{"id":21747,"date":"2013-05-17T09:20:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T16:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=21747"},"modified":"2013-08-30T11:26:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T18:26:01","slug":"mario-and-sonic-are-bffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/05\/17\/mario-and-sonic-are-bffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario and Sonic are BFFs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"21747\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sonic-lost-world.jpg\"<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sonic-lost-world.jpg\" alt=\"sonic-lost-world\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21751\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo&#8217;s Wii U may <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=21728\">not<\/a> be getting any EA games in the near future, but they will be getting exclusive dibs on Sonic! Nintendo and SEGA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20130517005567\/en\/Nintendo-Seals-Exclusive-Partnership-SEGA-Upcoming-Sonic\">announced<\/a> a partnership for three exclusive Sonic games for the Wii U and 3DS systems.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The onetime rivalry between Mario and Sonic has grown into a friendship that has never been closer,&#8221; said Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime. &#8220;These announcements in conjunction with SEGA demonstrate the commitment we have to bringing great games to the Wii U platform, and set the stage for our upcoming announcements at E3.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Two of the exclusive SEGA games announced for the Wii U are Sonic Lost World (pictured) and Mario &#038; Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. More SEGA Game Gear games will be coming to the Virtual Console service for Nintendo 3DS.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Nintendo announced during their Nintendo Direct video stream that in lieu of holding an E3 press event this year, they will be showcasing some upcoming Wii U titles at participating Best Buy stores for the public to try out. Details about which games will be shown and which store locations will have hands-on demos are forthcoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-21747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-games","tag-nintendo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mario and Sonic are BFFs - Quarter to Three<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2013\/05\/17\/mario-and-sonic-are-bffs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mario and Sonic are BFFs - 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