Dark Gauge

Increases through evil actions. Dark Shadow awakens when gauge is full.

— Description, Shadow the Hedgehog United States instruction manual.^[1]

The Dark Gauge^[2] (ダークゲージのた^[3], Dākugēji nota^?, lit. "Dark gauge") is a subject that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is an energy gauge used for the Dark Shadow state.

Description[]

The Dark Gauge is a gray-framed gauge that appears in the upper left corner on the HUD. Inside it is a red energy bar and on the right end is a hook.

Overview[]

Shadow the Hedgehog Empty Dark Gauges — An empty Dark Gauge (top left) in *Shadow the Hedgehog*.

In gameplay, the Dark Gauge is filled by committing dark deeds.^[2] These include:

Damaging GUN agents and machinery^[2]
Damaging architecture or nature^[2]
Breathing Dark Mist^[2]
Reviving Black Arms or Dr. Eggman's machinery^[2]
Touching Dark Energy Core items^[2]

Once the Dark Gauge is filled, the player transforms into Dark Shadow, which grants infinite ammo for weapons, invulnerability and usage of the Chaos Blast. However, the Dark Gauge will steadily decrease while Dark Shadow is active and using Chaos Blast takes large chunks off it. Once the Dark Gauge runs out, Shadow reverts back to normal.

Due to the nature of certain missions of some stages, destroying Eggman's factions will occasionally provide energy for the Dark Gauge.

References[]

↑ Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube) United States instruction booklet, pg. 19.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube) United States instruction booklet, pg. 18.
↑ Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 29.

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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 · Prof. 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
Moves/ techniques	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
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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)
Voice actors	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)
Music	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

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[USManual1-1] Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube) United States instruction booklet, pg. 19.

[USManual2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube) United States instruction booklet, pg. 18.

[JPManual-3] Shadow the Hedgehog (GameCube) Japanese instruction booklet, pg. 29.

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Dark Gauge

Contents

Description[]

Overview[]

See also[]

References[]