We were far too distracted by Keanu Reeves in this Sonic 3 video to notice that it spoiled a big Shadow character reveal

On November 29, 2024By Littum

A new Sonic 3 video may have just dropped a major Shadow spoiler – but we were far too distracted by Keanu Reeves to realize it.

Possible spoilers for Sonic 3 follow. You have been warned.

At the 45-second mark of a Keanu Reeves-centric featurette (which you can watch for yourself in full below), a quick glimpse of a scene in outer space is shown.

The space setting is nothing new – and was previously revealed via the press pack for a film-related SEGA Genesis game cartridge. What is new, however, is the detail of two yellow flickering lights hurtling towards the space station at mach speed.

An icon playing an icon. Keanu Reeves is Shadow. #SonicMovie3 – in theaters December 20 only. pic.twitter.com/OQwbyxYZWr26 November 2024

Sonic fans happily jumped to conclusions, hinting that what we are looking at is the transformation of Sonic (Ben Schwartz) and Shadow (Keanu Reeves) into Super Sonic and Super Shadow respectively.

Super Sonic – the Super Saiyan-like ability that activates when Sonic has all seven Chaos Emeralds – was previously seen in Eggman’s defeat during the final act of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. However, Shadow’s latent powers have yet to be revealed – but it is a sure indication that Sonic 3 closely follows several story beats of Sonic Adventure 2.

In the 2001 Dreamcast game, the game ends with both Super Sonic and Super Shadow hurtling through space, similar to what is shown in the Sonic 3 featurette. There was the enemy Biolizard – although it remains to be seen what Sonic and Shadow will rush to save the day from this point.

Sonic 3 stars Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Idris Elba, James Marsden, Krysten Ritter, Tika Sumpter and Colleen O’Shaughnessey. It is due to hit cinemas on December 20th in the US and December 21st in the UK.

For more, check out the upcoming video game movies headed your way very soon, plus our previous interview with Sonic 3 producer Toby Ascher about how Sonic Adventure 2 will affect the threequel.