings" as translated from the original Sonic1 JPN manual. So he was using the Emerald as a sort of crutch to overcome this weakness until his body was healed. He is saying that NOW he is healed, he no longer needs his proverbial crutch - he no longer needs the Emerald to overcome his weakness. Yes he has fought Emerl before but he was weakened and using the Emerald as a crutch and I never said he used the Emerald to heal (that would be speculative since it is not mentioned). Lastly I don't see the importance of you mentioning Sonic's arrival in this.

Your referenced quote does not prove anything about Shadow not needing an Emerald for his Chaos Powers outside of Chaos Control (which you agree needs an Emerald). It is already proven that the Emeralds' power radiates out and can be harnessed without physical contact - in addition to how they "give energy to all living beings", they have made islands float through water (Sonic1 "they do say that the reason why South Island is always moving is because the emeralds are somewhere inside the island's hazy depths") and air (Angel Island and the Master Emerald, plus the fact that in Sonic 3 there were originally a set of 7 Emeralds already on the floating island), made volcanoes unstable (Sonic06 - Shadow said in Flame Core "The crust's energy is out of control... Is it because of the Chaos Emeralds"), and allowed for both Chaos Control and Super transformations without touching Emeralds. Furthermore, the nearly the game's skill cards for Shadow's moves said his Chaos Powers used in that game are powered by Chaos Control (again pointing out that you have agreed Chaos Control needs an Emerald, for example: Shadow Heal "Shadow's heal skill. Powered by Chaos Control.", Shadow Guard "Shadow's guard skill. Powered by Chaos Control.", Chaos Nightmare "Shadow's heavy attack. Using Chaos Control, he grinds his fists to distort space, to attack and knock opponents away.")

In the end your evidence is speculative: you are reading into a quote to say that this quote IMPLIES that Shadow does not need an Emerald for certain Chaos Powers despite how it does not say that directly as your quote literally does not mention any Chaos Power specifically or in general. - and this is despite how it, in context, seems to be talking about Shadow getting over an injury and not needing to use the Emerald as a sort of crutch to overcome the injury created weakness. Further undercutting your claim is that most of Shadow's moves use Chaos Control in some way. And the bottom line is your evidence is exactly the same evidence fans used for years to claim that Shadow does not need an Emerald for Chaos Control - until Iizuka went "Word of God" and confirmed that he does need it. Sonic saiyan (talk) 05:29, May 27, 2016 (UTC)