Comments on: Why Nintendo Should’ve Held Off a Little Longer On Announcing Sonic in Smash Bros. Brawl

By: Brendon

Brendon — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:58:30 +0000

Wait, Jonathan. You meant to tell me at one point you DID care about Mario vs Sonic? Come on, man!

By: confused

confused — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:04:06 +0000

Am I the only one who doesn’t really care for mini-games? Everyone is comparing this game to wii play, raving rabbids, and warioware. All games that don’t interest me at all.

By: SteveZim

SteveZim — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:49:24 +0000

I actually find it hard to believe that many people would buy a game SOLEY because it has sonic vs mario. Granted it makes the game more tempting from a fanboy perspective, but the overall quality of the game is almost always nintendo’s top priority.

By: erathoniel

erathoniel — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:57:11 +0000

Meh, I wouldn’t have bought it because of Brawl in the first place. Though, ever since I’d heard of Brawl, I just assumed Sonic was in there. Due to rumors, maybe, but I still thought he would be in there.

By: weclock

weclock — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:12:05 +0000

King Sora, I think you’re full of crap.

Look at all the other minigame collections on the Wii, Wiiplay has been topping the charts for forever now.

I think Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games will do rather well. If not better than the crack cocaine that is Super Smash Brother Brawl.

Because Super Smash Brothers Brawl is aimed at the gamer audience, putting in references from other series, and games, you’d have to have played them to get the full nostalgic effect and be interested, otherwise it’s just another fighter.

But Mario and Sonic at the Olympic games, has a much more open platform. I think it will appeal to the gamer who wasn’t a gamer previously. Old people, women, things like that.

They are a much more dominant market on the Wii than other consoles.

By: King Sora

King Sora — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 19:12:38 +0000

I think your taking the announcement a little too seriously. First of all, despite what it looked like, Mario vs. Sonic at the Olympics was going to be a weird/ shotty game anyways. I, as a Nintendo fan, thought it was cool, but in the grand scheme of things didn’t care about it. If it was anything, the Olympic game was just foreshadowing to Sega and Nintendo working together, almost ensuring sonic in brawl anyways. Its obvious its a collection of mini games, and with brawl soon i don’t think that game will make it very far. Best chance it has is on the DS, if it doesnt play like garbage.

By: just saying

just saying — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 08:21:56 +0000

This is just a game i don’t understand what is the big deal
I mean, I think it’s awesome that Sonic and Mario will be together in a game

By: destroyer of fun

destroyer of fun — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:14:28 +0000

seriusly, its just a game ffs!

By: manpan

manpan — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:44:48 +0000

I’ll actually be buying both games asap! However, I agree the fact that Sonic will be in Super Smash Brothers Brawl will reduce the novelty of Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games — my main reason for getting that game was the appearance of Sonic and Mario together. I really want to play a battle game between the two of them — will be glad this additional game will enable Mario & Sonic to battle.

I’ve already pre-ordered Super Mario Galaxy and have 20-30 Wii Virtual Console titles including Super Mario 64 (from N64), Super Mario Bros 1 & 2 plus Super Mario Bros 2 The Lost Levels. I also have Sonic The Hedgehog 1, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, and Sonic The Hedgehog 3 plus among the for Wii titles Sonic & The Secret Rings + Super Paper Mario and the cross platform-er Marvel Ultimate Alliance. I have Wii Sports which came with my system and am looking forward to the release of Wii Fitness with the Balance Board and considering getting Wii Play with Wii Remote.

I have Cars the video game based on the Disney & Pixar movie also for Wii and aside the titles I mentioned any other games I might get for WIi on Game Disc I’ll just rent.

I’m interested in buying Super Mario Bros 3 via WIi Virtual Console when and if it is hopefully released but as I said earlier other games I’ve not mentioned I’d likely rent rather than buy.

By: weclock

weclock — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:41:07 +0000

No, I think the olympic games one would be good. It’s a wii title that has a lot of mini-games that’s put out by nintendo.

what other mini-game based games put out by nintendo are fun and do well?

wiisports
wiiplay
wario
mario party

I mean, if you discount the whole ‘omg it’s sonic and mario’ factor, it’s another sports based minigame collection, imo that’s not bad. I’m probably more likely to get this than SSB simply because of all the different activities that are there for groups of people, instead of just fighting, fighting, fighting.

Sure, SSBB is going to be awesome, but I think I’d get the olympic games first.

By: Nintendo Dude

Nintendo Dude — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:56:27 +0000

Lol, who cares about the fact that sonic is “theoretically” faster than mario it is a computer game where anything could happen, not real life if they want to slow sonic down they can and will, and to boo the squirel companies have been doing that for years, there aim is to make money, and my aim is to buy good games so if they both turn out to be good I will buy both of them.

By: boothesquirrel

boothesquirrel — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:42:54 +0000

If they had waited and released the info that sonic was in SSBM after people had already bought that other game everyone would be complaining about that. Make up your minds people, do you want to get raped by companies or don’t you? Don’t give them better raping tips.

By: Snowpaw

Snowpaw — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:13:38 +0000

Personally I think it didn’t really matter since my roommate and many other gamers heard a leak about this WAY before they ever thought of announcing it. If you’re hardcore about Smash, which I kinda am, but not to the point of scouring the net for stuff about the new one, then you’d know anyway. *shrugs* But still, now EVERYONE knows, not just the select few who heard the leak and those they told about it…

By: Joelteon7

Joelteon7 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:28:12 +0000

Yeah, that’s what I said, momentum

By: Z

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:21:14 +0000

You mean “momentum”, not “inertia”. Inertia would be an opposing force during those events.

By: Joelteon7

Joelteon7 — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:55:54 +0000

Have to agree with Inés. Even if the game somehow plays well, there’s absolutely no sense to it. Sonic, without a shadow of a doubt, would easily win pretty much all of the events, not just the racing ones.

Eg, at the beginning of Sonic CD, he spins around with a boulder which flies up into space after letting go and takes down the Death Egg (again). Equates to shotput or discus.

Other generic examples:
-Speed gives additional inertia for long jump, high jump, javelin etc.

In fact, the only event he wouldn’t win in is swimming. Not unless there are gigantic air bubbles.

I know it might seem silly and specific, but, honestly, anybody who has any idea about gravity and speed will know that Sonic > Mario 999/1000 times on most of the events. In fact, the only good event Mario has is long jump.

By: JAK

JAK — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:40:45 +0000

Lol who’d buy a game just to see who would win between two rival mascots, when it is the human controlling the character. whod buy one anyway.

By: Anfareth

Anfareth — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:35:50 +0000

QFT

By: Inés

Inés — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:31:36 +0000

I agree!
But I wasn’t going to buy the Olympics game from the beginning, for a completely different reason: I’m NOT buying ANYTHING where Mario actually RACES SONIC as if he had any kind of chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVER!