Early feature indexed by Secrets of Sonic Team. Issue and page-level provenance should be recorded before any scan is preserved.
2005 Artifact Catalog
A working catalog of period material connected to the development and promotion of Shadow the Hedgehog. A record here does not mean Shadorux owns or republishes the item; provenance and preservation status are kept separate.
Magazine coverage
Pre-release coverage from the spring magazine cycle; community-preserved scans are known through the Secrets of Sonic Team index.
Large Shadow feature including an Iizuka interview, screenshots, poster, weapons, vehicles, and destructible-environment discussion. Sonic HQ preserves contemporary reporting about the feature.
Shadow feature material indexed in surviving community archives. Exact issue and page metadata remain an acquisition task.
Platform-specific coverage survives in scan indexes; exact issue metadata and rights status still need verification.
Official web material
Sonic Channel's old update archive records the site's opening and later additions. Recovering original captures and files is a top priority.
Recorded in the Sonic Channel update history. Original downloadable files have not yet been added to the Shadorux preservation collection.
Recorded as part of the official site's late-2005 updates. Original SWF and dependencies remain acquisition targets.
Two installments were promoted through Sonic Channel. A surviving English translation exists, while original page captures remain preferable archival evidence.
Trailers and E3
The first public gameplay presentation. Contemporary GameSpot reporting confirms the clip; original high-quality footage and photographs remain acquisition targets.
GameSpot's surviving video index lists official trailers, gameplay movies, a developer interview, and Nintendo E3 footage.
Advertising
Indexed by Secrets of Sonic Team. Publication, issue, page, and scan provenance should be established before preservation.
The North American release campaign centered on the “Hero or Villain?” choice, branching story, multiple endings, weapons, vehicles, and replay value.
Events and collaborations
Japanese promotion included “TRIPOD BABY (SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG MIX)” and related campaign material documented by the old Sonic Channel.
Shadow appeared in promotion connected with Pancrase and Minoru Suzuki, documented on surviving Sonic Channel event pages.
The game appeared in playable form with Sonic and Shadow promotional material, including a fan documented by surviving event coverage.
Shadow supported the event on the Japanese launch date, extending the campaign beyond game-only promotion.
Priority acquisition targets
Capture HTML, media, downloads, and navigation structure where legally and technically recoverable.
Original March announcement imagery, logos, screenshots, and release documents with file-level provenance.
Recover the three official wallpapers and the Shadow minigame files recorded in Sonic Channel's 2005 update history.
Retail displays, preorder bonuses, event handouts, posters, and other ephemera need reliable photographs and provenance.