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Yoshi vs Knuckles
Luigi vs Tails
King Koopa vs Doctor Robotonik
Echo the Dolphin vs Donkey Kong - Dolphin vs Gorilla!

Whoever wins - well we - technically still win.

Tbh Doctor Robotonik vs. King Koopa sounds better. Robot Army vs Magic Lizards. I can only imagine the Dialogue between those two narcissists.

Based on my vague memories of the 90’s games…

Sonic survives a fall from space after Sonic 2. Mario usually dies if he falls farther than he can see, although there are some vertical levels where he can survive falls of a hundred meters or more. Advantage: Sonic. Strategy: grab Mario and launch yourselves off a high ledge.

Mario can swim an entire level (1-4 kilometers?) on a single breath. Sonic needs to find air bubbles every few seconds or he’ll drown. Advantage: Mario. Strategy, lure Sonic into a water hazard.

Mario can survive crush damage if he is powered up. Sonic always does to crush damage. Advantage: Mario. Strategy: hole up in the Cyberdine factory and wait for Sonic to come to you.

Sonic can move incredibly fast and launch himself into the air via ramps. Mario can move somewhat fast and launch himself via jumping. Mario can than fly or glide using a magic tail or cape. Advantage: Mario/neither. Mario can escape Sonic’s reach, but lacks the speed to dictate the terms of their encounter.

Sonic can attack enemies with jumping spin damage and rolling spin damage. Mario can only attack by jumping on enemies unless he is powered up. Powered up Mario can use capes or tails for close action and fireballs or hammers for longer ranged attacks. Advantage: Mario. Strategy: Stay out of Sonic’s sprint range and shoot fireballs at him.

Sonic can absorb damage again and again as long as he can capture one of his lost rings. Mario can survive one hit when powered up. Advantage: Sonic. Sonic can tank a fireball, close in while invulnerable and attack Mario, rendering him de-powered and defenseless.


Conclusion: On any battlefield loaded with power ups and rings, Mario probably wins. On a battlefield without power ups and rings, Sonic probably wins. On any kind of themed battlefield, water, crushers, Mario has the advantage.

Nice analysis!! The only thing I’d add is that Mario can’t usually jump on spikey enemies, so jumping on Sonic is probably not an option, leaving fireballs and spin attacks with a cape or tail as well as the environmental factors for Mario. Unless mario has Cappy, and can capture Sonic?

I had to look up who that is. My knowledge of these characters ends at Super Mario World and Sonic And Knuckles.


And the live action Super Mario Brothers. If we use the live action series, Sonic probably takes one look at Dinohattan and peaces out.

Characters:
Mario killed the sun. So he is a clear winner. I don't see Sonic pull that off even in his super form.

State of the franchise:
Mario has lots of games rated mostly good to mediocre. Some would say to much games as he is one of Nintendo's main cash cows and Mario games are often the first games bought by parents when they buy a Nintendo console for thier children.
Sonic has less games rated good in the beginning and later on mostly mediocre to very bad. From what I have seen and read Sonic Team just suffers from a loss of focus when making games and get accussed putting minimal effort in thier games since the hardcore fanbase keeps buying them anyway.

State of the fanbase:
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Sonic has one decent game, and a load of guff.

Mario? Mario has been at the forefront of video gaming for as long as I can remember.

It’s no contest at all.

One decent game? 1,2, and And Knuckles are all great.