Reposted by Neon City Fantasy
When Island of the Giant Pokémon was being conceptualized, Yuyama even toyed with the idea of writing the script for it himself, because head writer Takeshi Shudo was dragging his feet on putting that episode into rotation. Shudo eventually wrote the screenplay himself. #anipoke
![Preliminal design for a 1993 Sega ad, recovered from the archives of the Brio toy company, which handled Sega's marketing in Sweden
[a picture of Sonic asking "WHO THE F*CK IS MARIO?"]
Final design of the ad, which replaced the attack on Mario with the slogan "Happiness can be bought for money"
[a picture of Sonic saying "LYCKA KAN KÖPAS FÖR PENGAR"]
Source: Martin Lindell, martinlindell.com/2019/11/24/sonic-springer-snabbt-in-i-sverige, via @FeoUltima, x.com/feoultima/status/1964670301712908579](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:heeihz7xdhf7dbjx4befobqw/bafkreiguzligvi3i2k24az37yean2fxx4juivkye5a3js3b4a5kowfncxa)
