RUMOR: Sonic Appearance in Super Mario Galaxy 2?
Tristan Oliver | February 5, 2010
“Green Hill Galaxy” Teased by British Magazine
For those who’ve wanted to see Mario and Sonic together in a platforming environment, prepare your jaw to hit the floor…if this is true.
We have a news tip in from Playx4, who is ultimately citing the Twitter feed of British magazine NGamer; this isn’t coming from any random place. Two tweets from the magazine staff indicate Sonic will make an appearance in the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy 2–and the hedgehog will be playable.
Here are the two tweets of note, dated just a few hours ago, and NGamer claims they are “from a trusted source:”
We’ve just had some shocking news from an inside source at Nintendo: Sonic will be a playable character in Mario Galaxy 2! Wha?
More teasing from our insider: Sonic levels will be in ‘Green Hill Galaxy’. Matthew’s nearly in tears (of despair)
It is kinda hard to believe just on its merits alone. But what is now NGamer has been around for a while; though this incarnation has only been around since 2006, the entity is owned by Future Publishing–the same folks that own GamesMaster and the CVG website–and the Nintendo specific magazine has existed in some form over in Britain since 1992.
We are treating this as rumor, as should you. There is much to be skeptical about, but we’ll let you know of anything we hear. We thank Playx4 for sending this in via our News Tips system. If you have news–or perhaps credible rumor–to share, be sure to share it with us by clicking News Tips at the top of every page.
Filed Under Hot Topics, Rumor Alert, Sonic Scene
Wha the…!?
SEGA please share your recent sonic mediocroty with nintendo! Spread the disease to Mario! BWABWABWABWA
jk lol
Nintendo’s games rarely interest me, maybe this game will make me change my mind.
A real Mario and Sonic crossover?!?!?!
EPIC….
But I kinda doubt it’s true….
hahaha that would be hilarious. Soo many Mario fans would be pissed off
I see what they did there…
Oh, and this is a lie…
Man, I am taking bets that this is a comeplete FAKE! This is too insane to be true!
@Spider: I thought it was the cake that was a lie…?
I agree, this is so weird…
But it’s also not like it isn’t totally out of the question either, what with the M&S Olympics series and Brawl and all.
That there is a history of crossover is the only reason there’s a story about this here. But I know we have readers from the UK here–is NGamer notorious for practical jokes?
-T
@Sonication: It is, but this is just a bigger lie…
This honestly makes no sense whatsoever. I mean, really, since when has any other character been playable in a major Mario release? I can understand Brawl and M&S because those are specific games that are centered around the two’s inclusion together.
But the fact that Sonic may be playable in a major Mario platformer….it’s like a major OMGWUT on the forehead.
Noooooo!
Lol, this is fucking hilarious, the whole Sonic continuity will be blown out of the water. If this is true I cant wait to see how thet handle this one.
Omg I’m shocked. I was just coming on to check tssznews, and I was like what the bleep lol
…
Hrm. If this is true, I’d love to see how Nintendo handle Sonic in 3D.
But it’s too random to be real, isn’t it…? Besides, I’m not sure Nintendo would be too happy about sticking Sonic into a game that’s cited to be an IMPROVEMENT on Galaxy.
It might be an in-joke that got out by accident…
That’s not true, the only possibility is nintendo get mario off the world (kill him) and start doing SONIC GAMES with SEGA
muahahha 
Not gonna happen.
April Fools is still about two months away. Not cool NGamer, not cool.
To the guy above me that’s a little weird in the haha or scream in terror sort of way. Though given Mario and Sonic’s history toigether over the last few years it wouldn’t be the stragnest thing I’ll hear all year. Though think about we don’t know if this is some sort of cameo appearance or not.(that is if it’s true.). Even so it say’s “only” in Green Hill Galaxy. So there is the chance he won’t be seen as much, well storywise anyway. Though the funny thing is I’ve wondered about a Super Mario Galaxy and Sonic crossover though I don’t I though it was he stuff of imagination. Oh well with Sonic 4 gaining in information this year ought to be good.
