I like to think of Mario and Sonic as war veterans who learned to forgive each other and become homies.

I like to think Mario and Sonic's relationship canonically grew out of their petty rivalry. They grew older and more mature as the years went by.

As a Mario guy, I'm grateful that Sonic existed to motivate Nintendo to keep working hard on making great Mario games. Hopefully, Sonic Frontiers will start a bright era for the mainline Sonic games. EDIT: I never thought I'd get almost 3,000 likes and 76 replies from many people.

It’s kinda weird how nowadays sonic and Mario seem to be friends, even tho a big part of SEGA’s marketing was “SEGA do what Ninten-Dont”

I love the fact that sonic and Mario teamed up after getting bombed when Sony appeared. And I also love the fact that sonic has consistently been staying afloat due to just how much of a hardcore cult fanbase those early games created. Sonic and Mario need each other to stay relevant and thanks to their rivalry they basically cemented themselves into gaming history forever so neither brand will ever completely die. There will always be sonic fans and Mario fans, these two literally can’t die 😂

My favorite era has to be friends era. It really does show some heart and standards Sonic and Mario has for each other, even after a decade of rivalry. I hope Sega and Nintendo continues to expand their friendship.

"Mario was the nice church girl you take home with your parents and Sonic is the chick waiting for the hot girl su-"

As a sonic guy I appreciate mario being along for the ride and nowadays being good friends

A sonic and mario crossover game would be absolutely revolutionary. As king as they did it right. It needs to have a good mix of development, not specifically Sega or nintendo, the quality of nintendo, the speed and music of Sega, if they mix that all together in a normal classic platformer game with at least a somewhat ok story, that would be the shit. If I ever got a wish it would be that.

The relationship between an Italian plumber and the world's fastest hedgehog is very compelling. I can't wait to see Shigeru Miyamoto challenge Yuji Naka to an epic fight, just like in the same way as what Iwata and Reggie did and that would be a perfect picture.

Kiro Talks: “Even your greatest enemies can become your greatest friends!” Goku: “You got that right!”

As a Mario and Sonic fan these two will always have created thousands of childhood memories and helped people through so many bad times

Really enjoyed this. Its amazing how mario and sonic went from bitter rivals to friends. I grew up with both of these guys and I’m so happy to see them still rule the video game world. It brings a tear to my eye and a smile to my face.

Bro why am I watching this at 2 am I have school in the morning 😭😭😭

Old days: Sonic trying to destroy mario and his house (Nintendo Console) Now days: Sonic live inside mario house and become a roomate

These two characters have truly changed the gaming market. The rival he is the best on the planet, I am so happy to see these two characters eventually getting along. But one thing we need to revive them, to make them go to their former glory, it’s a crossover game. Not like the Olympic games, or the cameos, we need like,a true Mario and Sonic game. Like, for example, somehow egg man uses the chaos emeralds to transport sonic and tails to another dimension, that dimension being Mario’s dimension. And they have to find a way to gather all the chaos emeralds in the beat egg man, who teamed up with Bowser. That would be really cool. I guarantee you with that if they gave them a crossover game such as the one I just described, it could possibly be the highest grossing video game of all time. Anyway, thank you so much for this video. I genuinely got emotional, and I am so glad to see these two characters I love going back to their former glory. I am positive that, slowly but surely, these characters will dominate the gaming market once again, and when that happens, I can die happy man 😌

"Suddenly a new Challenger appeared" missed opportunity to use the new Challenger sound from super smash Bros

I am so glad Mario and Sonic are friends now.❤💙

"In 2006 we got the Nintendo Wii" haven't heard that name in ages almost makes a grown man cry and that's okay

I like to think that Mario and sonic canonically don’t hate each other they were just forced to

I guess some may call me a Mario guy, but I'm also a fan of Sonic. My first game was Sonic 1 on the Master System, but Mario was the franchise that made me a "gamer" and my favorite one up until this day. I guess I like both series for different, but similar reasons. Style and gameplay. I prefer Mario games in general, as I feel they're better designed and I like how they handle exploration a bit better. I do prefer Sonic's overall style, though (the music, set pieces and stuff). Had Sonic stopped at the classic era, it might come closer to Mario for me (as that's by far my favorite), but I don't know. I do love some Sonic games, but mostly the platformers only. Mario is literally the star of Super Mario and Mario Kart (my two favorite series). There's also Luigi's Mansion, the RPGs and 3D Mario is just top notch. I'm more in a Sonic mood since April, but I'm always going back and forth in what I'm playing. Love the two.

