Neoshadow

Template:Enemy The Neoshadow is a Pureblood Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.

Story

Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

When Ventus arrives in the Keyblade Graveyard at Master Xehanort's summons, he is suddenly surrounded by Neoshadows. Master Xehanort commands the Heartless to attack Ventus and forcefully unlock his heart, producing Vanitas from its darkness.

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days

After returning to the World That Never Was in order to reclaim Kingdom Hearts and revitalize Xion, Roxas is attacked by several Neoshadows. He eliminates them, but is forced to side with Riku in order to finish off the rest of the continuously spawning Heartless. As soon as the Heartless are taken care of, however, the two Keyblade wielders turn on each other.

Design

A Neoshadow has a more humanoid body structure than a normal Shadow, but shares the same pitch black skin and spherical, glowing yellow eyes. Its crooked antennae are quite long and fall back behind the Heartless. It seems to be rather muscular, and its hands are very large, each one sporting five clawed fingers. Its feet, like those of a normal Shadow, are long and lack digits, but a Neoshadow’s feet more resemble boots. Its body is also lined by several faint, blue veins of color.

The name “Neoshadow” is derived from the prefix “neo-“, which means “new”, and “shadow”.

Strategy

The Neoshadow is stronger and faster than a Shadow, and is more strategic in combat. In Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, the Neoshadows are among the most difficult common enemies, working together as a team to defeat Sora. In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts II, they are less rare and dangerous but are still more difficult to defeat than regular Shadows.

Trivia

Although the entry in Jiminy's Journal in Kingdom Hearts II says that their Reaction Command is Aerial Dance, it actually reads "Wind Dance" during battle.

Gallery

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A Neoshadow as it appears in Halloween Town in Kingdom Hearts II.