Lol, who ever came up with this wasn’t even trying! This just isn’t N’s style / consistency.
* Is totally wishing this is true… <.< *
Playable character? I highly doubt that. But a passing mention or even cameo I could expect.
This is sooo not true~
BULL!
As much as this sounds awesome. It’s way too farfetched.
First of all, This is called “Super MARIO Galaxy” not “Super Mario and Sonic Galaxy”
Second, Green Hill Galaxy sounds promising but when you mention Sonic to be playable as well, it’s a downright lie.
Btw remember in a magazine they said Sonic and Tails were playable in Super Smash Bros Melee.?
Yeah it’s best not to trust these kinds of magazines unless Nintendo actually says something.
TSSZ, the news that isn’t news, the news for you!
Xtreme:
Super Mario Galaxy 2 with Sonic and Banjo-Kazooie?
It could happen.
-T
WTF O_O
I have no idea why they would tease something this far fetched. This is coming totally out of the blue, and I can’t actually see a reason for Nintendo to do it. It’s not like Mario Galaxy would need help selling or anything.
Of course, people hate the idea because Sonic will be in it :/
If this is true I’d eat my shoe
@TGT
Nintendo may not need help selling, but Sonic certainly does.
This seems to be some kind of joke; if only because it is so unbelievable (for lack of a better term). Sonic and Mario in a proper game together without them both being in the title.
Still, I will try to follow all news for SMG2 just in case.
This might actually be Sonic’s return to glory! (lol)
@ProfessorZolo
Yes Sonic does but the thing here is if this is true its more like Nintendo asked Sega with there permission to have Sonic in there game i mean i honestly doubt Sega asked them because they should know full well its a main series Mario game if Nintendo asked them then Nintendo is going to be getting some rants on how they been changing alot these years.
Whoa. I have a feeling this is fake. It just doesn’t seem right. I mean, I’m fine with Mario and Sonic crossovers, but this is an actual Mario game. It just seems to good to be true, to be honost.
holy shit
i dont belive it (inb4 habeeb it)
Rouge’s space level in SA2 spring to mind…
Still, this sounds… Oddly epic. And this is coming from a guy who took 18 years to get used to Mario. 0_o
wow…just wow. Galaxy 2 is already my favourite game of the year.. with sonic is it even greater! i think
@SonicLegends
I can see where you’re coming from, but it happened with Snake in Brawl, did it not? And if SEGA can see that Nintendo’s main franchise is doing well, why wouldn’t they at least ask about Sonic showing up in it? After all, if they had the opportunity to borrow a little of Nintendo’s success, why wouldn’t they?
sonic in mario galaxy…. No way. its fake
…Sonic in Super Mario Galaxy 2? F@#k that!
How’s about some of your oiwn damn characters, Nintendo! Use Donkey Kong, or Kirby, or even Fox McCloud!
What’s that Niintendo? You don’t REMEMBER them? Well, you would if you gave them a GAME once in a while!
@ProfessorZolo
Yes Nintendo asked Sega if Sonic can be in Brawl which means the Sonic fans buy the game to as for Snake the creator of Snake asked Nintendo if he can be in Brawl. I think that its more like Nintendo asked Sega for some reason because the game SMG2 looks good but from what i see not much improvement only new things added is Yoshi and Drill and besides this as I said before Nintendo might be doing this to get the Sonic fans to buy SMG2 i am really just going to rent it on gamefly.
@Professor Pickle
Thats another thing i hate about Nintendo these days they have forgotten there other franchises some ppl disagree with me i mean its a bit obvious they have i mean how may years has it been since Starfox, Donkey Kong, F-Zero and somewhat Kirby (Kirby Super Star Ultra was a remake so not considered completly new) and ya i agree with ya Mario gets like 2-4 games every year its just a matter of time before they run out of ideas for Mario i think.
