@@fewerspeaser2004 lol maybe they could add it in as like a Gag-reference not saying he would shoot but point the gun at someone to scare them for omitting him information. 🤣 perfectly balanced.
@fewerspeaser2004 I am not a sonic fanatic but I loved this game lol. Why are ppl to this day saying this game was a flop? Shadow killing a dude and picking up a gun doesn't sound like the most inaccurate possibility ever
@@Hewasnumber1 This game is a total disaster and I wouldn't have it any other way, it's a 0/10 abomination but also a 10/10 masterpiece, if peak fiction had a textbook definition it would be this game
@@sonicrunn3r895 Just admit that you like the game and that it’s good. Don’t try to conform to popular opinion, or try to appease the masses by swearing it’s a guilty pleasure. Sometimes the majority of people are just flat out wrong about something great, and you have to champion it.
literally the only thing about this intro that I don't like is how inaccurate Shadow is handling the gun at the very beginning. It looks like he twists the magazine inside and then slaps it, the gun itself looks like a crossbreed between an MP5 and an AR15, and the thing at the end that gets me is that he primes the thing using the barrel like a shotgun.
@Omega-jg4oq a modern remastered version could. The old levels and stuff wouldn't take up much memory space so there's lots of room for shiny new graphics
This opening is so ridiculously over the top that it reaches a point where I can't even cringe at it. I Am All of Me is so catchy I can't help but feel like a kid who just found out what "the f word" means. I love this game in all of its bizarre absurdity
It’s definitely so ridiculous that is cool somehow. I dunno my dumb teenage self loved it and I still think it kinda slaps all these years later even though I can see how ridiculous it is.
I 100% love it. What I meant is that its so ridiculously over the top with its 2000s edge that it reaches a point where its such a bold choice that I cant help but respect it and engage with it sincerely. it goes hard@@theredeft5319
@@theredeft5319I’ll second that, its so absurd, but it just feels so genuine somehow, that it somehow manages to loop back around to being a great opening again. I’m glad they are using it at the sonic symphony.
When I was a kid I used to think that Shadow killed Sonic in this opening, it was so confusing for me 'cause Sonic appears in the first stage anyway. Plus it's kinda strange how Fang got censored for carrying a gun but years later we see Shadow cursing and killing people, different times I guess.
+DerpenNerdSBP (SilverboltProductions) it's an MP5 however the pump action thing was an error, it seems like the sonic team didn't knew how a gun works
My dad give me play voilent games when I'm 5, I forgot the the name, and I don't know which keyboard buttons I was pressed when I was 5. Im a car guy. Edit: miss something
Not really, G.U.N was trying to capture/kill Eggman whilst also fighting off the Black Arms. G.U.N wants Eggman and the Black Arms stopped, the Black Arms want Eggman and G.U.N destroyed, and Eggman wants the Black Arms and G.U.N defeated.
Eggman: "How can I take over the city under the Eggman Empire if there is no city!?" Eggman doesn't want the world destroyed, he just wants to take over the world.
I second that, seeing Shadow hold a gun as a kid was the most surreal thing to see at the age I was at, I distinctly remember just staring at the opening in awe for like, 30 minutes The game was so lit back in the day🔥
EXALTED REVERSE yeah like wtf. Except Sonic is faster than Shadow and Sonic can hardly fight. I think Goku has more strength and speed than Vegeta, while Vegeta has more skill in ki/energy.
Aside from the cool music, the main reason I like this intro is because it strongly reminds me of the game 'Prototype'. Both playable characters are anti-heroes and they have the choice of fighting against evil forces or the police/military in an end-of-the-world scenario. The game is just awesome and is the closest thing.
