Mario and Metroid Advance
Sonic is on strike one.
Voters in the GameFAQs Best Game Ever competition eliminated Sonic 3 from the running yesterday, as both Super Mario Kart and Super Metroid ran away with popularity. The two games will advance to the next round of voting. Big blue came in third.
While it means Sonic 3 can’t represent in the 1992-94 division, it doesn’t mean Sonic is out for the count. On Saturday, another round of daily voting will include Sonic 2, as that title is pitted against Mortal Kombat II, Shining Force II, and Secret of Mana.
Should Sonic 2 fail to advance on Saturday, only the original Sonic will represent Sega’s best going forward. We will keep you informed of the latest developments.
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Unfortunate but inevitable. Despite how awesome Sonic 3 is Super Mario Kart and Super Metroid will win in the end. Now like people consider Sonic 3 a bad game though, still got like, what, 25% of the votes? That’s pretty good against such competition.
Okay, I understand Super Metroid, but MARIO KART?! What?
I still prefer Sonic Drift over Mario Kart, in fact I prefer Sonic R and both Riders games over Mario Kart. Every release of Mario Kart is pretty much the same just with some graphical upgrade.
Of course the Mario cast can’t run as fast as the Sonic ones, so any racing game is going to have some type of vehicle. Still, they can do what Travler’s did in Sonic R and create multiple routes that give advantages to each characters unique traits (instead of having to rely on kart moves and gimmicks, can Mario say his kart can hover on water via Amy, I think not).
Not to mention that Sonic Riders: Zero makes more use of the Wiimote (and provides more entertaining moves, there’s just so many times you can hit your opponent with a koopa shell). Upgrading the karts to motorcycles (Mario Kart Wii) is just a desperate attempt to try something different while having fear of breaking a long, drawn out game mechanic.
Mario Kart … … … wait… WTF???
Super Metroid’s awsome, but Mario “Gay” Kart just shows the freaking nintendo fanboys that are attatched to that poll.
Still, “SEGA does what nintendon’t”.
It’s still impressive to me that he made it on the list at all. I mean, times have really changed. Sonic 1, 2 and 3 are contenders for the title of “Best Game Ever” and some of the recent Sonic titles could get “worst”.
@Venom: Ouch! Even an Unleashed Hog can’t even catch a break? Unleashed is worthy of gaming praise.
Greg: I’m not talking about Unleashed- I liked that game(deeply flawed and unfinished as it is. It certainly doesn’t deserve to be called the “best game ever”).
Black Knight and Sonic 06, however, are worthy successors to the “Poo-poo throne”.
Sonic 3 had extremely stiff competition, so its exit is not a surprise.
Sonic 2 typically seen as the strongest early Sonic game (although I think Sonic CD is better and I’m surprised it’s not on the brackets at all!) so I except this to have more success, unless it’s in a bad pool like Sonic 3.
Sonic isn’t going to win this. The Sonic fanbase can’t compare to some of the actual healthy and growing fanbases that exist, like Final Fantasy, Halo, Zelda, Metroid, etc.
told ya
i must say this but Sonic 3 should had been in there i just saw the gameplay and graphics for the snes Super Mario Kart and it doesnt look like it could beat Sonic 3 i dont understand why the heck people would vote for that game it looks like it also had somewhat bad controls i believe i understand super metroid beating it but for Super Mario Kart no way!!!
That sucks. Sonic 3 is my personal favourite game. Ever. I still play it to this day.
super mario kart’s series is far more succesful than the sonic series currently, and smk started it all.
Zis zing is just… nah. Super Mario Kart & Super Mario Kart being best game ever.. WZF?
And No Sonic Adventure=PHAIL
@LightSpeedBlast:
Yeah, no Adventure? Or are they only going for the games from early 90s?
You typed Mario Kart twice, by the way.
Eck…. Now up to Sonic 2…. Personally, it’s a great game, but to be te best ever? Heck, no.
Dang….. What happened to put Sonic 3 in Mario Kart’s dust?
Bah. Sonic 3 & Knuckles is my favourite game in the series but only as Sonic 3 & Knuckles. I can see why Sonic 3 lost thanks to the stiff competition in the bracket but I’ve got high hopes for Sonic 2 to do well as it’s the ‘critics’ Sonic game of choice. Where’s Sonic Adventure though?