ElRhodeo on 10 January 2008
| stof said: @ Gamerace - Again, that strikes me as Nintendo doing Sega a favour more than the other way around |
I think Nintendo is trying to make Sega something like a "second party", that's why they try to help Sega in reestablishing the Sonic franchise.
Mario & Sonic is still a "Mario sports game", but including Sonic provides a sense of rivalry that fits the Olympic Games theme very well and couldn't have been done that well with the Mario characters alone. Smart move from both companies, I think.
Oh, and I'm pretty sure that Nintendo will make at least as much profit on M&S as Sega. They know which franchise is the stronger one.
Currently playing: NSMB (Wii)
Waiting for: Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii), The Last Story (Wii), Golden Sun (DS), Portal 2 (Wii? or OSX), Metroid: Other M (Wii),
... and of course Zelda (Wii)
