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30 years ago, no one imagined that the future would hold a very good relationship between Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog because with the blue hedgehog, SEGA had finally hit the nail on the head of creating a representative mascot and for a few years it was considered the rival Straight from the Nintendo plumber. Time passed, SEGA fell from being a hardware manufacturer to being a third-party publisher and developer, and even Sonic and Mario have shared a presence in some video games. Recently, the head of Sonic Team spoke about it and made it clear that nothing remains of the rivalry of those times.
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30 years ago nobody would have thought, but now Sonic and Mario are great friends
During a series of questions and answers conducted by Game Informer, Takashi Iizuka revealed that the feuds between Mario and Sonic have been left behind. The foregoing after being questioned about the first time that both characters shared a presence in a video game, specifically that of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The creative pointed out that he has no idea how they ended up in the title but when asked who would be Sonic’s best friend in the Mushroom Kingdom, Iizuka said for sure Mario.
The statement from the head of Sonic Team recalled the most complicated moments of the rivalry between SEGA and Nintendo, especially in North America where even the Genesis had a strong campaign ensuring that the console could do everything that Nintendo’s (SNES) could not. The competition for the market was such that in those years both companies were not afraid to express their antipathy. Last year, an image from 1996 was shared on social networks in the offices of Nintendo of America where he wore a Sonic plush hanging from his neck.
In mid 1996, Nintendo of America’s product testing room had a plush of Sonic hanging by a noose from the ceiling. He is holding a sign, but the video is too low quality to see what it says. Another thing of interest is Kid Kirby appears on the product board, which was cancelled. pic.twitter.com/ZwQtYxwync
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In the end, the changes in the industry led to the impossible and both SEGA and Nintendo smoothed things over, just like Mario and Sonic, now being great friends and partners in various video games.
Since we’re talking about Sonic the Hedgehogwe remind you that Sonic Frontiers will have the most serious and somber narrative of the series. Also, there is no good news for the franchise on PC because the fans are furious about the performance of Sonic Origins due to poor optimization.
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