Mario VS. Sonic. The debate has gotten the blood of many a fanboy boiling for more than two decades. Well I'm here to end the debate once and for all! It's Sonic!

Everything Mario and everything Sonic is fair game in this top ten, so let's dive right in! In no particular order, here are the reasons that Sonic rules and Mario drools.

So there you have it. Sonic is the best, and Mario is, well...lame. I think I've made my points perfectly clear in a non-biased, non-fanboy way.

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@Xbob42

We're talking about a video game character. So...yeah. Playing through the game (I'm assuming you've played Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, though I'm not sure what Nintendo consoles you own or have owned) without having the knowledge that she was a male in the Japanese version, would you have suspected that she was originally intended to be a guy? Because I sure didn't when I played through it in 2005.

@ludist210 Of course not, "she's" a cross-dresser. That's the point!

Segative World was the best april fools I saw this year, bar none

#6 bothers me. I never played Super Princess Peach, but Shadow the Hedgehog being better than Luigi's Mansion? I

@cubeAddict Check the date of the article!

@Zero

Date doesn't matter. I was dead serious.

Except that I wasn't...

April Fool or not, this article is pretty offensive. Shouldn't it be taken down by now?
An impressionable child could stumble across this and have it's tiny mind warped like a Barbie in a microwave!

I'm all for an ironic joke, but we have a reponsibility here people.
I'm sure you'll do the right thing, Ludist.

[quote=ludist210]So there you have it. Sonic is the best, and Mario is, well...lame. I think I've made my points perfectly clear in a non-biased, non-fanboy way.[/quote] sorry but no. Mario is the best and Sonic is lame. Your points aren’t clear and they are biased.

[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=2#316500]ludist210 said:[/ref][quote][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#316492]@Xbob42[/ref]

We're talking about a video game character. So...yeah. Playing through the game (I'm assuming you've played Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, though I'm not sure what Nintendo consoles you own or have owned) without having the knowledge that she was a male in the Japanese version, would you have suspected that she was originally intended to be a guy? Because I sure didn't when I played through it in 2005.[/quote] Uh no. Vivian is a woman in the Japanese version. Originally means she was originally going to be but they took. That out and made her a woman.

[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=2#316503]Xbob42 said:[/ref][quote][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=2#316500]@ludist210[/ref] Of course not, "she's" a cross-dresser. That's the point![/quote]No she isn’t. She’s a woman. That’s a fact.

[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=2#328536]ludist210 said:[/ref][quote][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=2#328104]@Zero[/ref]

Date doesn't matter. I was dead serious.

Except that I wasn't...[/quote]You being dead serious is just stupid

[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=2#328542]Super_Conzo said:[/ref][quote]April Fool or not, this article is pretty offensive. Shouldn't it be taken down by now?
An impressionable child could stumble across this and have it's tiny mind warped like a Barbie in a microwave!

I'm all for an ironic joke, but we have a reponsibility here people.
I'm sure you'll do the right thing, Ludist.[/quote] No. a child can just skip this article and not waste any time.

[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315720]GelatinousEncore said:[/ref][quote]I agree.[/quote]Wrong[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315722]roykoopa64 said:[/ref][quote]*Applause*

I couldn't have said it better myself! Really, there's no contest.[/quote]False[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315726]-JKR- said:[/ref][quote]Don't forget Sonic even managed to score the ladies outside his own species, what with that one game I heard about him hooking up with a human chick.[/quote] bruh Sonic hasn’t scored with ladies outside his own species. And that game is not canon. [ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315761]TriforceBun said:[/ref][quote][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315726]-JKR- said:[/ref][quote]Don't forget Sonic even managed to score the ladies outside his own species, what with that one game I heard about him hooking up with a human chick.[/quote]
Mario got a little bit of action in Thousand Year Door from Vivian, as well as Ms. Mowz...and Flurrie...and Goombella...

