Mario and Sonic at the Olympics

Well it appears the two gaming rivals are finally teaming up in a game together. This always seemed like a cool idea to me, but I can't get excited about this news. Mario and Sonic at the Olympics is a game coming out for Wii and DS and you get to play as a bunch of Mario and Sonic characters taking part in Olympic. In all honesty, this is a rubbish idea. It really is. Maybe it'll be along the same vein as Wii Sports- playing simple games with innovative controls- but I still can't help but find the idea of sticking these characters into the Olympics really really lame.
An early April fools joke perhaps? IGN: Mario and Sonic Together at Last

It seems like a good idea to me. It may be an april fools joke but... Seems cool, I can totally see it being a great game.

Well, it's on Sega's official website: MARIO AND SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Do big gaming companies play April Fool's Jokes?

lol how can Mario possibly beat Sonic at any of the running competitions? They'll definitely have to slow him down a bit. And this game seems alright. Using the wiimote should be really fun and beating sonic and his cronies with people from the mushroom kingdom should be quite fun.

I read this at Ign today, shame it aint smash bros though, and It will be even more outrunning the the mushroom kingdom gang as sonic and co.

Well, if it's on the official sites it must indeed be real. I think the game could be fun...but the concept... oh it makes me cringe for some reason. It's not like there's an Olympics being held in the mushroom kingdom or something...they're supposed to be taking part in the Beijing Olympics. I keep searching for words in my vocabulary to describe this but all I can come up with is lame. Ugh.

Sounds retarded to me. I'm not interested at all.

Can you say: "four days till april first"?

Originally Posted by Djinn

Can you say: "four days till april first"?

Like I asked earlier: Do big gaming companies, stationed in Japan, play April Fool's jokes?

this game sounds terrible. thats all i can really say. im mostly annoyed because nintendos publishing what will most likely be another uninspired collection of minigames related to sports and will probably have unimaginative controls. though thats just me negative opinion

The idea of a sports game is a little..bleh.. But you guys have to look past this.

This could be the start of many more Games With Sonic and Mario together, and hopefully.. A action adventure game will come out of this.

Originally Posted by Hoopy Frood

Like I asked earlier: Do big gaming companies, stationed in Japan, play April Fool's jokes?

I have to look at it this way... If they did, do you really think people would take them seriously in the future?

This would be the April Fool's joke to end all APD jokes if it indeed were such.

Grreeaaat.... All that the once legendary Mario games need is ANOTHER sports game... <.<

LAME!

Originally Posted by the_Predator

Grreeaaat.... All that the once legendary Mario games need is ANOTHER sports game... <.<

LAME!

Look past... look past...

Originally Posted by Sypher

Look past... look past...

if we look past the fact that its a sports game theres not much there.

and seriously being announced in april doesnt mean its a joke. its stupid to assume that.

Originally Posted by Zora Fisherman

if we look past the fact that its a sports game theres not much there.

and seriously being announced in april doesnt mean its a joke. its stupid to assume that.

Thats not what I mean, I was saying that this "may" be the start of a Mario and Sonic together in a game that people will Appreciate more then this one some time in the future.

Well, it's also on Nintendo's official site (NoA one) as well. That site also states that Nintendo will be publishing it in Japan, and Sega will publish it everywhere else (not sure why this is). It doesn't state who developed it, though.

It seems pretty corny, though. Olympics? You have to admit, though, one game with those three names (Mario, Sonic, Olympics) is going to get a lot of attention. I don't really care if it's sports or not- it just needs to be good. That's all I ask.

hmmm... isn't Sonic in brawl? that oughta be good enough. This seems to be a bit extreme. Running? Table Tennis? (I wonder why that sounds familiar)

It could be a good rental, but probably not a must have.