Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, however, tries to change all that. For starters, it tries to address one of the main complaints I’ve had about the series over the years, which is ...

At the same time, with enough style, innovative gameplay, and overall charisma even the simplest actions can still be extremely fun and competitive. Case in point, Mario & Sonic's first gaming ...

Longtime Sonic the Hedgehog boss Takashi Iizuka has shot down the notion that a “Sonic Maker” game, which would essentially allow players to create their own 2D Sonic levels, would ever come ...

Just about everything within his design and gameplay style was meant to counter what Mario did for Nintendo. Mario was slow; Sonic was fast. Mario’s “main color” was red, so Sonic’s was blue.

National Video Game Day, celebrated every July 8, is a joystick-powered celebration of the pixelated heroes and villainous ...

PlayStation / Sega The next Mario Kart game may be coming later this year, but it’s going to have some competition. Sonic Racing: Crossworlds is another installment in the Sonic Racing series ...

However, one fact has remained constant: Mario is the top dog, and Sonic is (ironically) leagues behind, both in terms of sales and cultural appreciation. The announcements of “Super Mario Bros.

Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog lead a 2D turn in entertainment ... threw out the 3D style, ubiquitous since Pixar’s “Toy Story” (1995), and replaced it with a hand-drawn, hybrid look, ...

Mario and Sonic have also appeared in Nintendo’s all-star fighter, Super Smash Bros. Despite their crossovers, the two characters are rivals. In a recent interview , Sega executive Osamu Ohasi ...

Mario & Sonic have given no indication that they plan to return for this or any future Olympic Games. And we should not expect them to—clearly they've lost the competitive spirit, and are now ...