Mario and Sonic Make History in New Olympic Game

YokimaSun writes "SEGA. and Nintendo today made a historical announcement that two of the biggest icons in the entertainment industry, Mario and Sonic, are joining forces to star in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. 'In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, players will compete in events that take place in environments based on the official venues of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Using a supporting cast of characters from the amazing worlds of both Mario and Sonic, gamers will be able to compete as or against a range of lovable personalities including Mario, Sonic, Luigi, Knuckles, Yoshi, Tails and more. Innovative usage of the Wii and DS control systems to maneuver a favourite character will allow players to race the likes of Mario and Sonic down the 100m track, engage in exhilarating rallies in table tennis and churn water in a swimming heat, all while competing for the much sought after gold medal.'" Has to be better than the usual Olympic Game titles, which have been categorically awful.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl?

[Anonymous Coward]

Does this mean Sonic is going to be in SSBB also?

Would be pretty freakin' awesome...

Re:Oh I wouldn't say that...

[stratjakt]

I say it depends who develops it.

Nintendo would put out something Mario Party-ish, with fun minigames and it might be OK.

Sega would try and make it a sports sim, and thus end up quite lame.

It's interesting, and not for the Mario/Sonic in the same game thing (saw that one coming when Sonic Adventure 2 came out for the Gamecube), but nobody has made a decent olympic/track and field themed game since Epyx old Summer/Winter/California/World Games series, and it's a good premise for a party game.

Re:WTF?!

[acidrain]

This can't be real.

My read on this is that Nintendo is cozying up to Sega, as a prelude to buying them. This kind of "lets just work closely together first" move is typical of cooperate buyouts. In this case Nintendo gets to see how Sega's IP library sells in a Nintendo/Sega mash-up.

And think for a second about Nintendo, with the recent popularity of the Wii and DS, they would be crazy to not be trying to buy Sega.

Smash Brothers possibilities?

[RyoShin]

Sega has always been pre-disposed to put its Sonic games on its once-rival's console first and foremost. The Wii got it's own Sonic game (supposedly the best since Sonic Adventure) and a host of other games.

Now that Sonic and Mario are appearing together in a game, does this mean we can expect Sonic to be a character in Super Smash Bros Brawl?

Dr Robotnik and Bowser

[dohzer]

I wonder if Dr Robotnik and Bowser will team up to defeat Mario and Sonic....