Mario Takes on Sonic.

TOKYO, March 28, 2007 – SEGA Corporation and Nintendo Co. Ltd. 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. Developed for the Wii video game system and the Nintendo DS system, this momentous agreement marks the first time these two renowned stars have appeared together in a game.

Published by SEGA across Europe and North America, and published by Nintendo in the Japanese market, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games will be available for Christmas 2007 and is licensed through a worldwide partnership with International Sports Multimedia (ISM), the exclusive interactive entertainment software licensee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

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.

" We are thrilled to partner with Nintendo and ISM on this groundbreaking title," said Hisao Oguchi, President and Chief Operating Officer, SEGA Corporation. " 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, Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Entertainment Analysis and Development Division, Nintendo Co., Ltd.. " 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?"

" The Olympic Games represent the true spirit of competition and passion," said Raymond Goldsmith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ISM. " Bringing together intensely competitive and fun characters like Mario and Sonic in an Olympic setting helps showcase the sports of the Olympic Games in a new and compelling way for all generations."

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=160825

500$ says the blue hedgehog runs faster than the fat Italian plumber.

Sonic needs to be in Super Smash Bros Brawl!

Nitro needs to pay more attention...

well dont know if thats official? But Yojiro Ogawa has said he wants Sonic to appear in the game

ORIGINAL: Agent Ghost

500$ says the blue hedgehog runs faster than the fat Italian plumber.

$1000 says Mario gets disqualified for " performance enhancers" . No F*cking way a man that fat can jump that high.

If I wasn' t shocked enough at Nights 2 this has just knocked all the wind out of me. Mario vs Sonic in the Olympics for Wii and DS. Imagine, this could be the ultimate party game.

I was starting to think we' d never see Sonic vs Mario, now I might be playing it for Christmas. Thank you gaming gods, I love you!

…GTA trailer tomorrow too!

we may finally learn who is actually faster, Mario or Sonic?

Unless this is some kind of inappropriate euphemism from Miyamoto-san, I don' t think anyone has actually been unclear on who' s faster. Maybe it' s a typo and he really said " who is actually fatter" .

They have to make mario fast because it sets an example for fat kids and tells them that their not complete failures

... But seriously why do they always make mario the balanced character?

I think he was joking when he said that.

ORIGINAL: Dead Saint

$#!T i thought sonic in SSB was only a rumour. This game cannot come any sooner

If Metroid gets pushed back to next year then this BETTER be still coming this year WITH online or i will be pissed with Nintendo!!!

I think he was joking when he said that.

I wasnt

Another Minigame Title! YEEEEAAahahhhuhwait... um... go Sonic?

I want a co-op/vs. style platformer with the two of them in it. Not this.

I' ve read the articles & they say it' s not going to be all minigames, but when they say it' ll appeal to everyone from 11 yr olds to 70-something grandma' s, it doesn' t get much more minigame oriented than that.

I want a co-op/vs. style platformer with the two of them in it. Not this.

I want them to do like they did with spyro and crash bandicoot and put mario in a sonic game and sonic in a mario game just so i can laugh at mario when he goes in loops

I want to kill some kittens every time Travelers Tales or Vivendi interactive rapes a Crash or Spyro game.

I want to kill some kittens every time Travelers Tales or Vivendi interactive rapes a Crash or Spyro game.

I know crash and spyro games have sucked recently,but thats no excuse to kill kittens

Seems awfully gay.

I' m the only person who has touched this thread with an iota of sense. Why is Sega further pile-driving Sonic' s reputation into the ground by teaming up with the biggest fraud in video game history? Who thinks it' s necessary, besides the requisite stupid children who have never played a real Sonic game, to make Sonic and Mario appear in an Olympics spinoff? It' s fanservice at its worst. This will be no different than the result Sega got by tossing up a poll on its website asking which character that Sega fans would like to see in a spin-off game. Guess who they chose to star in a brand new spinoff game? It wasn' t Miles " Tales" Motherfucking Prower.

People used to beat up little children back in the day for suggesting that Sonic be in a game with Mario, and now this move is being applauded? The Gamer God' s are clearly interested in punishment rather than Divine Divinity. For everything that Sega did right with Sonic in Secret Rings, they are taking it away with this blasphemous enterprise.

