What do I like better between Zelda and Mario on each platform?
I'm not going to do an exhaustive list, as I was mainly a fan of these franchises in the 8 and 16 bit era, and then from the Wii generation onward. I'm not saying they were bad on N64, Gameboy, Gamecube, and such, they just weren't really for me.
Switch - Zelda, and it's not even close. Breath of the Wild is one of my favourite games of all time.
Wii U & 3DS - Mario by default, while they didn't top Galaxy for me, I still enjoyed the 3D Mario games on these platforms, and they remain my next favourite post-2D Mario. So this is more of a "like a lot" rather than love.
Wii - Mario, and it's not even close. Galaxy 1 and 2 are my two favourite platformers of al time.
SNES - Zelda, but I also really liked Mario. Link to the Past is my favourite Zelda game all the way until Breath of the Wild.
NES - Mario, but I also really liked Zelda - Super Mario Bros 3 is my favourite Mario game all the way until Galaxy.
So, overall, Mario generations score 3, Zelda scores 2. Kind of...
But, if we give half points for "still like a lot" versus 1 for loved:
Mario 3 points - 1 for NES, 1 for Wii, 1/2 for SNES and 1/2 for Wii U/3DS
Zelda 2.5 points - 1 for SNES, 1 for Switch, and 1/2 for NES
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