@@THUNDERDUDE240the game is arguably cool (when it isn't ironically funny), but it's severely held back by mediocre controls, and tediously difficult gameplay
Same ive been trynna figure that out ever since I first saw it Edit: however tho apparently according to Google the smg that shadow has is a MP5A3 or a MP5 for short that can be cocked like a shotgun
I'll always remember those times when I go to my cousins house playing this game on his GameCube being fascinated by this game and it's potent dark themes and tones that were so alien to me that it blew my mind and enjoyed playing it. Good times :,)
The fact that Shadow opposes against 4 sides in this intro while wielding THE AMERICAN TREASURE , DRIVING A STOLEN MOTORCYCLE , AND BEING BULLETPROOF gives him every right to be gaming's most treasured villain
Realistically, Shadow having a motorcycle makes no sense He’s proven to be as fast, maybe even faster than Sonic Then again, Sonic himself owns a racing car despite having no need for one And besides, Shadow looks way more badass with it
Shadow with a gun is still one of the most surreal things I saw as a child.
It was the strangest feeling ever. I was, like, 8 when I rented it from Hastings. I don't remember quite how I felt about it.
Yeah that was weird as hell. The opening is lit though so I guess I can forgive the game for confusing me.
I honestly thought it was natural.
@@DrSaltration4444 It ain't that deep bro.
@@DrSaltration4444 Bro just used an MP5 in pump action so i dunno dude
Can’t believe that the director of the Sonic movies worked on this intro. Everything has come full circle.
He did???
It’s crazy that this is from 2001
@@MantledMimi 2005
Talk about a career jump.
@@MantledMimi2005
It would be hillarious if this level of edge was in the next Sonic movie when they introduce Shadow
Then they’d get shadow’s character wrong yet again and fans will riot, lol.
@@fewerspeaser2004 lol maybe they could add it in as like a Gag-reference not saying he would shoot but point the gun at someone to scare them for omitting him information. 🤣 perfectly balanced.
How do you feel about that now? If he kills another character I love I will cry!
@fewerspeaser2004 I am not a sonic fanatic but I loved this game lol. Why are ppl to this day saying this game was a flop? Shadow killing a dude and picking up a gun doesn't sound like the most inaccurate possibility ever
@@dylandumas7416 I'm not saying it was, just the intro looks edgy as hell
Every year I grow older, this opening gives me a little bit more life. This opening is perfect in every conceivable way.
I agree. I never skipped it whenever I booted this game up when I was younger. I even memorized the lyrics LOL
So is the game itself: perfect in every conceivable way.
@@Hewasnumber1 This game is a total disaster and I wouldn't have it any other way, it's a 0/10 abomination but also a 10/10 masterpiece, if peak fiction had a textbook definition it would be this game
@@sonicrunn3r895 Just admit that you like the game and that it’s good. Don’t try to conform to popular opinion, or try to appease the masses by swearing it’s a guilty pleasure. Sometimes the majority of people are just flat out wrong about something great, and you have to champion it.
literally the only thing about this intro that I don't like is how inaccurate Shadow is handling the gun at the very beginning. It looks like he twists the magazine inside and then slaps it, the gun itself looks like a crossbreed between an MP5 and an AR15, and the thing at the end that gets me is that he primes the thing using the barrel like a shotgun.
If you cross John Wick and Sonic, you get SHADOW!!!
I mean, you're not wrong tho
Oh boy, I have some news for you
(Everyone knows about this btw but seeing John Wick voicing Shadow is gonna be a blast)
Except they kill the girl he cared about the most.
This aged well lol
you’re a colorful bunch
Sonic running with his friends in the intro is still one of the coolest moments in the franchise.
They look like some Avengers or an Awesome Squad, I know this is a CGI but I wish the game has that graphics
@Omega-jg4oq a modern remastered version could. The old levels and stuff wouldn't take up much memory space so there's lots of room for shiny new graphics
Me and the gang otw to gaslight Shadow:
Only to get handled by Shadow so bad 💀💀💀💀💀
@@SSBBMario301 and it’s worse than losing with 3…
This opening is so ridiculously over the top that it reaches a point where I can't even cringe at it. I Am All of Me is so catchy I can't help but feel like a kid who just found out what "the f word" means. I love this game in all of its bizarre absurdity
It’s definitely so ridiculous that is cool somehow. I dunno my dumb teenage self loved it and I still think it kinda slaps all these years later even though I can see how ridiculous it is.
