As if the upcoming Super Mario Odyssey didn’t have enough controversy surrounding its design, Nintendo’s official Twitter account unveiled that Mario will have the ability to spin along the ground much like the long-deceased Sonic the Hedgehog – which many have been quick to label as “plagiarism”.
Despite being revealed back at E3, the roll (which is apparently one of Mario’s basic actions) involves Mario curling up into a ball and rolling around for what seems like forever; of course, many have been quick to point out that “stealing” such a basic concept of video game locomotion is akin to claiming Call of Duty games stole the concept of shooting from Metroid.
The gif accompanying the Nintendo tweet:
Comments regarding this “new” move:
“It’s plagiarism.”
“Because Mario’s belly is round right?”
“I’m more concerned about the direction of the stage than the rolling.”
“Super Plagiarism brothers.”
“Sonic can also run, jump and collect coins so it’s okay.”
“It’s plagiarism. This is the lowest, Nintendo.”
“Is this possibly the B-dash?”
“Come to think of it, Metroid also had a roll feature… How predictable.”
“As expected of Nintendo. There is no hesitation when it comes to killing off Sonic.”
their pretty much adding insult to injury to both sonic & sega. their pretty much stating that their franchise is dead and that tweet is in final nail in their mascot’s coffin.
guess there is gonna be no more mario & sonic at the olympics games anymore after this.
is rolling in the rpg games a sonic ripoff? iirc, paper mario rolls up into a paper roll. mario & luigi has them riding each other in ball form and an acrobatic wheel formation
#Mariodiditbetter
So, when Mario does a better Sonic than Sonic?
Maybe he is just copying that one spooky-ass spider that lives in the desert and rolls down the sand dunes