Shadow (ASB)

❮		#128 Crono	#130 Chun-Li		❯
Shadow is an unlockable playable character in Arcade Smash Bros. and makes his first debut in the series after appearing as an assist trophy since Brawl. He's confirmed at November 15th, 2021 and he's the second Sonic The Hedgehog representative to be announced as a newcomer in this game. Shadow is classified as fighter #129 and can be unlocked by playing a match with (TBA). He's the second fighter to be revealed in November after Crono in the fifttenth day. While he's not confirmed as Sonic's Echo Fighter, he shares some of the same moves.
Kirk Thornton reprises his role as Shadow's voice actor since Smash 4 and uses new voice clips in English just like Sonic using new ones in this game. Thornton also voices Nightmare from the Soulcalibur series in this game. Kōji Yusa reprises his role in Japanese version since Sonic Adventure 2. Again, like Sonic, Shadow has also a share of voice actors in their respective regions: Manuel Gimeno voices him in Spanish, Klaus Lochthove in German, Riccardo Lombardo in Italian and Benoit DuPac in French, some of them reusing voice clips from Sonic Generations. 
==Moveset==
 	Name 	Damage 	Description
Grounded attacks	Grounded attacks	Grounded attacks	Grounded attacks
Neutral attack 	 	 	
Neutral attack 	 	 	
Neutral attack 	 	 	
Forward tilt 	 	 	
Up tilt 	 	 	
Down tilt 	 	 	
Dash attack 	 	 	
Forward smash 	 	 	
Up smash 	 	 	
Down smash 	 	 	
Aerial attacks 	Aerial attacks 	Aerial attacks 	Aerial attacks
Neutral aerial 	 	 	
Forward aerial 	 	 	
Back aerial 	 	 	
Up aerial 	 	 	
Down aerial 	 	 	
Grab & throws 	Grab & throws 	Grab & throws 	Grab & throws
Forward throw 	 	 	
Back throw 	 	 	
Up throw 	 	 	
Down throw 	 	 	
Special moves 	Special moves 	Special moves 	Special moves
Neutral special 	Homing Attack 	 	
Side special 	Chaos Spear 	 	
Up special 	Chaos Control 	 	
Down special 	Spin Charge 	 	
Final Smash 	Chaos Blast