Is Sonic the most inconsistent franchise ever?

Mario vs Sonic after 2002 is so forced.

At the end of the day Mario is a mascot, a lifeless puppet for a brand. Say what you will about Sonic, but he's at least a character.

>>714831905 (OP)
What are you not allowed to be octopolar anymore??!

>>714831905 (OP)
that award goes to digimon

>8 different Sonic variants
?

>>714831905 (OP)
>offshoot game
>Mario smiles, and says literally nothing!
>How did Nintendo achieve this level of consistency????

>>714832120
Classic Sonic was retconned to be a different sonic. Then you have modern Sonic, movie Sonic, boom Sonic, various tv shows Sonic.

>>714831905 (OP)
Mario gets away with his million spinoffs because they mostly incorporate major parts of his identity with regards to what's been established in the games. If there are turtle shells in a Mario spinoff, everyone expects those to spin and slide around on surfaces because that's what happens in the main games, so they do. Even in the tennis game where you play as the turtle itself.

>>714831978
>2002
I'd say after 1994 when DKC came out, with SM64 killing the debate for good.

>>714831905 (OP)
i feel like hes different in the alphadream games

>>714832120
>>714832365
as far as I know theres only two canon sonics. American Sonic and Japanese Sonic. They often refer to them as "modern sonic" and "classic sonic". American Sonic is taller, has a edgier design, and speaks with English voice. Japanese sonic is short, cuter design, and doesn't speak at all.

>>714832002
Sonic hasn't been a character in decades, his personality is wildly inconsistent

>>714832550
What the fuck are you even talking about? What universe do you live in?

>>714832550
Classic, Modern, American, and Japanese are all four different versions of Sonic

>>714832601
Sega of America / Paramount / Modern Sonic

&

Sega of Japan / Sonic Team / Classic Sonic

>>714832665
You are wrong on every possible level.

>>714832691
NoU

>>714832661
They're the same

>>714832365
That was retconned back to there just being one Sonic
What bearing does multimedia shit have on the games?

>>714831978
Just like your conception

>>714831905 (OP)
yes because you never know when sonic will be good or bad while most series after 2006 have been consistently bad or middling at best.

>>714832691
If you see Chaos mentioned lately thats all Sega of America.

>>714832739
>Thread is about why there is only one mario and a bunch of Sonics
>What does having multiple Sonics have to do with the franchise?

>>714831905 (OP)
As a Sonic fan who likes most of the games, what the fuck is up with the fanbase the last few years? I know it's probably because they're children (or 20-ish, so children) but I have never seen it more obnoxiously positive and defensive about everything.

>>714832120
Original Sonic
Mohawk la creatura Sonic
Mohawk la creatura Sonic (cartoon version)
Pre-Reboot Archie Sonic
Post-Reboot Archie Sonic
Fleetway Sonic
Toei Sonic
OVA Sonic
Sonic X Sonic
Dreamcast Sonic
Modern Sonic
The baby blue imposter Sonic known as Ricardo
Metal Sonic
Mecha Sonic
Meca Sonic also known as Silver Sonic
Segasonic Sonic
Movie Sonic
Manga Sonic
Super Sonic
Hyper Sonic
Dark Sonic
Darkspine Sonic

I could keep going

>>714832852
I mean, OP's image is only talking about games is it not? Or are they including all the various movie, TV show, and manga Marios?

>>714832921
Even if you stick to the games. You still have more Sonics than the single Mario. Mario is the every man you can stick into basically everything, which was the point. Sonic was made to be the HIP AND COOL RADICAL 90s guy.

>>714832867
Sonic's games are too wildly different from each other to like most of them unless you hold Sonic to zero standards

But most Sonic fans aren't mindless consumers, they only like one version of Sonic

>>714832867
We went from
>haha yeah, Sonic sure is bad, right? Sega really screwed this franchise up... Oh, I only enjoy Unleashed and Colors ironically, I swear, I know Sonic was never good
to
>fuck that, Sonic is awesome and fuck you for gaslighting me into thinking perfectly good games were terrible

>>714833016
>You still have more Sonics than the single Mario
There's literally only one Sonic

>>714833023
>Sonic fans aren't mindless consumers

The fact Frontiers is considered good says otherwise

>>714833201
Boom Sonic says hello.

