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H2H: Mario vs. Sonic

Category: Features, Posted: 08/05/2008 at 02:23PM EDT by Head 2 Head, GamerNode Staff

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Today's Head 2 Head involves a rivalry that dates back to the early 90s and the 16-bit era of videogame platforms. That's about the time that Sega brought Sonic the Hedgehog onto the gaming scene with the sole purpose of combating Nintendo's established and popular mascot, Mario. Sega and Sonic were all about being "edgy" and "cool," portraying Nintendo games as much more sober experiences than their own. "Sega does what Nintendon't" was one marketing tagline that explained the company's stance perfectly. Mario and Sonic have been competitors ever since.

Mario:

Mario

Mascot for - Nintendo
Created - 1981
Occupation - Carpenter/Plumber
Nemesis - A princess-kidnapping, power-hungry, and arguably lovesick dinosaur-like king
Sidekicks - An underappreciated wannabe brother; A hungry mutant dinosaur
Love interest - A royal, domestic damsel-in-distress
Hobbies - Tennis; Golf; Go Kart Racing
Weapon(s) of choice - His boots; Fireballs; 'Turtle' Shells; Hammers
Weakness - The English language

Sonic:

Sonic

Mascot for - Sega
Created - 1991
Occupation - Professional Mascot? Sprinter?
Nemesis - An obese, genius scientist who turns cuddly animals into robots
Sidekicks - An androgynous, flying mutant Fox; A spike-fisted monotreme with dreadlocks
Love interest - None. He all but ignores Amy Rose. Possibly homosexual?
Hobbies - Pinball; Air Boarding; Running his ass off
Weapon(s) of choice - His presumably razor-sharp quills
Weakness - Can't swim

Now you've been introduced to the combatants, so which will be the champion?

Posted by Requiem on 08/05/2008 at 02:54PM

Sonic are for the cool kids! Kids who want to play extreme! But overall, mario has been soooo much more fun to play as than Sonic. But I'm not knocking Sonic either, just that Mario.....well he's Mario.

Posted by JSnake on 08/05/2008 at 03:12PM

hey guys do you ever think mario and sonic will be in a game together?!? *gets laughed out of the cafeteria*

Posted by Requiem on 08/05/2008 at 05:05PM

Actually I remember Sonic being much more popular when I was in gradeschool. Id see kids with Sonic folders, notebooks, lunchboxes, and Mario was nowhere to be found, except perhaps every kid owned a SNES haha

Posted by Leonick on 08/05/2008 at 06:24PM

Marios games are funnier... Sonic is cooler...

"hey guys do you ever think mario and sonic will be in a game together?!? *gets laughed out of the cafeteria*"

i hope that was a joke :p they have already been

Posted by Brendon on 08/05/2008 at 08:16PM

I think he was pointing out how when we were kids, no one would ever remotely believe Mario and Sonic would be in a game together.

Posted by intooblivion on 08/07/2008 at 02:36AM

They were in a game together?

*hangs self*

Posted by Eddie R Inzauto on 08/07/2008 at 06:46PM

Haha

I vote Mario