Anon05/13/26, 18:31No.12569676
Miyamoto has admitted to shifting Mario's design over time to be based on Mickey Mouse and that they were basically trying to become the next Disney (witch they strangely now are). Fair enough and it's worked out for them, but it's not very original.
Then again, Sonic was just some random animal standing behind a cardboard cutout of an early 90s kid with flashy sneakers, gloves and a smirk. One of literally thousands of such cases.
I think you (we) would have to be retarded to fall for any of this stuff to the degree that you continue a fan war about it for 35 years, yet here we are.