RUMOR: Wentos Returns to 4chan, Speaks of Next Mario & Sonic

By
Tristan Oliver
– October 22, 2010

Details are Scarce, and Second-Hand

This is a story that, for the moment, you simply have to trust us on.

Early this morning, TSSZ News received an anonymous news tip that linked to the bulletin board reminiscent of the wild west, 4chan.  That link was a thread started late Thursday by someone claiming to be a figure shrouded in secrecy and folklore–Wentos the Traveling Salesman.

We were able to see he linked to the latest Sonic Colors trailer with an accompnying message: “Glad I could help, guys.”  It was later in the thread that Wentos claimed we was using the same credentials as before to access the website.  “Before” was in January 2009, when Wentos stated the next principal Sonic title would be in the daytime stage style from Sonic Unleashed, and would better focus on platforming–something initially thought to be the mold of Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I and still is to an extent, but also fits the bill of Sonic Colors nicely.

But most relevant in all of it was Wentos later in this most recent thread speaking about a third Mario and Sonic collaboration, something first disclosed allegedly during Madrid’s Gamefest 2010.  In the thread, Wentos claims the next M&S won’t necessarily be sports related–meaning the Olympic ties may not be there.  That wasn’t something immediately clear from the Gamefest discussion earlier in the month, but it does vouch for the authenticity of some, if not most of what was accidentally revealed by Sega Spain earlier in the month–if only in that a third M&S collaboration is in the works.

Here’s the problem: given how early in the morning the tip was received, this reporter could only view the thread on his mobile device, and could not get a screen cap.  Threads on 4chan are flushed out quickly, and it only took a couple hours for Wentos’s words to be lost in the fray.  A Google search of the link TSSZ News provided does indeed list a valid thread, but as of the time of this article’s publication the only hyperlink available is a current one, which redirects to a 404.  We are waiting to see if Google will populate its server with a cached copy of the thread.  But because of the circumstances, we are unaware of whether Wentos said anything significant beyond the tidbits above.

It is because of that snag and only that snag, admittedly a significant one, that we are treating this as a rumor.  We know many of you will write off the value of this story for that reason, but also understand that we wouldn’t tell you this–much less cite 4chan’s /v/ in general–without a good reason.  Keep in mind, when we held two separate polls regarding your thoughts on the validity of Wentos’s words, a clear majority felt he was right.  So far, he has.

We will let you know anything more we hear.  If you saw or were a part of the conversation Thursday night or early this morning and can help us gather something more concrete than what we have, we’d love to hear from you; send us a news tip.

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