Shadow Generations

Sonic X Shadow Generations
The international cover art of Sonic X Shadow Generations, which includes Shadow Generations
Developer(s)	Sonic Team
Publisher(s)	Sega
Director(s)	Katsuyuki Shigihara Yuka Kobayashi
Producer(s)	Takashi Iizuka Shun Nakamura
Designer(s)	Seiki Hayashi Takeki Kani
Programmer(s)	Kohei Moriya
Artist(s)	Keiichi Matate
Writer(s)	Ian Flynn[1]
Composer(s)	Jun Senoue
Series	Sonic the Hedgehog
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X/S Nintendo Switch 2
Release	Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S WW: October 25, 2024 Nintendo Switch 2 WW: June 5, 2025
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player

Shadow Generations^[a] is a 2024 platform game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. It is the second Sonic the Hedgehog game to feature Shadow as the protagonist, following Shadow the Hedgehog (2005). Its story runs parallel to Sonic Generations (2011), serving as a paraquel, and sees Shadow travel through time as he faces his arch-nemesis Black Doom. Like Sonic Generations, the levels and bosses are drawn from previous Sonic games; it also includes levels and game mechanics from games released after Sonic Generations.

Shadow Generations is not available as a standalone game, instead being bundled with a remaster of Sonic Generations in Sonic X Shadow Generations.^[b] It was released on October 25, 2024, for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows to generally favorable reviews. The game has been a commercial success, selling 2 million copies by January 2025. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is planned to be released as a launch title for the system on June 5, 2025.

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