Sega springs for Don LaFontaine

Posted Jul 20th 2007 10:35AM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Video

Sega must have a lot of faith in their upcoming Olympics game-- and well they should, since they've got Mario and friends on board, and assistance from Miyamoto. Even if the game is "gaming chewing gum" But it's not often we hear voiceover legend Don LaFontaine, also known as "that announcer guy from the movies," in a game trailer. The trailer looks good too, but the fact that it's in HD should give you a clue about how much it has to do with the real game.

Maybe they should add Don LaFontaine to the roster. We'd play Mario, Sonic, and Don LaFontaine at the Olympic Games. In a world where cartoon plumbers can run races with gigantic, anthropomorphic hedgehogs at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, can one man make a difference in terms of how nonsensical the game is?

Tags: mario, nintendo, olympics, sega, sonic

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

7-20-2007 @ 11:18AM

Diego said...

ok I know the concept of this game is not necessarily that appealing to me, but just the sight of Mario and Sonic in the same game almost brought me to tears..! something I would just never expect back at my Genesis/SNES years...

7-20-2007 @ 12:17PM

Zachary Hinchliffe said...

Did anyone else notice the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection logo at the end of the trailer?

7-20-2007 @ 12:39PM

Jonathan Tran said...

It has already been confirmed it will use Wifi, but nobody knows to what degree.

7-20-2007 @ 5:19PM

Ren said...

Hey didn't that Don LaFontaine guy do the NiGHTS trailer too?

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