Mario and Sonic have been in gaming for a very long time, and their origins are steeped in the very beginnings of the "Console Wars" in the 90s.

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The Mario & Sonic subseries focuses on them competing against one another at the Olympic Games. Mario and Sonic have also appeared in Nintendo’s all-star fighter, Super Smash Bros.

Sonic himself became Sega's mascot in the same way that Mario represents Nintendo, and the two characters were at the center of a heated rivalry between the gaming mega brands in the 90s.

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That being said, I have more fun playing Sonic games and will almost always choose to play a Sonic game over a Mario game every day of the week. Make no mistake, I’m an avid fan of both franchises.

Sonic Superstars, which was released on Tuesday, and Super Mario Bros Wonder, which came out on Friday, are both about returning to the series' roots.