Mario and Sonic: Finally Together

Gamers have been waiting for this moment. Crudely-animated flash battles on Newgrounds.com, rumors about the Super Smash Bros games, theories when Sega became a third party developer; we've been ready for this moment for a long time: Mario and Sonic in the same game. I give you...

That's right. Mario and Sonic characters will come together to compete in events based on those included in the 2008 summer olympics. However, the game will not take place in Beijing; rather, it will include locales from the Sonic and Mario games. Confirmed playable characters so far are Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. I'm hoping for my favorite character in each series to make the final cut: Bowser Jr from Mario, and Silver from Sonic. Here's hoping the Sega/Nintendo friendship will lead to Sonic appearing in Super Smash Brothers Brawl!

"Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games" is coming out at the end of 2007 for Wii and the DS. We've got a while to wait, but it will be worth it.