User blog comment:SilverthehedgehogMan/Who do you think is the worst Sonic character ever?/@comment-3970120-20110625050632/@comment-1669199-20110628010223

At this point I don't consider Shadow to be "another Sonic", but an entirely different character altogether that just coincidentally looks similar to Sonic (or, if you wanna get technical, the other way around since Shadow was around before Sonic was even born). Plus, he's also got personality traits that I find admirable, including his strong sense of identity and willingness to fight even if everyone is against him. Sonic probably would too, but Shadow often shows this more.