> "Sonic has never been their own Mario." It certainly was in the Mega Drive/Genesis era. Sega dropped the ball between the Mega Drive and Saturn eras. Too man

> "Sonic has never been their own Mario." It certainly was in the Mega Drive/Genesis era. Sega dropped the ball between the Mega Drive and Saturn eras. Too many poorly-supported extensions to the Mega Drive (Mega CD, 32X), Saturn was apparently too hard to program for (especially for 3D games), those things are what appears to have damaged their 3rd party support the most. As for Nintendo, I'd say Pokémon was key for them doing well in the early 2000s rather than Mario.