Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games

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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a game for the Nintendo Wii, developed by Sega and produced by Nintendo. It is an official game for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and it features venues similar to real ones in Beijing.

The game is a collection of Olympic sports events at which characters from the Mario series and characters from the Sonic series compete, relying heavily on the motion-sensing capabilities of the Wii Remote. It is the first game on any console where both Mario and Sonic characters have been playable.

The game was released for the Wii and the Nintendo DS, and both include online play over the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Contents 1 Characters 1.1 Power Characters 1.2 All-Around Characters 1.3 Speed Characters 1.4 Skill Characters 1.5 Characters Specialities 1.5.1 Team Mario 1.5.2 Team Sonic 2 Events 2.1 Wii Events 2.1.1 Olympic Events 2.1.2 Dream Events 2.2 DS Events 2.2.1 Olympic Events 2.2.2 Dream Events 3 External Links

Characters

There are sixteen playable characters in the game. Eight of these are from the Mario series and eight which are from the Sonic series. The characters are split into four different groups of four characters each.

In addition to the following characters, the player can also play as their Mii. (Wii only)

Power Characters

Power characters are best at strength and endurance events.

• Knuckles (Team Sonic)
• Bowser (Team Mario)
• Vector (Team Sonic)
• Wario (Team Mario)

All-Around Characters

All-Around characters are not the best or worst in any events.

• Mario (Team Mario)
• Luigi (Team Mario)
• Amy (Team Sonic)
• Blaze (Team Sonic)

Speed Characters

Speed characters are best at agility and stamina-based events.

• Sonic (Team Sonic)
• Shadow (Team Sonic)
• Princess Daisy (Team Mario)
• Yoshi (Team Mario)

Skill Characters

• Peach (Team Mario)
• Tails (Team Sonic)
• Waluigi (Team Mario)
• Dr. Eggman (Team Sonic)

Characters Specialities

Team Mario

• Mario- high jump, hurdles
• Luigi- adequate in all events
• Princess Peach- archery, skeet
• Princess Daisy- aquatics, gymnastics
• Bowser- hammer throw, javelin throw
• Waluigi- archery, vault
• Wario- Accuracy in Stamina, can hurl objects at long distances
• Yoshi- table tennis, all racing events

Team Sonic

• Sonic- noone can easily catch him, all racing events
• Tails- catch ups speed quickly
• Knuckles- all strenght events, hurl objects at long distances
• Amy- successive in all events
• Vector- stroke swimmer
• Dr. Eggman- trampoline, vault
• Blaze- vault, all racing events
• Shadow- archery, fencing

Events

Wii Events

Olympic Events

There are twenty real-life Olympic events in the Wii version of the game:

Aquatics

100m Freestyle

4x100m Freestyle Relay

Athletics

100m Sprint	400m Sprint	4x100m Relay	110m Hurdles
400m Hurdles	Long Jump	Triple Jump	High Jump
Pole Vault	Hammer Throw	Javelin Throw

Gymnastics

Trampoline

Vault

Other

Archery	Fencing	Rowing	Shooting
Table Tennis

Dream Events

Dream Events are fictional events in which characters compete and use items (similar to those found in the Mario Kart series). They are unlocked as the player progresses through the standard events.

• Dream Race
• Dream Platform
• Dream Fencing
• Dream Table Tennis

DS Events

Olympic Events

Athletics

• 100m
• 400m
• 400m Hurdles
• Long Jump
• Triple Jump
• Javelin Throw
• Hammer Throw

Aquatics

• 100m Freestyle
• 10m Platform

Gymnastics

• Trampoline
• Vault

Other

• Table Tennis - Singles
• Shooting - Skeet
• Archery
• Cycling - Pursuit
• Fencing - Individual Epée

Dream Events

• Dream Race
• Dream Basketball
• Dream Canoe
• Dream Boxing
• Dream Table Tennis
• Dream Fencing
• Dream Shooting
• Dream Long Jump

External Links

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games at GameSpot
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games at Wikipedia