When Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games was announced a few months back, we were excited about finally being able to pit these two long-standing mascots against each other. Based on their histories, we figured Sonic would probably excel at the running event,s while ever-bouncing Mario would obviously have some advantages in the jumping events.
But now that the first batch of screenshots have come in, we're a little disappointed in the shot pictured above, which appears to show Mario and Sonic finishing in a dead heat in some sort of sprint event. In what universe can Mario even begin to run as fast as Sonic? We understand trying to balance the game to make all characters have an equal shot at all event, but really, this just stretches incredulity. Then again, they could be just starting the race, in which case we're surprised Sonic is still on the screen instead of a Sonic-shaped cloud of dust.
Check out more screens for the Wii and DS versions of the game at Gaming-Revolution.de
