Soundwave on 13 January 2017
| RJ_Sizzle said: I can understand people starting to feel a little like they've been had. This console looks like the Wii U presented in a different manner. Repurposed, actually. If people have fun with it, that's fine, but nothing about it is much of a leap forward outside of being able to take it with you. I will say, aesthetically, I'm let down by the look of the new Mario game. It looks like a Sonic game. I wish they would have stuck to the Mushroom Kingdom strictly for the setting. |
I think Nintendo took a lot of pride with Mario being chosen (basically) as Japan's ambassador during the Olympic closing ceremonies in Brazil, and with the forthcoming Olympics in Tokyo, they wanted to use that global theme (Mario being a global icon).
That's where the inspiration comes from I think primarily, not from Sonic.
