Easter Eggs You Missed In Netflix's Sonic Prime

Shadow the Hedgehog's inclusion in "Sonic Prime" was no easy feat for the show's creators. According to Logan McPherson, Sega placed a lot of restrictions on the show's writers pertaining to Shadow's portrayal. As a result, the character's appearance in the show at all was a real labor of love by the creators to make him faithful to his game appearances. Hopefully, "Sonic the Hedgehog" franchise fans will be very satisfied by his role in the story.

Shadow made his first appearance in "Sonic Adventure 2" as the ultimate life form created to rival Sonic. Although the two end up joining forces against Dr. Eggman, they remain on opposite sides during many future games, mostly as a result of Shadow having his memory wiped. Shadow even stars in his own game, "Shadow the Hedgehog" which, like his appearance in "Sonic Prime," is much more mature and serious than many other "Sonic the Hedgehog" titles.

Since only eight out of 24 episodes of "Sonic Prime" have been released by Netflix so far, there's a lot that's yet to be revealed about Shadow's involvement in the story. So far, he's shown up to antagonize Sonic for his failure to stop Dr. Eggman from creating these alternate universes, giving them plenty of opportunities to spar. Hopefully, fans will get to see more Sonic and Shadow interactions in future episodes.