Shadowy Man

The Shadowy Man, or Umbra, was originally meant to be the main antagonist and final boss for the Adventure Mode: The Flash Of Shadows, but was scrapped after the whole storyline was remade and it was confirmed he would be no longer appearing in the game.

The early concept stated the Umbra was an entity who possesses the power of the shadows. Not much was known about him, but he was said to have three forms. It had been said that Umbra would make an alliance with other major video game antagonists and villains in the SSF2's roster, such as Bowser, Mewtwo, Wario and Shadow, among other guest characters who are not in the roster, such as, possibly, Dr. Eggman and Ganondorf.

A little of his backstory was leaked from the devs: Umbra's original state throughout the story, Umbra would lead half of the Armies of Darkness, and would be commander of the CuBots. Umbra was defeated many years ago, and appeared in a weakened state. Umbra wishes to take back his power and will stop at nothing to do it, though no one is sure what his true powers are.