Naka-san once wanted to use Mario but got rejected by Nintendo

News from 2019.03.21
Archived on 2019.03.24

Naka-san on Nintendo being generous for letting an indie game studio use its own IP:

インディースタジオにゼルダのIPを使わせてくれてる任天堂って変わった感じがしますね。昔マリオを使いたいと言う話を任天堂に話に行って撃沈して帰ってきたのを思い出しました。 https://t.co/cNZDLXmlIu

— Yuji Naka / 中　裕司 (@nakayuji) March 21, 2019

"Letting an indie studio use Zelda's IP - I guess Nintendo has changed,. I remembered that time when I went to them and said we wanted to use Mario, and was rejected straight away."


That must've been way before they were planning Mario & Sonic at Olympic games. I wonder what Naka-san wanted to make with Mario back then...

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