vs Which game do you think is better? Also, if you enjoy this video and want to see more videos like this, let me know which games you want to see go head-to-head next!
In the music category, you forgot to mention, that Mario's music gets faster, when the timer counts down the last 100 seconds - it may be the same melody, but it hits differently.
In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, during early betas, the special stage text was “Get blue balls!” until the English localisation team pointed out the double meaning to their Japanese colleagues, who promptly changed it to “Get blue spheres!”. Darby spent so much time talking about balls in Sonic, so I felt this was a good place to share this fun fact
19:56 i think both are equal. i grew up with mario games, and got into sonic a few years ago, but i still think they're tied, both are amazing franchises
Apparently, the ending theme for Super Mario Bros. was going to be longer, but due to hardware limitations, it had to be shortened, the longer theme was later used in Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels, a year later.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure the Famicom had less limitations than the NES, so when Nintendo decided not to sell SMB2:TLL in Western audiences, it was like a green light to use the noncut version. I wouldn't put Nintendo in the wrong for giving Japan exclusive music, because Sega did that to Sonic CD, and Nintendo did that to Paper Mario, but if they feared any hate then I still wouldn't blame them. However, Mario 1 was only on 32 KB, and I'm sure Mario 2 TLL was around 40 KB, so maybe that was the reason.
@@bland9876 1 song that I know of, where they had a different variant of the 'King of the Koopas' theme. In Japan, the original music had a high-pitched and soft-sounding instrument rather than a guitar. They changed it to a guitar I think for 2 reasons. 1: to appease more to the US audience 2: to make Bowser more intimidating
@@saltendo2177the Famicom had the same specs The only big difference is that the American one didn't have the mic feature on the 2nd controller and that it's 72-pin
@@ssg-eggunner Thanks, so does that contribute to the use of the extended music in TLL or is the use of that version kind of arbitrary? Because it does sound significantly more like modern quality music.
I personally like Mario 3 better, because of the variety of powerups and how the map is like a game you can play around with, and the fact that was a big improvement from Mario 2. TL:DR, Mario World is good in my opinion, but the level design choices, the amount of times I replay the game, and the amount of people that literally have anything to say that's positive but not negative just make me appreciate Mario 3 more. Don't let that change your opinion though. If you like Mario World, then that's good for you. I'd be blessed to like it, but that simply won't happen to me. I never beat the game without warps though, but I did make it to W7 without them. One day I want to do a no-warp run. I don't like Super Mario World as much though, but one of my favorite Mario games (Mario U) took a lot of inspiration from it, so I have to give credit to Mario World where credit is due: Since Mario 3 was released on the NES, Mario World was Nintendo's first Mario game on the SNES, so they had a lot of experimenting to do. Mario World improved a lot of things that Mario 3 and its predecessors have failed to, like adding in Yoshi. It felt so nice to finally have a dinosaur companion in a Mario game, especially since Mario 3 and World were the two classic Mario games I had first played, and since you don't have a Yoshi companion in Mario 64 or Paper Mario, Mario World stuck out in that department. Mario World also has higher quality music. Even though I like a lot of songs in Mario 3 over Mario World, I'd take the entire Mario World OST over the entire Mario 3 OST any day. Mario World also was the first instance of secret exits since Mario 2, but since this game was on a World Map, it had a reasonable departure from where you took the secret exit. It also made the player have to play an extra level to continue the secret exit path, which was nice. (Also a reason why NSMBU is one of my favorite Mario games.) Mario World had higher graphics, and there were a lot more colors on screen. It was better than looking at a usually orange-dominated Mario 3. Both games were extremely optimal with their color choices. The Koopalings in Mario World had more variety, but some things I didn't like about the Koopaling fights was that the Koopalings usually shared the same boss battle with another. Lemmy with Wendy, Iggy with Larry, and Morton with Roy (and Ludwig). Even though adding Reznor was a big plus, they disposed of Boom Boom. ;-; (Boom Boom would later be readded in Mario U :D) Even though there were a lot of good things to talk about in Mario World, there are a lot of things I don't like about it as well. In Mario 3, it followed the same level building standard from Mario 1. Blocks here, enemies there, ending here. However, as the game progressed, it started putting enemies and blocks together, and adding more enemies in the level. It made it harder to get powerups, and made it harder to play the more you progress in the game. It made a clear to see difficulty curve. It started you out easy, and got difficult slowly but surely as you progressed. In Mario World, it followed the same level building standard from Mario 2. The levels are wacky and absurd. That's not to say that some of the levels aren't fun. The only problem with this is that there is no clear difficulty curve. By World 3, there were a lot of levels in which I kept dying at the same exact point in each level. Butter Bridge I hate the most. This is especially true with the extra levels and Star World levels, where they discard all of the rules. That would be fine if the levels followed similar rules to Mario 1 instead of Mario 2. Mario World also gets boring to restart over and over again from the beginning due to the start being so sluggish and how the game feels like it babies you when you get used to the levels in World 1 and 2. This is also a problem with later Mario games, like Mario 64, Paper Mario games especially, NSMB games, Sunshine and Galaxy games, and Odyssey. Though, this is not a problem with Mario 3. If you are a guy who replays games a lot, you can find where I'm coming from. Mario World is also overrated. Only of my biggest problems with playing the game. For some reason, I always have the unpopular opinion. (Like enjoying 3D World, any New Super Mario, Paper Mario Color Splash, liking Mario 3 more than Mario World, and liking Super Paper Mario and Paper Mario 64 more than Paper Mario TTYD) I don't like when people praise something too much. Mario World and TTYD suffer from this the most. Mario World can be as criticized as any other Mario game, even though I don't dislike Mario enough to be that guy. I didn't talk about 100%ing Mario World because you can't 100% Mario 3, (unless you count beating all levels as 100%ing it) but I find the system to be fine. However, I never got to 100% Mario World as classic Mario games are much harder than modern Mario games.