I wish they’d make a Sonic and Mario 3D plat-former crossover game. It could be set up like SA2 where each character goes through a similar stage but using their own move set and they’re trying to fight each other, but end up teaming up.

They both really went through the Zuko and Aang development.

Sonic Frontiers had brought Sonic back to his peak.

sonic and mario are my favorite dads in gaming

16:07 aged like fine milk

11:14 can you imagine what mario games would be like if nintendo kept that design?

I haven't played the most recent Sonic and Mario Olympic Games but those first games were actually pretty good.

Seeing them together on good terms is so wholesome it almost brings a tear to the eye.

Back then, I was always a Mario guy. Then I played Sonic Rush for the first time, my first Sonic title, and my god the sense of speed in that game is insane, I later got Sonic Unleashed for my PS3, and it somehow surpassed that. SEGA is still going strong today not as a video game creator, but as a publisher. Since SEGA owns Atlus, they own the Persona and SMT franchises, which are super big in their own rights. And ofc, they own the Yakuza series, another big hit. Nintendo is still the giant they still are though, the Switch asserting its dominance with it being hard to find PS5's. Plus, the uniqueness of playing a console game on the go is revolutionary, even today. I will definitely, these two companies will stay relevant for a very long time

Mario & Sonic have been good friends since Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010. They’re better as friends and not rivals.

I love both Mario and Sonic. I never had a favorite between the two, just frustration that Sega decided not to give Sonic the best treatment possible. Heck, I like seeing them work together and I want more games like that.

Sonic: I'm Mario's ultimate rival! Luigi: Hold my even more toxic fanbase.

Sonic and Mario will always be two iconic characters. They lived then, they live now, and they will live forever for new games to come ✊🏾

15:36 no the Internet got what eggman did to the moon

11:01 interestingly Sonic got younger as he was 16 until Sonic Adventure

Well the voice actors of both Mario and Sonic are friends in real life so…

Definitely the Olympic Games were my breaking point to be in love not only with the series but also those two as best friends. I've used to be a HUGE Mario fan more than Sonic even when I've played some Sonic games back in the day (Sonic 2, SA2, etc...) yet, when I've started to play more and more Sonic (Sonic Unleashed) I've started to fall for the Blue Blur himself and then started to day dream about Mario and Sonic being besties and equals in many ways, then the Olympics Games happened and then my love for both became an unhealthy obsession for seeing more Mario and Sonic sharing games. Nowadays, I'm the CEO of #TeamMarionic aka Mario and Sonic's duo name whenever they're together as a team, working together, being dorks and doing goofs together. I love their bromance a ton, and I definitely see them as best friends/bros no matter what Nintendo or Sega do. I even created a community where everyone shares their love for the plumber and the hedgehog being good friends with some cute rivalry for fun. I wish besides the TOGs (The Olympics Games) we could have either an RPG or a platformer with both. It would be amazing.

watching this video makes me want to see a proper mario sonic crossover game thats a platformer or some kind of proper adventure for both of them. hell you could even have part of the story being that mario and sonic dont get along at first but then they eventually team up become friends and stop the bad guys who they were unable to stop alone

"Mario vs sonic is without doubt the greatest rivalry in the world" Messi and Ronaldo: Am I a joke to you?

Honestly, I like sonic and mario equally :D Both series have something to love about them

5:36 Playstation Invasion. I never thought of it that why but now it makes sense.

I’m both a Mario and Sonic fan so it just makes me happy the mascots are friends and stuff. Like the companies will always compete or whatever, but if these two were real, they wouldn’t do the same.

