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Yuji Naka in an interview with Famitsu (copy and paste the link to your address bar):
Naoto Ohshima also added:
http://nintendoeverything.com/yuji-...ee-mario-and-sonic-co-star-in-an-action-game/
Naoto Ohshima was just recently involved with Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on 3DS, so that's a start from his end, but it's amazing that Yuji Naka still wants to work on this idea and wants to pitch it to Sega where he hasn't been in 10 years!
Can we finally have this on NX Nintendo and Sega with Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima on board (and Hirokazu Yasuhara if he's able)? Please?
“Actually, I wanted Mario [and Sonic] to appear together, so one time I went to give Miyamoto-san a presentation on how I want to create an action game which is co-starred by Mario and Sonic. It was in the GameCube days, and I took around four planners with me. It is a pity that the discussion was ‘clearly it isn’t necessary for Mario and Sonic to co-star in an action [game]’ and it didn’t become a reality, but SEGA was able to get the license for the Olympics just at that time, so in order to make the best use of the license, companion characters appeared together. A little later Sonic appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. However, this too came into reality because I requested from Sakurai-san, ‘I want Sonic to appear [in Smash Bros.]’. The Olympics is a bit different from my wish, but I think it’s a good thing that children around the world are happy about them co-starring. But someday I want to realize an action [game] together with Mario. I think I’m going to give another presentation so that Takashi [Iizuka] finds the necessity [of a Mario & Sonic action game] (laughs).
Naoto Ohshima also added:
“I also agree. Previously they were considered rivals, but when I saw them co-starring, I honestly thought that Nintendo acknowledged Sonic.”
http://nintendoeverything.com/yuji-...ee-mario-and-sonic-co-star-in-an-action-game/
Naoto Ohshima was just recently involved with Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on 3DS, so that's a start from his end, but it's amazing that Yuji Naka still wants to work on this idea and wants to pitch it to Sega where he hasn't been in 10 years!
Can we finally have this on NX Nintendo and Sega with Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima on board (and Hirokazu Yasuhara if he's able)? Please?