Game of the Week #31

Metal Mario · 02-13-2010, 11:17 AM

Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Winter Games (Wii & DS, 2009)

In honor of this week's opening of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, we're shining the spotlight on Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Winter Games. A follow-up to 2007's Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Games (which focused on the Summer Olympics), it was developed and published by Sega (except for in Japan, where Nintendo published it). It is officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee and was the first official video game of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Both the Wii and DS versions of the game feature various characters from both the Mario and Sonic universes participating in events based on those seen in the actual Olympics, such as skiing, snowboarding, bobsledding, curling, ice hockey, and figure skating. There are realistic versions of the events, as well as more fantastic "Dream" versions that are played with items on courses inspired by locales from Mario and Sonic video games. Team Mario includes Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Princess Daisy, Wario, Waluigi, Yoshi, Bowser, Bowser Jr, and Donkey Kong, while Team Sonic is made up of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Eggman, Amy Rose, Blaze, Vector, Silver, and Metal Sonic.

Metal Mario · 02-14-2010, 02:37 PM

Here's some gameplay videos.

Dream Figure Skating

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Ice Hockey: Dry Bowser Boss Fight

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Dream Snowboard Cross

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Dark Seraphim · 02-14-2010, 07:37 PM

Game looks fine, I'm not much into sports game in general, nor spending 50 dollars on a Wii version of the Olympics, Mario & Sonic or whatever. But yeah, it was a clever concept, but now they've done Summer and Winter games . . . I sorta hope its over now and they don't plan on doing this again every 4 years.

EDIT: OK, looking at the videos I admit the game does look kinda fun . . . I still don't know if I'd spent 50 bucks on it, and knowing any Wii game with Mario's name on it I don't expect the price to devalue anytime soon . . . but I can certainly see the attraction, its definitely cute.

RE-EDIT: I also love how the snowboarding looks like a cross between 3-D Sonic and Mario Kart!

Metal Mario · 02-14-2010, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Seraphim

I sorta hope its over now and they don't plan on doing this again every 4 years.

I don't see how they could possibly get anything more out of the Summer or Winter Olympics. They've already done pretty much everything they can. It's hard to see them making any sequels.

Mario & Sonic At the Special Olympics, however, would be awesome.

Dark Seraphim · 02-14-2010, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Metal Mario

Mario & Sonic At the Special Olympics, however, would be awesome.

You know somewhere there's a webcomic about just that.

02-13-2010, 11:17 AM	#1
Metal Mario Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Gender: Posts: 16,435 Thanks: 72 Thanked 190 Times in 127 Posts	Game of the Week #31 Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Winter Games (Wii & DS, 2009) In honor of this week's opening of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, we're shining the spotlight on Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Winter Games. A follow-up to 2007's Mario & Sonic At the Olympic Games (which focused on the Summer Olympics), it was developed and published by Sega (except for in Japan, where Nintendo published it). It is officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee and was the first official video game of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Both the Wii and DS versions of the game feature various characters from both the Mario and Sonic universes participating in events based on those seen in the actual Olympics, such as skiing, snowboarding, bobsledding, curling, ice hockey, and figure skating. There are realistic versions of the events, as well as more fantastic "Dream" versions that are played with items on courses inspired by locales from Mario and Sonic video games. Team Mario includes Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, Princess Daisy, Wario, Waluigi, Yoshi, Bowser, Bowser Jr, and Donkey Kong, while Team Sonic is made up of Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Eggman, Amy Rose, Blaze, Vector, Silver, and Metal Sonic.

02-14-2010, 07:37 PM	#3
Dark Seraphim Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Gender: Posts: 431 Thanks: 4 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Game looks fine, I'm not much into sports game in general, nor spending 50 dollars on a Wii version of the Olympics, Mario & Sonic or whatever. But yeah, it was a clever concept, but now they've done Summer and Winter games . . . I sorta hope its over now and they don't plan on doing this again every 4 years. EDIT: OK, looking at the videos I admit the game does look kinda fun . . . I still don't know if I'd spent 50 bucks on it, and knowing any Wii game with Mario's name on it I don't expect the price to devalue anytime soon . . . but I can certainly see the attraction, its definitely cute. RE-EDIT: I also love how the snowboarding looks like a cross between 3-D Sonic and Mario Kart! Last edited by Dark Seraphim; 02-14-2010 at 07:56 PM.