I 100% love it. What I meant is that its so ridiculously over the top with its 2000s edge that it reaches a point where its such a bold choice that I cant help but respect it and engage with it sincerely. it goes hard@@theredeft5319
I personally don't find it ridicolous, the targeted persona for that game were 12yo, it was just right.
@@theredeft5319I’ll second that, its so absurd, but it just feels so genuine somehow, that it somehow manages to loop back around to being a great opening again. I’m glad they are using it at the sonic symphony.
It is one of those openings that knows what it wants to be and goes all in.
The fact that they recreated the sequence with him kicking the soldiers in the movie is amazing
That was a fan made animation
I think you missed the point since I'm not talking about that.
They even recreated the scene at 1:45
1:39 I like how Shadow is so mad at this soldier specifically like he's the one that killed Maria
This is now my head canon.
1:39
@@kentuckycryptiddude would have to be at least 70 years old
@@KOTEBANAROT He just loves being part of GUN so much, that he stayed past retirement.
No, but guys like him were responsible
KEANU REEVES
KEANU FUCKING REEVES
IS THIS REAL LIFE???
Oh my fucking god they got john wick and neo himself
When I was a kid I used to think that Shadow killed Sonic in this opening, it was so confusing for me 'cause Sonic appears in the first stage anyway. Plus it's kinda strange how Fang got censored for carrying a gun but years later we see Shadow cursing and killing people, different times I guess.
well we all know now that shadow must be a fucking assassin
Angel Chaotix
What did happen to sonic?
SugarPanda he got his ass kicked in one of the endings.
Angel XCX he did kill sonic in the opening
Shadow and sonic were working together
Am I the only one who noticed that he cocked an SMG as if it were a shotgun?
+LectricSigma(Σ) I saw that. Can they make up their mind on with gun it is? Who knows.
+DerpenNerdSBP (SilverboltProductions) it's an MP5 however the pump action thing was an error, it seems like the sonic team didn't knew how a gun works
LOL yep
+KingOfGaming uh ok?
have u ever played black ops 1,2,3
I freaking loved this game so much as a kid! I WAS OBSESSED.
Same
true
Same
😒😒 blue boys fan boys were hatin, shadow was the shit, he should've had way more games
+Andrea Stephens me too
Call of duty: We’re the only game with *actual* guns!
Shadow: *Hold my DAMN fourth chaos emerald.*
I doubt Call of Duty has a pump-action mp5
@@MoistSquirrel38 not to mention, Demons and Aliens
@@kaitouknight3428 DOOM: allow me to introduce myself.
Yeah you just pissed off every battlefield, csgo, rss, and other fps game fan.
You say that as if CoD ever claimed they were the only game with guns lmao
I heard that Keanu Reeves would be voicing Shadow and my mind immediately brought me here
I remember my dads reaction when he saw this he was like so kids have badass games now?
John ikr
Logan Brodeur hell my dad let me play doom at 6 years old
@@toxic_skeleton_2521 that is one cool ass dad.
My dad give me play voilent games when I'm 5, I forgot the the name, and I don't know which keyboard buttons I was pressed when I was 5.
Im a car guy.
Edit: miss something
Me and my dad used to kill hookers in GTA together lol
who else would take the disk out of the game and put it back to hear the theme again??
Kryptic Unknown i woudl always do that shit😂
+Kryptic Unknown hhhahahha xdddd
Krptic Unknown
It replays by itself XD
Krptic Unknown you know you could listen on the menu right lol
i swearrrrr
Fucking loved this game growing up. Who would've known a "Sonic" game would ever be this badass.
that's because it isn't a sonic game it's Shadow the Hedgehog
Jailand Rogers Yes, exactly, hence the quotation marks.