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I've been a fan of both franchises to this day. While I have my issues with both of them for different reasons, they both have always shared the top spot as my favorite franchise. Seeing any nod to the rivalry just puts a smile on my face, whether officially (Olympic Games) or unofficially (SMBZ). Also that Olympic trailer still gives me goosebumps to this day. This applies to Pokemon and Digimon as well . . .

Imagine if they make a movie about Mario and Sonic rivalries, and becomes ally later fighting the new era of gaming

I totally agree with this just like how master Wu said on ninjago “The best way to defeat your enemy is to make him your friend”

Mario and Sonic are great friends.

10:16 This one scares me 💀

Mario and Sonic’s rivalry is the video game equivalent to Woody and Buzz’s rivalry.

4:44 "On Groundhog Day" *Sonic drops a banger game* "Make That Hedgehog Day"

Fun Fact: for some reason in super smash bros brawl story game they had a nintendo rival (aka sonic) save the whole smash universe from tabuu it was pretty cool

Mario: Sonic is my best friend. *Holding Machete behind his back.* Sonic: I'm glad me and Mario became friends. *Holding pistol behind his back.*

This video got me right in the feels. I really do enjoy seeing how Sonic and Mario get along now.

It's funny how you describe Sonic being the hip new trend during the 90s because back when I was in 5th grade, I got made fun of for having a Sonic The Hedgehog wallpaper by the same kids who would bring their 3DS's to play Mario together. How much the times have changed.

Fighting a bloodthirsty Mecha Sonic on that island must've been hard for them ☠️

I dont really think Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games is Sega’s desperate act, but Nintendo’s pity that their all time rival is about to reach to its end after Sonic 06 happened, to the point where fans have absolute NO faith on Sega since that chaotic moment. Nintendo gave Sega another chance to get back in the spotlight, and I think at that point is where Sega has truly respect Nintendo and sees them as friendly rivals without having to punch it in the gut. Nintendo was pretty much merciful. And to add more positivity, Nintendo was gonna introduce Sonic as the first non Nintendo character in Super Smash Bros Melee, but thats been scrapped off and instead have him in Brawl. Nintendo has always respected Sega even back then, just tend to give jabs after taken some from Sega. Like brothers who would fight but in the end are in good terms as they show to care for each other. Thats how Nintendo and Sega are.

I'm glad that Sonic and Mario now get along better, as they are my two favorite video game characters (other than DK)

90’s Nintendo: You want gameplay? We got gameplay, unlike Sega’s running “games”! 90’s Sega: Oh yeah? Try keeping up with THIS system power! Meanwhile in Hollywood…. Disney: Remake? WB: Remake.

im a giant fan of both series and seeing both characters grow and change with each other and having sonic basically stop a huge monopoly from forming is something we genuinely do not appreciate enough

I can barely remember how my mind was BLOWN when I heard Mario and Sonic had games together (when I was a toddler) and I'm grateful that their early rivalry became a long lasting relationship over the years. This was such a well made video!!! Thank you.

Seeing Mario and Sonic come together in a video game was the equivalent of seeing Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny together in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?! Although, speaking of Mickey, it’s surprising Mario hasn’t gotten a chance to cross over with him and his universe. Seeing the relationship between Disney and Nintendo throughout the decades would be fascinating, from the licensed Disney Hanafuda cards to Sora from Kingdom Hearts being included in Smash Bros.

"even your greatest enemies can become your best friend" what about the annoying kid in class💀

11:25 as someone who regularly messes with Kirby models, yeahhhh this checks out. Trust me, not having legs is hard as heck to animate.

Best character development arc ever

You just started your channel and you’re *ALREADY* making killer content Keep up the good work.

This was such an enjoyable watch! Thanks so much for taking the time for the research and putting it together!

Despite the rivalry. Mario and Sonic both were part of my youth. It's really hard to choose between the two. It's glad to see them as buddies

this was a fantastically well written and edited video, im very shocked you arent more popular, you deserve it

for those who dont know, the scenes with the tv and room with the posters and consoles and games and all come from a game called "emuvr"

When it comes to newer games, I play Mario. When it comes to a nostalgia trip when I want to hit the classics, I play Sonic. Both have a special place in my heart and I will cherish them forever.

