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Screenshots of Rejected M&S Characters

Tristan Oliver | May 17, 2008

As promised, Proof Positive that Some Chars were Cut

As previously reported First @ TSSZ, not only were some members of the Sonic universe given the axe from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, but some Mario-centric characters also got the boot.

We promised some screenshots of Birdo and Donkey Kong, the two rejected characters from the Mario series, and here they are.  We thank Link of X-Cult and Sonic Retro for releasing these shots–he even has a video if you’d like a look.  You’ll note we threw in Silver, just to reaffirm the news of Sonic cuts.

Filed Under Emulation & Hacking, Gaming News, Nintendo, Sega 

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One Response to “Screenshots of Rejected M&S Characters”

  1. RUMOR: Birdo Coming to M&S Winter Olympics? | tssz|news on June 19th, 2009 6.33 am

    [...] Olympic Games.  The character was not in the original Summer Olympics game; in fact, researchers uncovered an unfinished model of it and others in that original title, indicating Birdo was at least in the works.  Thus [...]

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