Scratch that--a LOT of action.

Otherwise, good list! I especially like the use of the Incredibles scene.[/quote]Nope this sonic list is wrong.

[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315788]ludist210 said:[/ref][quote][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315761]@TriforceBun[/ref]

Phht, Mario didn't even TALK to those girls. At all. Maybe a little odd video game gibberish, but no serious conversations.

I'm glad someone got The Incredibles reference. I thought it was appropriate.[/quote] Mario does talk to the girls and those girls love Mario

.[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315793]Zero said:[/ref][quote]I can't really argue with any of the reasoning here.[/quote] You can argue with this list.[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315807]Shadowlink said:[/ref][quote]Sonic is Australian. (Knuckles too)

End of List.[/quote] No they aren’t.
[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#316419]Pokefreak911 said:[/ref][quote][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#316409]@chrisbg99[/ref]
Actually only once. Galaxy 2 was an alternate realityesque version of Galaxy 1.[/quote] No it wasn’t. Galaxy 2 was a factual reality so Mario saved the galaxy twice.

[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#316446]Xbob42 said:[/ref][quote][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315761]TriforceBun said:[/ref][quote

][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315726]-JKR- said:[/ref][quote]Don't forget Sonic even managed to score the ladies outside his own species, what with that one game I heard about him hooking up with a human chick.[/quote]
Mario got a little bit of action in Thousand Year Door from Vivian, as well as Ms. Mowz...and Flurrie...and Goombella...

Scratch that--a LOT of action.

Otherwise, good list! I especially like the use of the Incredibles scene.[/quote]
Vivan's a dude...[/quote]Vivian is a woman in Japan and America.[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#316492]Xbob42 said:[/ref][quote]

[ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#316448]ludist210 said:[/ref][quote][ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#316446]@Xbob42[/ref]

Nope, she's a girl. At least in America. In Japan, she was supposedly a male, but that schtick was scrapped in translation.

So since this list was written in America, and [ref=id=9604&pagenumber=1#315792]@TriforceBun[/ref] lives in America, Vivian = female (just like it's AERIS, not Aerith).[/quote]
You can put a censor ball on me balls, but that doesn't mean they're gone.[/quote] No dude. She’s a woman. Vivian is a woman in America and Japan.

The debate ends with Mario. And no. Mario rules, Sonic drools.

10. blast Processing isn’t real.

9. Mario saves me galaxies and the princess. And the princess isn’t always his main goal. Also you can make that same argument for Sonic. He just fights Eggman. It’s not about the bigger picture. Mario is the bigger pictures.

8. bowser isn’t the lame villain. Bowser kidnaps peach to marry her and take over the Mushroom kingdom. He doesn’t sit there and stare at her. Sonic’s nemesis dr robotnik isn’t that bright. His machines aren’t near impossible and bowser can beat that.

7. Mario uses way better weapons. Mario uses all kinds of weapons and Sonic black Knight isn’t even canon. Hammers beat swords. And pirates beat ninjas.

6. Mario’s spin offs are way better. Luigi’s Mansion And super princess peach? I’ll play those anyday than shadow the hedgehog. Shadow the hedgehog is horrible and knuckles cahoots is overrated. And that isn’t what all Mario has out of his universe.

5. Mario is way better with the ladies (plural) Mario rescue princess peach to protect her and when you get Paper Mario, tons of ladies want to be with Mario. Amy Rose is a stalker and Sonic isn’t romantic. He doesn’t care about love, he just want to run. Rouge isn’t trying to fall in love with Sonic. And cream the rabbit isn’t falling in love with Sonic. She doesn’t have a crush and neither does any of the Sonic characters and that goes for Mario.

Mario is doing something right and Sonic has it all wrong, not Mario.

4. Mario’s powerups don’t stink. Mario’s powers ups are way better. Super speed, invincibility, and super sonic are so lame. Super sonic just limits you to 50 seconds and you need rings to maintain it. Mario has the best powerups and he isn’t your of shape. He has stats, mushrooms, fire flowers, star rods, and many other in his pocket.

