The COMPLETE Project Shadow Lore
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Need to catch up on the Project Shadow lore before Sonic Movie 3? Well, you've come to the right place. This is the COMPLETE lore of Project Shadow.
Table of Contents
0:00 Intro
1:50 Space Colony Ark Saga
17:27 The Gizoid Saga
25:25 The Black Arms Saga
34:50 Conclusion
35:10 End Screen
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What's your favorite saga of the Project Shadow lore? Do you enjoy the added story from Sonic Battle and Shadow 05? Or do you think it actually hurts the overarching narrative?
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36 seconds, 3 reviews?!?! Chaomix fell off
I think the best saga is the original
Definitely hurts, his arc was complete at the end of SA2. Heroes had a decent explanation for him being back but it was handled poorly since nobody but Rouge seems to care or be shocked that Shadow is back.
06 Shadow is the G.O.A.T
My favorite? Hm.. probably the Shadow clones thingy. or the Sonic X stuff!
project shadow to me is proof that humans can work in the sonic universe, they just have to be used properly
Agreed
this shouldn't even be a discussion at this point in time, but yeah
it's weird but i always liked it more when the world in the games was primarily populated by humans, especially in relation to arcs like project shadow. it feels more... intruiging, strangely.
Eggman has been a thing since day 1
Agreed
Shadow: I lost my family, even my "father" turned out to be an alien overlord hive-mind that I had to destroy.
Knuckles: that's rough buddy.
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rough, rougher than the rest of th
@@sonicbones8233 Where's that damn fourth Avatar element?
Sonic lore: Eclipse cannon
Snapcube lore: The piss enhancer
Just know that Shadow's iconic symbol is also the Black Arms' military thingie
meaning he straight up wiped out a whole species while also taking their symbol for himself
he most likely did this to show any other threat to humanity what will happen if they even dare try to harm earth in any way
I just realized lately that Shadow was on Prison Island with his creator Gerald. Which explains how he was able to tamper with Shadow’s mind.
Project Shadow is one of my all time favorite Sonic stories.
Mine too
And we are gonna experience it again with Sonic Movie 3 but different
I wish they would do another long-spanning arc like this again...
It was originally not supposed to be that though
Sa2 was supposed to be the last sonic game!
@@CMJ06now they need to make sa3 sa4 sa5 sa6 sa7 sa8 sa9 sa10 sa11 all the way up to one hundred
@inkedthedemon one day! Though honestly I'd only trust Kiyoko Yoshimura to write Sonic Adventure 3!
@@CMJ06 I know, but it was still cool to see.
@@rhthehuman866 agreed
I love in the thumbnail how Maria is draw, it's look like the DBZ style for me
it looks like it came from an OVA from the 80s or 90s and now i lowkey wish something like that existed
Get used to it by now. CM is both a Sonic and a DBZ fanboy
@@jamiegioca9448 i know
@@jamiegioca9448Is that a bad thing? I'm also both a huge fan of Dragon Ball Z and Sonic
There's definitely a big overlap between Sonic fans, Spider-Man fans and DBZ fans
Not only does Project Shadow tie into the Black Arms, it also ties into Sonic Battle and Dark Chronicles. This is probably the best and only arc that spans across many games
I haven't seen the video yet, but Shadow has such deep and dark lore. I think Keanu will do justice to Shadow in Sonic 3.
WTF this thumbnail is just painfully gorgeous
Real
Earth using the Eclipse Cannon to destroy the Black Comet was probably part of Gerald's plan, actually. GUN presumably would have known of its existence and its purpose, so when the emeralds were collected and installed in the cannon instead of charging the canon to destroy the comet it just causes The ARK to crash and obliterate everything.
the final hope turning into the ultimate destruction.
big brain
And it would still be a massive middle finger to Black doom since he'd lose the emeralds and shadow in a just before he could get them after 50 years of waiting.
Shadow’s backstory reminds me a lot of Zero’s from Megaman, both of their Creators made them with the intent of being bad but both would somehow end up becoming good in the end. Shadow working with Sonic on saving the Earth from the Collision of the Ark and Zero defeating a Dr. Weil fused with the Ragnarok Space Staion also preventing a collision with the Earth, both would end up dying too in the end.
And, Zero and Shadow came back (Zero came back as a biometal, which should count, since he's still alive, just in a different body). But, Shadow reminds me of Mewtwo, both lost their loved one, both were modified to some extent, and both turned out to be better in the end.
