Jeff: Super awesome. Every other game based on the Olympics has been awful, but this is going to be huge. It's the biggest crossover since Scooby Doo met the Globetrotters. Sonic is the Globetrotters.

Patrick: Although, epic crossovers are often underwhelming - Freddy vs. Jason, King Kong vs. Godzilla, etc.

[upload:1067153:small:left:Choose a side, Crash Bandicoot.]Jeff: It's hard to explain just how big this is to someone who didn't grow up with video games. It's like if Salinger and Fitzgerald put aside their differences, traveled through time, and wrote a book where Holden fought Gatsby. Except this is going to be better because you don't have to read. I'm so much more excited about this than the actual Olympics. Will it actually be good?

Patrick: I must admit, I had low expectations for the Wii controller. Nintendo has really won me over though.

Jeff: The Wii's obviously a huge hit, but the last thing it needs is more minigames. It's too bad this isn't something more ambitious. If it goes well perhaps we'll see further collaborations like Sonic in a Smash Brothers, or  Luigi in whatever the hell Sonic is up to.

Patrick: More importantly, who is going to win?

Jeff: Mario's got the advantage in the jumping sports, while Sonic obviously retains the edge in speed. Mario's supporting characters dominate too. Once you get past Knuckles and Tails, Sonic has the worst friends. There's an alligator in sunglasses, and I think a bumblebee with an electric guitar or something.

Patrick: Will Donkey Kong appear on Team Mario? Have those two reached a peace accord yet?

Jeff: Mario and Donkey Kong can be in the same room, but I wouldn't sit them next to each other at a formal event. Donkey Kong is still mad that Mario fed his baby to alligators.

Patrick: I believe Donkey Kong wants Mario out of the West Bank of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Jeff: I read Hyrule is outright boycotting the games.