Sonic and Mario can't have hidden messages in them, can they? Well, there was the famous (infamous) "U R MR GAY" sca༺ndal, with the Phoಞtoshop sparkles on the official boxart (look at your own copy if you don't believe us)picking out specific letters on the Super Mario Galaxy box art.
But Mario's not the only one said to 'drive on the other side of the road'. Listen to the Sonic trailer for 🎃Super Smash Bros Brawl played backwards:
Surely it wasn't done on purpose, surely. In a less controv⛦ersial observation, it see🍃ms there's a secret nod to Mario in the very first Sonic The Hedgehog:
Deliberate cap-tip to the plumber, or just two lions standing up agains🌳t a pedestal (that handily makes for a nose, eyes and moustache)?👍 We reckon it's the former.
While we're on the subject of Sonic, there's a reference to a 'one-eyed snake' in the Soni🐼c cartoon, too. Strange choice of words, Bunny.
Justin was a GamesRadar staffer for 10 years but is now a freelancer, musician and videographer. He's big on retro, Sega and racing games (especially retro Sega racing games) and currently also writes for Play Magazine, Traxion.gg, PC Gamer and TopTenReviews, as well as running his own YouTube channel. Having learned to love all platforms equally after Sega left the hardware industry (sniff), his favourite games include Christmas NiGHTS into 𝓰Dreams, Zelda BotW, Sea of Thieves, Sega Rally Championship and Treasure Island Dizzy.
