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The Fate of Maria in Sonic 3
23 Dec 2024 By Tommy Pihl (Editor-in-Chief)
The dramatic reveal of Shadow the Hedgehog at the end of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 had fans buzzing with anticipation. After years of hoping for his cinematic debut, the tease left many wondering: How closely would Sonic the Hedgehog 3 follow the character’s deep, emotional backstory from the games?
Among the biggest questions swirling was the fate of Maria Robotnik. With Sonic 3 promising to introduce Shadow in a new light, fans were eager to know whether his emotional journey would remain faithful to the original game.
In an exclusive interview with ComicBook, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 director Jeff Fowler shed light on this very question.
“There were certainly a lot of questions to be asked about how we were going to approach that, knowing it had to be there. That was something I give all the credit in the world to our friends at Paramount and to Sega. Because look, everybody was excited about Shadow coming into these movies. But it’s a package deal, you can’t introduce Shadow without giving the audience what his story is and that story does involve some heavier stuff. And knowing that we also are very protective of the family audience and we don’t want it to ever feel like we just completely pivoted into territory that feels like too much of a departure,” said Fowler.
“So no, we really handled it with great care. We wanted to do Shadow justice, we wanted the Shadow and Maria story to really land emotionally and offer something really powerful. Because it is powerful, and it is something that the fans absolutely love and it just has to be there. So we went to great lengths to give them the best movie version we could.”
In Sonic Adventure 2, Shadow was a genetically engineered creation of Gerald Robotnik. The doctor created Shadow as part of an experiment to save the life of his granddaughter Maria, who was dying of an illness. During this time, Shadow and Maria became close friends. However, their friendship ended tragically; fearing Shadow’s potential as a weapon, G.U.N. (Guardian Units of Nations) brought in Shadow, arrested Gerald, and accidentally killed Maria. Shadow was placed in suspended animation, and when he awoke, he vowed revenge for her death. Earth was nearly destroyed in retribution, but Shadow inevitably realized that Maria would not want that'.
SONIC 3 | Shadow & Maria Scene ❤️ pic.twitter.com/mBS4TFvM5W
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Source: ComicBook
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