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Just want to comment so that there is no misinformation out there. Shadow was never planned to be playable in Brawl. Sonic was the only character Sakurai would allow from the Sonic franchise.

However, since Sega is back with Nintendo and his games are now exclusive to Nintendo per this new contract then it's possible we could see other characters from Sonic. But I wouldn't bet on it. Just hope it happens.