Shadow The Hedgehog [Beta]

Shadow the Hedgehog is a title in the Sonic The Hedgehog series based on the character Shadow The Hedgehog. It was released on November 15, 2005 in the US, in Europe on November 18, 2005, and in Japan on December 15, 2005.

The Beta has several aesthetic changes from the released version, including a slightly grittier look, Alien enemies that bled, and other things of that nature. The changes were only minor and not very significant.

Although they are only minor being not an incredible amount of changes were made to it.

A video of the beta arose in the form of a trailer SEGA unveiled at the Walk of Game ceremony when Sonic was inaugurated into the Walk of Game. The trailer gave gamers their first major taste of the look and feel of Shadow of Hedgehog, though some notable changes would still be made for the final version.

The dialogue is also edited in the release version of the game. One of Shadow’s lines is changed from “What the hell was that all about?” to “just what was that all about?” Also, “hell” is changed to “heck”. An example is “What the hell is HQ doing?” to “What the heck is HQ doing?” The word “piss” was originally to be used as well in two of Sonic’s lines but was changed to “tick”. An example: “Hate to piss off GUN,” had been changed to “Hate to tick off GUN”. Also, every second time Shadow was hit by an enemy or fell into a bottomless pit he said the word “damn.” Despite the changes, some profanity remains in the release version, which includes an infamous sentence spoken by Shadow, “Where’s that damn fourth Chaos Emerald?”

A scene in which Maria is shot was also shortened.

In the original multiplayer mode, when a player died their character would kneel over and make intense choking noises. Since this was deemed inappropriate, Sega took it out of the game wholesale come release. However, under the right circumstances, the sound byte can still be heard if one meets certain conditions in multiplayer. [Info from Wikipedia]

Thanks to Jay for the english corrections!

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