@@saltendo2177 I love super Mario 3 more than Super Mario World. I love the level designs, the power ups, and music. I also think the Mario 3 is more difficult as you progress in the game. I also like the music in Mario World. I didn't care for the boss in World. after world 4 I believe they were just redskins but harder boss battles. The Reznor boss I like cuz it was different. I love Star world/special zone levels. Also Mario 3 got more content than the other Mario games. The 16 bit for all stars game and then the e-reader levels.
@@DarkShadow-jv3ef I agree with you on everything here, and the lack of originality in the bosses after World 4 is the reason I don't bother playing past it, so I'm always finding myself using the star warp. I've never experienced the special zone but I might give it a try.
Easily Mario 3 because Mario World doesn't even play like a Mario game. It's not quite as weird as Mario too The USA version but still perfect example is to compare it to New Super Mario Bros and see how that feels more like the original games.
@@DarkShadow-jv3efThat's cuz Mario World is difficult from the beginning. Maybe they just put a really short timer on all the levels because I keep getting timeouts in that game.
I actually didn’t start playing Sonic until Sonic 2. And honestly, I think both have a place in the world because both are enjoyable. But I’ll say this - Sonic has the best soundtrack, while Mario has the most creative levels.
I haven't played Sonic very much, but I think your analysis is fair. I would give the music category to Mario and the level design to Sonic, but in the end, it would come down to the same result. Like I said, I haven't played a lot of Sonic, but having watched your video, I might give it a try again. Thx Darby.
Match point: Which game has the coolest glitches? All the crazy tennis glitch worlds should be enough to make it a tie. Also small fire is the coolest powerup in SMB.
Objection on Replayability: The whole "arcade loop" idea SMB has isn't good replayability, because there is no incentive or motivation to do other than "play it harder". Sonic on the other hand has it that you can explore the levels a little more so you can find hidden spots you missed and (unlike Mario) the levels aren't just "go forward in a line all the time".
Although I like both series, I've been in love with Sonic for many years, and it's a shame to see him get smacktalked and be compared unfavorably to many things. So it's nice and satisfying to see one video where Sonic comes out on top, especially against his biggest gaming rival. SEGA did have the advantage of seeing what they had to do, but that prevented originality. Even so, I really like how they pushed their consoles while still offering a good experience or at least tried to. That's why I believe the gaming industry would not be as awesome as it is today had it not been for SEGA's willingness to push the envelope. Now if you were to make another Mario vs Sonic video, Super Mario 64 vs Sonic Adventure 1 as well as Super Mario Odyssey vs Sonic Frontiers would make for some good suggestions. Outside of that, how about Wheel of Fortune Deluxe Edition for the SNES vs Wheel of Fortune for the SEGA CD? Okay, okay. Like that's gonna happen. A lot of people would be saying Crash vs Spyro, but how about Gran Turismo vs Project Gotham Racing or Gran Turismo vs Forza Motorsport?
I'm sorry but as much as Yuzo Koshiro's 8-bit Sonic OST is great, Super Mario Bros. is one of the holy grails of video game music, every jingle and melody is tuned to perfection.
Sonic has always had a really nice presentation and soundtrack. You can tell they really care about the quality and put a lot of work into it. The downside to Sonic is in its core design.. it wants you to go fast, and you want to go fast, but the levels are designed in a way that punishes you for going fast lol
I really liked this video! It was something different and I think Darby did the comparisons well and fair. If there will be another video like this I'd like to see a comparison between Metroid and Castlevania!
This was cool prequel(?), but the real showdown is Sonic the Hedgehog 16bit vs Super Mario World (since that's what kickstarted the whole rivalry in the first place. I've never seen a real video showndown for that).
Thanks for the video.👍 It was a pretty good and fair comparison. I hope this series of videos will continue. I would like to see the following games go head to head in the next episode: Mario Kart 64 vs CTR Crash Team Racing. The battle of old 3D kart-racing games.
I really like these kind of videos. Bundled informations about games we love. Totally agreeing with your point of view. I don't know which games to compare next. May be "Zelda II" and "The Battle of Olympus"? Just kidding. Love your videos, Darby. Have a great weekend.
I like both Sonic and Mario, I didn't really play many Sonic and Mario games though, for Sonic I played 1, 3, and Heroes, and for Mario, I played Mario All-Stars, which has the first 3 games and the Lost Levels, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. for the DS, I might have played Dr. Mario as well, but I don't think I was that good at it.
I also played New Super Mario Bros. U and 2, but I wasn't that good at those either, especially 2, I always had to use the White Tanooki suit in that one, I may have played more Mario games, but it seems that I'm better at the Sonic games, I never even beat New Super Mario Bros. 2 all the way, I did 100% the First NSMB Game though. I even maxed out the score counter on the first one, I got all 9s for my score.
