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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.
That is what I first said when I heard the concept for Kingdom Hearts.
I have to admit that I really enjoyed Winter Games. Only game I can remember ever doing a biathlon in. Ski and shoot! Skills that will come in handy after global warming pitches us into the next ice age :)
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Uh-oh, looks like Princess Peach is a member of Falun Gong and got "disappeared" before the race.
It's not that outrageous, now that Sega is out of the hardware business. They seem to have formed very close ties with Nintendo since then. I know to those of us who remember those awesome Genesis vs SNES smear ads it is like Satan and Jesus sitting down for a nice game of scrabble, but times have changed.
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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.
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Not entirely. Megaman and the block from Tetris will be involved too. The release title will be "Branding Quest".
I played California Games on my old 286... had some fun with hacky sack, but that's about it. The game just didn't hold it for me. A party game could be fun, but in the Olympic setting? Who gets the best 100m dash score? It's the TYPE of event that would make or break this game. I agree a sim would suck, and that's what I'm saying. When you move away from sims, it is no longer an "Olympic" title. I can hope that it would be fun, but I just don't see it happening.
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.
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That can be true, but in the other hand, Mario can kick ass on High and Long Jump. Although he will be most certainly disqualified by doping ... errr ... shouldn't have eaten that magic mushroom, dude!
Well, you could always put out a competing press release, and see if all the news outlets pick it up and run with it.
Oh yeah, and while I'm on the topic -- working with the Olympic Commission at the same time is pure brilliance. People who don't normally watch sports tend to get sucked into the Olympics media frenzy. Which fits perfectly with Nintendo's current direction of creating a new casual market. I bet the Nintendo execs are falling all over themselves congratulating each other on this one.
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Don't blame Mario for the movie's suckitude. It had almost nothing to do with the game (unlike the cartoon, which was pretty good). Dennis Hopper (the movie's King Koopa), in an interview, said he had this lil' chat with his son:
- Dad, why did you work in this Mario film?
- So that I can buy you shoes, son.
- But I don't need shoes that badly!
I can't judge it by watching 4Kids' version, I heard it was heavily censored and the japanese one is much better.
Circumcision is child abuse.
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?
For those of us who didn't really engage in the console wars with Sonic and Mario a mash-up is what we've always wanted. Marvel vs Capcom, Super Smash Bros, finally Mario and Sonic get together and this is the game they choose? Olympics? I'd rather see a 2D H2H fighter. I guess I won't "buy any game with Sonic and Mario". I owe my best friend from fourth grade $5.
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I dunno, I get the feeling that Tails and Luigi will have the high jump cornered, while Peach and Knuckles will vie against each for the long jump.
Now the triple jump, that Mario might win.
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Has to be better than the usual Olympic Game titles, which have been categorically awful.
All I have to say is
TRACK AND FIELD MUTHA F'er...
It's the only "olympic" button masher you'll ever need!
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I remember the days when such an announcement would be taken as an insult or a joke... and here it is for real.
Hmm.
I wonder if Dr Robotnik and Bowser will team up to defeat Mario and Sonic....