Shadow

Shadow
Shadaloo C.R.I. profile artwork
Characteristics
Height	6'1" (186 cm)
Weight	205 lbs (150 kg)
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Dark Blond
Blood type	Unknown
Personal
First Game	Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter
Birthdate	Unknown
Birthplace	Shadaloo
Fighting style	Same as Charlie's fighting style, enhanced by Psycho Power
Likes	Justice
Dislikes	Evil, running out of battery
Moveset	Shadow Boom, Shadow Shell, Moonsault Slash, Shadow Break, Shadow Justice, Cross Shadow Blitz, Final Mission
Alignment	Evil (formerly) Good (after regaining memories)
Behind-The-Scene
Japanese voice actor(s)	Toshiyuki Morikawa (Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter), Kōsuke Toriumi (Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition)
English voice actor(s)	Mike McFarland (Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition)

Not to be confused with the character Shadowgeist and Kage.

Shadow (シャドウ, Shadō^?) is a video game character originating from the Marvel vs. Capcom series, first appearing in Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter as a secret fighter. This is the form Charlie Nash has taken after being infused with Psycho Power and machine technology by Shadaloo. Unofficially known by some fanbase members as Black Nash.

Biography

Appearance

As a palette swap of Charlie, Shadow looks exactly like his original counterpart, but his entire body has nearly been blacked out, and a white eye is shining behind his glasses.

Story

Marvel vs. Capcom series

Shadow is a warrior remodeled by Shadaloo. He brings down his opponents using M. Bison's Psycho Power mixed with the latest technology. By continuing to fight, memories of his past start to resurface little by little before ultimately defecting Shadaloo. He's burdened with a Psycho Battery that gives him only 48 hours of autonomy.

The Marvel vs. Capcom series provided a twist on Charlie's fate. In his ending for X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Charlie is captured by M. Bison, who performs terrible experiments on him. Charlie's fate would be left up in the air until Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, where a secret character by the name of Shadow appeared.

Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition

In Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition, Shadow can be fought in an Extra Battle event.

Gameplay

Moveset

Shadow is a palette swap of Charlie so his moveset is mostly unchanged, but his attacks would set his opponent alight with blue Psycho Power flames. His Hyper Combos also had a brief pause where his eye would gleam before the move was pulled off; this made him somewhat unpopular, as the gleam could give an opponent enough time to block or avoid the attack. He also gained a new Hyper Combo, the Final Mission.

Shadow would later appear in Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes as a secret helper character.

Although not used by Shadow in any game, he also has a move called Shadow Assault that appears to be derived from Tragedy Assault.

Comics

UDON comics

In the UDON comic Street Fighter - Round One: Fight!, Charlie has been captured by Shadaloo and brainwashed into Agent Shadow, whom M. Bison sends to observe Vega's investigation, and then other missions, including killing former allies, as shown in Street Fighter V: The Life and Death(s) of Charlie Nash. At one point he is ordered to eliminate Guile and Chun-Li. Bison's plan backfires, however, when Charlie eventually breaks free of the brainwashing and instead sacrifices himself to protect Guile and Chun-Li by collapsing a cliff upon which both he and Bison are standing.

Subpages

Quotes

Shadow/Quotes

Gallery

Shadow/Gallery

Sprites

Shadow/Sprites

Trivia

• The idea of Charlie being Shadaloo's corrupted experiment was first seen in both Masaomi Kanzaki's manga adaptation of Street Fighter II in Japan of 1993, and Universal Pictures' Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle in North America of 1994.
• The normal Charlie being playable in both Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes instead of Shadow, caused a continuity error in both games.
• Charlie's appearance and role in Street Fighter V is similar to him having suffered a similar fate to what led him to become Shadow in the crossovers' parallel canon, as seen by his darker behavior, techniques and even powers.