Sonic vs Mario

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Anyone else thought that sonic has more edge as a kid?Mario was always more popular but sonic was way/is way to underrated

[Gus the Crocodile]

Sonic is like some marketing committee’s idea of a “cool” kids character which I think is part of why it’s always grated with me. Mario’s more just “happy doofus” which is… healthier, I feel.

The other part is that I don’t like the games at all.

[R-]

jazz jackrabbit is cooler

[Ganger]

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Most importantly sonic the movie runs rings around mario bros the movie.

We'll see how the upcoming Mario movie is gonna handle it. Though given that its made by Illumination I have a feeling its gonna be terrible.

I didn't have a clue they making a film. Just looked it up briefly and it seems to be a animated movie. Lets hope it's not the disaster that the 1990's movie was.

[Chris]

Movies about games always suck

[Luis the Uma Loving Wizard]

Sonic is cool so long as he doesn’t open his mouth to speak

[Ganger]

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Movies about games always suck

I would agree... but they are a few exceptions, Sonic the movie was pretty good in my own opinion.

[gugnihr]

As a character I prefer Sonic. He is definitely more cool. When I was a kid I did not like human cartoon characters, I only liked animals for this kind of characters. Now I can like both but Sonic will always be a very special character for me. I also love the M C Escher reference in the bonus stage of the first Sonic game (my favourite).
As a game I tend to prefer Sonic games in 2D and Mario games in 3D.
I love Sonic Unleashed (at least the Wii version) and I really like a lot Sonic generations too and I think that Sonic lost world had a lot of potential (unfortunately wasted for the most part) but no matter how much I can like some of his 3D games, both Sonic 2D games and Mario 3D games are objectively much better.
Sonic 1, Sonic 3 & K, Mario 64 and Mario Galaxy 1 are incredible masterpieces.
2D Mario games are good games but they are a bit too "basic" in my opinion. yes on paper Mario can do more things than Sonic with so many different power ups and Super Mario Bros 3 was undoubtedly a great game, but everything in 2D Mario games happen in a very basic, predictable way, the quality is often very good (escept Super Mario World, I don't care what other people say, I hate Super Matio World, it is unplayable, frustrating and boring in my opinion) but nothing feels special enough in those games if you compare them with 2D Sonic and 3D Mario.
On the other hand Yoshi's Island felt extremely special, but the gameplay was a bit too clunky and frustrating in my opinion to be enjoyable, it felt like the Dark Souls of platformer games sometimes, and being so frustrated was not fun. It was an amazing achievement in many ways but they should have made the game itself less frustrating and more enjoyable.
Also as far as I know in Japan it is not even considered a true Mario game anyway...
So I would say that Mario has done some truly incredible and awesome things in 3D, and I really like it a lot but my vote goes to Sonic, I will always prefer him and many of his 2D games back then were (and still are, expecially the first none in my opinion) absolutely legendary as well.

[saranacX]

Mario. I was a Nintendo kid.

[Devsman]

Sonic was definitely edgier, but neither was even close to the edge of Mortal Kombat.

But there's a difference between edgy and good. Mario games were way better IMO. The Sonic games did get better as they went, though. The first one was kinda bad tbh.

[𝕎𝔸𝕃𝕋𝔼ℝ]

sonic was never good

[Devsman]

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sonic was never good

Honestly, the best Sonic games are 3D.

Sure, most of the 2D Sonics are way better than most of the 3D Sonics. Sonic Boom. Sonic Secret Rings. Sonic 06.

But Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 were better than anything 2D, and Generations (which is definitely the best) does both.

[🦊 Hermit]

Mario always irritated me, and still does quite a lot. Mario's world was also rather boring, with the trope of 'rescue princess in a castle from kidnapping' and all, whereas the story behind Sonic's world about Humans mechanising and polluting the environment always felt much more original and meaningful.

Sonic's games were better designed, imo. Their music was much, MUCH more atmospheric and enthralling, and the gameplay - designed around the character's speed and momentum rather than just hopping from platform to platform - had more flow to it.

I do agree that Sonic has not transitioned into 3D very well though. Sonic 3D Flicky's Island/Blast was good, but after that they rather went downhill.

[Sixtyfivekills]

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sonic was never good

Honestly, the best Sonic games are 3D.

Sure, most of the 2D Sonics are way better than most of the 3D Sonics. Sonic Boom. Sonic Secret Rings. Sonic 06.

But Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 were better than anything 2D, and Generations (which is definitely the best) does both.

Can't really say which is better since gameplay styles are so different and community so polarizing.

For me the so called "dark age" of Sonic was a peak of the series and its a hill I'd very proudly die on. Sonic 06 was a technical unfinished mess but damn it it had a heart and soul. Character progression is what matters to me the most, I wanted to see my favorite characters develop further and further and not become one dimensional stereotypes which they sadly are now.

[Luis the Uma Loving Wizard]

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Honestly, the best Sonic games are 3D.

Sure, most of the 2D Sonics are way better than most of the 3D Sonics. Sonic Boom. Sonic Secret Rings. Sonic 06.

But Sonic Adventure 1 and 2 were better than anything 2D, and Generations (which is definitely the best) does both.

Can't really say which is better since gameplay styles are so different and community so polarizing.

For me the so called "dark age" of Sonic was a peak of the series and its a hill I'd very proudly die on. Sonic 06 was a technical unfinished mess but damn it it had a heart and soul. Character progression is what matters to me the most, I wanted to see my favorite characters develop further and further and not become one dimensional stereotypes which they sadly are now.

Human girl kisses anthro hedgehog

[Sixtyfivekills]

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Can't really say which is better since gameplay styles are so different and community so polarizing.

For me the so called "dark age" of Sonic was a peak of the series and its a hill I'd very proudly die on. Sonic 06 was a technical unfinished mess but damn it it had a heart and soul. Character progression is what matters to me the most, I wanted to see my favorite characters develop further and further and not become one dimensional stereotypes which they sadly are now.

Human girl kisses anthro hedgehog

Human girl kissing a frog or a giant beast worked before so idk




but really, Sonic's portion of the story is sadly the most known and worst one, Silver and Shadow's campaigns were genuinely good.