Mario is very popular all around the world, but Sonic is also popular too. So, that's why I created this poll:

Question:
Who is better, Mario or Sonic?

Choices:
Mario
Sonic
All
Neither
No answer

 

How about, they've both made great games, but Mario's still kicking butt, and Sonic's career has gone down a whiskey bottle. I mean, Sonic and the Secret Rings?!! With a FREAKIN GENIE???

"How about, they've both made great games, but Mario's still kicking butt, and Sonic's career has gone down a whiskey bottle. I mean, Sonic and the Secret Rings?!! With a FREAKIN GENIE???"

Yeah, I know...... But they're great anyway.

defently mario

For classic games sake I will say Sonic. He was WAY PAST COOL back in the day when I used to eat chili dogs from a little place called "Uncle Chuck's". But those days have fallen away. No one knows about Princess Sally Acorn, Rotor (aka Boomer), Bunnie Rabbot, Robotnic (later quite retardedly renamed EggMan), Snively, or (however gay he may have been) Antoine. Those times will always secure Sonic a high pedestal in my heart. Not to mention how cool it was to hook Sonic 3 into the top of Sonic & (knock knock it's Knux y'all) Knuckles and carry over the gameplay like 10 more levels with the ability to collect the SUPER EMERALDS (gasp!) and get HYPER SONIC and HYPER KNUCKLES and ...hyper tails?!?!? And who doesn't have fond memories of playing Sonic 2 until their eyes were bleeding and then getting a game over in the Metropolis Zone after like 8 hours of gameplay and having no way to save or start at a further point in the game than the beginning?

But alas as ProfAmaretto points out, the greedy and new thinkers who run these behemoth companies now have gotten a hold of Sonic and destroyed everything he once stood for - writing ludacris story lines and not including any of the history that is Sonic the Hedgehog.

However Mario (who's older games didn't quite have the snagging appeal that Sonic's did) has emerged as the modern day game hero. And why is this? For the opposite of the reasons Sonic has taken a dive. The people in charge of writing the chapters of Mario's life haven't forgotten his roots (or his friends, or his world, or his enemies...) and have accommodated them into his games therefore expanding his character and making the games engaging and entertaining. So Mario gets the modern day props.

And here are some other things to look at when considering this poll. Did Mario ever have a comic? NO (well, actually he did, but it was a hardcover book with one edition, not a monthly running thing like Sonic had). Did Sonic ever have a live-action character on TV? NO (but thank God for that one- we all saw how it turned out with Mario). Did Sonic ever take potentially sucky games and make them into well known and famous ones instead of the forgotten flops they were destined to be? NO (talkin about Alex the Kidd and whatever game it was they used to make Mario 2).

So, to wrap it all up I think they are equally awesome, but for different reasons. Peep it sons. Word mutha.

Mario, Mario, Mario. Yeah, Sonic was definitely cooler back then - I even read the comics! - but, even ignoring the garbage Sonic games have been since the Dreamcast died, Mario's classics have held up a heck of a lot better. And look at all the different genres the plumber has done - RPG, puzzle, sports, racing, even edutainment! Mario does everything, and he does it well; he's a true renaissance mascot.

I really, really hope that Bioware Sonic RPG turns out good.

Good point on the genre-crossing abilities of Mario, I hadn't thought of that. I'll double up (UNH! UNH!) on your calling Mario a true renaissance mascot.

Mario has always had better level design and mechanics. Plus his 3D games are actually amazing.

Wow, nice replies. Keep it up!

quote:

Originally posted by ProfAmaretto:
How about, they've both made great games, but Mario's still kicking butt, and Sonic's career has gone down a whiskey bottle. I mean, Sonic and the Secret Rings?!! With a FREAKIN GENIE???

Agreed.

They both rock. However! I was recently stuck with a bunch of SEGA fanboys who wouldn't even acknowledge Mario as a classic ! as they continued to yarn on about how glorious their precious Sonic is! So I’m feeling spiteful.

+1 for Mario.

Eat shit! for Sonic.

Both are good stuff. I can't say sonic is drag but mario is better one.

Sorry for the late reply, guys!

Well, since Mario defeated Sonic in this poll, that's too obvious Mario is better than Sonic, eh? Heh, heh, heh.....

WRONG!!!

See this website:
http://sonictopfan.deviantart.com/journal/21122717/

(If you want to tell me, which I prefer, I prefer Mario actually)

Oh yeah, I forgot something. Right now, the poll results are:

Mario: 4
Sonic: 3
All: 1

Sonic right now is very close to Mario, so those who support Mario you better don't delay!

On second thought, if you think that website I gave you was stupid, then here you go: the UK.

Sonic defeated Mario. That's right. Mario takes the second fiddle though.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3233211/Sonic-the-Hedge...puter-game-star.html

quote:

Originally posted by stackamynutz:
For classic games sake I will say Sonic. He was WAY PAST COOL back in the day when I used to eat chili dogs from a little place called "Uncle Chuck's". But those days have fallen away. No one knows about Princess Sally Acorn, Rotor (aka Boomer), Bunnie Rabbot, Robotnic (later quite retardedly renamed EggMan), Snively, or (however gay he may have been) Antoine. Those times will always secure Sonic a high pedestal in my heart. Not to mention how cool it was to hook Sonic 3 into the top of Sonic & (knock knock it's Knux y'all) Knuckles and carry over the gameplay like 10 more levels with the ability to collect the SUPER EMERALDS (gasp!) and get HYPER SONIC and HYPER KNUCKLES and ...hyper tails?!?!? And who doesn't have fond memories of playing Sonic 2 until their eyes were bleeding and then getting a game over in the Metropolis Zone after like 8 hours of gameplay and having no way to save or start at a further point in the game than the beginning?

You can still re-live these Rotor, Princess Sally characters... in the Sonic The Hedgehog comics.

I'd say Mario. Sonic is great, but I always felt Mario was a step ahead. The main problem, especially with the old Genesis Sonic games, is that they all felt too short . Great replay value, just like mario, great level design, too. But Mario really had a head start in the race, and although Sonic was picking up speed back in the day, he seems to have fallen asleep at the finish line.

Mario!!! Sonic is good.. But Mario is better!

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Originally posted by deazy86:
Mario!!! Sonic is good.. But Mario is better!

Yup! Hope Nintendo will create "Super Mario Universe"!!!!