>>130162371I totally agree about ShTH mucking up the canon. It wasn't written by Maekawa so it lacks all the subtlety of SA2's writing. Is Shadow the ultimate lifeform or was it Sonic that was created on the ARC? Which of Shadow's memories, if any, are real? I get why they wanted to give a these a proper answer, but lol aliens isn't it.
I liked that Gerald was a essentially a good person funding his granddaughter's cure by working with the military who went mad after she was murdered. It also helps answer why Eggman's a genius (it runs in the family) and why he only works with machines (his grandfather's abilities were exploited before being betrayed by the military). The revised Gerald was good, then went mad, but was actually still a good guy wanting to save the world just doesn't make sense. He brainwashed Shadow to cause the ARC to crash into the Earth!
I did like that they cleared up the "was Shadow a robot in Heroes?" plot line and completed his character arc, becoming a hero.