Speculation: Could Sonic Tackle Mario Kart?

Speculation: With SEGA teaming up with Nintendo on three exclusive Sonic titles, fans have speculated a collaborative racer.

For many gamers, Mario Kart has always been the undisputed champion of racing games, but with Sonic and friends starring in their own critically acclaimed series, there are rumblings that these two franchises may just tackle the same racing track.

From the three exclusive Sonic the Hedgehog games, two were announced today. First up is an exclusive platformer known as Sonic Lost World, joined by a new entry in the popular Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics sports mash-up.

But what about the third Sonic title?

A NeoGAF member dug up a tweet from last month where executive Producer at Sumo Digital, Steve Lycett, teased that the studio are "thinking we could finally settle some arguments, who'd really win a kart race..."

@[a href="https://twitter.com/blazehedgehog"]blazehedgehog I'm thinking we could finally settle some arguments, Who'd really win a kart race...

— Steve Lycett (@S0LSUM0) [a href="https://twitter.com/S0LSUM0/status/327921575968010240"]April 26, 2013

[blockquote class="twitter-tweet"][p]@[a href="https://twitter.com/blazehedgehog"]blazehedgehog I was thinking there are bigger rivals, but I'll bear it in mind ;)

What do you think of the potential teaser - could a Mario Kart and Sonic cross-over be on the way?