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Message: [QUOTE="trickybus, post: 255822, member: 239542"] I think this is a natural consequence of Sega being unable to successfully diversify Sonic's appeal early on the way Nintendo did with Mario. If you compare the early history of the two IPs, you'll notice that Sonic's development was hindered by several factors: corporate and developer drama, cancelled games, reworked games due to unavailable tech, and poorly received spin-offs. You'll probably notice that a few of these same factors contributed to the failure of the Sega Saturn. Mario, on the other hand, had a solid run from the get-go and successfully branched out into puzzle games, crossover games, RPGs, edutainment games, racing games, etc etc. When people look at Mario, they don't think "Hey, look! The plumber that jumps really good!" Mario does [B]everything[/B] and he does them pretty well. Unfortunately, Sonic is stuck being the guy that just runs fast. [/QUOTE]

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