Ratchet and Clank responsible for Super Mario Galaxy? Hmm

Who do we have to thank for Super Mario Galaxy’s bold level design. Step forward PlayStation mascots Ratchet and Clank. That is, according to Insomniac’s Marketing Director Ryan Schneider, when quizzed by Kikizo about how influential their series had been.

“There’s evidence all around us I think, of certain games that have borrowed from Ratchet and Clank. One that we’re even extremely flattered by is Super Mario Galaxy, with their spherical worlds; we did spherical worlds in Going Commando, and Up Your Arsenal. It would be amazing to think that Miyamoto-san thought that was so cool that he wanted to incorporate it into Mario Galaxy. Granted, he’s doing it in a different way, but it’s still a spherical world, so it’s flattering to see those sorts of things.”

Now, let’s not all laugh at this presumptuous fellow, and his notions that there haven’t been spherical worlds before his (wasn’t there one in Sonic?). Maybe there’s some tiny grain of truth in the idea, we’ll never know. Judging by previous Miyamoto influences, though, the Mario-maker probably thought up the idea after watching ants crawl on a football. Whatever, this a relevant a time as any to mention that we really like the Ratchet and Clank series. It’s a pity it’s a Sony-only title as it’d be pretty good fit for Wii. We’ll just have to settle for second rate developers cribbing their ideas instead, won’t we?

Source: Go Nintendo

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