Editing Maria Robotnik (section)

===Legacy===
{{Quote left|[[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]], I beg of you! Give [[Earth|them]] a chance to be happy!|Maria Robotnik, ''[[Sonic Adventure 2]]''|file = QuotMariaRobotnik.ogg}}
Maria's death was an event that had a huge impact on the friends and family of the young girl, strongly influencing several conflicts that would determine the fate of the world. [[Shadow the Hedgehog|Shadow]], who witnessed Maria's death first-hand, was traumatized by this sight and came to loathe humanity for what they did. [[Commander Abraham Tower|Abe]] (who later became the commander of [[Guardian Units of Nations]]) also suffered a deep loss, as Maria was like a sister to him, which made him develop a life-long grudge against both [[Gerald Robotnik|Gerald]] and Shadow for their perceived role in her demise. However, none was more affected by Maria's death than her grandfather, Gerald, who went mad with grief and made a plan to destroy the world to avenge her by having the [[Space Colony ARK]] collide with the earth once all seven [[Chaos Emerald]]s was inserted into the [[Eclipse Cannon]]. To ensure his plan's success, the professor brainwashed Shadow, twisting his memory of Maria's last request so that Shadow would be motivated to seek revenge at the human race.<ref name="SC" /> Before he went insane though, Gerald made Maria's last words the keywords that would activate [[Emerl]]'s free-willed emotion-based A.I.<ref name="Journal" /> It has also been implied that the moments leading to Maria's demise were a partial motivating factor behind Shadow rushing to rescue Rouge the Bat from dying in Prison Island's destruction after she was caught in a similar situation.

Contemporaneously, Maria was allegedly seen in a very positive light amongst the people, even after her death. This sparked some jealously from her cousin, [[Doctor Eggman|Ivo]], who, despite never actually meeting her in person, appeared to dislike her because of her being seen as someone very special despite having died, leading to him not getting much attention from relatives. However, during the [[Starfall Islands]] [[Sonic Frontiers|incident]], over fifty years after Maria's death, Ivo, now having become the infamous Dr. Eggman, would wonder if she was much like his own "daughter", [[Sage]].<ref>''[[Sonic Frontiers]]''</ref>

Maria's last request for Shadow to protect the world and its people would be a driving force in the hedgehog's life, which Shadow made the promise to keep despite his loathing of humanity. When Shadow was reawakened nearly fifty years later though, he sought to avenge Maria's death (due to Gerald manipulating his memories)<ref name="SC" /> by destroying the human race. It was not until the eleventh hour that Shadow remembered Maria's dying wish, and he aided [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] and his allies in stopping the very plan he had set into motion, seemingly sacrificing his life in the process. Shadow survived his ordeal only to lose his memories, with the exception of a disturbing image of Maria being shot. When the Black Arms invaded and set Shadow out to rediscover his purpose, [[Black Doom]] would use Maria's demise at the hands of the humans to sway Shadow to his side. Fortunately, Shadow learned of his true purpose from a final video message from Maria and Gerald, which gave him the motivation needed to obliterate the Black Arms.

Currently, Shadow strives to keep his promise to Maria,<ref name="SegaA">{{Cite web|author=[[Sega/Sega of America|Sega of America]]|publisher=[[Sega]]|url=http://www.sega.com/sonic/globalsonic/post_allabout.php?article=soniccharacters|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305082053/http://www.sega.com:80/sonic/globalsonic/post_allabout.php?article=soniccharacters|accessdate=26 October 2017|archivedate=5 March 2005|title=Shadow|quote=Maria, who was raised with Shadow and was Shadow's only friend, died in front of his very eyes; her final wish was that Shadow save the world. Saving the world from what is a secret only Shadow knows. Traumatized by the grief of her death, Shadow remains strong enough to keep the promise he made to her.}}</ref> which has made him save the world multiple times.

====''Shadow Generations''====
Maria, along with Gerald, was pulled from a time before their deaths by the [[Time Eater]] and stranded in [[White Space]]. At one point, Maria saw Shadow on the other side of White Space and tried to get to him, but her grandfather stopped her. Later, after Shadow completed [[Sunset Heights (Shadow Generations)|Sunset Heights]], he heard someone scream. Maria was seen being chased by three [[Black Warrior]]s that were trying to kill her, but she was saved by Shadow. Upon being saved, she reunited with a surprised Shadow, who was shocked to see her and her grandfather again. After Shadow lost the [[Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic Generations)|rival match]] to the likes of a [[Sonic the Hedgehog|blue hedgehog]], Maria commented on how nice Sonic seemed. When Black Doom came and proclaimed that Shadow would be his servant, Maria replied that the black hedgehog would never serve Black Doom and that they were nothing alike. Afterwards, when Shadow began to be corrupted by [[Doom Powers|his powers]] and his anger towards Black Doom, Maria calmed him down and revealed the reason why she named him "Shadow": without light there is only darkness, but a shadow guides the way to the light. Later, Maria encouraged Shadow before he went to face [[Devil Doom (Shadow Generations)|Devil Doom]]. 

After the defeat of [[Neo Devil Doom]], Maria and Gerald began to return to their own time. A frantic Shadow attempted to stop [[Rouge the Bat|Rouge]] and use [[Chaos Control]] to freeze them in time, but Maria stopped Shadow and reminded him that his friends needed his help. She told Shadow that she would see him again and that she would always be in Shadow's heart. Though overcome by emotion, Shadow reluctantly left, shedding a tear, and Maria returned to the past with her grandfather.