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Would it be beneficial for Nintendo?

Yes 5 17.24%
 
No 5 17.24%
 
Possibly 9 31.03%
 
It's going to print money! 10 34.48%
 
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IsawYoshi on 19 May 2013
Gamerace said:
I only see two reasons for Nintendo doing this: One - they are stretched too thin and are giving development to Sega in exchange for Sonic promo/money split. Two - Sonic is (perhaps) bigger in Europe than Mario and right now WiiU desperately needs to get some traction in Europe.

Normally this would be nonsensical to Nintendo as Mario Kart sells 20-40m as opposed to Sonic Kart which is lucky to break 1-2m.

I really can't see that Sonic is bigger in Europe than Mario. The bolded part is what worries me, at least if they don't make an additional Mario Kart U afterwards. Not to mention that SEGA would demand royalties from the game, and for a game that is set to sell probably at least 15 million just 20% is a lot of money lost for Nintendo.



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snowdog on 19 May 2013

Mario Kart U is going to be playable at E3 so it's quite likely to be ready for release around November/December. We've just had Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed released and now rumour has it that we've got Mario & Sonic Kart racing too..? Blimey, talk about over saturation. Too many Kart racers in too short a time. Bad idea.



Lucas-Rio on 19 May 2013

It will not happen.

Stop using future for things who will never happen.



Jaywood2010 on 19 May 2013

mario & Sonic karting will catch peoples eyes and wonder what it is. It will differentiate it from Mario Kart Wii. When people figure out you cant buy it for the Wii they will be forced to buy the WiiU. And there is your reason.




       

Lucas-Rio on 19 May 2013

It would dilute the Mario Kart brand and strengthen a competitor (sonic racing)

It won't happen and Nintendo won't agree to share the money for their biggest franchise.

It won't happen.



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IsawYoshi on 19 May 2013
JayWood2010 said:
mario & Sonic karting will catch peoples eyes and wonder what it is. It will differentiate it from Mario Kart Wii. When people figure out you cant buy it for the Wii they will be forced to buy the WiiU. And there is your reason.

Mario Kart have pretty much always expanded though (sales wise), it seems like those who bought the previous games buy the new ones. Hard not to though, their awesome to have when friends are over. 



Jaywood2010 on 19 May 2013
IsawYoshi said:
JayWood2010 said:
mario & Sonic karting will catch peoples eyes and wonder what it is. It will differentiate it from Mario Kart Wii. When people figure out you cant buy it for the Wii they will be forced to buy the WiiU. And there is your reason.

Mario Kart have pretty much always expanded though (sales wise), it seems like those who bought the previous games buy the new ones. Hard not to though, their awesome to have when friends are over. 


People won't buy it if they don't know it is new.  MK Double Dash I think sold 7m.  They dont want that.  Thay want 10m+  and they wont achieve it if people dont buy the WiiU.  Seeing Sonic and Mario together will definitely catch people's eye though.




       

IsawYoshi on 19 May 2013
JayWood2010 said:
IsawYoshi said:
JayWood2010 said:
mario & Sonic karting will catch peoples eyes and wonder what it is. It will differentiate it from Mario Kart Wii. When people figure out you cant buy it for the Wii they will be forced to buy the WiiU. And there is your reason.

Mario Kart have pretty much always expanded though (sales wise), it seems like those who bought the previous games buy the new ones. Hard not to though, their awesome to have when friends are over. 


People won't buy it if they don't know it is new.  MK Double Dash I think sold 7m.  They dont want that.  Thay want 10m+  and they wont achieve it if people dont buy the WiiU.  Seeing Sonic and Mario together will definitely catch people's eye though.

If it's just like in Smash bros. (the same game with sonic in it) it will be ok. But I'm not to sure if they start making a mix of the Sonic racing and the mario kart formula. 



Jaywood2010 on 19 May 2013
IsawYoshi said:
JayWood2010 said:
IsawYoshi said:
JayWood2010 said:
mario & Sonic karting will catch peoples eyes and wonder what it is. It will differentiate it from Mario Kart Wii. When people figure out you cant buy it for the Wii they will be forced to buy the WiiU. And there is your reason.

Mario Kart have pretty much always expanded though (sales wise), it seems like those who bought the previous games buy the new ones. Hard not to though, their awesome to have when friends are over. 


People won't buy it if they don't know it is new.  MK Double Dash I think sold 7m.  They dont want that.  Thay want 10m+  and they wont achieve it if people dont buy the WiiU.  Seeing Sonic and Mario together will definitely catch people's eye though.

If it's just like in Smash bros. (the same game with sonic in it) it will be ok. But I'm not to sure if they start making a mix of the Sonic racing and the mario kart formula. 

If it is even true, it will likely keep mario kart style racing as it is much more loved than Sonc Transformed.  Sonic Transformed didn't do the Diddy Kong Racing mechanics that well.  And the weapons was just horrible.




       

ijjawimisah on 19 May 2013

If this were to happen, which I doubt, I think this would just just be as a sort of thank you for Sega making Lost World exclusive to Wii U. Yes, Sega would demand royalties but these would be marginal; Sega would benefit because of improved Brand exposure; several million people(mainly kids) will be exposed to Sonic, who will buy Sonic games.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/07/sega_wants_sonic_to_be_the_next_hello_kitty

As the article above shows, Sega really wants exposure for Sonic. Sega's existence depends on the Blue Hedgehog remaining an icon.