this vote isn't as easy as it seems, Sonic was origianally the best of the best, taking the gaming world(which wasn't to big at the time) by storm. And it did the same for me, and as mario appeared, most people started to go for that, yet Sonic was still the best to me at the time. Now though it is more harder to choose, yes he is great in his classics, but the move to 3-D wasn't the best one. Mario on the other hand made me change for a while to him as it was mario 64 that i was amazed by.....but overall i would have to say that sonic is still the better.....as his classics just where and still are almost unmatchable