3. Mario is factually a better athlete. And no, that isn’t whyMario and Sonic are equals i. Athletic competitions. Sonic didn’t compete with mario’s Level. He competed at no level and Mario still beat him. Mario can outrun, our jump and out everything sonic. It’s very far and. It even close. Mario can beat sonic and he doesn’t have self esteem.

2. Mario is a way better fighter. Everyone who plays Mario says he s abetter fighter. Mario wins again. He’s way stronger, his moves are way more effective and his taunts are way better and not annoying. There you go.
And he can keep up with Sonic.

1. Red is better than Blue. There are a lot of people who wears overalls and Mario being known for his red had shouldn’t give you the win. Sonic being blue is just stupid. Ergo, Mario>>>>>>>>>Sonic.

So no, Mario is the best and Sonic is lame. You’re a Sonic fanboy who made this biased article. Mario beats Sonic in every possible way period.

Super_Conzo said:

An impressionable child could stumble across this and have it's tiny mind warped like a Barbie in a microwave!

The prophesy is upon us. LazerKing80 has arrived to descend into madness.

Sonic has a better movie than Mario now, too. That is the final nail in the coffin for that fat, ugly Italian plumber!

So I think the chances are high that Laser King is an inside job - one of our regulars pretending he doesn't get the joke. But, if that's the case, I want to be clear that Laser King is not me. He sorta sounds like something I would come up with - there are shades of NES Volleyball, here - but I'd go about it differently. So if anyone is thinking this is some Kris shtick, I get it. But it's not me.

Also, Sonic rules and is way past cool and all that. Let's juice!

kriswright said:

I want to be clear that Laser King is not me. He sorta sounds like something I would come up with - there are shades of NES Volleyball, here - but I'd go about it differently. So if anyone is thinking this is some Kris shtick, I get it. But it's not me.

But if it really was you, this is exactly what you'd say to throw us off! So...hmmm....

@kriswright

Yeah, I was thinking that this is exactly the sort of thing I would do too, haha. So I followed Nate's lead in that other thread.

TheBigG753 said:

Sonic has a better movie than Mario now, too. That is the final nail in the coffin for that fat, ugly Italian plumber!

Nope. Mario has a better movie than sonic. There’s no nails in the coffin for Mario. There’s nails in the coffin for that blue soinkey lab experiment.


kriswright said:

So I think the chances are high that Laser King is an inside job - one of our regulars pretending he doesn't get the joke. But, if that's the case, I want to be clear that Laser King is not me. He sorta sounds like something I would come up with - there are shades of NES Volleyball, here - but I'd go about it differently. So if anyone is thinking this is some Kris shtick, I get it. But it's not me.

Also, Sonic rules and is way past cool and all that. Let's juice!

Nope. Mario rules and he’s fantastic. Let’s a go!

That blue sonikey lab experiment in the classroom that can be built with human brainpower. The United States—a nation that's in the process of really eroding the values that made us unique and proud—needs to honor the legacy of late-scientific humanism with an action plan that champions science that is worthy of a system that awards merit.

Celebrate meritocracy. Despite a stream of societal problems—troubled men attacking women, gangs of homeless people eating stray cats, terrorist plots on Broadway—many Americans of all races and ethnicities want to see America continue to be a land of opportunity. And they look forward to having scientists help keep the current system of meritocracy running smoothly.

This isn't me either. While it's something I might think up, I'd never be brave enough to actually try it.

Hero_Of_Hyrule said:

@kriswright

Yeah this is definitely an inside job. Otherwise this guy would be posting in other threads, making threads, etc. I blame Zero.

Not an inside job.

Hedgehogs can't melt steel beams.

Blue hedgehog > Fat, not athletic plumber. Why is this still a debate?