I love both franchises but Sonic The Hedgehog on the Sega Master System can't even touch the iconic original Super Mario Bros. for the NES. The cast in this game does look way different from the Donkey Kong universe, while they still have the same Mario Bros. from the arcade, they introduced Princess Peach, the girl that isn't Pauline & Bowser The King Of The Koopas, the villain that isn't Donkey Kong. Can you imagine they still stick with the same cast as the original Donkey Kong game in Super Mario Bros.? 👌🏻
Well he says sonic came out 6 years later but technically he used the 8 bit version which was intended to look like games like super mario bros but the actual 16 bit sonic was the next generation of video games but as it stands sonic is better imo
Fun to see some Hotel Mario cutscenes into the mix and I get a bit more and more spoiled by the movie... but at this point it could be my fault. Either way, interesting type of video and I wouldn't blamed Darby to giving the Story point to Sonic only, it sounds pretty more epic to me at least. Edit: Sounds like at the outro Super Mario Bros. won anyway but inside the heart of yours... and other people that agrees.
@@BlueTelevisionGames James Pond 2 is already on the Switch! Absolutely atrocious port though, sadly. I kinda wish they’d port James Pond 3, it’s a more interesting game to me, JP2 is on 17 consoles now but poor old JP3 is forgotten ☹️ Apparently there is a brand new Zool game, I just found out! Zool Redimensioned, it’s called.
Love this game V game style video! It's pretty amazing that Sonic ran and looked that good on an 8-bit system. Being at the end of the Master System's life cycle (pretty much) helped, of course.
This whole video was designed to compare the two. And Darby specifically asked what people thought themselves. Obviously the comments are literally SUPPOSED to be about which one people think are better. X.x
SMB has 2 win Its a better game and overall sonic the hedgehog came 6 years later so it's not kinda fair and I prefer the original sonic the hedgehog then the 8 bit version
By the looks of it, the Master System version of Sonic The Hedgehog has more levels if I’m correct! Never played that version, but I should! Would you recommend it, Darby?
I find that mario and sonic as games are drastically too different to compare and compete with each other on whats better. The only similarities they have is that they're both mascot platformers. Ultimately it tailors down to personal taste because of it. However as characters id say it leans more in Sonics favour in the sense he has more of an evident personality and would even say his design is cooler and more exciting. He also gets better additional media, maybe not so much movie but certainly comics. The IDW comics are a great read. Ultimately it comes down to game quality though and sadly Sega doesn't quite know what to do with sonic. Very few modern games are truly amazing. At best theyre decent, nothing more. Its a debate with no clear answer really though. At the end of the day it falls on what game gives you the experience you want.
I'm sorry, but Mario music is clearly more memorable and iconic. (The only Sonic that stands out is Green Hill Zone, the rest could be any game; that same "tinny" sound). It's also nice how the graphics are more clear, and an enemy is clearly distinct. (Now that we're playing the Sonic simulator, I often find it hard to see those dang motobugs and crabs and other things).
Well how many times have you played sonic and how many times have you played Mario? I played through both back to back and then made my decisions as fairly as I could. Both games have great music. So you really can’t go wrong.
"Green hill zone is the only song that stands out in sonic" Literally every sonic game/that 8-bit one: Do we have no memorable music? Spring Yard? Star light? Angel island? Casino night?
IMO it really comes down to how the game feels when playing, so my winner would be Super Mario because Sonic never was the same amount of fun than Super Mario gave me. On the other hand I can also understand when someone else prefers Sonic due to both games even when being platformers feel quite different while playing them. It is always a matter of taste and both games deserve their place in videogame history :)
Well, great vídeo, I believe Super Mario stands at the top Using the point system of this vídeo, Mario did better at the gameplay criterias and Sonic did better at the presentation criterias Sonic is prettier, has more things to shine the eyes, and this is great. But you'll most likely return to the best gameplay, and Mario excels at it
For me I rather go with Mario: 9 Sonic: 5! Because; Round 1: Both Round 2: Sonic Round 3: Mario Round 4: Mario Round 5: Mario Round 6: Mario Round 7: Both Round 8: Sonic Round 9: Mario Round 10: Mario Round 11: Sonic Round 12: Mario So, Mario Wins, Sonic Loses!
Mario is objectively the better designed game. Early sonic games struggled to make the speed angle work for the level design, often making the mistake of requiring precision platforming with controls designed for speed. That does not work at all. And later Sonic games are . . . well, later Sonic games. I don't think I need to say more.
I think Super Mario Bros is better because it has it's own aesthetic playing it is fun. But later in the Sonic Master System Game it starts to get stressful!
