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An example of a character who does not meet this criteria is Geoffrey St. John, who, while a fairly significant character within the Archie Comics Sonic series, never appeared outside it. Thus, unless he makes an appearance in another form of media in the future, he fails the inclusion criteria.
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As they both have been in at least two games (the Commander being in Shadow 2005 and Chronicles, and Black Doom being in both Shadow & Shadow Gens) and have both been in other media (both are in Dark Beginnings animations and included in the Archie comics), with the Commander even having his full name confirmed in Dark Beginnings too. Tribal-Mand0 (talk) 17:17, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'd say Black Doom and Mephiles satisfy the inclusion criteria now that Shadow Generations is out. Tower I think can just be covered under the GUN subsection. JOEBRO6419:20, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would recommend adding a section for characters appearing in the comics. There are a number of characters appearing only in the Fleetway, Archie, and IDW comics. Thanks for listening! Shovel Shenanigans (talk) 21:53, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Some are unlisted on purpose - see the inclusion criteria above. That's said, I am starting to wonder if we'll need to split up the article at some point, with the increased attention and popularity of the extended media like movies and comics... Sergecross73msg me23:54, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