@SonicLegends
Hey, they care more about their IPs then SEGA. I don’t see Shenmue III happening anytime soon. And when was the last time we had a Jet Set Radio game? What about Chu Chu Rocket? Billy Hatcher? Space Channel 5? Skies of Arcadia? Ristar? Alex Kidd? They’re too busy fanning Sonic while we might be lucky and get a Puyo Pop game or a Phantasy Star one, but never anything else of SEGA’s rich and vibrant history.
While interesting and pretty damn funny, this is not true. Nintendo barely even makes Luigi playable in Mario games, Sonic is out of the question.
@Blue Toad
Well as much as i like Sega dont get me wrong when i say this but Sega and some of there other franchises are not really recognizible as much the most recognizble i would have to say would be besides Sonic NIGHTS, AiAi, Billy Hatcher, Sambe De Amigo, Phantasy Star and Shenmue at least Sega is showing them in Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing Nintendo doesnt give Mario a break who is already suscessful while Sonic needs alot of recovery because some fans dont appreciate some of the Sonic games like Sonic Rush, Sonic Rush Adventure, Sonic and the Secret Rings and Sonic Unleashed were not considered all that great to fans and theres alot of complaining from them when a game isnt sucessful :/
fake or not it depends…..SONIC IN SMG22222222222!!!!
O_O I WOULD BUY THE GAME THE FIRST DAY IT COMES OUT IF THIS IS TRUE… PLEASE GOD OF NINTENDO & SEGA LET THIS BE TRUE !!!!
I COULD see a cameo, that would make sense. Galaxy 1 had referances to another series, I forget which one though.
Oh, and Sega does remember it’s properties. It’s just…they tend not to sell.
Nintendo…abandons SUCCESSFUL IP’s. Kirby, DKC and Star Fox are huge sellers.
This would be so awesome but i have my doubts bout this. Im about 92% sure it won’t happen but HEY! Who doesn’t like SONIC IN SPAAAAAAAACE!? If it does happen maybe ARK might also appear. . .
P.S
Next thing you know Mario’ll be in Project Need- I mean Sonic the Hedgehog 4!!
LOLWUT
Well this is gonna be weird.
@Blue Toad: that is true, but the difference between SEGA and Nintendo is that Nintendo still has their own branded console. While SEGA milks Sonic for money, Nintendo only make games from their main frachises such as Mario, Zelda and Metroid if they believe that their console is in trouble, and seeing their current line-up, they must assume they’re in a helluva lot of trouble. My main problem is that Super Mario Galaxy 2 looks nothing more than an expansion pack rather than a full-blown seqeul, and having a non-Nintendo IP in it will do nothing but further that assumption.
WTF!
@Professor Pickle
As mentioned by Crazee Sega’s other franchises dont tend to sell well so thats why its understandable for Sega because Sonic is more recognizible and the other franchises done by Sega are just not all that appealing to some gamers and to kids which are targeted by Sega while yes Nintendo has abandoned them and fans are angry that Mario is getting games like crazy every year and so on its more like Mario is getting is milked i mean when well Nintendo give the plumber a break? and ya Starfox, Donkey Kong and Kirby are huge sellers.
Mad Space!
I find it difficult to believe that Sonic would be included in a main Mario series game. However if its just “Green Hill Galaxy” that doesn’t sound too farfetched. It would be an awesome addition to an awesome game. If they made Sonic playable I wouldn’t complain, but I seriously doubt that they would!
HIGHLY doubt this, it might be a prank Galaxy 2 is a main Mario game, not a spinoff, but if it is true, then I’ll be fairly pleased. n_n
I didn’t care about Mario galaxy 2 but now I do
There’s no way this info leaked, who do they think Nintendo is, Sega? Lol, no I kid. Seriously though, Sonic in Galaxy 2 would be awesome, no matter how far fetched it is.
Lol, what if he was in Galaxy 2, it’d be terrible if people started calling it the best Sonic game of 2010?