Honestly, more people will remember "Goomba" and "Koopa Troopa" than they'd remember "Motobug" or "caterkiller". That first point should totally go to Super Mario Bros. Which leaves it at a tie but if we get a Round 13 (baker's dozen), it can be about *Legacy.* Since you're squaring SMB1 off against Sonic for SMS/Game Gear, it pretty much goes to Super Mario Bros. when you look at everything about the game since. Sonic 1 for Genesis has far more legacy than SMS/GG Sonic 1, but video games as we know them today pretty much started with Mario 1, and everybody would know Mario enemies and music and characters far more easily. The winner to me is hands-down *Super Mario Bros.*
6:16 You should’ve put the seen from the Mario movie where Bowser and Kamek were playing piano together but then Bowser just shuts the piano on kamek's fingers.
vs Which game do you think is better? Also, if you enjoy this video and want to see more videos like this, let me know which games you want to see go head-to-head next!
i think sonic is better, but the mario movie is better than sonic
I think Mario is better
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I think you should let the 2 sidekicks(Luigi and tails/miles) to go head to head
In the music category, you forgot to mention, that Mario's music gets faster, when the timer counts down the last 100 seconds - it may be the same melody, but it hits differently.
Interesting. In sonic 3 the zone music changes in the second act.
And the star song
Also forgot about Sonic's music getting faster when using speed shoes
Sonic drowning theme, no need for explanation.
@@normalLaSerpienteCopada there is no drowning theme in 8-bit Sonic, only in 16-bit.🤦♂
In Sonic the Hedgehog 3, during early betas, the special stage text was “Get blue balls!” until the English localisation team pointed out the double meaning to their Japanese colleagues, who promptly changed it to “Get blue spheres!”. Darby spent so much time talking about balls in Sonic, so I felt this was a good place to share this fun fact
I knew that because of tetrabitgaming's video. He's a pretty good game historian
Oh....they knew. 👀
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Yo where u get that emoji
@@telisagentry7080 join his membership. Its on the rigjt of his channel
19:56 i think both are equal. i grew up with mario games, and got into sonic a few years ago, but i still think they're tied, both are amazing franchises
You're soooo right!!!
Looks like I know what my pick is
Thanks for the super thanks!
Apparently, the ending theme for Super Mario Bros. was going to be longer, but due to hardware limitations, it had to be shortened, the longer theme was later used in Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels, a year later.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure the Famicom had less limitations than the NES, so when Nintendo decided not to sell SMB2:TLL in Western audiences, it was like a green light to use the noncut version.
I wouldn't put Nintendo in the wrong for giving Japan exclusive music, because Sega did that to Sonic CD, and Nintendo did that to Paper Mario, but if they feared any hate then I still wouldn't blame them.
However, Mario 1 was only on 32 KB, and I'm sure Mario 2 TLL was around 40 KB, so maybe that was the reason.
@@saltendo2177paper Mario head exclusive music in Japan?
@@bland9876 1 song that I know of, where they had a different variant of the 'King of the Koopas' theme. In Japan, the original music had a high-pitched and soft-sounding instrument rather than a guitar. They changed it to a guitar I think for 2 reasons.
1: to appease more to the US audience
2: to make Bowser more intimidating
@@saltendo2177the Famicom had the same specs
The only big difference is that the American one didn't have the mic feature on the 2nd controller and that it's 72-pin
@@ssg-eggunner Thanks, so does that contribute to the use of the extended music in TLL or is the use of that version kind of arbitrary? Because it does sound significantly more like modern quality music.
I love to see Super Mario 3 vs Super Mario World. There’s always debate over which one is the better game
I personally like Mario 3 better, because of the variety of powerups and how the map is like a game you can play around with, and the fact that was a big improvement from Mario 2.
TL:DR, Mario World is good in my opinion, but the level design choices, the amount of times I replay the game, and the amount of people that literally have anything to say that's positive but not negative just make me appreciate Mario 3 more. Don't let that change your opinion though. If you like Mario World, then that's good for you. I'd be blessed to like it, but that simply won't happen to me.
I never beat the game without warps though, but I did make it to W7 without them. One day I want to do a no-warp run.
I don't like Super Mario World as much though, but one of my favorite Mario games (Mario U) took a lot of inspiration from it, so I have to give credit to Mario World where credit is due:
Since Mario 3 was released on the NES, Mario World was Nintendo's first Mario game on the SNES, so they had a lot of experimenting to do.
Mario World improved a lot of things that Mario 3 and its predecessors have failed to, like adding in Yoshi. It felt so nice to finally have a dinosaur companion in a Mario game, especially since Mario 3 and World were the two classic Mario games I had first played, and since you don't have a Yoshi companion in Mario 64 or Paper Mario, Mario World stuck out in that department.
Mario World also has higher quality music. Even though I like a lot of songs in Mario 3 over Mario World, I'd take the entire Mario World OST over the entire Mario 3 OST any day.
Mario World also was the first instance of secret exits since Mario 2, but since this game was on a World Map, it had a reasonable departure from where you took the secret exit. It also made the player have to play an extra level to continue the secret exit path, which was nice. (Also a reason why NSMBU is one of my favorite Mario games.)
Mario World had higher graphics, and there were a lot more colors on screen. It was better than looking at a usually orange-dominated Mario 3. Both games were extremely optimal with their color choices.
The Koopalings in Mario World had more variety, but some things I didn't like about the Koopaling fights was that the Koopalings usually shared the same boss battle with another. Lemmy with Wendy, Iggy with Larry, and Morton with Roy (and Ludwig). Even though adding Reznor was a big plus, they disposed of Boom Boom. ;-; (Boom Boom would later be readded in Mario U :D)
Even though there were a lot of good things to talk about in Mario World, there are a lot of things I don't like about it as well.