"Both of their creators made them with the intent of being bad" That's not really true. Shadow was created for a GOOD purpose (unless you count the part where Gerald brainwashed him to make him think that Maria wanted him to destroy all of Earth)
Speaking of, the Biolizard fused to the ARK just like Dr. Weil fused with the RSS
You can throw Crash bandicoot in there as he was a mutant created to be evil but turned out a hero.
@@user-tg3mw3dv2s Also Live & Learn and Falling Down are awesome tracks, the latter which deserves more recognition. The actual “Live & Learn” of Megaman is the MM2 Wily Castle Stage 1 if you ask me.
I'm currently finishing sonic adventure 2 now. It's also good to see this as it's the year of shadow. WAIT! GERALD DIDN'T JUST MAKE LIFE! BUT MADE A SOUL!!! HOW FUCKING SMART IS WAS THIS MAN!!!
That's what I was thinking! Chaomix just glosses over the whole "modelling Shadow's soul off of Maria" thing, but like, LITERALLY HOW??? How do you just *make* a soul and model it off of someone else!?! 😭😭😭
@@pinkie723 god damnit... I read this in pinkie pie's voice...
@@pinkie723 If you ask me, "soul" is a metaphor for personality and sense of morality
@@jamiegioca9448 Soul originally meant self or yourself and your own identity. So he couldn't make a soul by copying another but instead he'd be copying or cloning a personality. Shadow himself made his own soul.
All he meant by "modeling Shadow's soul off Maria" was that he was left to spend time her. The discussions they, the bonds they made, and the sharing each other's dreams is what gave Shadow his soul.
Chaomix, this is the third video! How much Shadow lore will you make!? But i still watch *EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.*
this kind of lore is exactly why I love this series so much still, even when it hasn’t really appealed to me for quite some time.
However, Emerl's story doesn't really stop there. Sonic Advance 3 is pretty much the epilogue for the entire Project Shadow Saga, tying up any loose ends left behind by Sonic Battle, such as Emerl's ultimate fate (it was later discovered by Eggman and actually rescued by him, the same way the scientist had saved Shadow from his own demise). This in turn, allowed Dr. Eggman to honor his grandfather's legacy by completely pacifying the upgraded Emerl, now known as Gemerl with the aid of Super Sonic. The FIRST Sonic Advance is actually a prologue to the events of the entire saga, since Big the Cat is nowhere to be seen. Cream's debut appearance is Sonic Advance 2, setting up the events of Sonic Heroes nicely. In a way, when you look at the Project Shadow saga this way, it paints a more complete picture.
In a way, Project Shadow was able to tell a coherent, yet tragic story in the span of several games which began with a simple question. "What is my purpose?"... A question frequently asked none other by the guardian of the Master Emerald himself, Knuckles, and the many mysteries surrounding the seven gems and their controller. Incidentially, the Black Arms was more or less, a reality check for the grape-loving echidna, and the answer to his question, if he liked it or not.
@@Gaia_BentosZX5 Now that you mentioned it, it does make sense now what Black Doom was talking about when he said he had thousands of years of experience with the chaos emeralds. It gave us a glimpse into the origin of the Chaos Emeralds not being from earth. So that would mean the Ancients were not native to earth too. Its weird how Sonic stories seem complex at first but when you actually take the time to read it, it starts making sense at least this one anyway.
Emerl was an experience that felt wholly unique.
@@kappadarwin9476i mean, we already knew the Ancients weren't from Earth/whatever the planet is called. Iirc there's a cutscene that shows them escaping their old home in a spaceship and being drawn to Earth via Chaos Emeralds being drawn to the Master Emerald
@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123 This means that the ancients (and to an extent, the wisps) were constantly harassed by the Black Arms in seemingly endless war. The End was essentially the final nail in the ancient's coffin. The echidnas on earth saw the tech's potential and tried to reverse-engineer that to the best of their abilities before being yeeted themselves.
you absolutely COOKED with this thumbnail
It’s a shame that… due to *specific* reasons after Sonic Chronicles release, the lore of the Nocturnus Clan relating to the Gizoid was booted from the overall canon.
So all that we know about Emerl’s origin is that it was created by the “Fourth Great Civilization”, until the group was destroyed by Emerl.
And one person
"Shadow... it's me... the DEVIL!!! I'm here to convince you to do sin! Steal candy from babies and small businesses! I'm not talkin' about Walmart."
"Ayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, wassuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup! It's meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
"Shadow, it's me, the Devil. I love you!!!! I'm having so much fun with you!!!"
ugh
I will NEVER do such a thing! I'll sin in my own way!
"Woah. Woah! Those things look so sick it makes me wanna bark like a dog!"
*barks aggressively*
Just wanna tell you Chaomix, thanks for talking about Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 so much. I decided they must be really good if you liked them so much, so I got them both for the first time a month or two ago and I am addicted! Love both of the games and Shadows character development and backstory makes him one of my favorites. I even made a drawing for SA2 on my channel! I’m currently going for all 180 emblems so wish me luck!
The interesting part is that in the movieverse Gerald wouldn't have had any way to access the Master Emerald or the Chaos Emeralds with in it.
To create the Chaos Drives and embed Shadow and the Biolizard with their Chaos Powers.
Meaning he would need to get them from Black Doom's blood.
So the contact with the Black Comet would have to have happen quite earlier in the timeline of Project Shadow.
I need humans in Sonic because they can do those "humans are the actual evil" storylines and they can for sure make it work.
That is what Sonic was always rooted in. Sonic 1 was about humanity's greed with machinery and destroying nature, and so was every other game
@@innocentzbat yeah that Nature vs Technology imagery and theming is what always drew me to Sonic besides Sonic himself.
Damn Black doom calm down
Such a complex and sad story for a video game about hedgehogs fighting a dude that looks like an egg ! Shadow's backstory is my favorite and you explain it so well. Thank you ! 😄
It would be AMAZING to have the whole lore from the start to the latest game covered too ! Some kind of documentary on the universe of Sonic the Hedgehog ! 😁
Bro, this was great. The one thing I was missing was the true ending of shadow the hedgehog. I’ve just assumed that every shadow we’ve seen since sa2 was an android. Wow
This video is definitely a masterpiece when it comes to in depth lore. Tying the project into Sonic Adventure 1 and Mystic Ruins as well as knowledge of the official names of the Chaos replicas are top tier lore gold nuggets. Great work my friend
Also as a final note. I love the duality of Shadows personality and true purpose through Maria. Him being dark themed and named Shadow, its implied hes supposed to be a embodiment of evil. But actually hes the exact opposite through his love for Maria, a beacon of light and hope for all the people of Earth. A embodiment of prosperity and happiness, he just had to find his memories again and remember who he was down to the core of his soul. He ultimately did this fulfilling his promise to Maria, giving his life to save the people of Earth, harnessing the power of the Chaos Emeralds to become Super Shadow, and give it all in a heroic epic finale, showing the ultimate act of love as spoken in the Bible, laying down his life for his friends and family.
That thumbnail makes me wish something like that was able to be shown in games like sa2
It’s so depressin n crazy just how dark of a lore the sonic franchise has..but I love it n it’s just beautifully executed..
Shadow is just an amazin..
Woah the day has finally come for project shadow
That thumbnail goes insanely hard.
You got everything down to perfection.
I'm impressed and glad to see someone who pays close attention to lore within this franchise. Excellent work.
Amazing video covering this story!!! I really loove that thumbnail too, gorgeous art man
Can't wait for episode 4 once Sonic × Shadow Generations releases and inevitably gives us more info about Project Shadow.
Pretty sure Emerl causing that incident on the ARK is what caused G.U.N. to investigate closely and launch their raid.
If Gemerl has any of Emerl's memories, I'd love to see him talk with Shadow about the events and come to an understanding over them.
"the truth of 50 years ago" love let's gooooo
😮If you really think about it and add it all up. Maria, overall, is the most powerful character in the Sonic universe. Maybe not in terms of physical power or anything, but her golden soul gave her the ability to turn absolute weapons of mass destruction good and make them defenders of hope and justice; modeled after her good nature and soul. No matter how far evil actors go into reprogramming or corrupting these characters, the pure power of her golden soul always seems to break through in the end and show cause for the greater good. Were it not her beautiful inner nature, none of these ultimate beings would have found greater good and hope/light for all the innocent people of Earth.
I never understood the argument that humans don’t work in sonic
Gerald was a blessing to the planet
I love science.
PROJECT SHADOW
This turned out great! I loved the original videos, and love seeing them combined for a cohesive story. Wouldn't even know they were separate videos had I not seen them before.
