Silver Nearly a Lock…But There May be One More in the Cards
Astute community members studying the recent crop of Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games screenshots have found not just one, but perhaps two exciting developments.
The image in question is one we showed off last week. It primarily shows off Tails in one of the game’s “Dream” modes, a non-traditional mode that doesn’t follow the standard Olympic protocol. Wer’re showing it again below–can you see what’s unique about the photo?
In the distance you’ll see a series of character flags waving. At the tail end of that row is a silver colored flag. Look closer, and you’ll see some art work indicative of Silver the Hedgehog–all but confirming his appearance in the game.
But that’s not all. Look closer at the track map on the right hand side. Some in community are speculating that another icon for a yet unannounced character is in that jumbled mess. It could be another entry from the Sonic series–though it can’t quite be made out who.
Do you have a guess? Do you simply have a better eye? Give us your thoughts on who else could be represented in the comments section below. Thanks go out to tennis7657 and others who submitted the information via the News Tips system. If you have something to share, click “News Tips” at the top of every page.
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Time to zoom in at SONIC SPEED!
Hmmm… you guys could see that unknown character on screen. It’s to the left of the pole. And honestly, it looks like Sonic. When I first saw the icon on the map, I thought Blaze, but Blaze isn’t THAT dark of a purple.
I think… this is Rouge the Bat
Yeah that definately Silver! I don’t really like him, I would like him if they gave him other power and so on.
..Eh? Just looks like a 4 player race with Tails, Sonic, Peach and Mario.
I don’t see how anyone can think there’s another Sonic character hidden in that track map :/ 5 players is a bit of an odd number, and they’re all so close to each other on the map, you can even see all 4 of them on screen.
i can see the silver flag, but on the map, theres just a full colour tails icon, then a faded peach icon with sonic behind. unless im looking in the wrong place here. although there does seem to be another character just behind the tails icon (more like a yellow circle) i dont think its possible to give it a name, or a face for that matter lol.
The silver flag looks convincing, but the jumbled mess on the map looks like just that; a jumbled mess.
But YAY for seeing Silver! I hope we get to see some showy psychokenesis!
The character after Silver has to be a Mario character
There’s only Tails, Mario, Peach and Daisy on that map. Mario’s head is behind Tails and Sonic’s is behind Daisy’s. You can see all 4 of them on the screen too. The screenshot is from E3 too and no form of media have revealed any new characters we don’t know about.
I think it’s just that purple flag with the upside down “L”.
that purple flag is just waluigi
@sonicsmashkirby
Silver’s is The blue flag with tons of gray after Eggmans…
Silver, ok his a pretty good character and you can easy see that he is in the game. No problems there!
Bur this map thing! On the hill you can see first Mario, then Tails, then Peach and at the first place you can see a blue hedgehog and he’s Sonic!
Look at the map. You can see 4 characters. First Tails, then behind him Mario, then Peach and then Sonic behind Peach.
The other character does not excist! There are just Tails, Mario, Peach and Sonic on the screen!
Werehog, you do know that Tristan said “Character Flag”, right? He’s saying Silver has a character flag in above said screenshot.
I agree with Jeffrey C. You can see the character from the icon on the track. It is obvious that is the Peach icon overlapping the Sonic one, giving it the appearance of a new character. If you don’t believe me zoom in on the picture and see for yourself.
Rosaline for game please.
Ethan Kerr: Yes, I can see Sonic. It just this second character that’s not real.
um.. the character icon on the little map is an overlap of Sonic and Peach. :s
Oh man, imaginations must be wild lately. There are only 4 characters in this race. You see them all jumbled together on the map, and you see them or their indicators in the actual gameplay. (3 COMs and one human player) They are Peach, Sonic, Mario, and Tails. The only thing interesting here is the Silver flag. And I just knew Silver would be in this game! Cool!
Doctor Eggman has totaly right!
chose silver i want to see him this time realy badley
The only new character is Silver.
That jumble on the map is sonic and peach’s icons overlapping.
That’s definatley a Silver flag. But hell no is there 5 characters on that map. 5′s too odd. So it’s gotta be 4. And all 4 are on screen. Sonic, Tails, Peach, and Mario.
Ethan Kerr i didn’t say nothing about silver
WOOT! I got mentioned in an article!
…why am i getting flashbacks of Brawl?
I ask again, Rosalina for Mario & Sonic please.
The only thing confirmed in this pic is Silver. I honestly don’t see what everyone else is speculating about.
That unkown character HAS to be sonic
That character is Sonic the Hedgehog. Looking at the map of the course you can see Sonic is behind/in front of Peach, who is visible on the screen. From that far, Sonic is just darker.
spider : same here I hope rosalina makes I`d love to see her in the winter outfit ^^
Its a dark chao.
Hum, that unknown character on the map isn’t a new character at all, it’s just Peach’s and Sonic’s head jumbled together along with Mario and Tails.
What I DO think is a hint is the fact that a Gomba is on the track, but I’m assuming that he’s just an obstacle.
if it’s true it will be Silver & Diddy Kong
Is it just me, or does that first red flag have Chip on it?
Yay, Silver.
You guys don’t know how to read, do you? Allow me to quote Tristan here with key points capitalized for your benefit:
“In the distance you’ll see a series of CHARACTER FLAGS waving. At the TAIL END of that row is a SILVER colored FLAG. LOOK CLOSER, and you’ll see some art work INDICATIVE OF SILVER THE HEDGEHOG–all but confirming his appearance in the game.”
its just sonic…look at the on screen characters positions and look at the map…hes just barely ahead of peach and thats were the icon is on the map
It looked almost like Wave to me
i think the new characters are,
Donkey Kong
Bowser Jr.
Birdo
Rosalina
Metal Sonic
Silver
Big the Cat (Maybe)
Rouge the Bat
well… i’m looking at the track map and all i see is a mix of a sonic face and a peach face. and if you look at the screen shot. down the slope. you can see sonic and peach.
i didnt feel like reading the above posts so if some one posted that… then i guess i am re-posting it.
I think they should add 6 new characters on each
Team Sonic -
Metal Sonic (Confirmed)
Silver the Hedgehog (Flag)
Big the Cat (Hinted)
Rouge the Bat (E3 says that they made a huge mistake about her not being in the 1st 1 and she got deleted from the 1st)
Cream the Rabbit (Hacked character on last)
E-123 Omega (Got deleted in 1st 1)
Team Mario-
Donkey Kong (Confirmed)
Birdo (Image)
Rosalina
Toad
Toadette
King Boo
U may comment about my suggestions but please dnt make hem mean
ooooo instead of Boo – Bowser Jr. LOL
I think the flag might be another waluigi flag or rouge flag. Rouge the Bat should be a new character in the game! Seriously! Also Birdo should be in it too!
They HAVE to put Rouge in this time!! I also think they should add Rosalina.
The Flag is another Waluigi flag.
I think there should be 8 new players per team…
Sonic:
Rouge (All-Around)
Cream (All-Around)
Silver (Skill)
Charmy (Skill)
Espio (Speed)
Metal Sonic (Speed)
Big (Power)
Omega (Power)
I think that it should be either Jet or espio for speed but i put espio down for now
I can only think of a few mario characters.
Mario:
Bowser J.R (Speed)
Diddy Kong (Speed)
Rosalina (Skill)
D.K (Power)
Birdo (All-Around)
U Guys decide the rest