Erik Aston on 28 March 2008
Another random fact I ran across:
http://vgchartz.com/japtotals.php?name=sonic&console=&maker=&disp=Japanese+Name&boxartz=1
The Mario and Sonic games are the 1st and 3rd best-selling Sonic games in Japan EVER, both ahead of all the Genesis games.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
