inpHilltr8r
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The Croc thing is interesting, but deceptive. Yoshi Racing was a pitch made for a 3d character racing game (this is after Stunt Race), probably around 95. The version I saw had Yoshi running and maybe jumping (it's been a while) along a canyon. This is the same time frame as the SF2 cancellation, which marks the end of Argonauts working relationship with Nintendo.
HOWEVER, 3d platform games, and how to make them, were not uncommon discussions. 3d hardware was starting to reach consumer grade, and Argonaut had been on the cutting edge of that with the FX chip, and Jez knew the Nintendo people, and loved talking about those sorts of things. SO It's entirely possible that he inspired Miyamoto to make a 3d Mario.
OR Miyamoto might have told him that to soften the blow of cutting off a rather lucrative revenue stream.
[edit] at least this is my recollection of events over 20 years in the past. The 95 date is pretty solid though.
HOWEVER, 3d platform games, and how to make them, were not uncommon discussions. 3d hardware was starting to reach consumer grade, and Argonaut had been on the cutting edge of that with the FX chip, and Jez knew the Nintendo people, and loved talking about those sorts of things. SO It's entirely possible that he inspired Miyamoto to make a 3d Mario.
OR Miyamoto might have told him that to soften the blow of cutting off a rather lucrative revenue stream.
[edit] at least this is my recollection of events over 20 years in the past. The 95 date is pretty solid though.