Sega said as much only a few days ago.
He’s got jet-powered shoes and gold wristbands and sometimes he uses a gun.
Swearing, in a Sonic game!

Suck on that,Red Dead Redemption.
Shadow has two major interests: Chaos Emeralds and his tragic repressed past.
Or at least, that was the case back in 2005.
Shadow’s character may have matured over the years, I guess.
I bet he keeps expensive tropical fish and has started a garage rock band somewhere.
Oh that’s right, Johnny Mnemonic: The Interactive Action Movie.
Oh hang on, that wasn’t Keanu.
It was Christopher Gartin, who also played “Sexy Waiter Scott” in Black Swan.
I think Keanu makes a pretty natural Shadow, myself.
Seems like a team-up with decent comic chemistry.
I hope the writing carries it.
There’s no Sonic 3 movie release date yet, nor even a proper trailer.
Take heart, friends.
We all survived the Year of Luigi, didn’t we?