>>714833130
Unleashed was only considered good by diehards and pretty much everyone liked Colors at the same because everyone was still mad about 4, nobody ever said they enjoyed them ironically or whatever

>>714833261
Bad example. That fizzled out almost instantly. "Classic Sonic" was forced much harder. Thanks a lot, Generations.

>>714833385
>I-it doesn't count!

>>714831905 (OP)
Not at all, Sonic is consistently bad.

>>714833485
I literally gave you better ammo to use for your argument.

>>714832901
there's probably just as many different marios if not more.

jumpman mario
dk94 mario
lou albano mario
tv series mario
anime mario
manga mario
comic mario
bob hoskins mario
movie mario
super mario
baby mario
paper mario
M&L mario
RPG mario
strikers mario
missing mario
9/11 mario
got milk mario
metal mario
fighting polygon mario
shadow mario

I could keep going

>>714833613
But then Classic was retconned to be just a younger sonic again. So, it's a moot point.

>>714833651
He started out as "young Sonic" but Forces decided it was an "alternate universe" or some shit. Forces happened after... so when was it retconned back?

>>714833651
Him being younger Sonic is itself a retcon, it was just an artstyle difference

>>714833261
Again with the multimedia shit.
I guess I might as well bring Hotel Mario in then, right? Or how about AlphaDream Mario, he acts way different from regular Mario. Paper Mario straight up is a mute. Maybe villainous Mario from DK Jr.? Then there's the multiple film Marios, the two western cartoon Marios, Super Mario Kun Mario, Teaches Typing Mario...

Yes I know the above is retarded, but so is pointing to Boom, or Sonic X, or SatAM, or whatever.

>>714833724
TailsTube
https://youtu.be/CnnqXIGA_UQ?si=MpD-AYpiYjQtXIyB

>>714832120
There are only two Sonics, the retard who made this Twitter post thinks Sonic changing art style means it's different.
>Classic Sonic (2D)
>Sonic (3D, mainline games and Spin-offs)

>>714833898
Multimedia stuff is still part of the equation, as the game makers have to oversee and approve it

>>714831905 (OP)
Mario is consistent.

He's also consistently boring and has no personality.

I'd rather Sega do the madman's thing they've been doing for thirty five years and just go crazy and put Sonic in all sorts of weird settings and situations. Werehog, racing, RPGs, banging that anime chick from the OVA or the princess in 2006, whatever. At least it's entertaining.

>>714832558
Wrong. Sonic's personality crystallized in 1999 with Adventure, when he adopted his soft-edgy 'way past cool, but I'm still a troublemaker' persona, and that's stuck with him since then.

>>714833898
Hotel Mario is still Mario. Mario and Luigi Mario is still Mario. Paper Mario got retconned to be his own thing, which doesn't make sense. Mario being the bad guy didnt just happen in DK Jr. He was also a dick to Wario and stole his castle in one of the games. The cartoons, manga, and the like are different. But even with just the games. There are less sonics than marios.

>>714834081
Mario has a personality, he just isn't in your face about it.

>>714834081
Mario not having a personality is by design, it's what allows him to be in a wide variety of games

>>714834242
That's not admirable, that's just unambitious.

>>714834081
Adventure-Unleashed Sonic, Colors-Forces Sonic, and Frontiers-present Sonic are in no way the same character.

>>714834081
>, when he adopted his soft-edgy 'way past cool, but I'm still a troublemaker' persona
He was already that before Adventure.

>>714831905 (OP)
>>714831978
>>714832517
>>714832821
The vast majority of people who still talk about Mario vs Sonic are people who weren't even alive when SEGA was competing with Nintendo

Movie Mario is not videogames Mario either

>>714833898
Sega themselves declared that "everything is canon". Sonic is like capeshit now, there is no canon, different creators and writers can twist Sonic into whatever they need it to be to suit the story they want to tell

>>714833629
I still think Sonic would have more if you tallied them all up.
More importantly though, who would win in a fight? 9/11 Mario or Pakistani McDonald's commercial Sonic?

