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It's official, say Ninty and EA.

Nintendo and Electronic Arts have confirmed that the Gamecube version of SSX On Tour will star our old chums Mario, Luigi and Peach.

It won't be the first time they've appeared in an EA title, of course - as you'll know if you played NBA Street V3. According to Nintendo bigwig Reggie Fils-Aime, "When EA put a basketball in Mario's hand, he did quite well.

"Now Mario and crew are hitting the slopes thanks to a successful and creative partnership between Nintendo and EA.

"Mario has travelled in snow before, but never this fast. Let's hope his moustache doesn't freeze," he added hilariously.

SSX On Tour is due out on PS2, PSP, Gamecube and Xbox later this year.

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ProfessorLesser #1 7 years ago

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/me hangs self
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LaundroMat #2 7 years ago

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"hilariously".
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gizmo #3 7 years ago

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"Mario has travelled in snow before, but never this fast. Let's hope his moustache doesn't freeze," he added hilariously.

Please god no.
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Nemesis #4 7 years ago

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/chirp of insects

Man. I wish they wouldn't do jokes.
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deaner #5 7 years ago

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EA exec in bad pun extravaganza!

Nintendo mascot in ill-conceived cameo amazement!

Up next: Comments from Dominik Diamond.
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Darkedge #6 7 years ago

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god that'll be one SSX title i'll avoid like the plague. As if SSX needs more dull homosexual plumbers
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kangarootoo #7 7 years ago

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I was never a fan of the SSX series, purely because I like my snowboarding games a touch more realistic (relatively speaking) like Amped and Transworld.

I should start a counter for how many times I say that every time an SSX article comes along. Its starting to become a habit.
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kangarootoo #8 7 years ago

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"he added hilariously."

Nice one EG
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Talha #9 7 years ago

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Kangarooto: if you don't like SSX, there is not much point in posting here, is it? On the other hand, I hate the GUTS of Mario, and still I am posting here...so we're about even.

Anyway, since Nintendo cannot make a decent snowboarding game in 10,000 years, they lick, suck and plead EA into including the mascot on their game! How smart! THIS IS A REVOLUTION FOLKS!!!
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Kay #10 7 years ago

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Talha, 1080 Snowboarding/ Avalanche were pretty good snowboarding games made by Nintendo. In fact, some would say that they were better than the SSX series.
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zErOb_cOOl #11 7 years ago

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Who cares?
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Talha #12 7 years ago

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Fair point, Kay, but I am talking about THESE days - these days they don't seem to be able to shake off the Mario mascot permanently burned into the designer's eyes
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Teeth #13 7 years ago

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/rolls die

OK...

/consults chart

Right. Today I think it's OK for them to use Mario et al in any game they like. Particularly SSX as it's not a realistic snowboarding game.
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AceMaCool #14 7 years ago

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Open letter to "Super" Mario:

Dear Mario,

Just Fucking die you little cunt.

Yours Sincerely,

Ace

Edited by 1 at 01/09/05 @ 14:23
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speedjack #15 7 years ago

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/reads Mario 'joke'

/shakes head in dispair

/somewhere a dog barks
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symmetry #16 7 years ago

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YAWN
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deaner #17 7 years ago

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But stands for magic mushrooms, star-dust, special (poppy like) plants, magical power of flight and PCP powered brick smashing.
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Teeth #18 7 years ago

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Ace, is there any need?

Viable alternatives for the C word:
"worm"
"maggot"
"stain"
"plumber"
"horror"
"pustule"
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mattigan #19 7 years ago

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Never understood why C**T (Cencored so as not ot offend the Laydees) is seen as worse than any other swear word??? Can someone elaborate?
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deaner #20 7 years ago

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Swear words relating to female genitalia have more of an impact than others because no-one likes a stinky minky.
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Burton2000 #21 7 years ago

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this news is old it was on gamespots live weekly show last week they had the game there and were playing it with mario agaisnt the ea chap mario was actualy quite gud in it as hes small.
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smelly #22 7 years ago

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Lots of chavs around here with the attitude that just because a character is popular that makes him bad i see?

You do all realise if sony/microsoft had such a recognisable character they'd be doing the same? Im wasting my breath here arent i?
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kangarootoo #23 7 years ago

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@Talha

" Kangarooto: if you don't like SSX, there is not much point in posting here, is it?"

Errr... that was kind of my point when I made the comment about keeping a counter.

But lets not get started on whether there is a point to any of these posts. That is a philosophical debate that only the minds of admir and AceMaCool (note to world, referring to yourself as Ace, even when joking, is A Bad Thing) can comprehend.
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