Birdo & Silver & Jet & Donkey Kong at the Olympic Games
by Chris Greenhough 
on Jun 11th 2008 8:45AM
As if
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games wasn't already home to enough
abysmal characters, a group of hackers have discovered a way to unlock numerous other unused playable characters in the title, including Silver the Hedgehog, Jet the --
ugh -- Hawk, and Donkey Kong (who would have been a welcome addition, actually). Birdo is also available, though comes with some sort of
hideous facial deformity, as though the model never had its nose finished. It looks kind of
wrong, truth be told. Not as wrong as
this, mind.
There are plenty of other background characters that can be played with (some of which are fairly obscure), though only in certain events (such as trampolining). These include Shy Guy, Toad, the gut-churning
Charmy, Espio, Cream, Boo, Bullet Bill (!), Goomba (!!), "Heroes Enemy 1," "Heroes Enemy 2," "SA1 Monkey," and -- nooo! --
Big the Cat. Sprint through the tape and into
our gallery for a couple more screens.