In Mario 3, it followed the same level building standard from Mario 1. Blocks here, enemies there, ending here. However, as the game progressed, it started putting enemies and blocks together, and adding more enemies in the level. It made it harder to get powerups, and made it harder to play the more you progress in the game. It made a clear to see difficulty curve. It started you out easy, and got difficult slowly but surely as you progressed.
In Mario World, it followed the same level building standard from Mario 2. The levels are wacky and absurd. That's not to say that some of the levels aren't fun. The only problem with this is that there is no clear difficulty curve. By World 3, there were a lot of levels in which I kept dying at the same exact point in each level. Butter Bridge I hate the most.
This is especially true with the extra levels and Star World levels, where they discard all of the rules. That would be fine if the levels followed similar rules to Mario 1 instead of Mario 2.
Mario World also gets boring to restart over and over again from the beginning due to the start being so sluggish and how the game feels like it babies you when you get used to the levels in World 1 and 2. This is also a problem with later Mario games, like Mario 64, Paper Mario games especially, NSMB games, Sunshine and Galaxy games, and Odyssey. Though, this is not a problem with Mario 3. If you are a guy who replays games a lot, you can find where I'm coming from.
Mario World is also overrated. Only of my biggest problems with playing the game. For some reason, I always have the unpopular opinion. (Like enjoying 3D World, any New Super Mario, Paper Mario Color Splash, liking Mario 3 more than Mario World, and liking Super Paper Mario and Paper Mario 64 more than Paper Mario TTYD) I don't like when people praise something too much. Mario World and TTYD suffer from this the most. Mario World can be as criticized as any other Mario game, even though I don't dislike Mario enough to be that guy.
I didn't talk about 100%ing Mario World because you can't 100% Mario 3, (unless you count beating all levels as 100%ing it) but I find the system to be fine. However, I never got to 100% Mario World as classic Mario games are much harder than modern Mario games.
@@saltendo2177 I love super Mario 3 more than Super Mario World. I love the level designs, the power ups, and music. I also think the Mario 3 is more difficult as you progress in the game. I also like the music in Mario World. I didn't care for the boss in World. after world 4 I believe they were just redskins but harder boss battles. The Reznor boss I like cuz it was different. I love Star world/special zone levels. Also Mario 3 got more content than the other Mario games. The 16 bit for all stars game and then the e-reader levels.
@@DarkShadow-jv3ef I agree with you on everything here, and the lack of originality in the bosses after World 4 is the reason I don't bother playing past it, so I'm always finding myself using the star warp. I've never experienced the special zone but I might give it a try.
Easily Mario 3 because Mario World doesn't even play like a Mario game. It's not quite as weird as Mario too The USA version but still perfect example is to compare it to New Super Mario Bros and see how that feels more like the original games.
@@DarkShadow-jv3efThat's cuz Mario World is difficult from the beginning. Maybe they just put a really short timer on all the levels because I keep getting timeouts in that game.
I actually didn’t start playing Sonic until Sonic 2. And honestly, I think both have a place in the world because both are enjoyable.
But I’ll say this - Sonic has the best soundtrack, while Mario has the most creative levels.
Agreed. Also, I never played Sonic 2, just Sonic 1, 3, and Heroes.
@@PWPictures67you lost one of the best sonic games(whit Generation, Frontiers and Mania lol)
I would say sonic you play a lot sonic
I think I have way more Mario videos. I try to cover both. :D
Sonic I don’t really care bout mario
i would say its a tie
@@BlueTelevisionGamessonic is better videos
Me too ❤
I’d Love To See This With Other Games, Like Mario 64 VS Sonic Adventure!
Sonic destroys mario on there too
@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775 Finally someone said it
@@adnan_honest_jihadist5775Naaah
@@i_Esfomiado yes he does in a fight
@i_Esfomiado full story with character development vs Mario jumping into paintings to get stars
Really cool as always Darby!!
You should do Metroid vs Mega Man next!
Or Kirby vs Mega Man
Those are cool ideas
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You are the best man!
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I prefer Mario better! I want to do Yoshi’s Island vs Yoshi Story next or something like that!
That could be fun.
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Sonic 1 is fun but idk how to defeat the first boss in sonic 2.
Also bridge zone music was used in a pop song you may have heard in the 90s.
Mario will remember that!
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I haven't played Sonic very much, but I think your analysis is fair.
I would give the music category to Mario and the level design to Sonic, but in the end, it would come down to the same result.
Like I said, I haven't played a lot of Sonic, but having watched your video, I might give it a try again.
Thx Darby.
It’s worth checking out. I played through both to make the video and it was so fun. Game B for Mario is a fun challenge
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@@SketcherTheGuyYTSonic Mania the GOAT
@@SketcherTheGuyYT Who would Sonic Mania go against that would be a fair fight?
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Match point: Which game has the coolest glitches? All the crazy tennis glitch worlds should be enough to make it a tie. Also small fire is the coolest powerup in SMB.
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@@onedude1389 this is sonic vs mario not pokemon vs mario
@@Latoshajsinspiration oh i thought all old game glitches
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Objection on Replayability:
The whole "arcade loop" idea SMB has isn't good replayability, because there is no incentive or motivation to do other than "play it harder".
