Nintendo paid money for this exclusivity. What this the greatest joke Sega has ever played on them?

https://youtu.be/ehapelrBHxQ?si=iguRPVpDdEJVTdJ_

Nintendo funded this shit. Three exclusive Sonic titles funded for the failing Wii U. I'd say Sega was laughing but as Iizuka reveals in a recent interview, this nearly killed Sonic for good.