Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24145744-20131118204725/@comment-24875466-20140326064310

Hyper c-man wrote: Here's a rundown:

Gameplay - Mario all the way.

Characters - Tied: There's Shadow, but then there's Weegee. :)

Story - Sonic: Eggman isn't going with the same tastic all the time. Bowser always kidnaps something.

Items - Mario: Lots of items to assist you. Mushrooms,Fire Flowers, Propeller Boxes, Cat Bells, Red stars

Bosses - Tied: We have Robots VS Bowser in a car

Hidden Extras: Mario: Just see what they have in Mario Kart 8 ANOTHER THING! In every Sonic game, there's always something else in the gameplay aspect other than the whole "get to the goal" scenario. There's the Werehog in Unleashed, and then there's taking a slower pace, the kick thing, and spiritually bringing life to Sonic X-Treme in Lost World.

As for Mario.... Other than new power-ups, the mainstream Mario games are virtually unchanged. (Keyword: MAINSTREAM Mario games.)