Sega exec Osamu Ohashi is reviving Sonic the Hedgehog's decades-old rivalry with Mario, saying he wants the former to "surpass" the latter.
Of course, Sonic was originally conceived as part of Sega's strategy to compete with Nintendo in 1991, right at the height of the two company's 16-bit console war between the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis. Over 30 years later, Ohashi, who joined Sega in 1993, now admits Sonic was never as successful as his rival and says he plans on changing that.
