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So that was a mutual thing.
That game was Dr. Mario, whose development was led by Yokoi.
“I said no, like ‘OK, I’ll trade Mario for Tetris. '
Meaning sort of over my dead body.
Dr Mario is sort of a blatant attempt at making another Tetris.
And it’s not as good.”
He laughs about the situation today, but Rogers says he “was pissed off” at the time.
“And I can’t really blame Yokoi for that!