Lately the SEGA swag has been flowing like ninjas at a pirate convention – which is to say, there’s a lot of it, you just don’t always see it. To help bring another contest with great SEGA prizes to light, we’d like to spotlight the latest Virtua Tennis 2009 competition, which started today over at VGChartz!

The contest should be fun for all of you who like writing, or simply have a sense of humor: they’ve decided to hold a competition for the best tennis-themed limerick! What’s a limerick, you ask? They go a little something like:

“There once was a buggy AI
Who decided her subject should die.
When the plot was uncovered,
The subjected discovered
That sadly the cake was a lie.”

First place in the contest will win a bright green (and rare) Virtua Tennis 2009 jacket! Second place will score a headband, a wig, VT/SEGA branded tennis balls, and some awesome mini-finger sweatbands.

You can check out the contest and submit your entry here.

Good luck all!

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games™ will officially be in stores on October 13th for both Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.  This epic rivalry will be heading to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games to compete in some bone-chilling ice and snow competitions including snowboard cross, alpine skiing, figure skating, bobsleigh and ice hockey.  Players can choose their favorite Mario and Sonic characters, and compete in both single and multiplayer competitive & co-op modes (multi-player co-op mode is only available on Wii).  Whether on the Wii (using the Wii Remote/Nunchuk™ or the Wii Balance Board™) or the Nintendo DS, fans can look forward to an irresistibly fun game packed with events and fan-favorite characters.

Along with this announcement, we’ve released the pack front images for Wii and Nintendo DS in both the US and Canada. To see all of the packfronts, go to our Flickr page for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

You can also follow Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on Twitter, or become a Facebook fan of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

To discuss this game, you can go to our Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games forum.

For more information on this game, go to the Olympic Video Games website.