Shadow Man is Trending and Gamers are Very Confused

Things trending on Twitter can be confusing sometimes and when gamers saw Shadow Man trending on Sunday, they didn't know what to make of it. A lot of them had no way of knowing it was a promo for a Sam and Colby series focusing on the two YouTube personalities exploring haunted houses. This week's episode was a big premiere and centered on a haunted hotel in Florida that the eponymous Shadow Man calls home. A lot of their fans were only too eager to get in on the hashtag and get it trending. But, a lot of video game fans thought it could be referring to an old Acclaim title called Shadow Man.

The game has seemed to get a second life as many YouTube reviewers have focused on the strange title. Back in 1999, the developer was ready to unleash it's mature action-adventure game on the world. One of the best tweets under the trend focuses on a bizarre ad campaign that ended up being infamous for what some outlets termed "bad taste." Basically, if people would put small billboards for ShadowMan 2 on gravestones of love ones, then Acclaim would pay them for it. The ad caught some extra flack because it singled out poorer families as parties that would be more interested.

But the confusion among people didn't stop there as Mega Man fans were also confused. They responded with various images of the Robot Master from Mega Man 3 and other titles. In those games, Shadow Man is a ninja-themed robot with a giant shrunken. That's obviously very different from a YouTube horror series, but you can never really guess when it comes to Twitter as a platform. (If you've ever scrolled by and seen a celebrity name trending, that's why we always fear the worst.)

FINALLY
HE'S STEPPING OUT FROM THE SHADOWS pic.twitter.com/5xucsgahw6

— Matt McMuscles (@MattMcMuscles) February 16, 2020

Even some Sonic the Hedgehog fans started chiming in that they thought the trending topic was the announcement of a Shadow the Hedgehog off-shoot of the recent film featuring the Blue Blur. Now, Sonic has had an amazing opening weekend with impressive box office numbers. It will be some time before fans get to see what shape Sonic's next adventure will take. The initial returns have been so strong that an announcement could come quickly confirming the sequel, though. So, that one might be a bit of a reach, but things will make sense if you just do a little bit of digging.

Check out some of the fun responses below: