Before the present day's console war, Nintendo and Sega used to be the fiercest of competitors. This is especially true during the 80s and early 90s. So to those of you who are old enough to remember, the recently announced video game title Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games might cause some thrills or probably remind you of your age.

Anyway, SEGA UK boss Mike Hayes noticed the same and commented that things are not the same now as before. When it comes to the new tag team of characters Mario and Sonic, he remarked,

Now of course it is different because there are many different platforms, for those of us that have been in the business that long, to bring those characters that were always pitted against each other together makes it even more remarkable.

He's working on a large number of titles and he's delegating to the producer, but he's always there. The game is being developed by SEGA, but we are used to Mr. Miyamoto going and following up with the team. He's joining the discussion, it's a relationship - he's not directing the game, he's just there in the discussions.