18 years later Shadow the Hedgehog remains the series' guiltiest pleasure

Shadow the Hedgehog is the bravest Sonic game. I'll stand by that statement until I die, I swear to god. It's more out-there than Unleashed, more absurd than the Who Killed Sonic dating sim. It's also by no means the best Sonic game ever released, but as an occasional enjoyer of going fast and all that entails, it is damn interesting, even 18 years on. Shadow the Hedgehog was such a swerve of expectations, such a wildcard. Some individual or group of people had a moronic idea. Let's take the spe...