SLAVES OF SONIC TEAM!?
Ha!
Do you not see what is there?
Shadow is a Bio-Hedgehog. Heck, you could call him a Bio-Hedge-Arms.
SPOILERS FOR SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG
Shadow was created by Professor Gerald, with a little help from Black Dooms blood.
END SPOILERS
And thats just one of the many reasons Shadow is NOT a SOnic CLone.
1.He was created long long long long LONG before Sonic was ever BORN!
So Gerald CREATED the spin attacks and any other simularitys to Sonic. So if you look at HISTORY you could call Sonic the Shadow Clone. But since we can't, for he's the main character, nevermind. This means any simularitys between Sonic and Shadow, is all coincidential. Sonic happened to be born long after Shadow, with deformity in his speed powers. And all his spin attacks always were created by Power Rings, until he got used to them.
2.Shadow can use many many powers Sonic can't. Again, any simularitys = Coincidential. One power UNIQUE to Shadow, is Chaos Blast.
3.Shadow had to have been inspired by Reala, NiGHT's Evil Twin. ANd Reala is not a NiGHTS clone, but his evil twin, so hes an official character. And since Shadow was inspired by an Official Unique Character, I suggest you treat him like one.
4.OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE! Hes Black, has red stripes, has curved up spikes, Red Eyes, different shape of eyes, different shoes, chest hair, and ring on his wrists! Simularity to Sonic? You must be blind. Hes has simply NO simularity to Sonic, and your ussumtion of him being a Sonic clone is just cause hes a hedgehog and runs as fast as Sonic!
5.He lost a dear friend, and when he says "I am the Ultimate Life Form", hes not being full of himself, hes stateing a fact. Gerald CREATED him as the Ultimate Life Form.
6. "If Sonic wasnt created, Shadow wouldn-" WRONG! If a character of a different name and speicies was created, Shadow WOULD be created, just a clone of the character thats the main character, created much longer before the main character was.
Now that thats settled, you may find any errors in my speech, or you can steer away from off topicness and announce that you were rightfully owned.