The reason why Abraham Lincoln said this was because your character grows over time, just like at tree. And your reputation is like a shadow because it follows you and you can't get rid of it.
i think shadow if sasuke was in this question i would pick him as a famous character
In life you can show people you are a very caring, responsible, etc.. But actually inside you are an un caring person that just want to be powerful/popular, the image that you are showing people is the shadow but the tree is the real you.
I don't know very much on all of his sayings, but I do know one: Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow; The shadow is what we think of it. The tree's the real thing.
shadow is the 2nd best character so frankly he's not the best character.
actually, to be honest: Goku is an famous anime character and Shadow is an famous video game rival character. i mean, just look at them: Goku is the hero who saves the earth from evil bad guys and his biggest rival was Vegeta. as for Shadow, he is just like Vegeta! he always hates Sonic and always challenges him to an battle.
Shadow is not a playable character.
Unless you count the various Shadow Androids created by Eggman to be Metal Shadow, no Metal Shadow is not a real character.
Shadow the Hedgehog is more famous.
No shadow is not a character simply because They decided to use him as a Assist Trophy.
You can't. Shadow is the only playable character, and in the final boss when you play as Super Shadow, there is no companion character.
Shadow is not a playable character, he is an assist trophy.