Shadow the Hedgehog
Video Game • 2005 • Action
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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SiRenfield
^ slight correction Abe’s parents were staff members on the ARK that unintentionally got pregnant (and also sadly died in the raid) ,but in fairness this detail was added later. Maria’s is still accurate, in fact doubly so after the release of Shadow Generations
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Is there domestic violence?
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WeGotAllTheWays
In some of the endings.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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tial
Black Doom and Eggman take advantage of Shadow’s memory loss by lying or telling him half-truths in order to manipulate him, confuse him, or emotionally damage him. In some of the endings, Shadow’s conclusion about his identity is completely false because it’s being based on this gaslighting.
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Addiction
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Animal
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PharahLovingEgg
Bruh a hedgehog can die
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Is an animal sad?
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WeGotAllTheWays
Shadow gets downright depressed many times, depending on which path you take. There’s even an ending that implies he takes his own life afterwards, though it’s not canon. It’s the Semi-Hero Hero ending. Shadow talks about wishing he’d never been created and seemingly blames himself for Maria’s death, and after a very unhelpful talk with Vector, Shadow walks offscreen and the end credits play with a song that has lyrics based on these themes.
To a lesser extent, Sonic seems pretty bummed out in the pure dark endings, though to be fair these are endings where Shadow beats him up and then either vows to conquer the planet (pure dark hero ending) or destroy it (pure dark dark ending). So, y’know, Sonic in these endings has reasons to be unhappy. For most of the game Sonic is his usual cheerful self, but as seen by Shadow, so he seems even more upbeat because Shadow sees Sonic as being annoyingly perky.
To a lesser extent, Sonic seems pretty bummed out in the pure dark endings, though to be fair these are endings where Shadow beats him up and then either vows to conquer the planet (pure dark hero ending) or destroy it (pure dark dark ending). So, y’know, Sonic in these endings has reasons to be unhappy. For most of the game Sonic is his usual cheerful self, but as seen by Shadow, so he seems even more upbeat because Shadow sees Sonic as being annoyingly perky.
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Vector
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Is someone restrained?
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tial
I’m the final story, Sonic, his friends and Eggman are all paralysed by a poison gas and have small aliens set on them to eat them. They are freed before any lasting harm is done.
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Sibelos
Who the hell voted yes, what makes you think an E10+ rated game would even imply that?
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone burned alive?
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tial
Falling off the edge in one of the space levels has shadow fall down to earth so fast he burns.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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CapnJack
D**N NOT HERE...
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Children
Does a kid die?
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TrueBlueSonic
A young girl is shot and killed in a flashback. We don’t see it but gunshots are heard.
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Death
Does a major character die?
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SiRenfield
Non-canon character death in several endings. The only permanent one being the main villain in the final story
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Family
Does a parent die?
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tial
Black Doom is kind of Shadow’s parent and he dies, but he was evil.
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Law Enforcement
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aestheticdreamcast
Despite the story starting with G.U.N. (This universe's version of the FBI and military) killing an innocent child, they are consistently seen as good guys, including in a stage where the Dark Mission is fighting back against the G.U.N. agents while they're raiding a peaceful scientific research center.
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Mental Health
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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tial
Shadow is suffering from amnesia and goes on a rampage killing, humans, aliens or both depending on your choices.
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WeGotAllTheWays
It’s implied in the Semi-Hero hero ending that Shadow dies by suicide afterwards. Nothing is shown but it’s really heavily implied.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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fayetheshethey
Not stated outright, but one of the endings has the main character show remorse at all of the destruction he has caused and implies that he has become suicidal as a result of the events of the game.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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aestheticdreamcast
While definitely not the most realistic, a big part of this game is Shadows traumatic memories of his dead friend
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Noxious
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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SiRenfield
Not too serious although granted it has more intense language than normal for a Sonic game such as the words "hell" and "damn"
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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tial
Using Chaos Control during a boss fight will invert the screen’s colours. Gunfire flashes a lot more in this state.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sickness
Is someone terminally ill?
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WeGotAllTheWays
It has references to Maria, who was terminally ill (but she didn’t die from her illness, she got shot).
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Social
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Does it have a sad ending?
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tial
Some of the endings aren’t, but the canonical ending is.
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Does a plane crash?
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tial
Some of the missions ask you to shoot down planes or aerial battleships. In the pure evil route, a giant sky laser is fired that splits an entire battleship in half.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Sibelos
Aliens have green blood but other than that there is no blood. In beta builds of the game the devs were aiming for T rating and the aliens had red blood (which looked more like sparks IMO) however the E10+ rating was introduced during development and the blood color was changed to green.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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fayetheshethey
The Eclipse Cannon destroys Westopolis in one of the Dark routes.
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Is there gun violence?
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Sibelos
It's the main game mechanic.
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