Summary
As someone who has loved Shadow since the black and red hedgehog starred in his very own game 20 years ago, I had come to terms with the side character never getting the love and attention that other Sonic sidekicks like Tails and Knuckles receive. I definitely didn’t think 2024 would bedubbed the Year of ShadowandSegawould shower us with various Shadow merch. Clearly merch that is selling very well as Sega has expandedthe Sakura range it rolled out earlier this year, but only the Shadow side of it.
The Sakura collection was added to the Sega store a few months ago and stars Shadow and Amy on t-shirts, caps, and other items adorned with Japanese-influenced designs. The flowers look like the same ones used inSakura Wars' logo, but the series isn’t mentioned in the item descriptions. No new items for Amy yet, but Sega has added two new pieces of Shadow merch to the range. ANintendo Switchcarry case, and an acrylic lamp for your desk or your wall. Both items are available for pre-order now and feature the same Shadow design as you can find on the other stuff in the Sakura collection.
While officially licensed by Sega, the case and the lamp have been made by Numskull and can be bought at its retail partner Just Geek through the links below. The case is black with a white zip and handle and has a tonne of room for your cartridges along with your console. The lamp has the same color scheme and Shadow Sakura design, but a light up picture would be a more accurate description if it than calling it a lamp. The width of its frame means it can stand on a flat surface if you don’t want the hassle of mounting it on a wall.
Shadow’s Sakura Range Is Expanding
The same image of Shadow surrounded by flowers can also be found on a t-shirt, cap, and water bottleelsewhere in the Sakura collection, all of which is still available. All of the Amy products can still be found at Just Geek too. The same t-shirt, cap, and water bottle, but in pink and white as opposed to Shadow’s black and red. As much as I love Shadow, I hope Amy’s Sakura stuff has been selling well enough for her to warrant a case and lamp being added to the range in the future.
Sakura Shadow The Hedgehog Desk Lamp
A part of Sega’s Sakura range, this acrylic lamp applies the Japanese-inspired Shadow the Hedgehog design to a lamp that can stand on your desk or be mounted on the wall.
Sakura Shadow The Hedgehog Nintendo Switch Case
Shadow the Hedgehog is one of two Sonic characters chosen to star in Sega’s Sakura range. He’s the only one to get his own Sakura Switch case, though. Featuring the same design as other Shadow products in the range with plenty of room for your console and cartridges inside.
Numskull has been doing a lot of work with Sega this year, particularly when it comes to Sonic. In Februaryit added mini versions of all the Tubbz ducks in its Sonic collection, and then it built on that collection a few months later byhanding Espio, Rouge, and Silver their rubber duck debuts. The Shadow merch has been hitting at a steady pace, both in Tubbz form and otherwise, in the build toSonic x Shadow Generations, and then Shadow’s debut in the Sonic movies viaSonic the Hedgehog 3.
