A Bit on Shadow Generations 3rd Boss
I don't know how to start this so I'm just gonna let my words flow. I recently started my 3rd play through if sonic x shadow generations. (with the goal to 100% it this time.) And theres a moment that really stick out to me and I want to nerd out a bit.
In shadows area, after you unlock doom morph, you travel into the little underground? area. (it's in like the little mountainside thing) When you get there with your boss keys, and if you're me a lot of practice with doom morph after falling 5 hundred times, the door opens and the boss is revealed. Mephiles.
I'm a big sonic fan in general, and in some cases enjoyer of games most dislike for varying reasons (06, forces), but of all the games bosses old and new, that's the part that sticks out to me.
The scene itself has so much care. scepter floating in the middle of an old stone chamber. Mephiles trying the attack he used in Sonic 06, the one that technically succeeded, sonic was dead for a bit after all, on shadow and shadow just dodges.
I originally played the game about a week or two after it's release. I didn't know what I was getting going into it and started with shadows campaign because it was new. You get through yiur first couple bosses (metal overlord and biolizard) you get your controls. Get radical highway and all that. It's a joy. It's fun. It's challenging. Then I got that door unlocked.
The opening shot of the cutscene, I remember out loud saying, "what is that?" when I say the dark scepter, and then after a moment thinking. "there is no way."
I actually paused it and took a moment. Because I was so excited. As a villain, I adore mephiles. I love the story behind him and his motivation. Iblis being his other destructive half, and now it's just him.
The scepter explodes and he tries that same old attack. And the boss fight is amazing. (partly due to better controls, no shade to 06, I enjoy that game) and the details they added to the chamber and mephiles. Set up. His final words. "no... I want... To exist..." and shadows cold response. I know I'm really late on this, but I've been thinking about it lately. And on a game that could have gone halfway on remaking (generations) and an add on we weren't expecting before it's announcement, I think it was done in such loving way