Ik
yeah I know you have the whole SEGA logo and Shadow is owned by SEGA
Also imagine the sound when you read SEGA
I like the fact that Robotnik aided G.U.N. in defending earth, it really shows his human side
Yet he pissed on it in unleashed
@@t-man_meathead6691 yeah, because shadow pissed on his wife AGAIN
Not really, G.U.N was trying to capture/kill Eggman whilst also fighting off the Black Arms. G.U.N wants Eggman and the Black Arms stopped, the Black Arms want Eggman and G.U.N destroyed, and Eggman wants the Black Arms and G.U.N defeated.
@Hewasnumber1 yeah, it wouldve been cool if towards the end Robotnik and the president signed a temp truce to fight off the aliens
Eggman: "How can I take over the city under the Eggman Empire if there is no city!?"
Eggman doesn't want the world destroyed, he just wants to take over the world.
This opening just oozes badassery and nostalgia 🔥😭🔥
Tmnt: HEY! 😠 😡
This game is what made me a Shadow fanboy when I was kid and explains why I favor the anti-heroes more than the actual heroes.
Same . Fucking same
Same. Fucking same
Damn right!
Same fucking same
Same here! Anti heroes are just better
Sonic trailer shows that shadow has a motorcycle and gun. All we need now is for shadow to yell DAMN.
The disrespect sonic got in this intro 💀
Shadow literally stands over him with a Beretta lmao it looks like he executed him 😂
It's the shadow show. It the sonic show
They just casted Keanu Reeves, John Wick himself as Shadow, so…..
Came here after the sonic 3 trailer! ❤️🖤
“You’re a colorful bunch.”
"You're a colorful bunch?"
@@Solaris_Paradox that’s a quote from shadow in the trailer.
they need to remaster this game
Allan Mach I'd happily pay full price for a remaster of this.
Astrosive Same
I would kill to get a remastered version
i want one so badly
sarcasm right
I second that, seeing Shadow hold a gun as a kid was the most surreal thing to see at the age I was at, I distinctly remember just staring at the opening in awe for like, 30 minutes
The game was so lit back in the day🔥
0:26 "Pumps an SMG Like a shotgun, WTF"
SamuelXproductions that's shadow for ya lol
***** Yeah I know what you mean. That gun has a shotgun attached to it. But it does not really look like it. Idk really whats going on there.
SamuelXproductions lol we didn't care about it back when we were kids . we just been having fun with this xD
AE16 When I was a kid I did not even notice it at all lol.
SamuelXproductions right
Crush 40 is officially the most underrated band ever. It's a literal banger after banger for these guys.
Overrated*
@@GiovanniKody100 Didn't ask
It's not overrated or underrated
It's rated. It gets the respect it rightfully deserves
@Bestmotion2389 not true. It deserves better ratings and more respect than it's been given.
@@TheMasterOfTheFrets ok
1:46 "Okay, He took us all at once." *faints*
*WEAKLING.*
Don't you dare try to follow me
He just ran out of breath
Shadows like the Vegeta in this series
Sonic's like the Goku in this series, especially if you watched Sonic X as a kid! Super Saiyan what!?
He is the hype.
And silver is like trunks, the voice is identic (sorry if i put it wrong i speak spanish)
Except shadow is stronger than sonic but goku is stronger than vageta
EXALTED REVERSE yeah like wtf. Except Sonic is faster than Shadow and Sonic can hardly fight. I think Goku has more strength and speed than Vegeta, while Vegeta has more skill in ki/energy.
It's Shadow Wick himself
Literally
?
@@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomer Keanu Reeves, who played John Wick, is going to be the voice of Shadow in Sonic 3
@@Supersonic992 Oh, that explains a lot. Thanks!
i love the ending when sonic fall's to the ground. GET REKT SON!
Kiyoshi Ishida why?(he dies for that matter)
RIP Sonic the Hedgehog
Y E S
Noooooo SOINCCCC
I cried when he grabbed the gun in the movie trailer just now this means something to me man
The part with Sonic and everyone running needs more love
Aside from the cool music, the main reason I like this intro is because it strongly reminds me of the game 'Prototype'. Both playable characters are anti-heroes and they have the choice of fighting against evil forces or the police/military in an end-of-the-world scenario. The game is just awesome and is the closest thing.