Well being from the U.K. i can say that NGamer isn’t exactly the most reliable publication. If it came from Edge Magazine or even Nintendo’s official magazine then i’d be interested but i wouldn’t put too much stock into this.
Why are so many of you just assuming that it’s real? The whole thing just came out of the blue, it’s almost entirely implausible.
If this is tru Sonic will own Mario in his very own game, i mean just compare the two, is like comparing an ice cream truck to a Formula ! car, probably the leves won’t even last for 20 seconds, unless Mario and his italian mafia give Sonic a pair of shoes made out of concret if you catch my drill XD
I really hope so bad that sonic is in galaxy 2. I bought the first one and I liked it but ii had no intention for buying the 2nd but if sonic would really be in it it would be a dream come true! I am more excited about this than the download anlo sonic 4…(insert pooping sound)
No, this isn’t fake.
It’s as real as a three doller bill.
Okay if that’s true…then where is my super mario Galaxy DS!?
I own a two dollar bill…seriously. lol
Yeah, it’s unlikely. At first, it seemed plausible. Nintendo included cameos in Galaxy…well, suspiciously similar objects anyway. The ship from Pikmin, something that looked like a pokeball…and something I can’t remember! Anyway, Nintendo is not above doing this. Sega and Nintendo have worked together quite often recently. Miyamoto likes Sonic games(but hates DKC). It wouldn’t be weird for him to include a lush Green Hill Galaxy with a Sonic cameo.
But…playable? No, I don’t believe that. This game would have been BILLED as Mario & Sonic. As much as Sonic’s rep has dropped, he’s a BIG star. This wouldn’t be rumor, it’d be advertised as a selling point for late adropters to buy a Wii.
We HAVE had Nintendo do bizzarre cameos, though. Who knows? I’m very suspicious, but it’s not entirely implausible.
i can say this right now. sonic will NOT be in the game at all… so what if there is a galaxy called “green hill galaxy” there are millions of green hills. not just in sonic.
hell. i have a green hill in my backyard. so i am assuming sonic will be in my backyard?
it seems likely since sega and nintendo HAVE been working together for like 2 or 3 years
Oh by the way guys, an unnamed source told me that Pikachu is going to be in Mega Man 10.
Unnamed sources don’t get us anywhere in this case.
Super Mario GALAXY 2…
If you think about exactly what game we’re talking about here, it may not be as far fetched as it first sounds. Mario’s warping to other peoples’ planets like nobody’s business in the Galaxy titles, so why make a huge uproar about the concept of Mario swinging by Sonic’s place? Sure, it’s a possible crossover of epic proportion that sounds impossible out of context, but the key is to think about the setting of the game here…
If this really is true, I too am curious about how Nintendo would handle Sonic…
Two words: Bull shit.
Nintendo wouldn’t pull this.
i hope it’s totally fake. WTF are you doing Sega!? in the last 8 years you’ve raped more and more Sonic’s franchising, pissing zillion of fans, emulating Nintendo’s style with tons of crappy and useless spin off, terrible game play choice, going so far to put them even togheter (SMB, olympic bulls**t sfuff) but overall those were just spin off….and now…? fall down enough to be in the SHADOW of mario’s franchise?!? That’s humiliating. (sorry 4 bad eng)
@ gabsonic
At least nintendo doesn’t let their fans down
sonic 4? Fuck you sega
Not that anybody’s going to hear me with all the clamouring going on (not that it’s a bad thing), but perhaps it’s just a cameo?
Or a load of pingas.
@ Edge
Never speak again, please kill yourself.
@ ravetothegrave
yes I’ll kill myself because I stated a fact.
Sega let the old fans down. Nintendo thinks of everyone when they make something
@ RaveToTheGrave
oh and by the way, your very mature. Telling people to kill themselves over a video game… Your acting like a 13 year old, which is more than likely your real age and I will speak again. Oh and how would you feel if you found out I killed myself over your comment. You shouldn’t tell people things like that. It’s hurtful, it’s disrespectful and it could really happen. Someone has the worst day ever and you tell them stuff like that, they may do it. I can say fuck you to sega because it’s a company. Not a person. It has no feelings. And pretty much all of the employees don’t care about you. They want your money.
what if I told you to never speak again? Would you do it? No. Don’t give orders on the internet. They more than likely won’t be followed,
WTFTWTFTWTFTWTF!
