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Nintendo and Sega were fierce business rivals throughout the 1990's, with the most heated period occurring during the era that pitted the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] against the [[wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Sega Genesis / Mega Drive]]. As the mascots of the respective companies, Mario and Sonic were often used to symbolically represent the conflict in advertisements, fan works, and occasionally the games themselves. A few titles from the era include snide insults, such as Sonic's shoes appearing beside a trashcan labeled "NO HOPERS" in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'', and possibly the [[Harry Hedgehog]] characters of ''[[Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island]]''. 'Mario in, turn was mocked on the back of the box of the original ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' for the Genesis, which contains constant use of the word "super" — which had been the trademark prefix of the Mario franchise since [[Super Mario Bros.]] as well as in the form of "the Marxio Brothers" in ''Sonic the Comic'', a British comic book about Sonic and his friends.