Sonic on the other hand has it that you can explore the levels a little more so you can find hidden spots you missed and (unlike Mario) the levels aren't just "go forward in a line all the time".
Spitting facts , right there you are .
Although I like both series, I've been in love with Sonic for many years, and it's a shame to see him get smacktalked and be compared unfavorably to many things. So it's nice and satisfying to see one video where Sonic comes out on top, especially against his biggest gaming rival. SEGA did have the advantage of seeing what they had to do, but that prevented originality. Even so, I really like how they pushed their consoles while still offering a good experience or at least tried to. That's why I believe the gaming industry would not be as awesome as it is today had it not been for SEGA's willingness to push the envelope. Now if you were to make another Mario vs Sonic video, Super Mario 64 vs Sonic Adventure 1 as well as Super Mario Odyssey vs Sonic Frontiers would make for some good suggestions. Outside of that, how about Wheel of Fortune Deluxe Edition for the SNES vs Wheel of Fortune for the SEGA CD? Okay, okay. Like that's gonna happen. A lot of people would be saying Crash vs Spyro, but how about Gran Turismo vs Project Gotham Racing or Gran Turismo vs Forza Motorsport?
top for PGR4: use D class cars because it you use higher than D, your car will become butter
@@AyrtonEdwards-bv4fx Balls
Sonic adventure will destroy sm64
@@normalLaSerpienteCopadanot really they're completely different games and have a completely different style
@@mrtrollnator123Yeah. One is a good game and the other is Super Mario 64.
0:30 Round 1: Enemies
3:52 Round 2: Bosses
5:59 Round 3: Music
8:59 Round 4: Replayability
9:44 Round 5: Bonus Rooms/Special Stages
10:40 Round 6: Performance
11:21 Round 7: Game Length
12:18 Round 8: Level Variety
13:55 Round 9: Power-Ups
15:13 Round 10: Level Design
16:07 Round 11: Presentation
17:45 (FINAL ROUND) Round 12: Story
Nice to see the master system/Game gear version getting some love
It's so weird that the master system version is better because of the screen area yet Sega always releases the Genesis version instead.
yeah true! its an really great game
I agree. I like Sonic more then Mario. But I still like super mario bros. Also do Crash Bandicoot vs Banjo. P.S. Crash is better than Banjo.
This video was great, and you've gotten way better at editing the videos!
Oh hey polyplayer
@@NT_Unused hi nt
I'm sorry but as much as Yuzo Koshiro's 8-bit Sonic OST is great, Super Mario Bros. is one of the holy grails of video game music, every jingle and melody is tuned to perfection.
I think if you do more comparisons, you should do Super Mario 64 vs Sonic Adventure
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@@DevionSawyeryes
I mean obvious winner imo
Or super mario world VS sonic 2
Sonic has always had a really nice presentation and soundtrack. You can tell they really care about the quality and put a lot of work into it. The downside to Sonic is in its core design.. it wants you to go fast, and you want to go fast, but the levels are designed in a way that punishes you for going fast lol
Kirby vs the legend of Zelda
Although I love Kirby it's LoZ all day
@@markbelin9869 LOL 😂
That would be such a crazy face-off xD
@@BlueTelevisionGames yeah XD
They're from the same company 💀
I really liked this video! It was something different and I think Darby did the comparisons well and fair. If there will be another video like this I'd like to see a comparison between Metroid and Castlevania!
This was cool prequel(?), but the real showdown is Sonic the Hedgehog 16bit vs Super Mario World (since that's what kickstarted the whole rivalry in the first place. I've never seen a real video showndown for that).
Thanks for the video.👍 It was a pretty good and fair comparison. I hope this series of videos will continue.
I would like to see the following games go head to head in the next episode: Mario Kart 64 vs CTR Crash Team Racing. The battle of old 3D kart-racing games.
mario kart 64 vs sonic R vs crash team racing
I think they're both pretty good
NO MARIO IS BETTA
@@M320d be civil. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion
mario is legend for me
sonic forces:
Mario is better
By the way, if you cant see, hes covering the Master System version of sonic, not the Genesis/Mega Drive
True
I'll always like both for different reasons
me too Chris. Kinda depends on my mood sometimes.
@@BlueTelevisionGamesYeah, I agree.
same
Darby can you PLEASE play through all the 8 bit Sonic games.. they're great and unique. C'mon now.
The question we have been waiting for
people ask me this all the time. I think they mean just overall which is better. But it gave me the idea for this video xD
The fact you only did 8 bit and not 16 bit sonic shows how nice you are
I really like these kind of videos. Bundled informations about games we love.
Totally agreeing with your point of view.
I don't know which games to compare next. May be "Zelda II" and "The Battle of Olympus"? Just kidding.
Love your videos, Darby. Have a great weekend.
more like original the legend of zelda vs something like pacman or something
I like both Sonic and Mario, I didn't really play many Sonic and Mario games though, for Sonic I played 1, 3, and Heroes, and for Mario, I played Mario All-Stars, which has the first 3 games and the Lost Levels, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. for the DS, I might have played Dr. Mario as well, but I don't think I was that good at it.
I also played New Super Mario Bros. U and 2, but I wasn't that good at those either, especially 2, I always had to use the White Tanooki suit in that one, I may have played more Mario games, but it seems that I'm better at the Sonic games, I never even beat New Super Mario Bros. 2 all the way, I did 100% the First NSMB Game though. I even maxed out the score counter on the first one, I got all 9s for my score.
