Gprofessor on 19 October 2025
Judging by today's standards, Sonic is the better game, but the 6 year gap between the two is gigantic for the time they came out.
If we compare Sonic 2 to Mario World I would again give a slight edge to Sonic. Comparing anything else, like CD, Sonic 3, or Sonic and Knuckles, no 2D Mario game can provide any contest to these legendary monsters. It's better to compare them to DKC.
I never found the 2D Mario games to be very good, they are too easy and too abstract in their environments. Sonic and DK are the 2D platformer kings in my opinion.