No, seriously, a small cameo – possible, but “Super Mario & Super Sonic Galaxy” is very… harsh idea.
Wait, what have I said? Super Sonic, not Sonic? Now this is even more radical concept.
Eeee… I don’t think so.
@Edge
Your kinda wrong both Nintendo and Sega are letting there fans down i mean seriously we have been waiting for a Starfox, Kirby and Donkey Kong for Wii this is one thing you guys think Nintendo hasnt changed they have greatly changed i mean alot of us were disappointed of Nintendo’s E3 the only thing that has caught most ppl interest is Metroid Other M while as for Super Mario Galaxy 2 somewhat but not as much and Nintendo doesnt use there old Link as much i heard of the Legend of Zelda game coming this 2010 like about time but still they focus on Toon link way to much some Link fans are disappointed because they want they thought Link respresented midevil times but they make Toon Link for the kids which just proves why they made him to get more sales.
I’m not sure why NGamer would make a joke like this so far from April and not confess before it grows too big.If this is true it would explain why Mario was running (or whatever that was suppose to be,Sliding?)so fast with his hands behind his back like Sonic in the Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer,perhaps he was a stand in for Sonic or something,I don’t know just speculating.
@Edge. If you hate sega so much you shouldn’t use this site. Join a mario fansite or somthing.
What? this is so fake.
In all honesty, 3D Mario games abandon as many classic Mario elements as 3D Sonic titles abandon classic Sonic elements. Both Mario 64 and Sunshine completely lacked powerups, even Galaxy went to an HP system(instead of …powerup/small Mario). Popular characters were removed (koopa kids), and replaced with scrappy new characters (Bowser Junior). They built an entiire installment on the Fludd gimmick. Luigi and Wario spinoffs were released instead of a solo Mario title. Plus, they didn’t release a 2D Mario until NSMB, despite having their own platform (Game Boy Advance) play host to revivals for Sonic, Castlevania and other series.
The differance all comes down to quality. Not “nostalgia”, not “doing what the fans want”. Mario gets a pass because Mario 64 was revolutionary, as was Galaxy. Sonic gets chastised because after SA2, they stopped improving and just released new games that never fixed the problem with the Adventures. And then…hating Sonic became a trope and it’s now cool to act as if ONLY 3D Sonic games change the formula. This is clearly not true. All 3D transitions change the formula, even Mario games. I really don’t like 3D Marios as much as the 2D ones, to be honest. I respect them, but a lot was lost in the translation.
So yeah, Sega is guilty of making mediocre games. But seriously, 3D Sonic games have been good enough to earn some success. Look at 3D Castlevania! That series abandoned 3D because they failed MISERABLY. Much worse than Sega ever did. Sega should just consider the 3D games a seperate series like Capcom did with Mega Man Legends, and much of the bitterness would end.
SEGA, please, don`t do it!!! It`s a shame for Sonic to be in a Mario game! NO F**KING WAY!!!
well, it would give me a concrete reason to buy SMG2, but I agree with a lot of you it would be really weird. Sonic in Brawl was awkward enough =P
@AJBSONIC
the reason why in SSBB Sonic and snake were in the game is because they were on Nintendo’s platforms before so thats why and besides SSBB is a spin off game which makes it not related to the main series of Mario while as SMG2 is and for Sonic to be in a main series Mario game seems way to messed up.
This is pure BS. This has to be an April Fool’s Joke in the making.
@ Edge
Noted, now kill yourself again.
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@RaveToTheGrave:
Hmm… Maybe you should take your own advice.
Seriously, what are you? 13 years old? That is the most childish behavior I have ever read. If you don’t agree, then please. Tell them. Don’t tell them to kill themselves.
