GameDaily BIZ’s James Brightman spoke with both Sega of America President Simon Jeffery and Nintendo of America Vice President of Marketing George Harrison in a sort of question and answer session yesterday concerning the new Mario & Sonic joint project. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was announced yesterday as a new game for the Wii and DS, bringing Mario, Sonic, Luigi, Tails, and more to Beijing, China for the 2008 Olympic Games. Check out the excerpt below.
GameDaily BIZ: Yuji Naka is obviously involved with his own projects at Prope studio, but as the creator of Sonic was he consulted at all about this move? Does it have his blessing?
Simon Jeffery: Yuji Naka’s first games with Prope are being done in conjunction with Sega and he’s still a very good friend of the family. He hasn’t actually been actively involved in the development of this game, but he was fully aware of the discussions going up to it and it absolutely has his blessing.
Hit the link below for the full interview, which includes a brief mention about Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
