Mario and Sonic in a new trailer, at the Olympic Winter Games

by JC Fletcher { Aug 20th 2009 at 11:50AM }

We thought we had been cured of all vestiges of Sonic fandom -- the last several years having made caring about Sonic games unbearably painful. But then a speed-skating Metal Sonic showed up in this Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games trailer, and we were, however briefly, thrilled.

Other items of interest in this trailer: superfluous Sonic character Silver the Hedgehog getting really into curling, a Bowser/Bowser Jr. team (which confused us a lot when we initially thought it was a paradoxical Bowser/Baby Bowser team), and snowboarding! Which seems to be awfully close to the concept of Sonic Riders. And in the gallery, a few pictures of snowball fights! Is snowball fighting an Olympic sport now? If so, we'll actually pay attention to the TV broadcasts.

Gallery: Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics (GamesCom 2009)

Tags: mario, mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-winter-games, minigames, olympics, sega, silver-the-hedgehog, sonic

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Andrew @ Aug 20th 2009 12:18PM

This trailer made me physically ill. It's like watching the ninja turtles play backgammon with the Street Sharks.

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Andrew @ Aug 20th 2009 12:19PM

Street sharks link, because html isn't allowed in comments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqGQyMF5a_0

Mr Khan @ Aug 20th 2009 12:56PM

Beyond the mere peculiarities of Mario and Sonic being together, there are a number of logic-stretching problems there, too. Like Silver the Hedgehog playing Curling.

Old Professor Zertoss @ Aug 20th 2009 4:23PM

You'd think Silver would use telekinesis to cheat, but if you remember how his powers worked in Sonic '06, you'd know that there would be no way for him to control where his rock would go.

I was far more unsettled by Shadow waving to the crowd at the beginning of the trailer.