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Nintendo News | Sonic & Mario Join Forces on Wii and DS

28.03.2007

Update - The official website has now gone live: http://marioandsonic.sega-europe.com/en/index.html

For the first time ever, Mario and Sonic will be appearing in the same videogame - on both the Nintendo DS and Wii!

SEGA and Nintendo today have 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 and Nintendo DS, this momentous agreement marks the first time these two renowned stars have appeared together in a game.

The deal sees SEGA publish the game across Europe and North America, whilst Nintendo will handle the Japanese release, which will be a worldwide release this coming Christmas. The game 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.

"We are thrilled to partner with Nintendo and ISM on this groundbreaking title. 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."
- Hisao Oguchi, President and Chief Operating Officer, SEGA Corporation.

"Mario and Sonic have been respectful rivals since the early days of video games. 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?"
- Shigeru Miyamoto, Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Entertainment Analysis and Development Division, Nintendo Co., Ltd.

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nilihanth 28.03.2007#26

Now only if they would have partnered up with a bigger title, say, SSB:Brawl. THEN I would be happy. This? I couldn't care less.

DaOne 28.03.2007#27

I bet this will be good.... not.

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Spydarlee 28.03.2007#28

I wonder who will be developing it though...

Sega apparently, Ninty are just loaning Mario out to them..

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Raff 28.03.2007#29

Yeah, SEGA have the Olympics license.

It's going to be shit and you jolly well know it.

$$$DJ$$$ 28.03.2007#30

So it true that the game is real, I kinda like it.

The Croft 28.03.2007#31

The chances of Sonic being in Smash Bros has just increased greatly.......... makes me sad, Sonic's bent.

Although the prospect of a Wii Olympics game defintely does sound promising.

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beamrider2600 28.03.2007#32

We know from Wii Sports how well the Wii can do sports games if done right. If this is like a bigger Wii Sports with added Mario and Sonic, I'll be delighted.

nilihanth said:
Now only if they would have partnered up with a bigger title, say, SSB:Brawl. THEN I would be happy. This? I couldnt care less.

Why jump to conclusions so soon? I wouldn't write something off that we know hardly anything about.

Robsy 28.03.2007#33

This has basically confirmed that Sonic will be now making an appearance in Smash Bros.

JoshSL 28.03.2007#34

I don't think so... IMO it makes it less likely, as this game seems like it will be the FIRST game with Mario & Sonic in it...

Since Smash Bros is meant to be coming out before this, doesn't that mean Sonic will have to wait? I don't know... it's hard to think about...

I'll express my further opinions on this game later.

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Tubbi 28.03.2007#35

Well this is certainly gonna be a strange game...

Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No... it's just Tubbimora...

Balladeer 28.03.2007#36

If it's not true, I will offer up my prayers of thanks to heaven. If, through my desire to buy a top-quality game from one of my favourite companies, I have to put up with whiney American accents that remind me of trans-Atlantic teenage dramas, I will not be best pleased.

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RufDogRacing 28.03.2007#37

Well that's great, but there's just one problem. Using my little knowledge about the Olympics, I can see this game will require other characters. Of course Mario has loads of pals, but Sonic. Excluding Knuckles and Tails, he doesn't have pals - he has a bunch of annoying pricks who wouldn't look out of place on the back of a child's cerial box. Or guest staring in the Smurfs. Of whom I also viciously hate.

So if anyone of them have a part to play, I don

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jb 28.03.2007#38

I really hope Sega doesn't butcher it - I'm sure Shiggy will inspire and help out big time, given Mario's featuring heavily in this. Should be a good addition to the Wii/DS, definitely.

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Birdo 28.03.2007#39

Yeah, I hope Sonic Team aren't developing Smilie

( Edited on 28.03.2007 16:20 by Birdo )

Marzeee 28.03.2007#40

I love the April Fools guys. Nice graphics work Jb.

Erotic_Spider 28.03.2007#41

At first I thought Nintendo and Sega were just selling out, they still are I guess but as the olympics is in the summer of 2008 then they have loads of time to make this. It better be good with that amount of time or I won't be a very happy bunny.

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Zapp 28.03.2007#42

this has bullshit covered all over it.... Smilie

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Jump_button 28.03.2007#43

XD now get him on SSB

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Birdo 28.03.2007#44

How can it be an april fools? there's an official website...

JoshSL 28.03.2007#45

It's not an April Fool, believe me.

Sonic has tons of his chappy friends, & I like most of them more than Mario's.

Amy > Peach any day. I hate Peach, yet I have to put up with her in every Party Mario game.

Blaze isn't that bad either, I think Shadow would look out of place in the Olympics though.

I think the confirmed characters are:

Sonic
Tails
Knuckles
Mario
Luigi
Yoshi

So far... I wouldn't be surprised to see more pop up, & maybe Amy will come along too.

If Jet comes into it, I'll scream. I don't like Silver either, he sounds liek a kid.

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Modplan Man 28.03.2007#46

Speaking about the development process between Nintendo and SEGA, Kaplan noted, "The beauty of the relationship is that SEGA of Japan will work in close collaboration with Miyamoto, so that's sort of like the icing on the cake. There's a great development team and then he's going to amp it up like he does with all the games. That also speaks to our commitment to the relationship and to the product. We're excited about it."
Company reps would not say whether or not the Wii version of the game would be compatible with the DS build. However, IGN does have reason to believe that the game will be compatible with Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection when it ships later this year.

From IGN.

Shigsy is involved, so it has some hope.

Gibdo 28.03.2007#47

Personally I'm looking forward to it. It's the start of something special Smilie

JoshSL 28.03.2007#48

Well, also, I think the DS version could be very interesting. I'm wondering what the graphics will be like, whether it will be 2D or 3D, & how it will play.

Infact, there's so much about this game that still remains a mystery, hopefully we'll find out more over the next few weeks.

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Marzeee 28.03.2007#49

Ok, it's kind of convincing, but I still don't entirely believe it. If it is real, then I don't think it will be that good. How could it be, I mean it's not like they could actually make this game entertaining. It would probably be just a quick gimmicky game for the Wii and I sure have seen a lot of those lately.

It's just another one of Nintendo's lame cash-in attempts, except they have SEGA rolling with them this time around.

Anyway, even if it did suck, I'm sure it would still play better than 'The Secret Rings' did. Jesus! That game is pathetic in the controls department.

( Edited on 28.03.2007 21:29 by Marzy )