Sonic 3 director Jeff Fowler pays tribute to 2005's Shadow the Hedgehog by putting sequences inspired by the bullet-heavy platformer into the threequel
Exclusive: Jeff Fowler on pulling from his game background for Shadow's debut in Sonic 3
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“We built some of those moments [from Shadow the Hedgehog] into some of the sequences,” Fowler tells GamesRadar+.
While you’ll have to wait until Sonic 3 releases in cinemas to find out exactly how it mirrors 2005’s Shadow the Hedgehog, Fowler reveals the “first little bit of fight choreography” from Keanu Reeves' Shadow in the threequel is “very similar” to a set-piece that sees the Ultimate Lifeform fighting Black Arms soldiers in one of the game’s cinematics.
On top of that, there was one moment fromShadow the Hedgehog’s opening videothat Fowler was keen to replicate on the big screen.
“There’s what I thought was a very iconic moment from Shadow the Hedgehog where you’re seeing Sonic sort of struggling on his knees and then he just collapses, and that reveals Shadow standing …