Original the Character: Do Not Steal: The Game.
I understood that reference
+Epicgamer4142 Good for you.
😂
Isnt that supposed to be Sonic Forces...??? Oh wait, this comment is from 2 years ago
This makes me want to play Shadow The Hedgehog
Rattlesnake Slasher trust me you gotta play it.
dont it sucks
Loprikorn L
@@zerolimit4552 what do you mean it is cool
@@THUNDERDUDE240the game is arguably cool (when it isn't ironically funny), but it's severely held back by mediocre controls, and tediously difficult gameplay
What i dont understand about this cinematic, is that the SMG that Shadow reloades, reloads like a shotgun...yeah, i ain't lying, look: 0:26
You mean cocks it. There are shotguns that are mag fed. But I’ve never seen an SMG that gets primed by pump action…
Same ive been trynna figure that out ever since I first saw it
Edit: however tho apparently according to Google the smg that shadow has is a MP5A3 or a MP5 for short that can be cocked like a shotgun
@@DerpySebby Damn, that sounds badass and cool.
This is one of the most legendary games of our childhood
Deadass.. how i wish to play this game once again as a kid
Our?
i remember when i saw this for the first time i thought this would be sonic's death i was scared af.
What was that for then?
I think it was showing us that Sonic isn't able to save us time.
yea sonic wasnt good enough but i know there is 2 chapters where sonic coudlnt get the job done 1 was vs shadow and the other was vs the doom dude.
Scoot Hiryu Sonic did die, also in the evil ending
Scoot Hayabusa well i guess you did see sonic die
best fucking intro ever
Kaiser James l thank you
You meant best flipping intro ever
BEST GAME OPENING EVER
would be better if he didn't twist the mag of an MP5 and cock it like a shotgun
Shadow needs to go full John Wick in the next Sonic movie
He will
Bro
I’ve returned here because my man Shadow is gonna be on the big screen. 🗣️YEEEEEESSSSSS SSSSIIIIIIRRRRRRR‼️
I'll always remember those times when I go to my cousins house playing this game on his GameCube being fascinated by this game and it's potent dark themes and tones that were so alien to me that it blew my mind and enjoyed playing it.
Good times :,)
Everytime i see this, my adrenaline comes crazy ekfnf
Cinnamon Gaming testesteron*
Whos here after watching the new sonic movie trailer?
yup
Me. 🏍️🔫
Me
Me! and also for the nostalgia of this banger opener
SHADOW HAS A GUN IN THE MOVIE!!!!!
It was not a real gun
Who's here after seeing they gave Shadow a gun in the new Sonic 3 trailer?
in the movie too it was amazing
Shadow the Edgehog.
Pingasbender no i'ts Edgehog
Sharky McShark
NO EVERYONE it's Edgy the Hedgie.
ow the edge
Shadow the EDGELORD
Gee I sure hope this won’t be misinterpreted for a different slang word in 7 years
Childhood Memories :) One of my favorite 2005 PS2 game, TIMEFLIES!!!!!!!
Agreed
Fearless year of Shadow 🖤♥️
Shadow: "guns... lots of guns"
SHADOW HAS A GUN IN THE MOVIE IM SO FUCKING HAPPY
I can’t be the only one that pulled up this GEM after seeing the Sonic 3 trailer. Shadow better body that movie.
People keep going ape over the fact that shadow is holding a gun. But no one ever stops to realize he's left-handed.
Woah! Good observation!
He holds the pistol with his right hand at 1:48 though!
@@midniteluxSo he's ambidextrous, then.
@@GhostLordRetrowell he is the ultimate lifeforms
@@jorozco13yearsago40
Lollll
The only character with enough raw, unfiltered edge to be able to pump an smg
The fact that Shadow opposes against 4 sides in this intro while wielding THE AMERICAN TREASURE , DRIVING A STOLEN MOTORCYCLE , AND BEING BULLETPROOF gives him every right to be gaming's most treasured villain
Shadow: im gonna need a gun
Lots of guns
It’s happening guys, everybody stay calm, STAY CALM
They gave my boy his gun in the second trailer for Sonic 3 LETS GOOOO.
