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Ok, growing up during the 16 -bit days, this picture just made me crap myself. Mario and Sonic, in the same game?! Impossible!!

But no, it’s true according to Sega. This new title is probably going to be just as it sounds, an Olympics game with Mario and Sonic, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games. In it will be a variety of Olympics based games (Ping Pong, Swimming, Track and Field, etc.) along with some characters from both sides of the spectrum. Including Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi from Nintendo and Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails from Sega. Sure something like this has been done before with Nintendo and cross-overs, but never with Sega, boy this is big if you grew up during the right time.

The game will be designed by Sega with oversight by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. Simon Jeffery of Sega said,

“It’s going to be very interactive and fairly physical.”

In traditional Wii-style, the game will make unique use of the Wii’s motion-sensitive controller. The gameplay will involve

“something that has not yet been imagined on Wii and DS,”

added Nintendo’s Perrin Kaplan. Players will compete in events based on the official venues of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

The game is expected to come out in Holiday 2007, so expect at the end of the year.

I CAN’T WAIT!!!