Zelda. Duh.

Material Defender

I prefer Sonic. I've never eaten at a Mario before. What do they serve?

/why are you looking at me that way?

I like Ness.

mm20 wrote:Zelda. Duh.

No. I could never get past that music.

Mario def. Can't beat the original story game. I had the SNES and a SEGA Genesis as a youngin and Sonic was waaay too easy. I would beat the whole game without losing lives.

Torn between Alex Kidd, Joe Musashi and Link. Ah, the memories.

Luigi

Lets compare 4 classic Heroes...

Abilities:
Mario is about jumping.
Sonic is about running.
Link is about fighting.
Samus does all three.

that's 1 for Samus

Plot:
Mario: with the exception of the rpg mario games its Oh My Gookie! bowser kidnapped peach
Sonic: with little exception Oh My Gookie! Eggman wants to take over the world!
Link: While most zelda games are Oh My Gookie! ganon/ganondorf wants to take over the world/hyrule and at some point kidnaps/traps zelda, there is at least an underlying plot to it
Samus: Oh My Gookie! crash on planet/space station/meteor must escape

Im giving this one to link

classic era fun-ness
mario: simple fun but at times frusrating
sonic: see mario
Link: see mario
Samus: see mario

Tie!

Modern era fun-ness
Mario: with very few exceptions mario is always fun
Sonic: sonic adventure 1 & 2 were fun but after that a big pile of fail till generations got the fun back
Link: very little fail here but to me at least there are 2 meh (majora and TP)and 2 down right bad (phantom hourglass and spirt tracks) but the epicness of OoT and skyward sword make up for that
Samus: Only one true fail here and that was "The Other M" and that was mainly because they gave her a voice and made her a wimp

one more for samus!

Conclusion: There is little point in comparing characters from totally different styles of games but if you must.. it goes to Samus.

Remember back in the day when Crash Bandicoot was almost considered as big of a mascot for Sony as Mario and Sonic were to Nintendo and Sega?

I had no idea what this question was about until I read these comments. Things are very nice on my planet.

Voltron. ROAR!

Not my preferred method of using up time, but the rest of the households definite preference is Thai the Tasmanian Tiger. From my observation it seems to need more thought than just shooting skills, great graphics and lots of puzzles to figure out.

Commander Keen - great waste of... I mean... great way to pass time (or was that gas? - nope, time it was)

Luigi!

The King Of All Cosmos.

Mario for sure. It's my son's entire room theme.

Totally Mario! There hasn't been a decent Sonic game for awhile.

I'm looking back to when nintendo, and Sega master systems roamed the earth. There was no sonic, just mario, and what ever awesome graphic they used to capture the essence of the game on the front cover. (If you have ever seen the early master system games you know what I'm talking about).

mm20 wrote:Zelda. Duh.

no no no no. Zelda is not similar. Link however

Waluigi!

Never cared for platform games.

Space Invaders with a pitcher of beer after Grad School classes.
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman blaring in the background.
Such was life in the 70s.

I prefer Mario. But I like Donkey Kong most of all.

ganome wrote:Lets compare 4 classic Heroes...

Abilities:
Mario is about jumping.
Sonic is about running.
Link is about fighting.
Samus does all three.

that's 1 for Samus

Plot:
Mario: with the exception of the rpg mario games its Oh My Gookie! bowser kidnapped peach
Sonic: with little exception Oh My Gookie! Eggman wants to take over the world!
Link: While most zelda games are Oh My Gookie! ganon/ganondorf wants to take over the world/hyrule and at some point kidnaps/traps zelda, there is at least an underlying plot to it
Samus: Oh My Gookie! crash on planet/space station/meteor must escape

Im giving this one to link

classic era fun-ness
mario: simple fun but at times frusrating
sonic: see mario
Link: see mario
Samus: see mario

Tie!

Modern era fun-ness
Mario: with very few exceptions mario is always fun
Sonic: sonic adventure 1 & 2 were fun but after that a big pile of fail till generations got the fun back
Link: very little fail here but to me at least there are 2 meh (majora and TP)and 2 down right bad (phantom hourglass and spirt tracks) but the epicness of OoT and skyward sword make up for that
Samus: Only one true fail here and that was "The Other M" and that was mainly because they gave her a voice and made her a wimp

one more for samus!

Conclusion: There is little point in comparing characters from totally different styles of games but if you must.. it goes to Samus.

You didn't like MAjora?!

trixierix wrote: Sonic was waaay too easy. I would beat the whole game without losing lives.

^This.


Also, MEGAMAN.

mii

koschild wrote:You didn't like MAjora?!

Seriously, this is easily the most underrated LoZ game. So very good. You can play straight through, or complete some majorly complex quests/sidestories. This game is so well made--people just don't give it a chance. btw it might be my favorite of the modern era zelda games (post-SNES games)

Sonic for sure. It's what I grew up on. Sonic 2 with my little sister playing as Tails while it rained outside, and a nice cup of hot chocolate...So fun! Oh and I could never forget the cheat codes to have even more fun:

Level select: 19 65 9 17
Super Sonic: 4 1 2 6
Debug: 1 9 9 2 1 1 2 4

Mario's "multiplayer" just couldn't compare.

Link for me. I'm 3/4 through Skyward Sword and IMO it is the best of the lot so far.

PONG !
Anyone?
Hey come back, where you going ??

Gatzby wrote:Joust ostrich.

I second that. Best answer I have seen yet!

NeeCD wrote:Link for me. I'm 3/4 through Skyward Sword and IMO it is the best of the lot so far.

+1

prtyyoshi wrote:Totally Mario! There hasn't been a decent Sonic game for awhile.

Played Sonic Colors or Generations?

Both Games did well in fan's eyes and in reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aq_dOLFmxA

K.O.

That little dot in "Pong" trumps them both!

boydrew wrote:Seriously, this is easily the most underrated LoZ game. So very good. You can play straight through, or complete some majorly complex quests/sidestories. This game is so well made--people just don't give it a chance. btw it might be my favorite of the modern era zelda games (post-SNES games)

Seconded.

Master Chief

wgundammikezero wrote:Played Sonic Colors or Generations?

Both Games did well in fan's eyes and in reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aq_dOLFmxA

K.O.

Can't speak for Sonic Colors, but Generations is pretty good.

But if you want to talk about knockout platforming, you have to bring up Rayman Origins. GREAT game.

Yay Luigi is where it's at.