User blog comment:Ganime/Mario vs. Sonic- REMATCH/@comment-26374068-20150803185444/@comment-26383679-20150803191911

1. We really don't know what happened, but it is very likely that they died, and then reborn, even in the Game it shows that Mario can't survive Black Holes while Sonic can without any negative effects.

2. I didn't include White Tanooki for one reason, 1) It is a Pity powerup, only given after you die five times, if it weren't a pity powerup I wouldv'e included it

3. You are Right about that, and I will add more of Mario's Abilities, however they won't change the outcome much

3.5. Archie Sonic is an Expansion of Game Sonic, Paper Mario and Mario have been confirmed to be two different characters in Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam