Is Super Mario Bros. better than Sonic the Hedgehog?

Is Super Mario Bros. better than Sonic the Hedgehog?

In this video we go head-to-head with 8-bit Mario and 8-bit sonic. Which game is better? Let's find out now!

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[BlueTelevisionGames]

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!

[DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

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

[JiriTrubac]

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.

[T-Bone]

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

[NT_Unused]

"SoNiC bEtTeR tHaN mArIo" or "MaRiO bEtTeR tHaN sOnIc" comments should stop. Both are pretty awesome

[DarkShadow-jvef]

I love to see Super Mario 3 vs Super Mario World. There’s always debate over which one is the better game

[PWPictures]

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.

[IceFox]

I’d Love To See This With Other Games, Like Mario 64 VS Sonic Adventure!

[leovanwinkle]

Really cool as always Darby!!
You should do Metroid vs Mega Man next!

[bland]

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.

[germanname]

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?

[fco]

Nice to see the master system/Game gear version getting some love

[proro]

I would say sonic you play a lot sonic

[TsukiZer]

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".

[matthewturcotte]

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.

[davidklein]

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.

[justin_tayver]

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!

[polyplayer]

This video was great, and you've gotten way better at editing the videos!

[kleinermaulwurf]

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.

[GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

I prefer Mario better! I want to do Yoshi’s Island vs Yoshi Story next or something like that!