Could you do Super Mario Bros 3 vs Sonic 3 and Knuckles? I would totally watch it! Those two are peak platformers!
I love both franchises but Sonic The Hedgehog on the Sega Master System can't even touch the iconic original Super Mario Bros. for the NES. The cast in this game does look way different from the Donkey Kong universe, while they still have the same Mario Bros. from the arcade, they introduced Princess Peach, the girl that isn't Pauline & Bowser The King Of The Koopas, the villain that isn't Donkey Kong. Can you imagine they still stick with the same cast as the original Donkey Kong game in Super Mario Bros.? 👌🏻
That would be crazy
I say sunky is better 😂
😂😂😂
Yes
Sunky would easily solo all characters in both games
5:32 egg man and his obsession with balls 😂😂😂
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BTG I’m subbed! I like Mario better, but Sonic is also good?
That's a fair assessment!
Both is better
Both is best*
Well he says sonic came out 6 years later but technically he used the 8 bit version which was intended to look like games like super mario bros but the actual 16 bit sonic was the next generation of video games but as it stands sonic is better imo
Yah. But 8-bit games got a lot better after 6 years.
@BlueTelevisionGames fair point
Fun to see some Hotel Mario cutscenes into the mix and I get a bit more and more spoiled by the movie... but at this point it could be my fault. Either way, interesting type of video and I wouldn't blamed Darby to giving the Story point to Sonic only, it sounds pretty more epic to me at least. Edit: Sounds like at the outro Super Mario Bros. won anyway but inside the heart of yours... and other people that agrees.
Woah, Mugen.
I wish that they ranked the other styles of mario and sonic too!
The crickets must love it when you say “Balls”.
Well I think both are good. Yes both
Agreed
Of course, I agree that
The Underwater zone in Sonic the hedgehog doesn't have a bad performance, it's only because you're under water,but i agree it's SLOW as hell
They are both good in regards to what they've done for the video game industry
Agreed! Classic games that held up over many years. Crazy to think they are still making Sonic and Mario stuff.
@@BlueTelevisionGames it can go either way because they bring different things to the table
@@BlueTelevisionGames at least it’s understandable for those two characters, what I can’t figure out is how/why Bubsy came back 😂
@@DissociatedWomenIncorporated hahaha. That’s fair! Maybe James Pond and Zool will come back too (if they haven’t yet 😆)
@@BlueTelevisionGames James Pond 2 is already on the Switch! Absolutely atrocious port though, sadly. I kinda wish they’d port James Pond 3, it’s a more interesting game to me, JP2 is on 17 consoles now but poor old JP3 is forgotten ☹️ Apparently there is a brand new Zool game, I just found out! Zool Redimensioned, it’s called.
Can you do this again but it’s their first 3d appearance
thats not really going to be fair because sonics first 3d is sonic 3d blast
sonic adventure fits more
Love this game V game style video! It's pretty amazing that Sonic ran and looked that good on an 8-bit system. Being at the end of the Master System's life cycle (pretty much) helped, of course.
This man is living proof that the word "Balls" has been ruined by society. 😅
hahahaha xD
So please super Mario 64 vs sonic mania so please I am your biggest fan in the world
"Who would win in a fight, Lemmy or God?" It's a trick question, Lemmy IS God!"
-Airheads
"SoNiC bEtTeR tHaN mArIo" or "MaRiO bEtTeR tHaN sOnIc" comments should stop. Both are pretty awesome
No
Yes
This whole video was designed to compare the two. And Darby specifically asked what people thought themselves. Obviously the comments are literally SUPPOSED to be about which one people think are better. X.x
SMB has 2 win
Its a better game and overall sonic the hedgehog came 6 years later so it's not kinda fair and I prefer the original sonic the hedgehog then the 8 bit version
By the looks of it, the Master System version of Sonic The Hedgehog has more levels if I’m correct! Never played that version, but I should! Would you recommend it, Darby?
Jokes
2:57
3:25
4:59 [Calm down, Darby]
5:22 [That was really quick, Darby]
both of them are the best!
Smart!
HYPER VS HYPO (CRAZY BATTLE)
sonic movie vs mario movie
I prefer sonic movie
I prefer mario movie
I should give it to sonic in movies including the 2nd one
Do the sonic the hedgehog game vs super Mario world
I find that mario and sonic as games are drastically too different to compare and compete with each other on whats better. The only similarities they have is that they're both mascot platformers. Ultimately it tailors down to personal taste because of it.
However as characters id say it leans more in Sonics favour in the sense he has more of an evident personality and would even say his design is cooler and more exciting. He also gets better additional media, maybe not so much movie but certainly comics. The IDW comics are a great read.
Ultimately it comes down to game quality though and sadly Sega doesn't quite know what to do with sonic. Very few modern games are truly amazing. At best theyre decent, nothing more.
Its a debate with no clear answer really though. At the end of the day it falls on what game gives you the experience you want.
Mario was made in 1985 but sonic was made in 1991 so super mario world should go head to head because it was also released in 1991
both
Good pick
I DO NOT AGREE WITH SCORE'S, but Sonic does deserve to win!
