2024 was a good year for Shadow the Hedgehog. Sonic x Shadow was a good game, something that is a coin flip with the franchise. Sonic 3 was a fun movie.
Speaking of the game, the final boss was hype. Bringing back Black Doom was the perfect call, and making his fight 2 stages was wise. The first is what you’d expect, a more or less rematch with his final form from last time. But then you drop his health and he just powers up to a new form. You think he’d get a new boss theme? Nope.
A remix of All Hail Shadow plays instead.
In a game about Shadow coming to terms with his heritage and identity the final boss comes and tries to steal the spotlight. But no, his super form is overridden by Shadow’s theme song and the game makes it clear this fight isn’t Shadow having a boss battle with his dad, it’s Black Doom losing a boss fight with his son.