Black Sword
Appearances in other media
The Black Sword [2] [3] (ブラックソード[4] , Burakku Sōdo ? ) is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series . It is a sword used by the Black Arms , being a close-quarters, combat-type weapon usable by both enemies and the player.
Description [ ]
Loosely based off of a real-world talwar sword, the Black Sword is a dark purple sword about Shadow the Hedgehog 's height. It has a space in-between the latter half of its blade, a dark purple cup guard with a black handle.
Overview [ ]
In gameplay of Shadow the Hedgehog , the Black Sword can only be found in certain Stages . They can be wielded by Black Warriors and Black Oaks , who will use them against the player.
Black Swords can be dropped by defeated enemies that wield them or released from breakable Containers . They are also hidden inside the Black Oak statues in Glyphic Canyon and Sky Troops . Touching one will make the playable character pick it up automatically, and pressing / / (whether on the ground or in mid-air ) makes him attack with it. As a close-quarters combat weapon, the Black Sword is designed for face-to-face combat. As such, it has a short attack range, and it deals poor damage, although it can still take out up to three enemies. A Black Sword can swung a total of six times, and once those tries are spent, it becomes useless. However, it can be reloaded with another six attacks by picking up another Black Sword.
In other media [ ]
Books and comics [ ]
Archie Comics [ ]
Shadow using the Black Sword, from Sonic Universe #59 .
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics , Shadow faced a Black Assassin wielding a Black Sword when Team Dark and the Spider Troupe invaded the New Black Comet in Sonic Universe #59 . Stealing its Black Sword, Shadow used it to stab a Black Oak .[5]
References [ ]
Playable characters
Shadow (Dark /Hero Shadow , Super Shadow ) · Sonic * · Rouge * · Knuckles * · Amy * · Tails * · Maria * · Espio * · Omega * · Vector * · Shadow Android **
Non-playable characters
Black Doom (Devil Doom ) · Eggman · Chao (Cheese ) · Charmy · Commander · Cream · Gerald · President · Researcher · Secretary
Stages
Westopolis · Digital Circuit · Glyphic Canyon · Lethal Highway · Cryptic Castle · Prison Island · Circus Park · Central City · The Doom · Sky Troops · Mad Matrix · Death Ruins · The ARK · Air Fleet · Iron Jungle · Space Gadget · Lost Impact · GUN Fortress · Black Comet · Lava Shelter · Cosmic Fall · Final Haunt · The Last Way
Enemies
Black Arms
Black Assassin · Black Hawk · Black Oak · Black Volt · Black Warrior · Black Wing · Death Leech · Death Worm · Hammer Oak · Kill Worm · Killer Plant · Sand Worm
G.U.N.
Big Foot (Type A , B ) · Giga Trooper · Gold Beetle · Gun Beetle · GUN Soldier · GUN Trooper · Mono Beetle · Rocket Beetle · Spark Beetle
Eggman Empire
Egg Bommer · Egg Pawn · Egg Pierrot · Jack Bommer · Shadow Android
ARK
Ark Missile Turret · Artificial Chaos (Cell , P-100 )
Miscellaneous
Giant Walker
Bosses
Black Bull · Black Doom · Blue Falcon · Devil Doom · Diablon · Egg Breaker · Egg Dealer · Heavy Dog
Moves/ techniques
Playable characters
Attack · Chaos Blast · Chaos Control · Chaos Spear · Crouch · Dark Spin Dash · Grinding · Grind Step · Homing Attack · Hover · Jump Dash · Light Dash · Mid-Air Attack · Overturn · Pawn Fever · Pick up · Punch · Slide · Spin Dash · Spin Jump · Strafe · Tail Swipe · Triangle Jump
Non-playable characters
Bomb Fever · Homing Attack · Missile Fever · Ring Fever · Shadow Fever · Swift strike · Strafe
Vehicles
Air Saucer · Cannon Vehicle · Convertible · GUN Motorcycle · GUN Vehicle · HMMWV · Jump Vehicle
