The 16-bit console war may have ended in the ’90s, but Sega will rise again! And at this year’s influential Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow in Los Angeles, we saw that Mario finally admit that he should just “borrow” from Sonic the Hedgehog instead of trying to beat him.
Super Mario Odyssey is the next blockbuster game from Nintendo, and the publisher dedicated much of its E3 booth and its livestream from the show floor to this bizarre Switch platformer due out October 27. GamesBeat reporters Mike Minotti and Jeffrey Grubb also got their hands on Odyssey, and it didn’t take them long to notice that Nintendo’s squat Italian plumber has taken some notes from Sega’s speedy blue hedgehog.
Here’s all the confirmation you need that Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto is secretly a chili-dog-eating Sonic fan who posts his OCs (original characters) on DeviantArt under the pseudonym Shiggy-The-Porcupine:
Mario has a spin dash
Image Credit: Nintendo
One of Sonic’s most iconic moves is the spin dash. This enables the Sega mascot to begin rolling through levels at high speeds, and now Mario can do the same.
And just like in Sonic, this is Mario’s fastest move. Because, as scientists proved decades ago, curling up into a ball makes for optimal aerodynamics and unleashes the true speed potential of all living things. If you want to get through stages as quickly as possible, you’ll be depending on this move.
To be fair, Samus was turning into a ball in Metroid before the first Sonic the Hedgehog came out. Really, Nintendo is just reclaiming the body roll. There…
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