Former Olympics marketer reveals controversial reason why Mario and Sonic aren’t returning to the games

NINTENDO fans were all expecting Mario and Sonic to make an Olympic appearance during the last Nintendo Direct, but they were nowhere to be found.

Over the past 16 years there have been six Olympic tie-in games featuring Mario and Sonic, one for the Summer Olympic games in Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, and the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014.

After the last Nintendo Direct...