Wario's Sonic equivalent is... Shadow the Hedgehog?

Just saw this on twitter. I don't know much about Sonic, but what do you guys think? I only played Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Sonic CD, and a bit of Triple Trouble. Before this, I thought Knuckles would've been the equivalent.

I suppose in the sense of being a "dark" counterpart and a rival of sorts I can see it. Knuckles was initialized introduced as a rival character but that characterization has not been used in a long time. (I don't really know how Yoshi and Knuckles are counterparts aside from sometimes being the third main character at times I guess.)

well if shadow is wario's equivalent, then it's in my headcanon that cream and charmy want to play with shadow like kat and ana with wario

wario + shadow both know their way around a gat
mario + sonic are both overrated
luigi + tails are both in the shadow of the main character
peach + rose both pink
yoshi + knuckles both portrayed as stupid
daisy + blaze both pretty irrelevant
waluigi + silver both will never be in smash
bowser + eggman both fail constantly
bowser jr + metal sonic both created by constant failures
donkey kong + alligator dude both fan favorites for reasons I cannot comprehend.
I guess this checks out.... I guess

I think he's more the equivalent of Knuckles. Rougher and tougher. He also started as a villain but became something else. He even had his own game and his own crew (Knuckles' Chaotix). Unfortunately, it bombed so we never got more Knuckles games and the Chaotix got sperated from Knuckles but the comparaison is still there...


...yes I stole that from Cybershell