Sega exec wants Sonic "to surpass Mario"

6 months 2 weeks ago

Sega executive Osamu Ohasi has expressed his desire for Sonic "to surpass Mario".

Ohasi is currently division manager for the 2nd Business Department, in charge of both the Sonic series and rebooting past IPs to create a "second Sonic". He was interviewed internally by Sega Japan for recruitment purposes (translated by NoisyPixel).

When asked how he plans for Sonic to grow in future, Ohasi replied: "Simply put, I want to surpass Mario."

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Ed Nightingale

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