Board Thread:Sonic News and Updates/@comment-2054358-20131003010118/@comment-2054358-20131111182939

Yes. What do you think we were talking about? Nintendo did ask SEGA for permission. SEGA declined at first, and then finally agreed after the announcement of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, thus causing the release date to be delayed and Sonic getting a deus ex machina role because the Subspace Emmisary being mostly complete by the time of Sega's agreement. If Sega didn't agree, we wouldn't have Sonic in Brawl and I wouldn't have tried to make those character articles and we wouldn't have this discussion. Nintendo asked SEGA, SEGA eventually agreed, and at least Sonic was confirmed earlier in Super Smash Bros. 4 development, and well here we are.