Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Preview

This is an excerpt from the Preview of the Nintendo Wii game Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games by CVG

On top of the 20-plus Olympic events, a few Mario and Sonic-themed games are on the way. For franchise fans this probably carries the most significance - seeing Sonic amidst Nintendo level furniture and Mario having to deal with rings instead of coins is more in the vein of what we were expecting from the title as a whole.

We can probably expect these events to have more of a minigame vibe to them than the main events, padding out four-player simultaneous play in a game where events are naturally tuned towards turn-taking party sessions. It’s not the game’s fault as such, but outside of track events just how would four players interact?

This is looking like a sturdy entry into the track and field genre, but one slightly lacking in character. We want blood-feuds, but we’re seeing friendly competition. We hope the release will reveal our fears unfounded.

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told ya

uh…. bubble boy, what are you talking about?
“Told ya”?
SOmeone you were talking to?

maybe him self?

i’ve said many times before that by putting them all together you are seriously downgrading significant characters in order for everyone to compete.