Whoever’s idea it was on sonic team for shadow to have a gun was the funniest but dumbest thing to produce but I’m grateful for it
He pumps the submachine gun like it's a shotgun. He is too powerful!
0:57 rest in peace to the soldiers who were killed fighting bravely
ikr. rip to the bravest black arms
and smelly gun soldiers too i guess
this remains as one of the sickest intros of all time omg
Shadow is my fav character in the whole sonic series
1:47
THIS WAS REFERENCED IN SONIC 3 OH MY GOD
pence pence pfp spotted!
@@starpoptartsYES OMG
@@rhapsody2612 bro u just changed it 💀
@@starpoptarts Now its Project Sekai Mafuyu
1:44 this made me laugh so hard the first time i saw this 😭 😭
As a kid i never skipped this intro.
I love how it’s cool in a ridiculous way and unnecessarily over the top.
Anyone else back here after that trailer got released?
1:39 the way shadow walks up is cool
fr
somebody needs to fucken remake this game
I cannot believe, in the year of 2024, they actually recreated some parts of this scene. And had an orchestral version of I am all of me.
Realistically, Shadow having a motorcycle makes no sense
He’s proven to be as fast, maybe even faster than Sonic
Then again, Sonic himself owns a racing car despite having no need for one
And besides, Shadow looks way more badass with it
Maybe he finds it faster to use a motorcycle.
Who cares about what's makes sense? 😂😂 Shadow just likes to ride a Motorcycle, plus it's just as badass as Ghost Rider riding his flaming Motorcycle
Dude nothing make sense in sonic franchise ok!
"So let me get this straight, you think this is one of the hardest intros ever?"
"I do, and I'm tired of pretending it's not"
This opening is so nostalgic!
It still holds up...
I’m so happy my childhood was filled with happiness from games like these
1:45 THE SONIC 05 REFERENCE FROM THE NEW SONIC MOVIE 3 TRAILER GOES HARD BRO
Shadow with a gun is still one of the coolest things I saw as a child
19 years later, Shadow is still all of himself.
truly a masterpiece of the 2000s
Sonic: I'm the greatest hedgehog ever! No one can-
Also Sonic: 1:44
He's back boys, they even used the same logo for this game
1:48 I love how they included that moment in Sonic 3!!!
"Okay, he took us all at once"
😂😂😂same I was shocked
Hope the movies give Shadow a solo film with Black Doom as the villain and they introduce Rouge and Omega so they can form Team Dark
I'm going to say this...ow the edge
shadow the Edgehog...
theres a version with reaper replacing shadow
the edge hurt though.
Jebus .H Christoff shadOW THE hEDGEhog ☻
SkullGaming2003 NL تااناا
*I T H U R T S*
The world wasn't ready for the most badass intro of 2000s decade
Remember it’s a song about a hedgehog
Band: 🗣️I AM ALL OF MEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Took me back to my childhood. Him defeating sonic at the end was always the best part
I swear if the trailer for the Shadow spin-off series is from this opening I will recommend it to my whole family
I still have this game and I still adore it, would definitely love a remastered version of this game if ever possible
2021 and I still remember this game, this needs to be remastered honestly.
Seeing Sonic beaten and defeated before Shadow will always be the COLDEST part of this opening 🔥
shadow is absolutely cataclysmic at that one guy in particular
It's nice to meet here again because of the new Sonic 3 trailer
Everybody gangsta 'till Shadow pulls up with a pump-action submachine gun
Ryan: Who are you?
Shadow: Don't you know me, Keyblade Wielder? I am the Ultimate Life Form, Shadow the Hedgehog!
1:47 this scene is in a sonic 3 scene
True
Who came back to watch this goated classic after the Sonic 3 trailer?
Me 🎉
Aw yeah, one of the best spinoff intros I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
Shadow's game isn't a spin off. Its part of the main story canon
Yeah but I still call it a spinoff even if it’s part of the lore