User blog comment:Drayco90/Crash Bandicoot vs. Mario: Console Wars Preview Battle/@comment-6288072-20130309141301

Crash definately takes this. Crash has the better weapons like the fruit bazooka. Mario has great weapons too, but weapons like the flower, mushrrom or the star never really last that long, some of them just disappears when mario gets hit. If Mario uses his mushroom and get bigger, this will only make him slower and present a bigger target, and with Crash's bazooka he can shoot Mario multiple times till the effects wore off for Mario. Mario's Koopa shells are devastating, but they have a tendency to backfire when it hits a stronger target. With Crash's tornado he can probably send back those shells hitting Mario in the face. Originally Mario never was really good at taking hits, just onne hit from the original Super Mario World and he's done. But he hus proves to being badass at Super Smash Bros. In physicality and intelligence Mario definately takes the edge. He can jump like 3x his original size and even control his landing. But even with physicality Crash is a better hand to hand combatant. He has more and better cqc attacks, and he can hit Mario multiple times easily and just shruggs off any melee Mario can do. Crash's mask is also devastatng, it can grant him invincibility (though temporarily like Mario's powerups),  it can even teleport him (though for only short distances), and in the video game Crash of the Titans, Crash can use the mask to mind control his enemies. Crash is more vicious, and can win battles sometime without power ups.

Overall: Crash

Good luck Team Xbox for the Console Wars!