Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25819077-20150103181119/@comment-25855087-20150105223847

NyanWaffles123 wrote: Sonicfan114 wrote: To be fair, while he was interesting in the beginning, Beren has a small point in that Sega hasn't done much with him recently. I think that the best bet would be for the next Sonic game to have an Adventure-like structure (different characters with somewhat different goals) and have one of the main characters be Shadow. At this point, almost anything would be acceptable. Shadow the hedgehog is an example of this awful backstory. That whole game sucked, and the story was almost as bad as 06. To be perfectly honest, I've never played Shadow the Hedgehog, so I'm not defending it. Also, just looking at SA2 and (for now) ignoring Heroes and Shadow the Hedgehog, he was one of the only characters with a decent, fleshed out origin (in my opinion). I still think that Shadow has potential, and while he has grown somewhat stale recently, I wouldn't insult the entire backstory because of it. But that's just my two cents, and I don't know if anyone agrees with me. In short, I don't think Shadow should be gotten rid of, just taken in a new direction.