Gimmicks and obstacles
Barrier · Case · Cell Cannon · City annihilator bomb · Coaster · Color panel · Electrified Rail · Fan · Fire hoop · Firewall · Giant lantern · Gravity Control Switch · Green energy fluid · Gun Lift · Gun ship · GUN turret · Hint Ring · Jump Panel (Prison Island) · Jump Panel (ramp) · Junction switch · Laser field · Laser turret · Light-speed circuit · Meteorite · Pole · Pulley · Red fruit · Red Slime · Rocket · Secret Door · Shield switch · Shooting Gallery · Small bomb · Spinning Wheel · Surveillance camera · Toxic marsh · Toxic river · Vine · Warp Hole · Weight · Wide spring
Items
General
Black Tank · Bomb Unit · Chaos Emerald · Car · Container (Special Weapon Container , Steel Container , Unbreakable Container , Wooden Container ) · Core program · Crimson Rock · Defense Unit · Egg Balloon · Energy Core · Floating Item Box · Goal Ring · Heal Unit · Item Box (1-Up , Barrier , Damage Recover , Heat Barrier , Invincible , Magnetic Barrier , Rings ) · President's escape pod · Ring · Secret Key · Temple jewel · Volcanic Defense System
Weapons
4-Shot RPG · 8-Shot RPG · Bazooka · Big Worm Shooter · Big Barrel · Black Barrel · Black Sword · Dark Hammer · Egg Bazooka · Egg Gun · Egg Spear · Egg Vacuum · Environment Objects · Flash Shot · Gatling Gun · Grenade Launcher · Heal Cannon · Heavy Machine Gun · Heavy Shot · Laser Rifle · Light Shot · Omochao Gun · Pistol · Refractor · RPG · Samurai Blade · Satellite Gun · Semi-Auto Rifle · Shadow Rifle · Splitter · Sub-Machine Gun · Survival Knife · Tank Cannon · Vacuum Pod · Wide Worm Shooter · Worm Shooter
Voice actors
English
Jason Griffith (Shadow , Sonic ) · Sean Schemmel (Black Doom ) · Mike Pollock (Eggman , Gerald ) · Amy Palant (Tails ) · Dan Green (Knuckles ) · Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) · Kathleen Delaney (Rouge ) · Rebecca Honig (Maria , Cream ) · Carter Cathcart (Vector ) · David Wills (Espio ) · Amy Birnbaum (Charmy ) · Jeff Kramer (Omega ) · Andrew Rannells (GUN Soldiers ) · Marc Thompson (Commander ) · Maddie Blaustein (President ) · Bella Hudson (Secretary )
Japanese
Kōji Yusa (Shadow ) · Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) · Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Black Doom ) · Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman , Gerald ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Tails ) · Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles ) · Taeko Kawata (Amy ) · Rumi Ochiai (Rouge ) · Sayaka Aoki (Cream ) · Yuri Shiratori (Maria ) · Kenta Miyake (Vector ) · Yūki Masuda (Espio ) · Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy ) · Taiten Kusunoki (Omega ) · Takashi Yoshida (GUN Soldiers ) · Banjō Ginga (Commander ) · Yutaka Nakano (President ) · Junko Kitanishi (Secretary ) · Ryō Hirohashi (Additional Chao )
Music
Songs
"All Hail Shadow " · "Almost Dead " · "The Chosen One " · "E.G.G.M.A.N. Doc. Robeatnix Mix" · "I Am... All of Me " · "Never Turn Back " · "Tripod Baby " · "Waking Up " · "Who I Am " (unused)
Albums
Lost and Found: Shadow the Hedgehog Vocal Trax · Shadow the Hedgehog Official Soundtrack · Shadow the Hedgehog Original Soundtrax
Other
Battle Mode · Black Comet · Central Information Agency · Cyberspace · Dark /Hero Gauge · Dark Rider · Eclipse Cannon · Eggman Fleet · Egg Monitor · Expert Mode · Fire in the Sky Festival · Guardian Units of Nations · Health Gauge · Life · Loop · Mother computer · Prison Island · Prosperity ritual · Rank · Shadow the Hedgehog: Prima Official Game Guide · Shadow the Hedgehog Flash · Shadow the Hedgehog Strongest Strategy Guide · Space Colony ARK · Tails' Spaceship · Team Chaotix · White House