Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4220590-20161110184540/@comment-679780-20161115045209

Since Sonic Boom has a more softer image than canon, it be an interesting "challenge" to the show writers to retell Shadows backstory in SOnic Boom. I imagine Gerald Robotnik was a kooky old scientist. Instead of NIDs, Maria is simply regarded as "sick". Perhaps ARK was never shut down and the rest of Eggmans family lives up there, but Eggman chose to leave the ARK, or was exiled or something.