>>714834520
That was a joke made by the twitter account
If that were true, they wouldn't need to go out of their way to clarify that Sonic Prime and IDW are canon to the games

>>714831905 (OP)
Sonic fucked itself by being edgy, so now its stuck with outdated 90s edgyness. Mario is just whimsical and it fits any genre.

Mario has a personality he's just not obnoxious . It's weird how obnoxiousness seems to be the sole determiner on whether something has personality or not. I guess it's why many of these same people swear somebody like Daisy has a personality

>>714832558
He’s kind of a dickhead but always does the right thing, show me one (1) game where that’s not the case

>>714834876
>so now its stuck with outdated 90s edgyness
Sonic has had "90s edginess" since Sonic Heroes.

>>714834876
Sonic isn't even edgy though

>>714835125
Right is so much better.
>>714834910
>Mario has a personality
What is personality?

>>714834910
>Miyamoto: I think it was fortuitous that we didn’t put any restrictions on Mario as a character. Normally when you create a character and present him to the world, all the details get filled in: what’s his favorite color? what kind of food does he like to eat? But with Mario, aside from the fact that he’s about 24-25 years old, we didn’t define anything else. The reason why is that we wanted to be able to use Mario in later games, and that wouldn’t work so well if he had characteristics that interfered with a given game’s story. When we make a game we take care not to add incongruencies to that game’s world. With that caveat in mind, I’d like to keep using Mario in future games.

According to Miyamoto, the only thing defined about Mario is his age. Everything else is left blank so that he can be put into lots of different scenarios

>>714834181
>>714834242

Please describe Mario's personality to me as if I have no idea who the character is. The goal of this should be a description that someone who does know Mario would hear and would say 'Oh, that's Mario.'

>>714834337
I can buy Frontiers Sonic being more dour because that game was a washed out nightmare, but every other medium (even the comics) has him with the same general 'I'm a good guy but I have fun' attitude.

>>714834353
He flirted with that in one of the animated series, but the schizo writing of the Archie series and the fairly serious writing of the SatAm animated show were totally different.

>>714835261
Mario is a jovial, knightly character who will help someone in need.

>>714835261
Mario is a sexually desperate incel who tries to get a kiss from Peach because he sees Princess Peach as his reward.

>>714834337
I could see adventure sonic developing into wind sonic. colors sonic is just a different dude and frontiers i could see being a more mature version of that different dude. like he wont crack as many dumb jokes but will still be a little obnoxious spouting trivia of old things.

>>714833629
>jumpman mario
Main Mario's father (Mario Sr).
>dk94 mario
Wario's father (Mario Sr's cousin).
>lou albano mario
Main Mario's uncle (also the blue Mario from Mario Tennis 64).
>tv series mario
>anime mario
>manga mario
>comic mario
>movie mario
>paper mario
>9/11 mario
>got milk mario
>missing mario
Marios from unaligned parallel universes (9/11 Mario is from this universe).
>bob hoskins mario
American lookalike.
>super mario
Main Mario's transformation.
>baby Mario
Main Mario from the past.
>M&L mario
>RPG mario
>strikers mario
Main Mario during different adventures.
>metal mario
>fighting polygon mario
>shadow mario
Clones made by various entities.

>>714835125
the right one is so much weaker.

>>714835432
Congratulations, you just described almost every medieval night from literature, the guy from Ghosts 'n Ghouls, and probably a dozen other characters.

Mario also never struck me as 'jovial,' since he seems too emotionless to really ever be happy or sad.

>>714831905 (OP)
This isn't even true. Paper Jam establishes Paper Mario as a completely different entity from Mario.

>>714835215
>>714835261
a courageous, open, kind guy but he's willing to get into pissing contests with his peers due to his competitive streak

>>714835756
The man who wahoos as he moves around isn't jovial? Telling me he isn't having a good time?