And don' t get me started on Nintendo' s cash cow fanservice vehicle known as the smash bros. series. If you' re still playing that and have reproducing capable genitalia, then it' s time to switch to big boy diapers and drop the party game masquerading as something other than EGM reader' s standards for entertainment.

An Olympics video game starring an overrated whore and soon to be whore. Pathetic.

Why is Sega further pile-driving Sonic' s reputation into the ground by teaming up with the biggest fraud in video game history?

Woohoo, another idiot enters the forums :P

Think of it like this...

Darth Vader = Nintendo
Luke Skywalker = Sega
Emperor = Sony / Microsoft

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker teaming up in the old days (first movie) would be as likely as jabba the hutt actually getting any from princess leia (ouch, yeah I said that). Anyway, as crazy an idea as it was back then, it makes perfect sense now-a-days. I loved the Sonic - Mario rivalry. Still do. But the fact is, " the enemy of my enemy is my friend" .

I don' t think this was the best choice of game for them to do, I mean Brawl better have Sonic in it. But I' m really glad to see them finally interacting in the same game together.

Oh and welcome to the forums DontPeeOnBilly, intriguingly original name :/

" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

Woohoo, another idiot enters the forums :P

Think of it like this...

Darth Vader = Nintendo
Luke Skywalker = Sega
Emperor = Sony / Microsoft

Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker teaming up in the old days (first movie) would be as likely as jabba the hutt actually getting any from princess leia (ouch, yeah I said that). Anyway, as crazy an idea as it was back then, it makes perfect sense now-a-days. I loved the Sonic - Mario rivalry. Still do. But the fact is, " the enemy of my enemy is my friend" .

Princess Leia macked her brother. Her screwing of a gluttonous alien would only be par for the course.

That said, the rest of your analogy doesn' t hold water: Luke SkyWalker, as much as we all love him, is the nancy boy of epic heroes. Nintendo should never be compared to Darth Vader. Arguably the greatest villain of all time is equated to the same company that produced Zelda? Disgusting. Sega was never Luke Skywalker, and Nintendo was sure as shit not Darth Vader.

Furthermore, the Empire was a highly efficient and evolving machine for the most part. Neither Microsoft nor Sony have done anything to indicate they are efficient or continually evolving. They both just have alot of money and use it. The whole X-Box line is a result of Bill Gate' s ego and his desire to win. The fact that they are buying out third party exclusives like a dying diabetic would for twinkies is only proof of that fact. However, the more I think about what Microsoft does, achieving power regardless of the loss involved, the more I think that Microsoft is exactly like the Empire.

I don' t think this was the best choice of game for them to do, I mean Brawl better have Sonic in it. But I' m really glad to see them finally interacting in the same game together.

Again, a sullied reputation gets no better by covering itself in the fecal matter of exotic wildabeasts. Sonic better NOT be in Brawl.

Oh and welcome to the forums DontPeeOnBilly, intriguingly original name :/

I' m glad I recieved the welcoming message. It' s like you' re never truly complete without one. Imagine my life without that statement and how dreary it would be, never part of the gang, never fitting in, always being the one left behind. You saved me from a dismal fate.

I' m glad I recieved the welcoming message. It' s like you' re never truly complete without one. Imagine my life without that statement and how dreary it would be, never part of the gang, never fitting in, always being the one left behind. You saved me from a dismal fate.

Are you gay?

Are you gay?

What' s it like being completely irrelevant in your own, little, world? Aside from the fact that your world is so very little, so insignificant that even if you were the king shit of that domain, you would still be irrelevant; what makes you so irrelevant in that context of a pathetic world you inhabit?

You know what? The means don' t matter, just the ends. Tell the whole word what it' s like living in that small, sheltered, and abysmal life which has one saving grace that doubles as its ultimate apex of pain, irrelevance.

Please, you' re evidently an intellectual slut, destined to become (like so many before you) and intellectual whore with a 10 point worldview, meandering from one forum to the next playing the heartless philosopher and sophism.

I' m surprised you deem this forum worthy of your time at all.

