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The International Olympics Committee walked away from its partnership with Nintendo and Sega for the long-running Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games series in order to explore deals with new partners, NFTs and esports, Eurogamer understands.

As the real-life Olympics gets underway in Paris, there's been discussion online of there being no new Mario & Sonic tie-in for this summer's Games, for the first time in almost two decades.

Speaking with Eurogamer, a veteran behind the series has now said the decision to end the popular Mario & Sonic franchise rested with the IOC, which chose not to renew its licensing deal with Nintendo and Sega, and allowed it to lapse in 2020.

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[Ozriel]

The IOC didn't learn anything from how FIFA FAFO'd with EA?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

The IOC is pure garbage, so this tracks. The lure of the promise of money to people that don't know anything about the games industry is surely hard to look past and not want to pursue.

 

[winjer]

 

[NoLootBoxDev]

When they go that road:

 

[joeygreco1985]

The 2020 game with the 2D sprite events was pretty cool, this makes me sad

 

[Magic Carpet]

Astrobot Winter Olympics.

 

[Dacvak]

I'm still hoping for that Nagano Winter Olympics '98 remaster

 

[Orbital2060]

 

[ReyBrujo]

NFTs? They are like a couple of years too late...

 

[LordCBH]

Fuck NFTs

 

[Robot Carnival]

maybe there should be some investigations into either the finances or the mental/intelligent status of the ones who voted for this. we all know only one of those aspects would be really high.

 

[intbal]

Good.
Mario and Sonic don't need to be associated with that filth.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Drags, grossophobia, leggings on women's beach volleyball and now nfts. IOC reached rock bottom and keeps digging.

 

[StereoVsn]

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Garbage organization continues with garbage decisions.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Thats some square enix tier move.

 

[justiceiro]

Trash attracts trash, I guess.

 

[HoodWinked]

money laundering

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Olympic outfits DLC for Concord incoming.

 

[Barakov]

Yeah, I'd rather Mario and Sonic not being affiliated with the olympics. Especially after seeing some footage from that opening ceremony.

 

[NanaMiku]

They should've make it not tied to the Olympic.

"Mario & Sonic at the Sports Event"

LOL

 

[Kamina]

I hadn't heard anything about NFTs in a while, so I thought that trend died in the dark corner it came from.

 

[Randall365]

NFTs?

 

[Ozzie666]

FIFA or IOC, Disney or Legoa, not sure which is more greedy company.

and LMAO at NFT's, get fucked.