Sole Surviving Game Beat in Classic Clash
In the early 90s, Sega did what Nintendidn’t, and Sonic, for a time, reigned supreme over longtime video game icon Super Mario.
But in 2009, the will of the people have placed the plumber over the blue hedgehog as the “Best Game Ever.”
The original Sonic the Hedgehog–the only Sonic to advance to round 2 in the GameFAQs competition–was soundly defeated by both Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World in the 1989-1991 division. The decision was handed down by the daily vote of more than 113,000.
It wasn’t even close; Sonic came last out of the four way battle royale. SMB3 rocked the vote with a little under 33 percent of the vote, and SMW was right behind with a little over 32 percent. Final Fantasy II / IV came in third with about twenty and a half percent and did not advance. Sonic only netted about fourteen and a half percent of the total vote.
Mario will have plenty of presence in the final Best Game Ever rounds, with 3 titles competing against one another in the divisional final, and plenty of other plumber fare, including Super Mario 64 and Super Smash Bros. Melee expected to cruise through.
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bummer… hardly a surprise though, even a true Sonic fan can’t deny he’s fallen out of the hearts of many, we love him of course, so I guess he hasn’t so much fallen out as been pushed. Then again, even IF Sonic hadn’t fallen into such a big hole over the past few years, would he have had any more of a chance?
Just throwin that rhetorical conundrum out there
I’m not shocked about Sonic 1 losing to Mario World or Super Mario Bros 3, but the Final Fantasy defeat was pretty unexpected.
Nah sonic never had a chance. Yeah i am sonic the hedgehog fangirl but even I can see that his games were never super deep compared to the mario games. Mario is the platforming king so I kinda dont mind it was him he was trounce by.
Dont think I am a mario-fan because I aint.
not surprised here SMB3 i have to agree is better than Sonic 1 the thing i dont get is how Super Mario Kart beated Sonic 3 like wtf of course Super Metroid but how can that game beat Sonic 3 it looks like it had pathetic controls anyway though next Sonic game is probally Sonic Rush 3 because Sonic Rush out in 2005 Sonic Rush Adventure out in 2007 so ya Sonic Rush 3 i bet also i dont think Sega would make another console game because they already made 2 new ones and Riders probally is not it its most likely going to be a portable Sonic game either Sonic Chronicles 2 or Sonic Rush 3
No matter what they are writing. Sonic is still number 1 in my heart.
@Kadeb: One of the many franchises that I will support until I die.
Not to sound Arthurian but, “Long live Sonic.”
@GREG THE CAT: Yeah, Long live Sonic. Sonic Forever
im a mario and sonic fan, but i knew sonic losing to mario was invietable because mario’s fan base is neverending, but the fan want what the fans want. but i don’t care sonic is still number 1 imo, although i would prefered 2 over 1 because i sonic 2 is still the best game in the series
Pfft this is Gamefaqs you lot are giving it WAY too much authority.
No matter who is better I`ll still love both Mario & Sonic for their games
I’m certainly a huge fan of Sonic and an avid supporter of his games, but… When did he ever become better than Mario? Mario has always been, and probably always will be, on top with amazingly fun and consistently good games. Sorry, Sonic, but you can’t really compare…
@ Greg : Same here Greg even though Sonic had some bad games I still like Sonic games no matter what happens I just hope for the best that SEGA finally brings a good game like a Sonic Rush 3 , Sonic Rivals 3 , & Sonic Riders 3
Well, that’s public opinion for you. Too bad public opinion is wrong.