>>714835768
Everything after Paper Mario 1 isn't canon.

This thread just proves Nintendo did Mario correctly. Sonic fans are fucking autistic spergs that bitch about every detail that doesn't even matter to actual gameplay.

>>714835432
klonoa?

>>714835969
Who?

>>714835887
What? The Mario games has been shit since 64, Oddshitsee doesn't even compared to Mario 64's movement.

>>714831905 (OP)
Huh? Sonic video games all star the same Sonic, don't they? Besides the specific tie in things like Spinball and similar things

>>714835869
I won't let you deny Admiral Bobbery's existence.

>>714836030
What a garbage post. Odyssey > every Shitnic game combined, which never even had good movement to begin with.

>>714836209
Odyssey is just a shameless and soulless clone of Sonic Unleashed

>>714833210
Sonic '06 has defenders now too.

>>714833130
>We went from
>>haha yeah, Sonic sure is bad, right? Sega really screwed this franchise up... Oh, I only enjoy Unleashed and Colors ironically, I swear, I know Sonic was never good
Nu-Sonic fan tries not to be a lying disingenuous nigger challenge: failed yet again

>>714836320
I'd consider Project 06 enjoyers a completely different category of people.

>>714835261
I dont think I can but I'll try.
someone who fixes problems often through through their athletic abilities and though they may outwardly be jolly they have no qualms with capturing or disposing of their agressors if it means rescuing another in the process.

>>714836209
Oddshit plays like a shitty indie game. Mario has been able to touch 64 in terms of gameplay for decades. Which is pathetic.
Mario 64>Anything Sonic>Filth>Oddshit
>>714836286
Mario Galaxy also stole from Sonic Adventure 2's Rouge's Space Level.

>>714836209
odyssey literally stole the dev team from unleashed

>>714833210
But it IS good. Not great, not outstanding, not amazing, but good.
Even the Japanese who generally don't care about Sonic at all liked it.
https://w.atwiki.jp/gcmatome/pages/9318.html

>>714836501
Lmfao you don't even believe this. It's more polished with better movement than any Sonic game ever made meanwhile Sonic Adventure and 2 are janky trash games with godawful controls. There's a reason Sega died where Sony became a successful competitor to Nintendo to this day: Sega fucking sucked and Sonic was always garbage only enjoyed by furfaggots.

>>714833210
in a world where other open world shit gets constantly praised, frontiers with a fast moving character that at least mitigates most open world problems is the least bad comparatively

>>714836587
Which stole it's gimmick from the worst part of fucking Twilight Princess. Imagine copying a Zelda game for your Mario competitor. Sonic is an embarrassing franchise.

>>714833210
>Frontiers
>Bad
Jesus, you Sonictards either have extremely high standards or extremely low standards. Frontiers was mediocre but not in the same way that Forces was.
>>714836690
Brother in Christ, the Sonic dev team made your shitty Mario game.

>>714836690
at least praise the mario games that are actually arguably better than sonic like 64 and sunshine

>>714836882
>SHITshine
Please stop.

>>714836834
mario sunshine copied zelda and its the best one though

>>714836947
at least its coherant. odyshitty feels like they just bought a bunch of random shit from an asset store

>>714836834
Lmao wtf
The werehog is absolutely nothing like wolf link, is straight up referred to internally as 'evil sonic'

The 3D Mario games after Mario 64 feel like shitty PS2-era platformers. I don't know why people praised them so much; I guess their 3D platforming palette is small.

>>714834181
The first three Paper Mario games are real Mario adventures retold in pop-up form while everything from Sticker Star onward is that separate "Funny living book guy that goes on arts and crafts based adventures"

Everything post Super Paper Mario is NOT CANON.

>>714836834
You reminded me of that one comic where Sonic is portrayed as an autistic Zelda fan giving Sonic Team ideas

>>714836004
No, he goes 'wahoo'.

>>714834396
After SEGA dropped out the console business and Sonic showed up on Nintendo consoles, it was really a matter of "Will they show up in a game together". It wasn't the way everyone expected, but it did happen.