Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-26497831-20150627200920/@comment-477304-20150627203743

Sources regarding Shadow's speed can be contradictory to each other. In the Shadow the Hedgehog game manual, Shadow's bio states that due to his powerful body, he can match Sonic's speed. However, the Sonic Rivals 2 manual states that his speed comes from his hover shoes. Lastly, Sonic Battle states that his [hover shoes] allow him to run faster than Sonic. Either way. Shadow can run fast as observed in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, and possibly the Mario and Sonic series (Shadow actually runs in those games, but a glow can still be seen coming from his hover shoes, so I'm not 100% on that one).

Also, this is not the proper forum section to discuss such things, Site Discussions are discussing how the site in ran and to propose changes.