IGN re-writes Sonic history
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, Retro, Sonic. Tagged with Dreamcast, IGN, Shadow.
We can all make mistakes, and as a result we try not to berate fellow journalists, or game sites here too much on Sega Nerds, unless we feel they really need to have a good kick up the arse, or maybe a little educating. And in this case perhaps both need to be applied.
While one, keen-eyed, Sega Nerd was browsing IGN, looking at the old Sonic Adventure 2 review, he clicked on the character biography link for Shadow the Hedgehog (let’s call that a moment of madness on his part).
Amongst the small blurb about who Shadow is, and what role he plays within the game, IGN has some ‘Quotes’ from the character and small pieces of ‘Trivia.’
“Trivia: Shadow the Hedgehog was supposedly supposed to be Sega’s original mascot, however, they scrapped him in favor of Sonic, it was not until the release of Sonic Adventure that they reached back into their files to pull out Shadow as Sonic’s nemesis for Sonic Adventure 2″
What?! Shadow the Hedgehog was supposed to be Sega’s original mascot?