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Atariboy2600 β Mario The Renaissance Man
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We seem them and played them for all our lifes from Atari 2600 to todays Xbox and Im talking about Video Game mascots, lets start with the first super star in the 1980 we seen there Official Game mascot like Namco's Pacman made it self a huge super-star and made things like Toys, t-shirt and even cartoon show but then came Mario in 1981 Donkey Kong and then it has a life of its own. After many Super Mario games Nintendo made Mario its Big N mascot and then came Sega's Sonic and trying to un-seat the Mario's Mascot's Kingdom! But after many years of "The Console Wars" with both Nindendo's Super NES and Sega's Genesis in a no hold-bars Mario vs. Sonic with funny cacth frase like Sega's "Ninten-dont" and Nintendo's "Gen-isn't" in the end Mario came out the winner and to making it worst for Sega they made Soinc game for Nintendo's consoles... Well here's my take on who's the king of video gaming baby!So how does an ordinary Italian from Brooklyn reach international superstar status? Well lets look at his past jobs,
A Carpenter - from Donkey Kong 1981.
A Jailer - from Donkey Kong JR 1982.
A Plubmer - from Super Mario Bros 1985.
A Ariplane Piolt - from Super Mario Land 1989.
A Doctor- from Dr.Mario 1990.
A Super Hero - from Super Mario World 1991.
A Golf Player - from Golf 1985.
A Feferee - from NES Punch-Out!! 1987.
A Painter - from Mario Paint 1992.
A Baker - from Yoshi's Cookie.
A Kart Racer - from Super Maio Kart 1991.
A Fighter - from Super Smash Bros 1997.
And so on and so on...
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Hard fought til the bitter end but ultimately it was the plumber who won, though this was mainly Sega's own fault for mismanaging the series. Although there was a long period of time when the Mario series was very hum-drum (after Galaxy 2 up to the release of Mario Odyssey), the Mario series has never reached a low point like Sonic has around the mid 2000s.
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Nah it wasnβt mainly Sega. It was mainly Nintendo and Mario who beaten Sega and sonic.
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Ok gotta admit Sonic stuff is bullshit lately (especially Sonic Boom)
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I know, right?
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I remember seeing this picture back then when I owned a Dreamcast and a GameCube and I was a Sonic fanboy than Mario and I accepted that Nintendo won the war and were better than Sega.
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I've preferred Sonic for a long time but SEGA destroyed themselves when they canceled the Genesis and made add-ons for it when THEY COULD'VE JUST MADE AN ENTIRELY NEW CONSOLE AND STIILL SUPPORT THE GENESIS SO THAT THEY WON'T BE IN THIS POSITION TODAY!!!
Sorry, wanted to get it off my chest.
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They couldnβt have made another console but they didnβt cancel the genesis, they made 2 add ojs which failed and then Snes beaten it worldwide including us and Japan and sk
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Honestly, I feel like Sonic hasn't really aged well compared to Mario because a lot of its 2010's games (minus Colors and maybe Generations and Mania) feel more like they came from the 2000's due to them having the typical generic and outdated edge that that decade had. It doesn't help that SEGA has been playing things too safe with the franchise ever since the critical failure of the 2006 game. I mean, they won't let you play as any character who isn't Sonic because they're afraid that any game with more than one playable character will fail like '06 did (even though that game was only bad because SEGA rushed it for an anniversary and holiday release instead of putting time and effort into it). This is probably why the Sonic fanbase is so divided and unpleasable.
Compare this to Nintendo and their treatment toward the Mario franchise, in which they actually update the famous Italian plumber for each passing generation to make the games fitting and fun for their time. This is why the recent Mario games like the two Mario Makers, Odyssey, and Super Mario Party are actually successful and well-liked, since Nintendo actually allows more freedom in making them more than SEGA does with Sonic.
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Eh. I prefer Sonic but Mario's fine too. The Gamecube was an awesome console especially if you loved Sonic!
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I donβt know why sonic popped out from a GameCubeΒ
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People seem to forget that, in the end, Mario won the "Mario vs Sonic" mascot rivalry of the 90s.
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I knew he would be superiorΒ
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Actually Mario's debut was in the 80s. Sonic's debut was in 1991.
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That's not what I meant.
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Every body should know pong is the king of all gaming history.
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Both are equally great characters.
Even if my affinity leans more towards Mario. Β
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All hail king of gaming....... Mario!
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Mario will always stay the king of gaming.
Letting GTA5 or Call of Duty become and king/queen/thing of gaming would destroy gaming forever.
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Pong is the actual king man.
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Nowadays, Mario is relying on sleazy Cosmetic dlc practices. rather than Quality of games, LMAO! Renaissance Man my ass.
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