BengaBenga said: What's so special about Mario & Sonic? It's a Sega title, and thus 3rd party, despite having Mario in it. The profit will go mainly to Sega. |
This is precisely my opinion. If anything, it needs to counted twice.
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic is the first game in which Nintendo allowed a third party company to develop and publish a game with Mario in it. It's effectively the equivalent of Microsoft offering a financial stipend for development; they gave Sega an extra 500k sales, easily, by including the biggest mascot in gaming.
Far from not counting as a third party title, Mario and Sonic is easily the most significant third party title for Nintendo in years.
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