I need some explanations regarding Shadow

[Ikagura]

Spoilers ahead:


How did Gerald made Shadow based of Sonic 50 years ago when Sonic himself is only 15? How could he predict the existence of Sonic 35 prior to his birth?

And about the biolizard, is there a reason why the prototype was radically different from him?

[ironvenom2036 [Dark Knight]]

Gerald did not base Shadow on Sonic, Shadow's connection with Sonic is a mystery even to this day. The truth is, there is no official answer to any of these questions. With that in mind, there are some lore and some context that can provide a possible answer.

Gerald had strong tides to the Echidna tribe to the point that the cannon's core (the last non-boss stage in SA2) shares many design element with Echidna structures. Heck, he even had a life sized replica of the emerald shine from SA1. Knowing this, Gerald could have got the idea for Shadow and the Biolizard's design from Echidna tribe as well. For Shadow, in Sonic 3&K there is a mural that shows a Hedgehog fighting an Eggman looking creature. The Hedgehog even has the curled up qills that Shadow has. The Biolizard on the other hand could be based on the mural of Perfect Chaos found in SA1.

As I've said before, this is just a fan theory due to there being no official answer. I wasn't even the first person to come up with this. But I think it was a great way of expanding on the lore set by 3&K and SA1.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by ironvenom2036 BotSlayer:

As I've said before, this is just a fan theory due to there being no official answer. I wasn't even the first person to come up with this. But I think it was a great way of expanding on the lore set by 3&K and SA1.

Sega weren't that good at world building and story telling, SA1 and 2 had some plotholes (like how they never explained why humans were in Sonic's world).

Sonic Heroes managed to keep things self-contained (like in the Genesis games such as CD) but aside from that they were hit and miss (like Shadow which may or may not be the real one or that his eponymous game may not be canon).

[Crystal Sharrd]

IIRC, he actually based Shadow off of ancient echidna prophecies of Sonic.
The biolizard was a massive failure.

[Ikagura]

Originally posted by sonic65101:

IIRC, he actually based Shadow off of ancient echidna prophecies of Sonic.
The biolizard was a massive failure.

They could've explained a bit better honestly...

SA2 suffers from plotholes because of trivial things such as that (or how Rouge came to steal Knuckles' Master emerald).