A new trailer for Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 has dropped and it suggests that Nintendo Switch is the answer to your travel woes. Entitled 'Fun Takes Off', it seems that everyone and their gran are off to Tokyo when the flight is delayed, but contrary to popular opinion, that is actually a boon.
While normally delays are a nightmare with confused people becoming angry people when airline staff turn up after 5 hours offering a £2.50 W.H. Smiths coupon for as an apology for the inconvenience, it seems that everyone in the trailer above is equipped with their own Nintendo Switch. Cut to scenes of extreme jubilation as the crowd get into the competition with Mobius and Mushroom Kingdom competitors.
To be fair, the game looks mighty fun and the trailer does a great job of showcasing the variety of events on offer, as well as that brilliant retro mode which grabs the attention of even the crustiest old gamer. We're not sure the game would be fun enough to make us forget that we're going to miss our connecting flight in Singapore, but still - colour us intrigued.
Obscene levels of enthusiasm aside, what did catch our eye is the highly irresponsible way the woman at the start stashes her Switch in the back jeans pocket. Yes, perhaps we've done that in the past. Sure, it's fine... until you bend over to pick up your bag and the entire console squeezes out and clatters onto the gleaning airport floor. Luckily, the console survived unscathed, but don't carry your Switches like that, kids!
As the eagle-eyed might have spotted in yesterday's Nintendo Download update, there's a demo currently on the eShop, so you can get stuck in and see if the game takes your fancy. If it gets us half as excited as the people in the above trailer appear to be, it's a guaranteed Day One purchase for us.
We once got delayed with only our Switch for company - the battery ran out after 20 minutes. This lot must have the new longer battery life version. Let us know below if you've tried out the eShop demo of M&SATOT2020 (as nobody is abbreviating it) and why nobody at the airport in the trailer has a Switch Lite.
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looks pretty damn good, gonna pick this up for some Christmas fun with the wife and kids
Not gonna lie, I wasn't interested, but this game looks actually kind of fun, reminds me a little bit of Mario strikers charged.
This game looks like it's a better Mario Party than Super Mario Party. 🙄
I never thought we would be talking about these types of games years from now. I always thought that it would be one of those Wii/DS era moments and that’s it. Has there ever been a standout game in this series? It seems like all that I remember are games that were considered average.
Way to draw attention to her "back pocket", NL.
Not gonna lie, still disappointed about the lack of fun costumes for certain characters like Yoshi. I don't see why some characters should be left out of the fun, especially when the characters in question had already done fun outfits in the past to begin with.
Still gonna get the game though, it looks good! I did get all the Mario & Sonic games so far, but... I'll admit after the first one I barely ever played any of them. Most of them I didn't even really touch at all. So this'll be a fresh experience for me again. Kinda.
Finding many people with a Nintendo Switch might not be that out of touch with reality in a big airport...but, finding that many switch systems WITH copies of Mario and Sonic at The Olympics is just too far fetched. If only single cartridge multiplayer was still a thing with Nintendo portables.
I hope it's better than London 2012 games on wii u. And also i hope it's multiplayer not local like nintendo hallways make local player games like everyones got a switch or we are kids and pop round a friends house with a switch.
I tried the demo last night. I must say, I was expecting a bit more. It was almost as if the game played itself, except karate.
I do hope the final product will be a blast!
@aVagabond what eshop region has the demo? I still haven't seen it here in the US.
Wonder where the Switch Lites went
I got delayed in Barcelona for 8 hours last month. Thank god I had my switch with me.
Now just waiting for my compensation payout
@Woomy_NNYes
I'm from Europe.
@Ulysses
Hopefully flopped
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