Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games announced

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Sega has announced via a press release that Sonic and Mario are teaming up for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. The game has the official Olympics licence, and will see players compete in events that will be in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The game is set for release on both the Wii and the Nintendo DS.

The title will include Mario and Sonic, as well as characters from both worlds, including Luigi, Knuckles, Yoshi, Tails and more. Shadow wasn't mentioned, and let's hope it stays that way. Apparently, the game will feature, "innovative usage of the Wii and DS control system to manoeuvre (your) favorite character".

"We are thrilled to partner with Nintendo and ISM on this groundbreaking title,” said Hisao Oguchi, President and Chief Operating Officer of Sega. “For the first time, two of the world’s greatest games’ characters come together to compete in the world’s greatest sporting event and we couldn’t be more excited.

"Mario and Sonic have been respectful rivals since the early days of video games,” says Shigeru Miyamoto of Nintendo. “In fact, for a long time they have been discussing the possibility of one day competing against each other. Now that they have been given the perfect opportunity to meet at the Olympic Games, we may finally learn who is actually faster, Mario or Sonic?"

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32 Comments

renegadesx

5 years ago

admeister wrote

Mario and Sonic in the same game!

Chalk that up as one I didn't see coming! I like the sound of this, bring it on! I might just buy it.

I just recieved word that hell has officially frozen over

Whos faster? please! you have to be an idiot to think that a fat plummer is faster than the icon who was known for speed.

Sonic vs Mario is like a dream come true and knew I would see it eventually. I was just hoping it in a Super Smash Bros game

canetoad

5 years ago

Karai Pantsu wrote

Colour me skeptical.

I'll take up the time-honored position of The Cynic, but unless this is more of a Mario-sports style title that happens to have Sonic characters, instead of an Olympics game that happens to have a few video-game icons slapped on it, then... well, it'll probably suck.
It's just the whole modeling it after the real Olympic sports rather than doing a more Mario/Sonic theme centric thing that sets off my 'OH NOES' alarm.

Even if it is, it would most likely be better than the old push the button repeatedly and win the race kind of things.
Hopefully the wii-mote will be able to stop the repetitiveness factor,
plus it brings Mario and Sonics unique styles together which will be awesome

BovineDeath

5 years ago

Cerebral wrote

Cool. A minigame compilation. Now there's a genre the Wii's really starved of at the moment.

Yeah, it does sound like more of the same. I eventually want to get a Wii, but I'll only grab the highest rating minigame compilation. I'm hoping for more games to use the wiimote in interesting, not tacked on and pointless, ways.Let's just hope that DOAX2 never comes to Wii. Gross.

I'd almost buy one just for Zelda and the VC.

If they really wanted to win me over with this game, then it would be Sonic vs Mario vs Marcus Fenix vs The Brotherhood of NOD vs Sub Zero vs Yoda vs The Janitor Olympics.

?oe?oe

5 years ago

I can imagine more broken TV incidences. Especially with javelin

renegadesx

5 years ago

BovineDeath wrote

but I'll only grab the highest rating minigame compilation.

Well Mario Party 8 is out this year sometime and may be the best party game, but in my view the Warioware series has always been the best at the minigames (although Rayman IS cool)

chriharr

5 years ago

Qbert wrote

No word on the developer yet?

Developer is Sonic Team, apparently from many sources on Google

This is confirmation for me that Sonic can in fact appear in Brawl

Sonic is definately gonna be in brawl

Eyce

5 years ago

chriharr wrote

Qbert wrote

No word on the developer yet?

Developer is Sonic Team, apparently from many sources on Google

Because that is so reliable.

http://ncroal.talk.newsweek.com/default.asp?item=546590

"The game itself is being built as a collaboration between Sega and Nintendo. It's being built predominantly by Sega's sports team, rather than Sonic Team. [Note: We asked Sega PR whether the company's AM2 studio was making the game. The answer was no, that it's a separate team that they aren't currently identifying.]"

Lord Halo Nerd

5 years ago

Wow I so gotta get this on the Wii.
Imagine Tails pole volting he will so cheat but will there be like special abilities each character have?
I would love Sonic in SSBB destroying snake.

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