Board Thread:Speculation, Theories, and Rumors./@comment-2054358-20140410193552/@comment-24893759-20150308013231

Ok, here are my complete ideas for the game, and I'll send 'em over to Nintendo so they can work on it. Sega had their chance with thr first 4 games, the first 3 were great, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games added 4 playable characters (Donkey Kong, Silver the Hedgehog, Bowser Jr., and Metal Sonic), making it 20 playable characters, (21 if you count Mii characters), in the first game, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Birdo, Jet the Hawk, Donkey Kong, and Silver were suppose to be playable but were removed for unknown reasons. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games gave us the same playable characters but was still a good game. The most recent game, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, was good, not as good as the first three but the gameplay was still good in my opinion. Same playable characters, it's officially the last Sonic game where Kate Higgins voices Tails. It's also the first game without a handheld counterpart. A positive thing is that they added an online multiplayer mode. Also, the campaign mode was good in my opinion. Some things could've been improved like the option to play without motion plus and more Gamepad screening. But maybe they can actually do something interesting and cool and have Sonic Team work on this game, you know, the portion who worked on getting the playable characters into Sonic Runners out of fan service. Plus, on my list of playable characters, it involves more Sonic characters than Mario characters, I don't have a problem with the Mario characters but Sonic characters seem more appropriate and athletic.

Now the intro, history, and opinions of those games are out of the way, let's dive into this one.

Ok, for playable characters, O.K., I think the same playable characters who were in the last 3 games should come back, but add more playable characters, from the Mario series should be Rosalina, Diddy Kong, Dry Bowser, 2 Koopalings, Birdo, and Metal Mario (as a DLC character), from the Sonic series should be Rouge, Espio, Eggman Nega, Metal Knuckles, Tails Doll (or a Metal Tails), Jet the Hawk, Omega, and Super Sonic (as a secret unlockable character). But since Sonic isn't the only one who can go super, we should also get Super Tails, Super Knuckles, Super Shadow, and Super Silver as DLC also, in honor of Blaze, Burning Blaze should be DLC as well, and although Mario isn't the only who has a metal form, I think other metal characters should hold back because they really don't have anything unique about them like the Super forms of the Sonic characters.

Systems: Wii U and Nintendo 3DS.

Gameplay: Don't make it complicated, do that by removing the MotionPlus gimmick.

Also, there should be options to have 3-character teams (Examples: Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, Mario, Sonic, and Mii), 5-character teams (Example: Mario, Luigi, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles), and up to 6-character teams (Examples: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, Mario, Luigi, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Mii). Also, bring back the 2-character teams and 4-character teams so it can be a ultimate experience.

Bring back online multiplayer, give fan service with amount of Dream Events, just have more Sonic related ones, also some stages from Super Mario 3D World and Sonic Lost World, have most of them race themed with the 2-5 character teams, and some based off real olympic events. Make a Dream Event that's based off a Super Mario Galaxy boss for both Mario & Sonic stages, and let them have flying mechanics, so characters like Super Sonic can fit like a glove.

Music: All of the music from the previous game should return but I have more ideas for Sonic music, like add Green Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog, Mushroom Hill Zone, Death Egg Zone and The Doomsday Zone from Sonic & Knuckles It Doesn't Matter, I Wanna Fly High, Unknown from M.E., and My Sweet Passion from Sonic Adventure, add Live and Learn from Sonic Adventure 2, What I'm Made Of from Sonic Heroes, the vocal version of His World, All Hail Shadow, and Dreams of Absolution from Sonic '06, Endless Possibilities from Sonic Unleashed, Knight of the Wind and With Me from Sonic and the Black Knight, and Speak With Your Heart from Sonic Colors.

Also, add the full versions of the songs in them, and if their wasn't a song performed by Crush 40, then have the original one AND the Crush 40 version in there.

There should be an adventure but should be similar to the adventure modes in the handheld versions but this time with voice acting and hub worlds to explore as Mario, Luigi, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles switching between them to make progress. Other characters appearing NPC's, only playable in events, and rivals should be unlocked as playable characters in events after you beat them in this mode. Others being unlocked by completing their challenges. As for voice acting in the campaign mode, the Mario characters should only make noise, and speak very few sentences. You should come back to the campaign even after you've beaten it.

Also, give back audio, setting, in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games they gave the option to set our game language in besides English, French, Spanish, and even Japanese, hopefully, it'll come back with this game.

So, those are my opinions, on what specifically should happen on this game, respond ASAP to share your opinions as well.