| Argonaut Games
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1982[1]
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Argonaut Games is a British video game developer that often developed games for Nintendo. Argonaut was founded in 1982 and liquidated in 2004 before being relaunched in 2024. The company developed Star Fox in 1993.
For the Super Mario franchise, Argonaut developed a pitch for a racing game starring Yoshi in the 1990s that would have been called Yoshi Racing, but it was canceled.[2][3]
Super Mario games developed[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ McEvoy, Sophie (August 29, 2024). Argonaut Games returns as publisher after 20 year hiatus. Retrieved October 17, 2025 from gamesindustry.biz.
- ^ a b DidYouKnowGaming (May 12, 2024). Rumored Mario Games SOLVED. YouTube. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
- ^ a b "The end came when we pitched to do a 3D platform game, the likes of which had never been done before. We mocked up a prototype using Yoshi. It was essentially the world's first 3D platform game and was obviously a big risk - Nintendo had never let an outside company use their characters before, and weren't about to, either. This is the moment the deal fell apart." – San, Jez.
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