Erik Aston on 03 February 2008
I don't think Sonic will show up in Mario sports, party or RPG games.
Probably a Winter Olympics game, assuming SEGA keeps the Olympics rights, which they should due to M&S's success.
I'm not expecting much else though. Sonic is getting his own Tennis game and his own RPG, and Mario sports and RPG games already sell great, so Mario/Sonic sports games or RPGs seem unlikely. And Mario Party CLEARLY doesn't need Sonic to sell well.
A tag-team style 2D platformer could be awesome, but I don't really expect that either.
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