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lordjers posted...

Mario Vs. Sonic should've been done in 2002.

Mario would've won then, too.

Sonic's best chance would've probably been in 2003, maybe 2004 as well. We've all seen that the hype of a new game is often more valuable than the game itself. Mario upset Cloud in 2002 on Sunshine's release date; once Sunshine turned out to be unpopular, it probably would've been Mario's most vulnerable time. But not too far after that, because you'd have to catch Sonic while his most recent game (outside of the Advance games) was Adventure 2. Once Heroes came out, the window would've closed, and once Sonic '06 happened, it would be a long time before Sonic would be challenging anyone in the Noble Nine.

That's the true irony of that "hype > released games". Sonic's best contest was in 2006, the same year as his most hated game--but that game didn't come out until the holiday season, once the contest was over. It very well may have been cause for his strength in the '06 contest. Remember, we call it "Sonic '06" because the game's actual name is literally just "Sonic the Hedgehog". It should've been his return to greatness, and instead it was his biggest disaster.
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