Shadow the Hedgehog 3: U.K. Calling

Shadow the Hedgehog 3: U.K. Calling, is an open-world action/adventure video game developed by Sonic Team, Traveller's Tales and Platinum Games, and published by Sega.
The game follows near-identical gameplay features from its predecessor, focusing only on Shadow with a more in-depth police/detective mode and manual dialogue changing. It also follows an identical structure to the open world Sonic Adventure games, with an open world and differing activities, only this time taking place in the United Kingdom.
== Plot ==
Many months have passed since the events of Shadow the Hedgehog 2. On January 20, 2018, Shadow arrives in London under the orders of G.U.N. to assist MI6 while the new commander Tony Rubini heads to his home country of Spagonia. Both are part of an international collaboration by the United Nations to combat various international threats. Eventually, both end up having to regroup with old friends and allies to take down a big foe intent on taking advantage of the United Kingdom's lax surveillance and high technology: Dr. Robotnik.
== Setting ==
As the title suggests, the game takes place in the United Kingdom, specifically Great Britain, containing the nations of England, Scotland and Wales. In addition, many countryside areas, forests, mountains and even farmland cover the rest of the huge map.
Some cities in the game include:
* London
* Liverpool
* Oxford
* Manchester
* Cardiff
* Swansea
* Glasgow
* Edinburgh
* Aberdeen
== Cast ==
Role 	Voice Actor
Shadow the Hedgehog 	Jason Griffith
G.U.N. Commander Tony Rubini 	Rick Pasqualone
G.U.N. Agent James Davidson 	Lane Compton
Rouge the Bat 	Karen Strassman
E-123 Omega 	Aaron LaPlante
Z (Zed), Head of MI6 	Tim Curry
MI6 Agent in Training Scarlett Payne 	Daisy Ridley
MI6 Agent in Training Anna Kendrick 	Anna Kendrick
Cassidy the Thylacine 	Anna Kendrick
Sonic the Hedgehog 	Roger Craig Smith
Miles "Tails" Prower the Fox 	Colleen Villard
Amy Rose 	Lisa Ortiz
Dr. Julian "Eggman" Robotnik 	Mike Pollock
Black Doom 	Sean Schemmel
Vanilla the Rabbit 	Rebecca Honig
Maria Robotnik 	Rebecca Honig
Cream the Rabbit 	Michelle Ruff
Marine the Raccoon 	Caiti Ward
Cosmo 	Kate Higgins
"Slow Moe" Jones 	Gavin Free
Guy Taylor 	Daniel Gruchy
Tim Roth 	Tim Roth
Jim Campbell, Invasion FM DJ 	Kevin McKidd
Invasion FM Imaging Voice 	Fred Tatasciore
Lizzy "The Shadow Lady", Y-Radio DJ 	Elizabeth Dwyer
Y-Radio Imaging Voice 	Nika Futterman
Frank O'Sullivan, The Calraig DJ 	Barry O'Rourke
The Calraig Imaging Voice 	Jon St. John
Phoebe Williams, The Clasiag Bridge DJ	Rachael Taylor
The Clasiag Bridge Imaging Voice 	Cindy Robinson
Sonja "FireFoxx" Reid, Radio UK-X DJ 	Herself
Radio UK-X Imaging Voice 	Troy Baker
DJ Lush, CodeBreaker FM DJ 	Nolan North
CodeBreaker FM Imaging Voice 	Aaron LaPlante
== Radio Stations ==
Radio stations return to the series after being absent from Shadow the Hedgehog 2, along with humorous commercials for parodies of real life products. However, since the Sonic the Hedgehog series is targeted towards a younger audience, the songs will be censored. Strong vulgarities, along with references to illegal drugs and sexual content are censored, although mild curse words like “damn” and “hell” are not. In addition, a DJ hosting each station; with them talking about the music and giving their opinions in the world; along with station introductions, dial numbers and jokes about the listeners return. Finally, particular story events are talked about on the air at certain times; and all the commercials, songs, and song intros are played randomly.
== Trivia ==
* The game's more light-hearted tone was in response to criticisms of Shadow the Hedgehog 2 being too dark for very young audiences.
* This is the first open-world Sonic the Hedgehog game to take place outside the United Federation, taking place in the United Kingdom.
** Due to this setting, this is the first open-world game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series to not have a song by Michael Jackson, Britney Spears or Daryl Hall & John Oates in its soundtrack.
** This also makes it the first open-world game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series since Sonic Adventure 3 to not have a song by Madonna in the soundtrack.
* The subtitle is a reference to the 1979 song "London Calling" by The Clash, which appears on the in-game radio station Invasion FM.