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Post by Weirdo94 on Nov 6, 2007 0:07:25 GMT -5
There's a question about everyone's favorite gun-toting, animorphic, alien bastard-child that's been buggin' me for quite some time. You know those rings on Shadow's gloves, the gold ones? I've been wondering, what the fork do they do? It seems to me that he takes 'em off every time he goes to kick an unusually large amount of ass in a small amount of time. Do they regulate his power to keep his innards from a-sploding, or something?
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Post by Quacker Duk on Nov 6, 2007 1:47:41 GMT -5
That is a fine question, and one that's hard to answer.
Personally, I'm sure they do something. Shadow was made in a lab, and I've always assumed he was partially mechanical. Hell, The way I see it, his shoes are probably PART of his feet. Thus, the rings on his arms are probably similar. They should also have SOME significance since Sonic got all misty-eyes over it at the end of SA2.
My best guess is the same as yours. In both Sonic X AND Sonic 2006, Shadow is shown taking off his bracelets before battle. Unless he just didn't want to get them scuffed (which is possible), he might remove them because they serve a power regulation function.
Here's a possibility. The ULF project was supposed to have a self-sustaining quality where it never ate or aged. Perhaps the bracelets control these basic functions, and taking them off lets him exert the EXTRA strength at the cost of him being slightly mortal for a bit. In fact, that might help explain why he died in Sonic Adventure 2. Simply put, he became exhausted.
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Post by RedPenguin on Nov 6, 2007 14:54:31 GMT -5
I'd go with what Quacker said.
That makes sense to me. It sort of works like weight training. Putting on weights on your arms and legs will make you hold back. Maybe he needs them to channel that energy so that he can control it. As soon as he takes them off, he can fully unleash what he is capable of, but makes him lose tons of stamina. So what Quacker said might be right.
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Post by fakersinc on Nov 6, 2007 22:21:10 GMT -5
I dont know about that. I think Sega mostly did it because it looked cool.
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Post by mastersilver on Nov 7, 2007 18:01:27 GMT -5
So they decided to give Shadow some bling-bling?
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Post by Taylor Hedgie on Nov 7, 2007 20:37:14 GMT -5
He takes them off because taking the scratches out is a pain the the hedgie arse. Duh.
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Post by Quacker Duk on Nov 8, 2007 16:40:10 GMT -5
What they need to do is give Shadow some spinning rims.  |
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Post by Weirdo94 on Nov 23, 2007 15:38:33 GMT -5
Well of course it's cool, everything Shadow does is cool. Hell, he could let himself go and get a creepy comb over and a beer belly and walk up to Rouge and say "Merry Hapulins, Samanda, will you engary me?" and it'd be cool.
Anyway, I'm starting to think those rings keep himself from overloading with powah, and screwing up his senses, or something like that. That would probably explain why he wasn't screaming like he had a blender in his innards when he was getting burninated by the atmosphere, he simply couldn't feel it...or see it...or hear it...or even smell himself being cooked to a crisp, for that matter.
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Post by Quacker Duk on Nov 27, 2007 2:45:14 GMT -5
Well of course it's cool, everything Shadow does is cool. Hell, he could let himself go and get a creepy comb over and a beer belly and walk up to Rouge and say "Merry Hapulins, Samanda, will you engary me?" and it'd be cool.  Now that's what we should have seen in Sonic 2006. Not Mephiles the Black and white Shadow. |
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Post by Mecha Shadow on Dec 3, 2007 15:32:21 GMT -5
I've often wondered about this topic myself. What Quacker and weirdo said about the bracelets having a power regulation function and holding him back makes sense, but I wonder, do the identical rings around his ankles serve a similar function? What happens when he takes all four off? Does it unleash even more power for a short span of time? What if he took off all four in super form!? My mind weakens at the thought of how powerful he might become!
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Post by celebaby20 on Dec 5, 2007 21:14:17 GMT -5
Eh, I never watched Sonic X that much, and I missed the season when Shadow came in. Also, I don't know if any stations up north still play it. >_>
But I saw a clip on an AMV where the rings came off and Shadow's aura got all "WHOAMIEFFINGGOD, RUN!!!" and he became all real strong. Maybe it's a power control? Maybe they have a similarity to the power rings in SatAM? (I was watching some of those episodes on YouTube.)
I wonder if there's any information somewhere on the internet that can tell us about it.
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Post by Whats a name on Jan 6, 2008 11:06:10 GMT -5
I think I read something that said rings are made of Chaos energy, and Shadow uses Chaos energy so maybe he gains extra Chaos energy taking them off.
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Post by Quacker Duk on Jan 6, 2008 13:30:12 GMT -5
Hmmmm....
It's an interesting theory, but the only problem is, he doesn't absorb the rings or anything. when he takes them off, they just sort of fall away like if you tossed off a bracelet. If they were made of Energy, Sonic couldn't have been holding one at the end of Sonic Adventure 2. (Or Chris Thorndyke couldn't have been sleeping with it under his pillow as seen in Season 2 of sonic X. *shudder*)
Interesting thought -- If Eggman healed/resurrected/fixed Shadow prior too Sonic Heros, then he bracelets must serve a purpose. After all, he replaced them, didn't he? It's not like Eggman to go out and buy Shadow a gift. My theory is that Shadow's Rings, Gloves and Shoes are all part of his body, and serve such complicated purposes that Eggman didn't want to muck with them.
Further evidence: In Sonic X, Shadow was resurrected WITHOUT the rings, and was considerably weaker before Chris gave up his little trophy.
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Post by Weirdo94 on Jan 6, 2008 15:48:56 GMT -5
Further evidence: In Sonic X, Shadow was resurrected WITHOUT the rings, and was considerably weaker before Chris gave up his little trophy. Re-he-heally now? That stood out as odd to me, considering how Shadow takes them off before delivering any major ass whuppings... (Off topic:That reminds me, I found a place where you can download subbed Japanese episodes of that show, and I'm wondering which episodes to look for if I want to find cased of pure "Shadownage") |
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Post by Ladyhedgehog18 on Jan 7, 2008 14:58:05 GMT -5
Hmmmm.... It's an interesting theory, but the only problem is, he doesn't absorb the rings or anything. when he takes them off, they just sort of fall away like if you tossed off a bracelet. If they were made of Energy, Sonic couldn't have been holding one at the end of Sonic Adventure 2. ..but when Tails(or Amy) gives a 'power ring' to Sonic it disappers and then he gains energy. |
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