Flash Shot

The Flash Shot^[1] is an object that appears in Shadow the Hedgehog. It is a gun-type weapon usable by both enemies and the player, and one of the primary weapons of the Black Arms.

Description

Being a Black Arms-native weapon, the Flash Shot is of an alien design. Loosely based on a gun, the Flash Shot is gray with two parallel gun barrels. Two crimson, Black Arms-native symbols are emblazoned on top of the barrels, and its handle is black and gray.

Overview

In gameplay, the Flash Shot can only be found in certain Stages. They can be wielded by enemies aligned with the Black Arms, who will use them against the player.

Flash Shots can be dropped by defeated Black Arm enemies that wield them or released from breakable Containers. Touching one will make Shadow pick it up automatically, and pressing // (whether on the ground or in mid-air) will fire it. Holding down // will cause them to fire continuous shots. As a gun, the Flash Shot can shoot enemies from a distance (targets within range will be automatically targeted). By comparison, the Flash Shots' shots have a short range and deal low damage, but they have enough rounds to defeat fifteen enemies at most. A Flash Shot has a total of twenty shots, and once those run out, it becomes useless. However, it can be reloaded with another twenty shots by picking up another Flash Shot.

In other media

Archie Comics

Several Black Warriors using a Flash Shot, from *Sonic Universe* #59.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, the Flash Shot made an appearance in Sonic Universe #59. When Team Dark and the Spider Troupe got onboard the New Black Comet, several Black Warriors wielded Flash Shot weapons against them, but were defeated.^[2]

References

↑ Kaizen Media Group (22 November 2005). "Appendix". Shadow the Hedgehog: Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. p. 91. ISBN 978-0761551959.
↑ Sonic Universe #59, "Shadow Fall Part One: Into the Unknown"

Shadow the Hedgehog

Playable characters		Shadow (Hero Shadow, Dark Shadow, Super Shadow) \| Shadow Android
Non-playable characters		Black Doom (Devil Doom) \| Dr. Eggman \| Sonic \| Tails \| Knuckles \| Amy \| Rouge \| Omega \| Team Chaotix (Vector, Espio, Charmy) \| Cream \| Cheese \| Maria \| Gerald \| Commander \| President \| Researcher \| Secretary \| Chao
Stages		Air Fleet \| Black Comet \| Central City \| Circus Park \| Cosmic Fall \| Cryptic Castle \| Death Ruins \| Digital Circuit \| Final Haunt \| GUN Fortress \| Glyphic Canyon \| Iron Jungle \| Lava Shelter \| Lethal Highway \| Lost Impact \| Mad Matrix \| Prison Island \| Sky Troops \| Space Gadget \| The ARK \| The Doom \| The Last Way \| Westopolis
Enemies		Ark Missile Turret \| Artificial Chaos (Artificial Chaos P-100, Cell) \| Black Assassin \| Black Hawk \| Black Oak \| Black Volt \| Black Warrior \| Black Wing \| Black Worm \| Big Foot Type A \| Big Foot Type B \| Death Leech \| Death Worm \| Egg Bommer \| Egg Pawn \| Egg Pierrot \| Giant Walker \| Giga Trooper \| Gold Beetle \| Gun Beetle \| GUN Soldier \| GUN Trooper \| Jack Bommer \| Killer Plant \| Mono Beetle \| Rocket Beetle \| Sand Worm \| Shadow Android \| Spark Beetle
Bosses		Black Bull \| Black Doom \| Blue Falcon \| Devil Doom \| Diablon \| Egg Breaker \| Egg Dealer \| Heavy Dog
Moves/Techniques		Chaos Blast \| Chaos Control \| Chaos Spear \| Crouch \| Dark Spin Dash \| Grinding \| Grind Step \| Homing Attack \| Hover \| Jump Dash \| Light Dash \| Mid-Air Attack \| Missile Fever \| Overturn \| Pawn Fever \| Pick up \| Punch \| Ring Fever \| Shadow Fever \| Slide \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Strafe \| Swift strike \| Tail Swipe \| Triangle Jump
Vehicles		Air Saucer \| Convertible \| GUN Motorcycle \| GUN Vehicle \| HMMWV \| Jump Vehicle
Gimmicks and obstacles		Barrier \| Black Slab \| Case \| Cell Cannon \| City annihilator bomb \| Coaster \| Color Panel \| Drum \| Electrified Rail \| Fan \| Firewall \| Gravity Control Switch \| Green energy fluid \| Gun Lift \| Gun ship \| GUN turret \| Hint Ring \| Jump Panel (Prison Island) \| Jump Panel (ramp) \| Junction switch \| Lantern \| Laser field \| Laser turret \| Light-speed circuit \| Meteorite \| Pole \| Pulley \| Red fruit \| Red Slime \| Rocket \| Secret Door \| Shield switch \| Shooting Gallery \| Small bomb \| Surveillance camera \| Toxic marsh \| Toxic river \| Vine \| Warp Hole \| Wide spring
Items	General	Black Tank \| Bomb Unit \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Special Weapon Container, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Core program \| 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
Items	Weapons	4-Shot RPG \| 8-Shot RPG \| Bazooka \| Big Worm Shooter \| Big Barrel \| Black Barrel \| Black Sword \| Bomb Fever \| 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
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Shadow) \| Sean Schemmel (Black Doom) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Gerald) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Dan Green (Knuckles) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Kathleen Delaney (Rouge) \| Rebecca Honig (Cream, Maria) \| Carter Cathcart (Vector) \| David Wills (Espio) \| Amy Birnbaum (Charmy) \| Jeff Kramer (Omega) \| Andrew Rannells (GUN Soldier) \| Marc Thompson (Commander) \| Maddie Blaustein (President) \| Bella Hudson (Secretary)
Japanese voice actors		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 Soldier) \| Banjō Ginga (Commander) \| Yutaka Nakano (President) \| Junko Kitanishi (Secretary) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Additional Chao)
Music	Songs	"All Hail Shadow" \| "Almost Dead" \| "E.G.G.M.A.N Doc. Robeatnix Mix" \| "I Am... All of Me" \| "Never Turn Back" \| "The Chosen One" \| "Tripod Baby" \| "Vengeance is Mine" \| "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 \| Eclipse Cannon \| Dark Gauge \| Dark Rider \| Egg Monitor \| Eggman Fleet \| Expert Mode \| Fire in the Sky Festival \| Health Gauge \| Hero Gauge \| Mother computer \| Prison Island \| Prosperity ritual \| Rank \| Shadow the Hedgehog Flash \| Space Colony ARK \| Tails' Spaceship \| White House

[1] Kaizen Media Group (22 November 2005). "Appendix". Shadow the Hedgehog: Prima Official Game Guide. Prima Games. p. 91. ISBN 978-0761551959.

[SU59-2] Sonic Universe #59, "Shadow Fall Part One: Into the Unknown"

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