I didn't get a chance to say hi to you at the CLE Sonic Symphony, so hi 👋
This is so weird. I randomly got curious about the lore for this and the first result is one from seven hours ago. I really did not expect that.
this is the earliest ive ever gotten to you videos, also LOVE SHADOWS STORY!
Shadow doesnt protect the world because of maria's promise in sonic 06, he's moved on from that by then
"Hey Babe wake up chaomix uploaded"
Shadow just a brave little boy we must protect him at all cost
new video, didnt watch it yet but it has to be good
Love the thumbnail art :)
This video is a godsend, thank you so much for making it!
Damn, this video slaps hard
If Sonic Frontiers indirectly fleshed Chaos out, I'd like to see the rumored sequel do the same for Shadow (maybe reveal other ultimate lifeform prototypes, for example)
This was incredibly well thought out and researched. Well done, chaomix! I interested to see how Sonic Movie 3 adapts Shadow's lore into their film narraitive.
Keep up the great work and videos chaomix love the video
I really hope Sonic Rivals is mentioned in this. Gerald did discover an ifrit from a separate dimension, But it's unrelated so I wouldn't blame him for excluding it.
Watched this while drawing, and I didn't even know some of that info in this video related to shadow's backstory, hearing it for the first time (the Sonic battle side plot) so its good to know
great video
👍
I never had the chance to play Sonic Adavance or finish The Dark Brotherhood and I didn't know there was so much lore I was missing
Thank you for this!
I was confused about Shadow's whole character for a while, but this video cleared things up for me! Thanks!
Wow the actual complete version. I remember last time you covered this you were missing info from the other games.
Amazing Video.
I can't believe that this lore has been made through a video game (sa2) and after that it had an anime adaptation (sonic X) and this year we are getting a live-action one (sonic movie 3) this lore has done everything 😅
Good video. Better overall than the last one. You still got a feeeew details mixed up (probably due to the format spliting it up between games instead of chonologically) but its much better.
When it gets down to it, everything in Sonic seems to be two degrees of separation from aliens
Well I thoroughly enjoyed this video
Nice thumbnail! Your art never fails to impress
This video practically reminded me that, if a lot of these elements are in Sonic 3, the movie is gonna go hard!!
Okay Ngl, I watched both parts and I’m back again. Chaomix idk how you do it BUT YOU COOK NO MATTER WHAT!!!
The Project Shadow storyline is example of why Shadow is definitely one of the more complex and fascinating characters in the Sonic franchise.
12:35 god damn it why am I tearing up over a story about a hedgehog?!?! 😭🦔 SA2s story was SOOOOO GOOD!! I WANT MORE STORIES LIKE THAT IN SONIC AGAIN!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Chaomix's thumbnail art just gets better and better istg 🙏
With the final scene of how Shadow the Hedgehog ends, ive always thought that shadow never fully recovered his memories, making it feel like a life that wasnt his own, which is why the game fades out with him choosing to move on and saying "goodbye forever" to that past.
Thumbnail is fire, so is the video
the whole shadow lore is the most entertaining saga to EXIST.
If the rumors are true and Sonic gets some kind of life beyond the upcoming 3, theres potential to see Shadow's story portrayed through spinoffs. Both his past, and some kind of adaptation of Shadow the Hedgehog (2005).
Something that you got incorrectly is that Shadow does need his two inhibitor rings to function properly to use his Chaos powers and not destroy his body
So is that why in 06's last cutscene of Shadow's story he takes them off to be capable of destroying mephiles? well he didn't kill himself and rouge and omega also were able to use this power with him
@@KHPKero What I mean is that without them the use of his chaos powers exceeds the capacity of his body because Chaos emeralds are supposed to have infinite power which can cause his body to collapse later a similar thing you can see in the third season SONIC X which is not canonical to the games but this in what 06 based on ,so I can keep it working the same
@@KHPKero and basically, yes, it's allowed him to use a lot of his chaos power and unlike sonic how can use a limited ver of chaos control Not knowing where he's going to end up (because he never used chaos control again aside from sa2 In my opinion the Chaos Control that's shown in the boss fight is only for gameplay purposes not lore) Shadow can freely warp wherever he wants warp
Bro is so god tier not even he himself is safe from his own full power
@@jamiegioca9448 fun fact this is what chaosx use as a base for the memory shard upgrade for shadow in P-06
Makes me think egg man is evil because Gerard and Maria died and he’s angry and stuff
He said he barley knew Maria in Frontiers, but maybe Gerald's death had an influences yeah. He deeply respected his grandpa.
