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Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games

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Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games
The PAL Boxart (Note the New Pegi Logo)
Developer(s) Sega Japan[1]
Publishers(s) JP Nintendo[1]
NA Sega[1]
EU Sega[1]
Designer(s) Shigeru Miyamoto[1]
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer
Platform(s) Wii, Nintendo DS
Media Wii Optical Disc, Nintendo DS Game Card
Input Wii:
Wii Remote and Nunchuk, Wii Balance Board
DS:
D-pad, microphone,
stylus and touchscreen

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (マリオ&ソニック AT バンクーバーオリンピック? - literally "Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver Olympics") is a sports game by Sega, published by Nintendo in Japan and by Sega in North America and Europe. The game is officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through exclusive licensee "International Sports Multimedia". The game is the third official crossover title to feature characters from both Mario and Sonic The Hedgehog's respective universes. It's been released on the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS on October 13, 2009, and is the first announced video game based around the 2010 Winter Olympics.[1]

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games enable players to assume the role of a Mario or Sonic character while competing against the others in Winter Olympic events.[1] It has been confirmed that EU release will be on October 16th 2009.

Contents

Gameplay

Some of the events in the Wii game use the Balance Board accessory. The multiplayer mode offers "co-op and competitive gameplay" whereas the DS version uses its wireless capabilities.[1]

Development

In January 2009, an article in the Spanish Nintendo magazine Nintendo Acción mentioned a sequel to Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, to be created for the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2] Both IGN and Eurogamer received confirmation on the games' existence, with IGN stating that game would be officially announced within the following month.[3][4] Dennis Kim, licensing and merchandising director for the event, stated in February that a Mario & Sonic title "[is] being discussed and planned for Vancouver". Kim also stated that Vancouver 2010 and the IOC will share royalties from this game.[5]

The official announcement did arrive within the month as predicted, the game's title being given as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games at a joint press release by Sega and Nintendo on February 12, 2009.[1]

Events

Confirmed events include:

DS Version

Skeleton Race - lie on your stomach on a sled.

Snowboard Cross - Combination of skateboarding, skiing, and surfing.

Figure Skating - Dance gracefully across the ice to score points.

Bobsleigh - Race down the course with a team, avoiding walls to maintain boost.

Wii Version

Alpine Skiing - slalom through gates at high speeds.

Bobsleigh - shows multi player features, four players can line up and work together to hop on the bobsleigh while speeding down the track.

Speedskating[6] - lean forward while swinging your arms, you must keep an even pace to win.

Ice Hockey[6] - play ice hockey in team of four.

Figure Skating[7] - dance greatly on ice by swinging the Wii remote.

Dream Snowboarding - Snowboard through various areas from both Sonic and Mario's worlds.

Dream Snowball Fighting - Throw snowballs at your opponent while avoiding Mario-themed threats.

Dream Gliding - Fly about attempting to knock down robots, as well as other opponents.

Characters

The cast consists of the full roster from the previous game, as well as some new characters.

Sonic the Hedgehog series

Playable Characters Referee Characters Boss Characters VIP Characters Audience Characters


Super Mario Series

Playable Characters Referee Characters Boss Characters VIP Characters Audience Characters

Other

  • Mii (Wii Version Only)

Locations

Sonic Stages

Mario Stages

  • Mario Circuit
  • Good Egg Galaxy
  • Bowser's Castle
  • Sherbet Land
  • Cool, Cool Mountain
  • Sherbet Land
  • Dream Figure Skating features 3 Mario backgrounds: World 1, Bowser's Castle, and Peach's Castle.

Artwork & Screenshots

Screenshots

A Screenshot taken from a video showing Ice Hockey and Charmy as a referee.

A screenshot showing Espio as a referee(taken from a video).

E-123 Omega's appearance.

Bowser Jr. Snowboarding (taken from the official website.)

Silver Skiing (taken from the official website.)

Bowser Jr., Silver, and Sonic Skiing.(taken from the official website.)

Metal Sonic winning a race.

Screenshot of the DS version's adventure mode.

An example of a Dream Event on the DS Version.

Peach, Blaze, and Mario in Radical Highway.

Donkey Kong in Hockey event.

The four females from the Prequel

Donkey Kong in Radical Highway

Bowser and Dr. Eggman in Radical Highway

Mario and Amy in Radical Highway

A screenshot of festival mode.

A screenshot of Yoshi and Silver giving each other a high-five.

A screenshot of Dry Bowser.

Official Artwork

Team Sonic

Amy Rose

Blaze the Cat

Blaze the Cat

Doctor Eggman

Knuckles the Echidna

Metal Sonic

Shadow the Hedgehog

Silver the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog

Tails

Vector the Crocodile

Team Mario

Bowser

Bowser Jr

Daisy

Donkey Kong

Luigi

Mario

Princess Peach

Waluigi

Wario

Yoshi

Boxart artwork

The Wii version boxart

The Nintendo DS version boxart

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Sega press release (12-2-2009): Mario and Sonic Head to the Slopes in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
  2. ↑ Kat Bailey (22-1-09): Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Sequel May Be On The Way, 1UP.com
  3. ↑ Ellie Gibson, (22-1-2009): Mario & Sonic Olympics 2 on the way, Eurogamer
  4. ↑ Matt Casamassina (22-1-2009): Rumor: Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympics, IGN
  5. ↑ Damian Inwood (8-2-2009):Mario and Sonic will be part of video-game deal for 2010 Games, The Province newspaper
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Olympic Video Games(08-8-09): [1]
  7. ↑ ToTheGame (4-6-2009):Screenshot of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (NINTENDO Wii) ToTheGame.com
  8. ↑ Gametrailer:Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter games Ice Hockey GameplayGametrailer
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 YoutubeBoss TrailerYoutube
  10. ↑ YoutubeM & S FootageYoutube
  11. ↑ [2]

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