'Mario & Sonic' release date confirmed

The eagerly-awaited Sonic & Mario at the Olympics Games has been confirmed for release on November 23.

The title, which will be published for Wii and DS, is predicted to be a best-seller ahead of next year's Olympic games in Beijing, with Sega claiming it expects the game to sell at least four million copies.

The Wii version will also make use of the motion-sensing controls, including swinging the Wii Remote to simulate the hammer throw and using the Nunchuk to recreate swimming and shooting arrows.

Sega has also announced the lineup of events that will be featured in the game, which include fencing, skeet, pole vault, triple jump and more.

A full list of events for both the DS and Wii versions is below:

Fencing – Individual epée
Archery
Shooting – Skeet
Gymnastics - Trampoline
Gymnastics - Vault
Field - High Jump
Field - Pole Vault
Field - Long Jump
Field - Triple Jump
Field – Javelin Throw
Field - Hammer Throw
Rowing – Single Sculls
Table Tennis - Singles
Aquatics – 100m Freestyle
Aquatics – 4x100m Freestyle
Track – 110m and 400m Hurdles
Track – 4x100m Relay
Track – 100m and 400m