Qwark on 27 December 2023
Mario and like others have said, game wise Sonic isn't a real challenger for Mario. I would argue that Rayman games, whilst not as popular as Mario definitely offer a more interesting challenge to Mario game wise.
Rayman Origins and Legends where arguably (imo much) better 2d platformers than SMB Wii and SMB Wii U. Rayman 2 the great escape also really is a classic. In my opinion Rayman did what Sonic never did, which is reach the quality wise heights of Mario platformers. It's a shame the series is dead though, especially since Rayman Legends is one of the best things Ubisoft made in the last ten years.
Please excuse my (probally) poor grammar
