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Date & Boxart Revealed for Mario & Sonic 2

13.07.2009

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Sega and Nintendo's mascots now have a European release date set for their second Olympics outing together, just in time for the Winter Months.

The promotional poster below shows the final boxart for both Wii and DS versions of the game, and they will be hitting the stands together on October 16th 2009.

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A closeup of the boxart for the Wii version;

Looking at this one reconfirms two things. One, that Balance Board support is included; excellent for those Snow Sliding events. And more intriguingly, the presence of the Nintendo Wifi Connection logo, which brings up the question of whether there'll just be leaderboards like the original, or whether gamers will be able to play against each other online.

Thanks to C3 Member wAyNe - sTaRT for the tip.

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jesusraz 13.07.2009#1

Hmm, I wonder if the online stuff will be significant or if it'll be like in Wii Sports Resort where it merely hooks up to the Mii Channel to import popular Mii characters into the game...

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Canyarion 13.07.2009#2

Why does Sonic get the cool snowboard? Isn't skiing faster than boarding? And Mario is more agile than Sonic, which would be a better fit for a snowboard. In my amateur opinion. Smilie

JoshSL 13.07.2009#3

I gasped when I saw the WiFi Connection symbol, but the first game had that symbol too.... Probably just leaderboards again... =_=

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LKR000 13.07.2009#4

Like the look of the cover, looks pretty awesome. Hopefully the game will have proper wifi but I ain't expecting it.

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Weo 13.07.2009#5

I wonder if the Jamaican bobsledding team is un-lockable?

Oh, and the box art is cool I guess. I like the humanoid thingy at the top.

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Teetrab 14.07.2009#6

Canyarion said:
Why does Sonic get the cool snowboard? Isn't skiing faster than boarding? And Mario is more agile than Sonic, which would be a better fit for a snowboard. In my amateur opinion.

Cause snowboarding is 'cooler'. And everyone knows how cool Sonic is Smilie

Yeah the box Art is good...could have included other characters from their separate franchises, but this is good.

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SuperShyGuy62 14.07.2009#7

just wondering? how much work does nintendo do in this game? i only heard that sega did all the work in the first mario olymipics.

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Phoenom 14.07.2009#8

SuperShyGuy62 said:
just wondering? how much work does nintendo do in this game? i only heard that sega did all the work in the first mario olymipics.

Sega do all the ground work, but Miyamoto keeps an eye on things. Worked well for the first game, but this one really needs online play.

Laurelin 14.07.2009#9

...just in time for the Winter Months.

Can't be coincidence!

The first game was fun with buddies playing. And let's face it: I think the best Olympic game ever. There was a lot of rubbish in past olympic years. It's not platinum game, but at least very good. I look forward to the content in this one!

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