As for Sonic in Mario Galaxy 2… YES. If this is true then we will finally get to see Sonic in the first ever great 3D game since Sonic Adventure.
We Brits have a most brutal sense of humour, not stopping at peeving off thousands of people, necessarily.
Just a warning.
I dont hate sega, I hate how they let me down. My parents were never home in my childhood, but my genesis was. And now sega is replacing the old sonic with the new one in sonic rush HD, they let me down
and in my opinion almost every game after 06 wasn’t fun( yes I liked shadow and 06) aside from rush and rivals 2 and the ps360 versions of world adventure
The internet a compilation of 30 years olds acting like 13 year olds, get used to it. If you come to a site created by and for Sonic fans, so you could only talk trash on Sonic games is the most mind numbingly stupid thing I’ve ever heard of. Hostile actions begit hostile reactions. Unless you have something good to say about an entire series that you claim to be a fan of, you have no purpose here. As in, shut up, or get the hell out. (Aka, Never speak again, kill yourself.) May the /b/ be with you.
Especially since Sonic 4 is pretty much a retake on the older series, if you were a true fan of the classics, you wouldn’t be complaining.
I wish that this was true. I am trying hard to believe it but I cannot.
That would be awesome to see my two favorite VG heroes in the same game(don’t say anything about brawl and the M&SOG i mean a platforming game) But that could also mean that sega will start refrencing mario as well in their sonic games and then you’ll see references in other series like DK in super monkey ball or something as farfetch’d as chuchus in pokemon.
Maybe its a sign that sega and nintendo will have a partnership in the future and mario and sonic will become best buddies instead of rivals and then they’ll make a game series called Super Nin-sega all-stars where you play different games with all your favorite Nin-Sega characters
Or this could be just some bullshit made up by some nerd with no life like everyone else says but I prefer it being true but im not getting my hopes up until nintendo officially comfirms it….
LOL, this would be great if it was true. But giving Sonic such a big role in a Mario game like this just isn’t happening.
This sounds like bullshit, but I’ll laugh my ass off if it turns out to be true…then I’ll buy the game. XD
As if.
I don’t know if I should take this with a grain of salt or not. NGamer were the same guys that made the rumor of Zelda Twilight Princess coming to the Wii as a launch title, which ended up being true. At this rate, the rumor of Sonic in SMG2 might actually be true afterall!
When I first heard about this I figure it was some fake joke. I would love this to be true,but it seems to surreal because well its a main series Mario game by Shigeru Miyamoto himself it would be shocking if he added Sonic in the game. I think this is fake, but because of Sega’s and Nintendo’s better friendship bond it might happen. I have 50% hope to be true because Sonic was in brawl a, and both of the Mario and Sonic olympic games.
Maybe Mr. Miyamoto whats to honor Sonic’s up coming 20th anniversary, just something new for Galaxy 2, or maybe both. I look up about the NGamer to see if there like trust worthy of saiding stuff, to only discover they was the first in the world to said Zelda: Twilight Princess port to the Wii which eventually was told from Nintendo, and was true. So that makes me feel a lot more hopeful, but still have doubt about it who knows I guess we”ll fine out E3 10.
Mario & Sonic in an actual platformer style game? Oh, if this is true, then Sonic’s comeback may actually be worth it. The “Mario versus Sonic” fad since the 90′s is his main crutch at this point in his life.
Go Go Sonic …… but he wount be in it but the level might
As much as I am a fan of the Sonic franchise along with the Mario franchise, I would have to say that this is just a trick being played by Nintendo or this magazine……A twisted trick in more investigation. We need actual interviews and screenshots plus gameplay footage to convince me. >>
THIS WILL BE EPIC AND SOMEWHAT WEIRD IF THES HAPPENED
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I’ve been waiting for something like this to happen!! Please let this be true!!
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this isn’t true, i know that this is before the commercials came out, but i have played this game at a friend’s house, there is no sonic, but im sure there is luigi, like last time