Notes and References

Heartless
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts
Air Pirate \| Air Soldier \| Angel Star \| Aquatank \| Bandit \| Barrel Spider \| Battleship \| Bit Sniper \| Black Fungus \| Blue Rhapsody \| Bouncywild \| Darkball \| Defender \| Fat Bandit \| Gargoyle \| Green Requiem \| Invisible \| Large Body \| Pirate \| Pot Spider \| Powerwild \| Rare Truffle \| Red Nocturne \| Screwdiver \| Sea Neon \| Search Ghost \| Shadow Sora \| Shadow \| Sheltering Zone \| Soldier \| White Mushroom \| Wight Knight \| Wizard \| Wyvern \| Yellow Opera
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Black Ballade \| Chimera \| Gigas Shadow \| Grand Ghost \| Jet Balloon \| Missile Diver \| Neoshadow \| Pink Agaricus \| Pot Scorpion \| Sniperwild \| Stealth Soldier
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories
Creeper Plant \| Loudmouth \| Tornado Step
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts II
Aerial Knocker \| Aeroplane \| Armored Knight \| Assault Rider \| Bad Dog \| Bolt Tower \| Bookmaster \| Bulky Vendor \| Cannon Gun \| Crimson Jazz \| Devastator \| Driller Mole \| Emerald Blues \| Fiery Globe \| Fortuneteller \| Gargoyle Knight \| Gargoyle Warrior \| Graveyard \| Hammer Frame \| Hook Bat \| Hot Rod \| Icy Cube \| Lance Soldier \| Living Bone \| Luna Bandit \| Magnum Loader \| Minute Bomb \| Morning Star \| Nightwalker \| Rapid Thruster \| Shaman \| Silver Rock \| Strafer \| Toy Soldier \| Trick Ghost \| Watcher
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix
Aerial Champ \| Aerial Viking \| Beffudler \| Camo Cannon \| Iron Hammer \| Lance Warrior \| Mad Ride \| Magic Phantom \| Necromancer \| Reckless \| Runemaster \| Spring Metal
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Aerial Master \| Air Battler \| Artful Flyer \| Avalanche \| Barrier Master \| Blitz Spear \| Bubble Beat \| Bully Dog \| Carrier Ghost \| Chill Ripper \| Clay Armor \| Commander \| Creepworm \| Cymbal Monkey \| Deserter \| Destroyer \| Detonator \| Dire Plant \| Dual Blade \| Dustflier \| Emerald Serenade \| Fire Plant \| Flare Note \| Grey Caprice \| Guardian \| Heat Saber \| Hover Ghost \| Ice Cannon \| Ice Plant \| Jumbo Cannon \| Land Armor \| Large Armor \| Living Pod \| Massive Possessor \| Mega-Shadow \| Novashadow \| Orcus \| Phantomtail \| Pink Concerto \| Poison Plant \| Rare Vendor \| Sapphire Elegy \| Scarlet Tango \| Scorching Sphere \| Sergeant \| Shadow Glob \| Skater Bomb \| Sky Grappler \| Snapper Dog \| Snowy Crystal \| Solid Armor \| Spiked Crawler \| Stalwart Blade \| Storm Bomb \| Striped Aria \| Switch Launcher \| Tailbunker \| Tricky Monkey \| Turquoise March \| Wavecrest \| Windstorm \| Zip Slasher
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts coded
Blox Bug \| Danger Bug \| Metal Bug \| Prize Bug
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Eliminator \| Gold Tricholoma
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts χ
Armed Warrior \| Armored Archer \| Bag O' Coal \| Bag O' Coins \| Bag O' Gifts \| Bag O' Jewels \| Bag O' Points \| Bitter Macaron \| Candy Apple \| Cannoned Camel \| Cheery Ape \| Chocolate Gargoyle \| Chomper Egg \| Circus Balloon \| Circus Clown \| Cloudy Sunrise \| Copter Fleet \| Creeper Bouquet \| Dark Plant \| Dual Durandal \| Eggcognito \| Eggscapade \| Eggster Bunny \| Festive Fireworks \| Flower Rider \| Gift Shadow \| Gilled Glider \| Great Pretender \| Growth Egg \| Gummi Copter \| Gummi Hammer \| High Wizard \| Huge Fireworks \| Huge Watermelon \| Jack O' Lantern \| King Pretender \| Large Fireworks \| Large Rice Cake \| Large Snowman \| Large Watermelon \| Lion Dancer \| Mighty Macaron \| Nimble Bee \| Nosy Mole \| Pester Jester \| Pink Possessor \| Poison Apple \| Prank Bouquet \| Pretender \| Prize Egg \| Pumpkin Soldier \| Raging Reindeer \| Rainy Loudmouth \| Red Bandit \| Red Rose \| Ringmaster \| Rodeo Rider \| Round Rice Cake \| Rush Sheep \| Shenaneggan \| Stinging Bee \| Strange Tree \| Swaying Spook \| Swordsman \| Terrible Tomte \| Violet Waltz \| Wandering Spook \| White Chocolate Statue \| White Rose \| Wibble Wobble \| Wicked Watermelon \| Wind-Up Leaf Cake
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts Union χ
Amber Opera \| Brick Hammer Frame \| Bunch O' Balloons \| Burrfish \| Candy Plant \| Cherry Kaboom \| Chipper Chef \| Dark Wisp \| Diver \| Emerald Sonata \| False Master \| Flappy Bug \| Flappy Rider \| Gargoyle Wizard \| Gearbit \| Golden Hook Bat \| Gummi Saucer \| Huge Shenaneggan \| Margoyle \| Munny Egg \| Noble Wizard \| Paralysis Archer \| Piercing Knight \| Pleasure Dog \| Poison Archer \| Poison Pot \| Polliwog \| Raccoon Dog Soldier \| Ratty Rat \| Reversed Warlock \| Ring-A-Ding \| Rush Ghost \| Savage Wizard \| Shadow Magician \| Shadow Witch \| Shred Ghost \| Sleep Archer \| Sleepy Snoozer \| Sly Cat \| Sparkler \| Swaying Cactus \| Sweets Squad \| Trick Ghost \| Trick Wizard \| Upright Warlock \| Warlock Step \| Wicked Wick \| Wild Shaman \| Wily Cat
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-
Earth Core \| Flame Core \| Fluttering \| Water Core
Introduced in Kingdom Hearts III
Anchor Raider \| Bizarre Archer \| Chaos Carriage \| Chief Puff \| Dark Inferno \| Focus Popcat \| Frost Serpent \| Gold Beat \| Helmed Body \| High Soldier \| Magic Popcat \| Malachite Bolero \| Marine Rumba \| Marionette \| Mechanitaur \| Metal Troll \| Munny Popcat \| Parasol Beauty \| Pogo Shovel \| Pole Cannon \| Popcat \| Puffball \| Rock Troll \| Satyr \| Sea Sprite \| Spear Lizard \| Tireblade \| Toy Trooper \| Vaporfly \| Vermilion Samba \| Vitality Popcat \| Winterhorn

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix
Additional enemies
Bosses
Arch Behemoth - Destroyed Behemoth - Red Armor - Sneak Army - Unknown
Enemy Heartless
Black Ballade - Chimera - Gigas Shadow - Grand Ghost - Jet Balloon - Missile Diver - Neoshadow - Stealth Soldier - Pot Scorpion - Pink Agaricus - Sniperwild
Additional weapons
Diamond Dust - One-Winged Angel - Fantasista - Meteor Strike - Mighty Shield - Seven Elements
Additional music
Kingdom Hearts Final Mix - Additional Tracks - Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete
Archives
Additional accessories - Additional abilities - Another side, another story... [deep dive] - Artwork - Enemy renders

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