Japanese Retro Video Games

Well what do you think? I can only talk about 8 and 16 bit stuff really as i don`t pay so much attention to later games and all that 3D stuff. For me Sonic was king and he seemed a bit more groen up and sophisticated than the moustached one. The MD Sonic games are my ultimate platformers.

If this were 1991, i would have agreed with you as i did'nt come to the Nintendo party until the N64 days and was a confirmed Sega fan. But i find that i prefer Mario stuff now, across all Nintendo platforms. Not sure why though...may be its an age thing.:) Of all the Sonic games, the Mega CD version is the one i go back to the most.

My interest in Mario is only in the Mario Kart series. I cannot stand the beep beep type noises in the older games and i am not a fan of 3D games except racing and certain shooters. The best Sonic games were on the MS/MD and Mega CD and those games were outstanding. Sonics 3D outings don`t do anything for me though.

When i first got hold of an import copy of Sonic Adventure on DC, my kids where young and loved it and especially the Chao racing and breeding to pieces ( i will admit i did too). I would agree that most Sonic 3D stuff has been not so good though. And i would give a shout to Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure on NGPC too.

Sonic every time, even the newer ones. I recently finished Sonic Adventure (finally).

Super Mario World is one of my all-time favourite games though. I loved Super Mario 64 until I got about halfway through it, where it seemed they'd suddenly ran out of ideas (or cart space).

I much prefer Sonic when we compare the older one but Super MArio World was also very nice. Most of the Sonic platform games since the 16 bit era have been pretty mediocre or worse ( I did enjoy Sonic Adventure though)

Recently I found myself enjoying the Mario Galaxy games quite a lot although I haven´t finished either, always get distracted by retro games

Mario Kart is  awesome of course

Sonic is only cooler looking, because he is a simple character. He is part of the save the rainforest crowd. Eco freindly, he fights polution, and he is a soft color. Mario is a regular guy character, and was cool until they gave him a voice, over his fake sounds. Sonic world keeping the sound effects is part of why Sonic stayed cooler. However I could play Mario64 over and over again without ever getting annoyed unlike Sonic Adventure and fall asleep in the middle of a boss battle.

I stoped caring about Sonic after Shadow the African Hedgehog appeared. I mean all the newer games featuring Shadow is more about him. Even Egg-robo seems to be a respectable Jhonny five character, then god forsaken Sonic. Tails has his workshop, Knuckles is still dumb. Sonic died when they start giving him too much equipment, make him talk too much ( I don't mind the urkle sonic voice but seriously ), and introduced Choa.

Mario stopped being Mario after Super Mario RPG, and the Mario 64. Nintendo should have released five new mario games for the N64. I would have been hooked on him for life. They made the stupid party series.

Comparing Sonic to Mario is like comparing Dragon Quest to Final Fantasy. They are both great but in the end the game that does more with less wins. Which is Dragon Quest but in this case is Sonic.

Both has gotten unrealistic for me to get into. Sonic Transforms, just like Crash, and Maximo. Mario flies across planets??????????????????

Also what about the logic of sonic. Can somebody please tell me why their are springs all over the place, along with all kinds of machinary to help Sonic? I will tell you why, because these things was built by robotnik for his robots, and Knuckles Angel island has booby traps. That is why. Mario logic can be anything, right now. Like why did Bowser bring himself from the past? Whatever happen to Koopa children dialog???

Things like that is what  makes these games unenjoyable. Sonic Adventure and Mario64 is the last two good games for these characters. Shadow the Hedgehog makes a better series. Even with that dorkward Sliver.

Oh what makes Sonic cooler? robotnik lost weight!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That instantly makes Sonic ten times better then Mario. Thank you Boflex, robotnik.