User blog comment:Ganime/Mario vs. Sonic- REMATCH/@comment-26374068-20150803185444/@comment-26418719-20150919211736

And even taking INTO account Paper Mario, MARIO HAS NEVER USED THE STAR ROD! I hate it when Mario Fanboys ALWAYS inevitably resort to that argument, even though it's not only fallacious (The Star Rod HAS LIMITS) but also resorting to ASSUMPTIONS (That Mario can use the Star Rod). Plus, Sonic could use Chaos Control to teleport the Star Rod out of Mario's hands before he makes a wish. Hell, Sonic could STEAL the Star Rod and use it to wish Mario out of existence or wish that he was permanently in his Super Form with no limitation on how long he can use it for or something like that, simply by teleporting the Star Rod from Mario's hands to his own. Considering Sonic teleported HIMSELF about half the distance of Shadow's fall to the earth using only a FAKE emerald in Sonic Adventure 2, it'd be easy to teleport something MUCH smaller than himself a few meters. so even IF we include the Star Rod, it's unlikely that it'll actually change anything. I mean, the Star Spirits (who have far less power than the Chaos Emeralds, mind you) were capable of nullifying the Star Rod, so WHY should Sonic be unable to? Unless you're telling me that the Star Rod has more power than the Star Spirits, at which point Bowser should've just wished THEM out of existence or wished them under his control.