US EditionRandom: Nintendo Apparently Wasn't Happy About Sonic's Foot Being In Front Of Mario's Foot
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Former SEGA Producer Says Nintendo Wanted Mario Ahead Of Sonic In Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Boxart
In 2007, SEGA released Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, the first official crossover game between the two longtime videogame rivals. Although the rivalry has simmered down greatly by the tim…
The cover controversy that could have ended the Mario & Sonic series
There has been a severe lack of high-quality athletics games over the past 25 years. This is a little strange considering how big the Summer Olympics are and that there have been countless successes in the past, such as Summer Games for Commodore 64, Track & Field II for NES, Olympic Gold: Barcelona '92 for Mega Drive, Athlete Kings for Sega Saturn, International Track & Field for Playstation, and of course Virtua Athlete 2000 for Dreamcast. Th…
For the very first Mario & Sonic the blue hedgehog was probably a little too fast, so at least a story about the cover of the game.
Although seeing Mario and Sonic together in a video game today is a regular thing, at the time it was unthinkable, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (2007) marked a before and after in that historical collaboration. In a recent interview, the former producer of SEGA Ryoichi Hasegawa has shared a curious anecdote showing that Nintendo still kept some competitive pride: when SEGA presented the main art of the game with Sonic slightly ahead of…
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