{"id":98808,"date":"2019-08-20T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/08\/check_out_the_classic_2d_action_in_mario_and_sonic_at_the_olympic_games_tokyo_2020"},"modified":"2019-08-20T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T14:15:00","slug":"check-out-the-classic-2d-action-in-mario-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/20\/check-out-the-classic-2d-action-in-mario-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out The Classic 2D Action In Mario &amp; Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d94ce0caef3cd\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d94ce0caef3cd\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DFeNoTybjF8?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Who can forget the first time when the unthinkable happened and Mario and Sonic appeared together in a video game? It all seems like a distant memory now, but the latest trailer for the upcoming <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_and_sonic_at_the_olympic_games_tokyo_2020\">Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020<\/a><\/strong> makes it look like one of the most fun instalments yet.<\/p>\n<p>The game will offer 10 classic 2D style events in the vein of the classic arcade game <strong>Hyper Sports<\/strong>. The 8-bit mode is called &#8216;Tokyo 1964&#8217;, in homage to the last time the Olympics were in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d94ce0caef3cd\/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d94ce0caef3cd\/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-2.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 2\"><\/a><a title=\"Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/58f99e085eb5e\/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-1.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/58f99e085eb5e\/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-1.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c026d330951d5\/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c026d330951d5\/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-3.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 3\"><\/a><a title=\"Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3ae7a521f7ed3\/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-4.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3ae7a521f7ed3\/mario-and-sonic-at-the-olympic-games-tokyo-2020-4.445x245.jpg\" alt=\"Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 4\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A recent PR splurge details things in more&#8230; well, detail:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Enjoy 10 different classic 2D events with friends and family:<br \/>100m<br \/>10m Platform (Diving)<br \/>400m Hurdles<br \/>Gymnastics &#8211; Vault<br \/>Judo<br \/>Kayak Single (K-1) 1000m<br \/>Long Jump<br \/>Marathon<br \/>Shooting &#8211; Trap<br \/>Volleyball<br \/>&#8230;all presented in a generation-spanning game for the ages! If you\u2019ve never seen Bowser in classic 2D perform an armstand dive off a 10-meter platform into the water, you\u2019re in for an incredible time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Have a watch of the trailer above and let us know if you are looking forward to this when it pole-vaults its way onto Switch in November.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DFeNoTybjF8?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Who can forget the first time when the unthinkable happened and Mario and Sonic appeared together in a video game? It all seems like a distant memory now, but the latest trailer for the upcoming Mario &amp; Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 makes it look like one of the most fun [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}