RUMOR: Sonic PLAYABLE in Super Mario Galaxy 2 (From NGamer's Tweet)!!

[ElRhodeo]

Gamerace said:

ElRhodeo said:

darthdevidem01 said:

Maybe nintendo asked for sonic in return for having mario in the olympics games sega makes

sounds like a fair deal to me.

That's the very opposite of what actually happened. Nintendo outsourced the development of M&S to Sega. "The olympics game Sega makes"... do you actually believe this game would have sold remotely as well without Mario and the other N characters? It's a Mario game, first and foremost, and Sega were lucky Nintendo was willing to involve them. 

Funny because Sega holds the license rights to the Olympic games not Nintendo so how could Nintendo possible outsource it?

Sega also makes Olympic games for HD consoles, ipods, etc, they just don't have Mario in them (or Sonic)

Fine, you're right about the Olympic games license. But I think we both agree that the game wouldn't have happened had Nintendo not participated. Btw, in Japan it is even published by Nintendo... 

And don't you think its success is largely based on the fact that people see it as a proper Mario game? How would "Just Sonic at the Olympic games" have sold?