A friend and I, after a couple days of digging, found a way to rip models from this game with rigging intact, expect to see some more models on here soon, including Sonic.

@RTB I think you should just stop looking at the comments here. It might be good for your health. *realizes that posting this causes him to revisit the comments* Shiiiii...

There are a few reasons these models are so highly sought after. For Sonic characters my best guess is the fact that, over the years SEGA has made subtle design changes to the Sonic cast since Sonic Unleashed. The changes in design have not carried over to the Mario and Sonic series of games, therefore, these are the highest poly Sonic character models retaining the design of the Sonic cast from when the first Mario and Sonic games were released. This personally is my reason for wanting more Sonic models.
As for the Mario characters, these are the highest poly Mario character models thus far (although Odyssey might have changed that). I myself would love to see more models from this game.

I think it might be because these models are HD

why is everybody hungry for those models? we have a bajillion of mario and sonic models already

i have the game so ill get an sd card and rip daisy, rosalina, and peach out hopefully if no one else does

Wave the swallow model doesn't appear in Blender.

OMGYES I JUST COME HERE TO CHECK IN AND LUIGI IS THE SINGLE UPLOADED TEAM MARIO CHARACTER AAAA thank you!!!

Probably a bad joke but wheres the model of the superbacteria?

Anyway I can't figure out how they keep releasing these games, isn't the Olympics the same stuff over and over but with like different settings?

how to open game file unison_0.cpk

Because this game uses the same model format as Sonic Lost World, and RTB already has a script ready to rip from that game, so its easier to rip from this game, as if he was ripping form SLW.

@turquoise
This game has the better models, but the other game has more realistic textures

i'd just want daisy, are the ultra smash models better in quality or no?

Were the Mario models changed or updated at all since Sochi, besides newcomers?

@TabuuForteAkugun
Yes, they use .model format from Lost World. Only upgrade the Havok Engine to 2013 version.

(RTB's edit: Nope, Zavok and Zazz have different models compared to Sonic Lost World, the texture mapping is completely changed for example.)

Larry is one of the first rips, :D
I wish it was like this for other games as well

I'm curious to see if Zavok and Zazz use the same models as Lost World.

Already? wow, it just came out today