Be thankful that you got a welcome message DPoB, I never got one. Boohoo!!

Please, you' re evidently an intellectual slut, destined to become (like so many before you) and intellectual whore with a 10 point worldview, meandering from one forum to the next playing the heartless philosopher and sophism.

I' m surprised you deem this forum worthy of your time at all.

Is that some generated defense you have saved on a notepad somewhere? Do you really get away with being offensively stupid by using such crap as that? If you want to respond, do so without being an immature cocksucker. I don' t know if that' s beyond your limited toolset, but it' s what is expected of people. I shouldn' t have to lower my expectations of what you' re able to accomplish just because you feel you have a spot reserved on these forums, if you catch my drift.

When you stop being stupid, call your mother and work out that plainly obvious shit so it doesn' t come here. Then, read a book. Finally, emerge a totally new person with absolutely no links to your present self. I' ve communicated with you on a limited basis through an impersonal medium and you' re already one of the most fascinatingly unforgivable little pricks I' ve ever met. Consider yourself amazing by being a disappointment in every possible way.

Be thankful that you got a welcome message DPoB, I never got one. Boohoo!!

My praise was littered throughout the message. If you eschew the english language in favor of one of those hot shit internets languages and happen to miss a compliment when you see one, then don' t expect me to bend over backward to accomondate your specific language choice.

ORIGINAL: DontPeeOnBilly

Please, you' re evidently an intellectual slut, destined to become (like so many before you) and intellectual whore with a 10 point worldview, meandering from one forum to the next playing the heartless philosopher and sophism.

I' m surprised you deem this forum worthy of your time at all.

Is that some generated defense you have saved on a notepad somewhere? Do you really get away with being offensively stupid by using such crap as that? If you want to respond, do so without being an immature cocksucker. I don' t know if that' s beyond your limited toolset, but it' s what is expected of people. I shouldn' t have to lower my expectations of what you' re able to accomplish just because you feel you have a spot reserved on these forums, if you catch my drift.

When you stop being stupid, call your mother and work out that plainly obvious shit so it doesn' t come here. Then, read a book. Finally, emerge a totally new person with absolutely no links to your present self. I' ve communicated with you on a limited basis through an impersonal medium and you' re already one of the most fascinatingly unforgivable little pricks I' ve ever met. Consider yourself amazing by being a disappointment in every possible way.

I was starting to think this could be intellectual intercourse, but alas, i' ve come up short and have no witty retort. I fear i am subject to intellectual rape

Why can' t people just be nice to each other?
I like the idea of Sonic and Mario in the same game. I mean why not?
It' s a shame it' s a sports title though as I' m not very interested in sports games, especially the olympic games.

I was starting to think this could be intellectual intercourse, but alas, i' ve come up short and have no witty retort. I fear i am subject to intellectual rape

It' s almost like you have the intent to ignore your callous disregard for decency that has pummeled this thread since you crapped on its presence.

ORIGINAL: DontPeeOnBilly

I was starting to think this could be intellectual intercourse, but alas, i' ve come up short and have no witty retort. I fear i am subject to intellectual rape

It' s almost like you have the intent to ignore your callous disregard for decency that has pummeled this thread since you crapped on its presence.

By asking if you were gay?

But you' re so flamboyant

Why can' t people just be nice to each other?

Ugug! You' re gay!

I like the idea of Sonic and Mario in the same game. I mean why not?

Sonic and Mario are two completely different game types. It was never about the cool kids playing Sonic who beat up the dorks playing Mario, it was about the fact that Sonic was skill based and about attitude whereas Mario (starting SMW) was an adventure game.

The fact that we are talking about both characters being involved in a game which takes game characters out of their element and whores them to an unfathomable degree is sickening. Forget about the names and reputations, it' s sickening if it happened to either character. It' s putting on red lipstick for cash and nothing more. Sonic is Sonic, Mario is Mario, and fucking Game and Watch should have his flapjacking ass reserved to bins of garage sales.

It' s a shame it' s a sports title though as I' m not very interested in sports games, especially the olympic games.

That' s diarrhea icing on the worm infested cake as far as I' m concerned.

By asking if you were gay?

