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Funny story, Iizuka hates that comparison.

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/sonic-the-hedgehog/shadow-the-hedgehog-is-not-vegeta-in-any-way-and-is-not-friends-with-sonic-his-creator-says/

>It's a theory as old as time: Seven Chaos Emeralds, super form, spiky hair and Shonen tropes... We all experienced the argument at one point or another that the Sonic franchise is directly inspired by Akira Toriyama's cultural phenomenon: Dragon Ball.

It's an argument that especially drives Sonic Team head and Shadow creator Takashi Iizuka absolutely nuts. The man has consistently denied claims time and time again that Sonic has anything to do with Goku, and his band of friends.

https://www.sonicstadium.org/news/games/takashi-iizuka-insists-that-shadow-is-not-like-dragon-balls-vegeta-and-never-will-be-r2542/

>Sonic
Goku
>Vegeta
Shadow
>Knuckles
Piccolo
>Silver
Future Trunks
>Super Sonic
Super Saiyan
>Perfect Chaos
Perfect Cell

The list goes on...