SEGA brought its Sonic mascot to Nintendo after it went third-party, was greeted by the Mario mascot and a hug (opens in new tab)

Mike Fischer, a former executive at SEGA, has spoken about what things were like for the company after it went third-party. For a long time, SEGA produced hardware much like Nintendo. But after the Dreamcast failed to take off, the company decided to move on and focus on software. That means its games would be released on what were once...