Shadow the Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog is the arch-rival of Sonic the Hedgehog. Shadow made his first appearence in Sonic Adventure 2. He was created as the "Ultimate Lifeform" by Professor Gerald Robotnik using the DNA and blood of Black Doom. Shadow is immortal, and does not age. Since his debut, Shadow has appeared in a multitude of games, television shows, and comic books. His past was almost a complete mystery until the game Shadow the Hedgehog revealed the events surrounding his creation. In contrast to Sonic, Shadow is typically portrayed as an anti-hero, or a renegade who can just as easily serve the forces of evil as those of good. According to an official poll, Shadow is the second most popular character in the series, second only to Sonic himself.

In M.U.G.E.N, Shadow has been made by several creators, but two that stand out are MUGENHunter's and ABAB's.

Shadow is also a striker of Claymizer's new Sonic the Hedgehog.

MUGENHunter's Shadow


Shadow is a 4-button character that has a relatively weak and slow A.I and has custom made sprites. His attacks consist of punches and kicks. Shadow has an evasive maneouver that allows him to dodge his opponents moves. He can deal a hefty amount of damage and he rarely executes his combos on time during battle. He uses Kagami's Last Blade 2 voicepack. The new version has his own voice and the idle sprite seen above.

ABAB's Shadow


ABAB's version uses Sonic Battle sprites, as well as custom sprites. His moves generally consist of moves that he used in Sonic Battle, but he has plenty of other tricks as well.

Shadow's AI borders on cheap (like Sonic), and his moves are generally over-rounded, limiting the character's weaknesses. ABAB's version is a REALLY hard cookie to crumble.

But what's really a pain is when his palette is in his 'hyper' mode, as he has health that comes back instantly, spams hypers and, if you try to F1 him, he won't go down.

BashLiveCupcakes's version


BashLiveCupcakes, a child youtuber, is creating a Shadow The Hedgehog. It is a edit of Mugenhunter's shadow, and uses the gameplay style of Veanko's Sonic characters. This version is made for the game ULTRA DLC Showdown, so it has a few things out of the ordinary when it comes to normal Mugen characters. Such as the portrait being a misplaced character sprite.