Former SEGA producer Ryoichi Hasegawa revealed Nintendo demanded a tweak to the key artwork for the 2007 game Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games so Mario’s foot sat just ahead of Sonic’s in a hurdles ...

Mario and Sonic basically have no choice but to be rivals, and the two iconic video game mascots have often clashed over the years (often some marketed beef, sorta like 2000s hip-hop artists had).