When BBC Newsbeat asked the IOC for an explanation as to why there was no Paris version of Mario and Sonic, it blamed "tight timelines after the postponed Olympic Games Tokyo 2020". "However the ...

Cocker explained that the IOC opted out of renewing its game licensing deal with Nintendo and Sega, which put an end to the Mario and Sonic Olympic game franchise as the deal expired in 2020. Cocker ...

We got Mario and Sonic games tied in with Vancouver 2010, London 2012, Sochi 2014, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020 - all told, six games spread across nearly two decades worth of Olympic events.

The website also describes it being “assumed” for the Sonic the Hedgehog series, while linking the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 game that Sega worked on before. It also states that elements of ...