Sonic vs Mario

[Slothy]

I keep posting in this thread because I honestly cannot fathom how anyone would say any Sonic game is better than Super Mario World.

I'm going to have to side with Del over Pike and MILF (wait, what!?) on this one. I love Sonic 2 as much as the next person. I enjoy Sonic 3 though it's not as good as Sonic 2, and I really never played enough of Sonic & Knuckles to completely weigh in but I remember not liking it nearly as much as 2 and 3.

But 8 and 16-bit Mario titles stab Sonic in the face and dance on the corpse. The original Super Mario Bros. is pure platforming bliss. Mario 3 adds immeasurably to the base the first one established and basically redefined the genre (no small feat when Super Mario Bros. basically defined the genre for many people a few years earlier). And Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island? There is no comparison there really.

I'll give Sonic some extra credit though because I loved Sonic Adventure to death. Far more than I should probably. Every 3D Sonic may have sucked after that, but it was an amazing smurfing game.

[Pike]

Well, it's hard for me to choose between both series. But as I was saying earlier it's pretty hard to compete with SMB3, SMW and Yoshi's Island. Man Yoshi's Island was great.

[Bubba]

Well, it's hard for me to choose between both series. But as I was saying earlier it's pretty hard to compete with SMB3, SMW and Yoshi's Island. Man Yoshi's Island was great.

I agree, Miss Pike. Yoshi's Island was always underrated as it came out not long before SM64. Some of the effects in Yoshi's Island really pushed the SNES to the max. Bowser at the end of the game was particularly memorable.

[Roto13]

I keep posting in this thread because I honestly cannot fathom how anyone would say any Sonic game is better than Super Mario World.

I'm going to have to side with Del over Pike and MILF (wait, what!?) on this one. I love Sonic 2 as much as the next person. I enjoy Sonic 3 though it's not as good as Sonic 2, and I really never played enough of Sonic & Knuckles to completely weigh in but I remember not liking it nearly as much as 2 and 3.

But 8 and 16-bit Mario titles stab Sonic in the face and dance on the corpse. The original Super Mario Bros. is pure platforming bliss. Mario 3 adds immeasurably to the base the first one established and basically redefined the genre (no small feat when Super Mario Bros. basically defined the genre for many people a few years earlier). And Super Mario World and Yoshi's Island? There is no comparison there really.

I'll give Sonic some extra credit though because I loved Sonic Adventure to death. Far more than I should probably. Every 3D Sonic may have sucked after that, but it was an amazing smurfing game.

There are some decent 3D Sonic games.

Sonic Adventure 1 is not one of them. What a mess.

[Sephex]

Honestly, and I am not joking here, I think this is an European thing. I have noticed that Sega related products (as well as Sony) has always fared better over Nintendo based products in that particular area. I think it's because Nintendo's presence back then wasn't that great as it is today. Therefore, most people had easier access to Sega consoles, and Nintendo got swept under the rug there. A lot of people often forget that Sega really had Nintendo by the balls for a year or two worldwide, but once the SNES truly took off, it was back in their control until Sony rose and blah, blah, blah we all heard this story a billion times.

Long story short, it seems that Sega has more fans outside the US since they had good relations without Nintendo competing as hard in those regions.

[SuperMillionaire]

Well, seeing as Mario and Sonic are getting closer together with their sports games, why don't Nintendo and Sega just merge already?

[Roto13]

Because Nintendo is profitable and Sega is not.

[Slothy]

There are some decent 3D Sonic games.

Sonic Adventure 1 is not one of them. What a mess.

Aside from the cat Adventure was pretty awesome. Far better than the pile of trout that was Adventure 2 anyway.

[Jinx]

It'sa meeeeee, Maaaaaaddddiooooo!

[krissy]

so in my dyslexia i saw this thread in the front forums with tifa's boobs posting as last poster and i read it as titanic vs mario
because tifa's boobs and sonic merged together in my head

and so yes

titanic vs mario

i have no easy answers
but it'd be a battle of the ages

[Sephex]

so in my dyslexia i saw this thread in the front forums with tifa's boobs posting as last poster and i read it as titanic vs mario
because tifa's boobs and sonic merged together in my head

and so yes

titanic vs mario

i have no easy answers
but it'd be a battle of the ages

I just picture of Super Mario Galaxy type of Titanic looking boss and the mental image is greatly amusing me.

[KentaRawr!]

Aren't you guys forgetting someone?

[Sephex]

Aren't you guys forgetting someone?

Loved that game. I had a TurboGrafix 16 back in the day and played this and Kieth's Courage to death. It broke years ago, so one of the first things I did when I got my Wii on launch was download Bonk's Adventure. Never played the other two, but I plan on it some day.

[Slothy]

Anyone who forgets Bonk should take their standard issue cyanide capsule.

Now would be preferable.

[Jiro]

So when is this Sonic battle taking place? I'm not leaving until Del and MILF deliver with that challenge.