In a recent interview by Wired with Shigeru Miyamoto, Miyamoto seemed to have let it slip what he really thinks about Sega.

While the interview was about the Wii, whether the original JoyStick was dead, and if his biggest titles were more software than game, the final question may have raised a few eyebrows.

Wired asked: "Nintendo is huge now. How do you maintain quality control?"

To which Miyamoto responded,

"I'm always instructing my game designers on the history of the characters and worlds we've created. Often we're in development and I'll say, "Oh, this looks like a Sega game. We need to make it look more like Mario."

"Oh, this looks like a Sega game. We need to make it look more like Mario" ?!

What's with this sudden jab at Sega? Though it could have been unintentional, it would have certainly poured some salt on the wounds that are already tender from Sega's poor history in the gaming industry ever since the Dreamcast, which wasn't successful at all. Though most of the gaming community loved the Genesis/MegaDrive, I know I loved playing the Sonic games as a kid.

We could be looking at this totally the wrong way, but maybe the King of Nintendo really doesn't like Sega? Or it could be mistranslation. Either way, I'm sure Sega won't be too pleased with his remark.

The full interview can be read by clicking the source below. Photo is by David Cheung.