I'm sorry, but Mario music is clearly more memorable and iconic. (The only Sonic that stands out is Green Hill Zone, the rest could be any game; that same "tinny" sound). It's also nice how the graphics are more clear, and an enemy is clearly distinct. (Now that we're playing the Sonic simulator, I often find it hard to see those dang motobugs and crabs and other things).
Well how many times have you played sonic and how many times have you played Mario? I played through both back to back and then made my decisions as fairly as I could. Both games have great music. So you really can’t go wrong.
great and iconic is not the same thing though
"Green hill zone is the only song that stands out in sonic"
Literally every sonic game/that 8-bit one: Do we have no memorable music? Spring Yard? Star light? Angel island? Casino night?
IMO it really comes down to how the game feels when playing, so my winner would be Super Mario because Sonic never was the same amount of fun than Super Mario gave me. On the other hand I can also understand when someone else prefers Sonic due to both games even when being platformers feel quite different while playing them. It is always a matter of taste and both games deserve their place in videogame history :)
Maybe because you played Mario as a kid and sonic as a teenager
@@onedude1389 or maybe because mario just has better games
MARIO IS BETTER, BECAUSE IT HAS ACTUAL BACKSTORY. WITH SONIC, ALL WE KNOW IS EGGMAN HATES SONIC, THATS IT.
Fun Fact: in 1990 there was an even OLDER version of Sonic 1 named the "Tokyo Toy Show" this build could be SUPER rare!
#savethemotobugs
Good work blueyoshi
@@BlueTelevisionGames thx
SUPER MARIO WORLD VS SUPER MARIO BROS 3
Mario is better
Well, great vídeo, I believe Super Mario stands at the top
Using the point system of this vídeo, Mario did better at the gameplay criterias and Sonic did better at the presentation criterias
Sonic is prettier, has more things to shine the eyes, and this is great. But you'll most likely return to the best gameplay, and Mario excels at it
Bridge zone sounds like: everywhere i go every smile i see I know you are there smiling back at meeeee
Mario is cool and all, but I’m more of a Sonic fan. I find his games more fun.
(At least, the classic games.)
Next episode, the games I want to go head to head next is super mario bros 2 🆚 sonic the hedgehog 2
That could be fun
Why was it 8 bit not 16 bit? 😂 (not complaining the vid is awesome)
For me I rather go with Mario: 9 Sonic: 5! Because;
Round 1: Both
Round 2: Sonic
Round 3: Mario
Round 4: Mario
Round 5: Mario
Round 6: Mario
Round 7: Both
Round 8: Sonic
Round 9: Mario
Round 10: Mario
Round 11: Sonic
Round 12: Mario
So, Mario Wins, Sonic Loses!
Nice picks
@@BlueTelevisionGames Thank you. 😊
You might be surprised to know but there is marble zones track that had surfaced; it’s a shame it was cut
In the next "video game" vs "video game" video, do the Games that made on the same year!
Maybe. I thought Sonic vs Mario would be fun.
Mario is objectively the better designed game. Early sonic games struggled to make the speed angle work for the level design, often making the mistake of requiring precision platforming with controls designed for speed. That does not work at all.
And later Sonic games are . . . well, later Sonic games. I don't think I need to say more.
Sm world vs the best sth on genesis. Cd and 2 i introduced more mechanics.
But this comparison isn’t fair. These games aren’t contemporaries.
HECK NAH. sega likes fan games. they dont COPYWRIGHT STRIKE unless it makes money or smth
they actually care. #DREAMCAST&SATURN4THEWIN
tldr, sega better cuz they care about the community
So please super mario 64 vs sonic mania
mario 99% god
sonic 1% god is it for me
Earthbound vs. Undertale
Cool idea
Hi blue Television games can you do a part 2 but Mario world vs Sonic the hedgehog 2
I think Super Mario Bros is better because it has it's own aesthetic playing it is fun. But later in the Sonic Master System Game it starts to get stressful!
I think comparing Sonic 3&K to Super Mario World is a fair comparison
I was thinking smw vs one of the Sonics would be fun
Honestly, more people will remember "Goomba" and "Koopa Troopa" than they'd remember "Motobug" or "caterkiller". That first point should totally go to Super Mario Bros.
Which leaves it at a tie but if we get a Round 13 (baker's dozen), it can be about *Legacy.* Since you're squaring SMB1 off against Sonic for SMS/Game Gear, it pretty much goes to Super Mario Bros. when you look at everything about the game since. Sonic 1 for Genesis has far more legacy than SMS/GG Sonic 1, but video games as we know them today pretty much started with Mario 1, and everybody would know Mario enemies and music and characters far more easily. The winner to me is hands-down *Super Mario Bros.*
Fair enough. :)
6:16 You should’ve put the seen from the Mario movie where Bowser and Kamek were playing piano together but then Bowser just shuts the piano on kamek's fingers.
sonic 3 and knuckles vs mario wonder
I want sonic Mania vs Mario odysey
no you dont
i want them to do The legend of Zelda V.S Metroid
also smb1 has some levels copied, for example some stages are the same but the enemies are different.
Great comparison! Also, you missed sonic 1 invincibility jingle.
and the title screen music
19:46 What is this from?
"Family Friendly"? I Don't Think So! 😡