i don't care, Shadow's not THAT important

Okay honestly, how great is Shadow? My boyfriend is insisting that he restarts FFVI from the beginning because he didn't save shadow.

I think all the characters are at like lvl 42 at the least, and he has them all except Shadow, obviously.

I really want to do a playthrough myself but I want to see how well he fares fighting Kefka, so I'm waiting for him to beat the game.

So! How important is Shadow to you? Or, what character do you ALWAYS have to have no matter what? Mine's Locke. For serious. <3

I'm not a big Shadow fan either. I leave him and Gau on the airship. Anyway I always have to have Celes and Edgar on my team.

I use him for the first half of the WoR, as his skeans and such are relatively powerful until you find the better espers and equipment.

I use him in the final battle, throwing excalibur at the final bosses always makes me smile, Same with other weapons.
I used to use Edgar's deliberater alot too but i dont know why i stopped using that strategy.

I save Shadow because he's a great character. My goodness.

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Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi

I save Shadow because he's a great character. My goodness.

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Like a chatbot from Square would do anything less.

Shadow's pretty damn cool. I like to have all of them. It's like...collecting. Mog, Terra, Setzer (well you have to have him) and Locke are the ones I'd say I'd always take.

Any character in the game can be great, it all depends on how you allocate your resources.

Shadow, yeah, he's one of my favorites, I usually have him dual wield something with an added effect (striker I think?) and black belt. Always one of my top guys.

Its all about Sabin and his Mighty Bum Rush.

Represent.

Shadows great, i always have to save him and used him in the final battle once, but i enjoy finding everyone anyway:)

Agreed, Shadow=relatively worthless later in the game

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My point exactly. He's just plain awesome. I wouldn't want to let him die on the floating Continent. It's just.....wrong =(

Shadow is amazing, if you turn him into an imp. No joke, do it. Turn him into an imp, give him the dragon boots and dragon horn, and all the imp equipment, and be amazed.

When he's off the screen, he obviously can't be hit. When he's on the screen his evasion is amazing, and the thing about shadow is, evasion = interceptor. So you get tons of bonus damage. More people should seriously try this.

THE JACKEL

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Its all about Sabin and his Mighty Bum Rush.

Represent.

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OH I BET IT IS

also, shadow sucks.

Are you kidding? With Shadow it is possible to have 1 nearly invincible character. And with the right equipment, Shadow can be the 2 near invincible. He can be very good if you exploit his evade.

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Are you kidding? With Shadow it is possible to have 1 nearly invincible character. And with the right equipment, Shadow can be the 2 near invincible. He can be very good if you exploit his evade.

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My Gau killed Katana Soul with a single stone, what's your shadow done lately? :)

I HAVE to get Locke. Because he steals Ribbons galore from the Brachiosaurs. Other than that, I don't know, but I have to confess I usually end up getting everyone just for the sake of it, even people I never use like Umaro.

I always get everyone, simply because I want to get the most out of the game. Is there anything wrong with that? At the end I usually leave Gau and Mog on the airship.

I always have to get Terra. She normally has the most MP by the final boss and can just completely obliterate it with Ultima and Quick. I find Shadows only usefulness is within the Floating Continent.

I always have Umaro on the frontlines going into the final battle.

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My Gau killed Katana Soul with a single stone, what's your shadow done lately? :)

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Became my 2nd most invincible character. Aside from Locke.

I never use him much after I get lots of characters, but I'd feel incomplete without him in my airship.

S'all about Mog.

I couldn't bring myself to leave Shadow behind, the guilt would kill me. I don't usually use him in my main party, though.

Your boyfriend should start over and he should be ashamed of himself. Dump him.

I think I've used Shadow once as part of my main party, but I don't usually go out of my way to use him. I do, however, always save him. I like to have all the characters in games that I play (this is particularly evident in Fire Emblem games) and I'd just feel a bit annoyed to be one short at the end of the game. Plus he's a pretty cool character.

Any character can be invincible with the right equipment.

I feel dead inside if Edgar isn't in my party.

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S'all about Mog.

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I feel dead inside if Edgar isn't in my party.

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Both Agreed

Lacking Edgar and Sabin gives me a very insecure feeling that my party sucks a lot more. Sod Shadow, he's the token "quiet and mysterious" one and for some reason the entire gamer population have a hardon for that crap.

Any character can be invincible, but no character can match the awesome coolness of Shadow

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Any character can be invincible, but no character can match the awesome coolness of Shadow

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With the exception of Mog, Sabin, Setzer, Umaro, Edgar, Gau, and Gogo.

everyone who doubts the awesomeness of Shadows MUST make him into an imp... now! He will amaze you

THE JACKEL

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I always have Umaro on the frontlines going into the final battle.

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cannon fodder?

Shadow should have his own spinoff game. I'm sure -anything- they did with him would be better than, say, DoC.

As far as choosing characters based on their stats or abilities...it's not like there's any boss in FFVI that can't be killed by -any- character. FFVI's cake...it's all about the story. Characters are more than the sum of their stats.

With that unofficial announcement that Square would like to explore VI in the way they are with VII. I always thought a Shadow solo game would be sweet. Game begins as Clyde. His missions, his being betrayed, then his return as Shadow. A ninja, stealth action?

DON'T TRY TO RUIN THE SANCTITY OF MY FF VI WITH YOUR SPINOFFS!!!

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I always have Umaro on the frontlines going into the final battle.

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cannon fodder?

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Nope, sexy yeti goodness. :love:

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My Gau killed Katana Soul with a single stone, what's your shadow done lately? :)

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Nothing special. Just slaughtered both Siegfried and Chupon at the colloseum. :greenie:

Megasupermaxed speed with Odin FTW.


Anyways, Shadow is awesome (at the very least story-wise). I always have him in my party whenever I can.

I found Relm with Interceptor in the cave and I was rather clueless where Shadow was. So I googled, found this website and found all the answers here. I'm so glad I found this forum because I've recently stopped playing FFVI after hearing that if you don't save Shadow on Floating Islands, he never comes back.

I'm a little sad that I won't get him again, so I'm going to restart my game from scratch simply because in every game I have played, I try my best to get everything as much as possible.

And for some strange reason, the second I saw Shadow I had an ferocious hardon when he entered the screen.

"He'll even slit his mother's throat for gils!"

I always had Terra and/or Celes in my party, except for the obvious exceptions when they weren't available.

Arguably one of the best characters in the game and the most mysterious on top of it. I think Shadow is awesome character. His evade is unmatched and when properly equipped is a definite force to be reckoned with. I always save him, as he is my favorite chracter in the game I use him as much as possible.

Chaos Mage, you might not have noticed, but this thread is two years old. With this type of thread, we prefer that you start new threads if you wish to bring up the topic again, rather than bumping up an old thread. I'll go ahead and close this. :D