15:09 - 15:38 somehow this become my favorite moment in this video

Hey mon, this is awesome. I’m really thankful I discovered this channel, let’s hope to see you grow even further!

This is the best character development in history

Starting listening to this at work. Clicked on the channel only to find out its very new! This is high quality stuff man, keep it up!

Loving your videos essays so far! You have a great narration voice and are obviously so passionate. Can't wait to see what you'll do next!

Its painful to see that you dont have 1 millions subs, you are so underrated. You deserve so much more than this

this channel had grown real fast I'm impressed! and the content you make is very enjoyable to watch

I love the friendly rivalry relationship Sonic and Mario fans have, its so precious💙❤️

Love the videos! This is the kind of quality I want. Definitely subscribed. Can’t wait for more sonic videos.

Imagine is Sonic and Mario had their own movie together. I know the Sonic The Hedgehog movies are from Paramount and the upcoming Mario movie is from Universal Pictures, I would really love to see these two characters team up in a feature-length film.

The battle between Nintendo and Sega in the 1990s is a tale as old as time itself... if time began in the 1990s, anyway. Excellent work on this. I just love the snappy editing, and this video does a great job at showing how Mario and Sonic's relationship has evolved since they first met!

I love this analysis! And I love Sonic games! I respect Mario for all his story (in gaming I mean), and being able to watch them be friends like this really makes me drop a smile. Good job on the video man

As a sonic guy great to see them friends sonic and Mario is just good glad to see them friends

I grew up loving both Mario and Sonic so It was never difficult for me to pick sides, both have great games and some flops. But, at the end of the day they stood the testimate of time and are super recognizable.

I love your use of the virtual room to present your videos. Keep it up!

Wow, this video was great. I'm glad I got to learn more about the relationship between Sonic and Mario. Good job on making this video, keep up the amazing work

Your videos are REALLY good, Keep it up :) 👍

For a new channel, this is very high quality stuff

Great video my guy. I grew up with Sonic and the gamecube so it was nice to indulge in nostalgia.

These upload times are amazing for being a detailed video.

Yeah, I missed the times in the '90s in the Console Wars when Mario, Sonic, and especially their SNES/Genesis consoles competed so intensely to create the greatest gaming generation and lasted throughout the decade. It calmed down in the Gamecube era, but AS SOON Mario and Sonic and Olympic Games came out on the Wii, I was SHOCKED. That was something I never thought would happen. It's crazy Mario and Sonic are friends now. I guess Nintendo and Sega grew tired of them going at each other so hard.

I wish that in the PlayStation Invasion era, Nintendo and Sega would team up to make a Mario and Sonic Crossover (not The Olympics) so good, Sony wouldn’t bother to try and beat the two.

Your channel is definitely underrated! You deserve so much more subscribers with this high tier & entertaining content! Keep up the good work, love from Sweden!

Nice video. It was very entertaining, and I like that at the end, you said that it was never too late to make amends. That is very true.

I love mario and sonic. Played a few sonic games but more mario games. Sure critics hate most of what sega makes nowadays but I still love their games. No matter what people say. Forces was good and i liked it. Unleashed was my favorite out of them all though. And mario. Ive just always loved mario. Played with mario ever since the DS came out and i got New Super Mario Bros for it on my birthday. Yeah i played mario more but i still got a soft spot for sonic. Cant wait for frontiers!

Honestly I enjoyed sonic 06 as a younger kid, it was fun while also having multiple characters fun bosses and cool puzzles it holds a place in my heart that hasn’t been replaced to this day. It was my first sonic game and one of my first experiences in video games.

hi kiro, sweet vidoe dude. i really like your content and you're video essays/recaps from the past of gaming are really entertaining. keep up the goood work dude

Bro was preaching at the end and I loved it. U earned my subscription :)

Sonic and Mario was also in Disney films like Wreck it Ralph 1 & 2 and Sonic was in the Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers Movie.