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TIL While being in exclusivity arrangement with Argonaut studios, Nintendo rejected 2 games by Argonaut (Yoshi 3D game prototype and Starfox 2) then made Mario 64 and Starfox 64 based on those games ideas and code without giving credit or a penny to Argonaut, then ended all agreements with them.

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