But you' re so flamboyant

Like I said, mommy issues belong with a long (private) discussion with mommy. Pack your floss, steal some gas, and head out to the trailer park so you can get that straightened away.

Sonic and Mario are two completely different game types. It was never about the cool kids playing Sonic who beat up the dorks playing Mario, it was about the fact that Sonic was skill based and about attitude whereas Mario (starting SMW) was an adventure game.

The fact that we are talking about both characters being involved in a game which takes game characters out of their element and whores them to an unfathomable degree is sickening. Forget about the names and reputations, it' s sickening if it happened to either character. It' s putting on red lipstick for cash and nothing more. Sonic is Sonic, Mario is Mario, and fucking Game and Watch should have his flapjacking ass reserved to bins of garage sales.

I don' t care if they' re from different kinds of games. I like when characters from different companies or games, meet in the same game, like Marvel VS Capcom, Kingdom Hearts, and such.
I like both characters, and since they' re from two companies that were the biggest rivals back in the days, I think it' s fun that they can finally be in the same game. Not because I want to see some fanboy battle and decide who is the better one, but just because the two characters would go well together in the same game.
But as I said, it' s a shame they choose to make a sports title.

ORIGINAL: DontPeeOnBilly

By asking if you were gay?

But you' re so flamboyant

Like I said, mommy issues belong with a long (private) discussion with mommy. Pack your floss, steal some gas, and head out to the trailer park so you can get that straightened away.

I' m sorry to disappoint you but i have no repressed Oedipal desires.

I don' t care if they' re from different kinds of games. I like when characters from different companies or games, meet in the same game, like Marvel VS Capcom, Kingdom Hearts, and such. .

Mario Tennis? Mario Golf? Mario Party 27? There' s a difference between " makes sense" crossover and blatant whoring. Had SSB been a lone isle of Nintendo game development rather than another in a long line of cock sucking street princesses, then maybe further evaluation would be necessary. Even then, however, Marvel VS. Capcom was 2D comic book super heroes fighting 2D video game characters. Kingdom Hearts was a large scale collaboration involving one game company and Disney cartoon characters. One game company, one non game company. It' s clear that there is a line drawn between Mario party and Kingdom Hearts.

I like both characters and since they' re from two comanies that were the biggest rivals back in the days I think it' s fun that they can finally be in the same game.
Not because I want to see some fanboy battle and decide who is the better one, but just because the two characters would go well together in the same game.
But as I said, it' s a shame they choose to make a sports title.

It' s complete fanservice, and it makes sense until it' s put into action. Hence the Shadow the Hedgehog example. Now, we can go back and forth all day about how bad SSB really is, but the bottom line is that it' s a slippery slope for Sonic. I don' t want a party game, I don' t want a racing game, I want a skill based platformer with the same attitude and speed of the originals.

I' m sorry to disappoint you but i have no repressed Oedipal desires.

How many times did you have to tell yourself that before you actually posted it?

ORIGINAL: DontPeeOnBilly

I' m sorry to disappoint you but i have no repressed Oedipal desires.

How many times did you have to tell yourself that before you actually posted it?

5 or 6, ...but i' m quite positive that what i posted was correct.

I want fun games with fun characters. That' s all that matters. If they can nail that then I' m satisfied.
mario Tennis, Mario Golf, SSB, and Mario Party are all fun games, even though I' ve never really gotten into SSB myself. So what is there to complain about?
Fun characters and fun gameplay.
I think you' re getting too deep into this. Relax a little.
I mean, what kind of person enters a forum and tries to appear intellectuall and starts long discussions with attempts at well placed arguments about issues that really doesn' t matter very much?
Normally, a person with the slightest amount of social intelligence would' ve started off by a nice and fun post to get into the community.
It seems you' re either completely anti-social or you simply dislike the members here at Kikizo.
Learn to behave like a nice person or don' t bother posting here at all.

f Metroid gets pushed back to next year then this BETTER be still coming this year WITH online or i will be pissed with Nintendo!!!

I' m already pissed with Nintendo...


As for Mario and Sonic Olympic games, meh its another sports game, its not the Mario and Sonic game I would have hoped for.