Ngl the in video mobile game ad looks pretty 🔥 for a phone/multi-platform game. Also the Egg Carrier theme is to this day one of the most fire theme songs ever created.... The while SA1 soundtrack is absolutely legendary
All of this only for him to get his ass handed to him by Sonic like all the time 🙏🙏
I mean tbh he was literally made in Sonic's image. He said it himself at the end of sa2, Sonic is the true ultimate lifeform.
Almost all the time. There are some endings in his spinoff that show him handing Sonic his ass. Granted, they're not canon, but still
This story will always be my favorite in the franchise. It’s so damn good, so much emotion and conflict. If they ever remake sa2 there needs to be some expansion of the lore hopefully incorporating the elements from sonic battle and shadow05. Like imagine in the remake shadow gets a level in the ark BEFORE everything goes to shiz just to elaborate on what he actually would while living there. Maybe a boss battle with the gizoid that gets surprisingly wild and destructive would really show how dangerous and volatile the ark really was. And with some badass graphics we need some unreal engine or something bro I want my sa2 remake to be almost cg looking they could do it they have the power
I think G.U.N is a private military branch that is often employed by the U.N technically, or at least it was, might have been retconned
I love the lore dump for this video
Instant like at 8:27 for acknowledging the possibility that Gerald saw this mural, I thought I was the only one with this theory!
YAAAY MORE LORE
Sonic fans in the sonic 3 movie when they don't see an innocent little girl gets shot by a cold blooded soldier in a space colony to save her only friend: 😠😠😠 (btw, thanks for posting more sonic lore videos, i really love it)
I’m really interested about what details they’ll give us in Shadow Generations
cant wait to see what loose ends get tied up in the Generations expansion
I find it so funny that SA2 was my fav game growing up and now I study neuroscience and aging in a lab in grad school. My friends joke I could make project shadow 😂😂😂😂
I love the story of for in the beginning in 1966 🙏
When The black arms were initially introduced, it felt way too sudden to just drop aliens into the sonic universe. But with space being a larger part of sonic lore now, this feels better as a whole than the individual piece in Shadow 05. Like sonic X having alien races that know about the chaos emeralds since the emeralds aren't from earth.
Okay, Gerald asking aliens for help with Project Shadow I can kind of understand. What I absolutely cannot is the GUN Commander having been a child aboard the ARK and Maria being something of a sister to him. I always assumed Maria was like a sister or loved one to SHADOW. And I'm certain he would've perished along with everyone else on board during the GUN raid.
The complete project shadow lore?
as far as we know, yes
Yeah
This would be perfectly wrapped if the 06 arc was in this, establishing that humanity still feared Project Shadow, and sealed him up after Iblis' release
im playing SA2 before Sonic 3 comes out, and it really shows how amazing sonic team was at storytelling. the complexities and ideas of the whole project shadow idea is amazing, and it really goes to show how much storytelling in sonic has gone downhill. humans also worked perfectly in this story, and need to be implemented more.
I recently started playing Sonic Rivals 2 and now I have the question
When did Gerald discover and investigate Ifrit?
I think it was while I was investigating the Echidnas and their clans
Why can't GUN be more pure and perfect like Maria?
What camera (and others) mods did you utilize to get the shots and angles you did in this video?
Including how did you remove the Biolizard from the room?
How the blue rat game made a bunch of grown adults chant for a child to get shot
Never underestimate sonic speed.
Or in this case, Sonic lore
we needed this for all our non-sonic-fan friends
24:30 Eggman shoots a laser that destroys multiple stars?? We're just glossing over that??? Wasn't the Eclipse Cannon being able to destroy Earth with all 7 Chaos Emeralds a massive scientific feat?? When did Eggman build a laser that's thousands upon thousands times stronger? And why is it not more significant??
I think it’s important to note that Shadow chose to truly put the past behind him and joined G.U.N. as one of their agents. The hard levels in Shadow the Hedgehog are contextualised as Shadow’s training regiment. Later, in Sonic 06, he’s actively working on missions assigned by G.U.N. Even in Sonic Forces, where no humans appear and G.U.N. isn’t a thing, Shadow is still performing work as an agent, along with Rouge and Omega.
One could say that Sonic 06 is like the epilogue to this saga as we see the results of all this.