Yeah but read the comments. Most of them are Mario fans who are more defending the games that are being negatively reviewed than giving their own unfavorable opinions on. So either Mario is godly next to Sonic or they're viewing Mario divine themselves.
Although he lives in New York, he's an Italian (may be he spent his childhood in Vatican, who knows) and have the power to stomp people to death and could ressurect himself from the dead only with some kind of mushroom.
I guess he's really some kind of god while Sonic in his followers' eyes is being reduced to its
satanic form.
It looks absolutely beautiful and can't wait to explore this world!
And if I'm not mistaken, there will be 2 islands more that we can explore right?