Sonic beats Mario as favourite UK games character
By Asavin Wattanajantra in Editorial
Posted in Mario, video games, Sonic, Sega, old, Nintendo on
Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog has beaten Nintendo’s Mario in a poll held at the London Games Festival to win the title of Britain’s favourite video game character.
However it was a really close run thing, with Sonic getting 24 per cent while Mario was very close behind on 21 per cent.
1. Sonic the Hedgehog (24%)
2. Super Mario (21%)
3. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) (16%)
4. Donkey Kong (11%)
5. Pac Man (10%)
6. Link (The Legend of Zelda) (5%)
7. Max Payne (4%)
8. Pikachu (Pokemon) (3%)
9. Niko Belic (Grand Theft Auto IV) (2%)
10. Blanka (Street Fighter) (1%)
As a kid in the late 80’s, early 90’s it was common for me and some of my school mates to discuss the merits of Sonic and Mario, but really we were talking about Sega VS Nintendo, Master System VS NES, Megadrive VS SNES.
Then it was always Sega that won out because it was always the ‘cool’ and ‘hip’ machine, while Nintendo, while stronger both in the quality of games and hardware, was a little bit geeky. Sega was always a little more ’street’ than Nintendo.
It’s the same with Sonic and Mario - Sonic was just cooler. He was blue, spiky and could turn into a destructive wrecking ball by spinning.
While Mario was a fat, italian plumber with a slightly camp moustache and a crush on a girl named Daisy. He probably could take Sonic in a fight (but only after eating mushrooms).
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