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The Japanese began work on Sonic the Hedgehog 3. [27] It was initially developed as an isometric game using the Sega Virtua Processor chip, but was restarted as a more conventional side-scrolling game after the chip was delayed. [5] It introduced Sonic's rival Knuckles, created by artist Takashi Thomas Yuda.
Sonic's first comic appearance was in a promotional comic printed in Disney Adventures magazine (and also given away as a free pull-out with a copy of Mean Machines magazine), which established a backstory for the character involving the origin of his color and abilities and the transformation of kindly scientist Dr. Ovi Kintobor into the evil ...
Naoto Ohshima (大島 直人, Ōshima Naoto) (born February 26, 1964) is a Japanese artist and video game designer, best known for designing Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.
The Sonic X version of Knuckles has been described as an "incredibly serious warrior with a deep, fleshed-out backstory" in comparison to the more comedic depictions of the character in recent years. [98] After being stranded in the new world with Sonic, his only desire is to get back home quickly. [99]
Shadow Generations is not available as a standalone game, instead being bundled with a remaster of Sonic Generations in Sonic X Shadow Generations. [ c ] It was released on October 25, 2024, for the Nintendo Switch , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series X/S , and Windows to generally favorable reviews.
Outside of the video game series, Shadow appears in the anime series Sonic X, which adapts the story of the Sonic Adventure games, as well as Sonic Boom and Sonic Prime.The original Japanese cast from the games reprised their roles for the former, [25] while Jason Griffith (who also voiced Sonic) voiced Shadow in its English dub by 4Kids Entertainment. [26]
The backstory differs between regional releases, giving the unnamed protagonist from the arcade version an identity - the Japanese version establishes him as Hayate, the estranged son of Joe Musashi; while the manuals for the English language versions claims that he is Joe Musashi himself.
Sega of America crafted a compelling backstory for the character to convince the Japanese parent company and Sonic Team to have him named "Tails". Yamaguchi ended up with a compromise, using "Miles Prower" as the character's real name; "Tails" would be his nickname, giving the character the full name of Miles "Tails" Prower.