Shadow (character)

Shadow the Hedgehog is a prominent anti-hero in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games like Wario from the Mario series. He was created to be the ultimate life-form by Dr. Eggman's grandfather, Gerald Robotnik. Shadow does whatever is necessary to achieve his goals, and because of this he has fought both alongside and against Sonic the Hedgehog. Shadow's primary abilities are his supersonic speed and ability to use Chaos Emeralds to manipulate time and space. In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, he is voiced by Jason Anthony Griffith, who also voices Sonic.

History
Shadow is a playable character in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, where he is on Sonic's team. His character type is Speed, tieing him with Sonic. He is set to reappear in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Shadow appears as an unlockable Assist Trophy character, using his Chaos Control to slow down time. He is unlocked by simply unlocking Sonic himself.

''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Shadow is a Speed character. In Dream Fencing, his special move is to glow gold and charge forward with multiple stabs of his epéé. His Dream Table Tennis move is to glow gold, jump up and twirl vertically, land, suck in thousand of gold lines and fire the ball super fast at the opponent.

Profile
''Like Sonic, Shadow is an extremely fast hedgehog that can give his more famous blue rival a run for his money in most Speed events. Additionally, his accuracy will help give him a leg up in the events like the archery and fencing.''

Trivia

 * Shadow is pretty similar to Count Bleck in terms of personality and role in the Sonic the Hedgehog games. He, like Count Bleck, started out as a humanity-hating villain, but was revealed to be a tragic villain, and later a tragic anti-hero capable of offering his life to stop his own mad plan of destruction.
 * Shadow is left-handed, as shown in the game, Shadow the Hedgehog. However, in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, he uses an ep&#233;e with his right hand.  This is likely because the Wii controls for that game were designed for right-handed players. (Of course, he very well may be ambidextrous.)