Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Boom)

Shadow the Hedgehog is a major antagonist in the Sonic Boom spin-off franchise, serving as a supporting antagonist in Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, an anti-hero in Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal and a recurring antagonist in the television series. He is the rival of Sonic the Hedgehog, who seeks to prove his superiority over him in every way. He is also notably darker than his mainstream counterpart, and has shown to be more of a villain than an anti-hero.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) He's not portrayed as the same likable anti-hero that has a sympathising backstory and a huge goal of protecting the Earth that everyone loves. But instead, he's portrayed as a bland evil generic shallow bully with little to no backstory or reason behind his cruel behavior.
 * 2) He hardly has a single bit of motivation to anything he does or will do. Which makes him completely depthless, and has goals that are forced.
 * 3) He became even more edgy. Which is unnecessary because while the Shadow from the main series was edgy, it wasn't over exaggerated. Thus, he's more generic.
 * 4) He practically has no character development.
 * 5) He antagonizes Sonic and his friends for really no good given reason. Which just makes him look like nothing but a nuisance.
 * 6) His voice is also bland and generic which wasted the talents of Kirk Thornton.
 * 7) The stuff he usually does has often little to no importance, or tie-ins to the main plot. Which makes him look like an unnecessary character.
 * 8) He has tried to destroy the planet all because Dr. Eggman tricked him multiple times. Which is just more evidence that all the stuff he plans to do and his reasons for his plans are forced and completely poorly written.
 * 9) He is incredibly shallow, and has a huge lack of common sense. Like he states Sonic is weak because of his reliance on his friends.
 * 10) *This is strange, seeing as the Shadow from the main series has people that he would consider his friends.
 * 11) With all the lack of motivation and depth that this version of Shadow has, it basically makes him hardly have a single bit of identity outside of a generic bully. Which just makes him an uninteresting and unmemorable character, and he was only put into the Sonic Boom series just as fanservice.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) His redesign is kind of cool.