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If your dream of Mario and Sonic's ultimate confronatation was a snowboarding competition, then you have lucked out today, son! Sega has posted a new teaser trailer for Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games on Youtube, and here it is. Aren't you excited? I've got a semi-on just thinking about it.

This game will sell millions upon millions of copies, while brooding cynics like myself complain about how Mario and Sonic should have been in a much more meaningful game that probably wouldn't have sold for sh*t. Something about that makes me feel comfortable.


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Half left's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 12:22
Half left


"GOTY"
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 12:33
mistic
LoL @ Half Left
Mikey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 12:35
Mikey
YES!!! Snowboard Kids for th--WAIT A MINUTE
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 12:45
A New Challenger
Brawl?
bmdubya's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 12:49
bmdubya
Sick
Moofey's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 12:52
Moofey
An odd announcement to mark the 1 year countdown to Vancouver 2010. :P
Palidi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 13:02
Palidi
Now, lets take a good look back at some things here:

Sonic 3's Ice Cap Zone had a snowboarding section; Sonic 3 and Knuckles is the best Sonic game made yet.

Sonic Adventure had one in its Ice Cap level; Sonic Adventure is arguably the best 3d Sonic game made

Sonic Adventure 2 had a psuedo snowboarding(er...streetboarding I guess) section in the first level; SA2, also arguably the best 3d Sonic game made

Sonic Triple Trouble(aka Sonic and Tails 2) had Sonic get a snowboard power-up in Robotnik Winter Zone; STT was one of the better Game Gear Sonics.

Sonic Rush Adventure had a whole act on a Snowboard for Blizzard Peaks; SRA was leagues better than Sonic Rush(save for a new annoying character).

Ok, so where was I going with this? Sonic + Snowboarding = win, so Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games will be win too for bringing back a snowboarding Sonic.
dollrapist's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 13:04
dollrapist
Why did Moronicle even bother posting this?*

*Just to be an annoying cockwhiff.
Rhoq's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 13:18
Rhoq
The first Mario & Sonic At The Olympics was a fun local multiplayer game. It didn't have any legs to stand on it's own as a satisfying single player experience, though.
Spelunking raccoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 13:24
Spelunking raccoon
Well you know what it looks like a perfect drunken party game where I get to play as Amy so I'm totally on board.
mrplow8's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 13:28
mrplow8
I can't wait for Mario & Sonic At The Walk For Breast Cancer.
eboku01's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 13:34
eboku01
mrplow8, you made me laugh.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 14:24
PappaDukes
Trailer to end all trailers. That was better than the GoW 3 teaser trailer!
elsteveo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 14:29
elsteveo
I know i am probably in the minority but i fucking hate Mario.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 14:48
Dan CiTi
The first was a lot of fun, lets hope this one builds on it.
zzyzx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 15:16
zzyzx
Yes, let's all reaffirm our taste by bashing yet another collection of minigames.

My only suggestion: the original was not even close to being the worst offender. Many enjoyed it. Save the bile for the majority of its competitors, which really are wretched. Like last year's winter games collection. Whatever it was called.
Nubc4kes's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 15:17
Nubc4kes
Wait is that Porky Pig at 0:19?
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 15:18
Syn
Now we need Mario & Sonic Take over the World. Where you play as a dejected Robotnik and Bowser
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 15:31
Jim Sterling
Did people intentionally not get the self-parody in this post?
zzyzx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 17:30
zzyzx
Heh - maybe I didn't read as closely after the first paragraph :)

In all seriousness, I give Sega a free pass. If selling millions of copies of this gives them the financial security to take the occasional risk on a title I might like better...hey, eveyone wins.
Artemus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/12/2009 18:52
Artemus
Epic!
Right?!
Sonic being in Brawl was pretty epic... Should have been Mega Man instead, dammit.
Captain Cranberry's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2009 00:55
Captain Cranberry
That's just stupid, if you take Sonic off his feet and put him on some sort of board and he becomes meaningless. Mario will beat Sonic downhill because he weighs more.
zzyzx's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/13/2009 10:07
zzyzx
So *that's* why the world's best downhill skiers are Sumo wrestlers.

Oh, wait...
WiiChronicles's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2009 05:57
WiiChronicles
i like Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. mario games are always fun to play maybe not for all but it is for me.
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