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''Shadow the Hedgehog'' is a 2005 game in the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' series that focuses on the [[Anti-Hero]] black hedgehog, Shadow. The game begins with Shadow on the outskirts of Westopolis, just as the sky turns blood red and aliens begin swooping in to invade. Shadow is [[Somebody Else's Problem|about to turn away, uncaring,]] but a strange creature with a terrible voice speaks his name, calling on him to bring the alien leader - by the name of [[Obviously Evil|Black]] [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doom]] - the [[MacGuffin|Chaos Emeralds]]. Thus begins Shadow's personal quest of self-discovery, which can take any one of 326 (!!!) paths through the game's 22 levels.
While the typical controls of the 3D entries in the Sonic series apply to some extent, it is playable as a third-person shooter, a different direction for the franchise. Its [[Darker and Edgier]] tone, Shadow's constant [[Wangst|Wangsting]], and frequent [[Contemplate Our Navels|navel-gazing]] turned many fans of the franchise away, and the game was thoroughly thrashed by critics. On another note, this game marks the debut of the [[
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* [[Random Events Plot]]: Since most of the scenes are designed to fit a variety of moral alignments and plotlines, many of the paths tend to involve Shadow warping around doing arbitrary and frequently contradictory things before having some kind of epiphany at the very end.
** Continuity can be achieved in some instances. For instance, help Charmy find the Discs in one level and Shadow will be with Espio in the next level. Buddy up with him, and Shadow will find himself with Vector in the next level. Also, the Discs have significance in the Last Story.
* [[Ridiculously
** It ''does'' explain why, at the start of ''[[Sonic Heroes (Video Game)|Sonic Heroes]]'', he was in a tank hidden deep underground, in the same place where Omega was abandoned, while the other Shadow 'bots seemed to come from huge cloning facilities with dozens of tanks side-by-side.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: [[Fridge Logic|Why does Shadow need a gun? Or vehicles?]] Because of this trope.
* [[Scoring Points]]: You have three different meters keeping track of your points - your neutral points, your hero points, and your dark points. If you finish a hero mission, your hero points are added to your neutral points, and your dark points are subtracted for your final score; the converse is true for a dark mission. On neutral missions, only the neutral points count. It's a good thing the neutral missions pretty much only involve getting to the end of the level, because your time bonus will probably account for most of your score - neutral points are hard to come by. And, yes, the points matter. [[Score Screen|You get]] [[Rank Inflation|ranked]].
* [[Shades of Conflict]]: Black vs. White vs. Gray - Shadow is very much "gray", and it's up to the player to decide whether to take him down the white path, the black path, or leave him gray.
* [[Shout
** Occasionally, one of the GUN soldiers will shout out "Mr. Yuji Naka is alright!" in the ARK flashback levels.
** The president of the United Federations looks a heck of a lot like [[The Iron Giant|Kent Mansley]].
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