Robotnik’s research is funded by the United Federation Sonic equivalent to the United States). It was originally conceived as a means of creating living weapons, although Robotnik’s personal motivation was to save Maria. During the course of his research, Robotnik created two immortal creatures: Shadow and a giant reptilian prototype called the Biosaur. Unlike the Shadows, the Bio-Saurians are violent and uncontrollable, and once the Federation learned of this, they decided to shut down the program and eliminate anyone who knew about it. A team of GUN (International Security Unit) soldiers are deployed to the space station, arresting Robotnik, killing the researchers, and evacuating the civilian population. However, one civilian was killed in the crossfire: Maria.
Different versions of Shadow’s story in the game and expanded universe describe Maria’s death differently. 2005 competition Hedgehog shadow A gunman is shown shooting her in cold blood, while SonicX The animation shows him killing her when she refuses to obey his orders. What had she done to offend them so much? She sends Shadow to Earth to save him from the carnage.
Before she died, she asked Shadow to take an escape pod to Earth to bring hope to mankind. You might think that this wish would allow Shadow to save the world instead of trying to destroy it. So what happened?
As revealed in the full text Sonic Adventure 2after losing Maria and his research, Robotnik descended into madness. Even while imprisoned by the GUN and continuing to work under stricter supervision, the doctor began planning his revenge. If he cannot save Maria, he will destroy the humans who took everything from him. This included brainwashing Shadow into forgetting Maria’s dying wishes, instead of having him mistakenly remember that she was asking him for revenge.
Shadow was eventually captured by the GUN and put into stasis, where he would stay for 50 years. Years later, he was finally awakened by Eggman, who manipulated the Doctor into bringing all seven Chaos Emeralds to the remains of the space colony Ark, claiming that he wanted to use the energy of the gems to power the space station’s powerful Eclipse Cannon and threaten the people of Earth Submit . But in reality, his plan is to use the emeralds to cause the space station to collide with Earth, destroying it and all of humanity.
Shadow also almost succeeds, but is reminded of Maria’s true dying wish by Sonic’s non-girlfriend Amy Rose. He then, along with the rest of our heroes, used the Chaos Emeralds to defeat the Lizard, a creature imprisoned from the depths of the space station, preventing the Ark’s descent. Then, after exerting all his strength to stabilize the ark, he crashed to Earth. Our other heroes mourn him but celebrate that he was able to grant Maria’s wish.