Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)

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Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
For alternate box art, see the game's gallery.
Developer	SEGA Arzest Spike Chunsoft Nintendo
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Nintendo 3DS
Release date	February 18, 2016[?] February 18, 2016[?] February 18, 2016[?] March 18, 2016[?] March 18, 2016 April 8, 2016[?] April 9, 2016[?] June 23, 2016[?]
Language(s)	English (United Kingdom) English (United States) French (France) French (Canada) German Spanish (Spain) Italian Dutch Japanese Korean
Genre	Sports
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Everyone 10+ PEGI: - Seven years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - General USK: - All ages ClassInd: - General audience RARS: - Six years and older GRAC: - All ages FPB: - Parental guidance
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Format	Nintendo 3DS: Game Card Digital download
Input	Nintendo 3DS: Gamepad Stylus Tilt
Serial code(s)	CTR-BGXJ-JPN

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is a sports title for the Nintendo 3DS, which is the fifth installment on the Mario & Sonic series, along with the Wii U version. Like the other games, it takes place in the host city of the Olympics of the corresponding year, being Rio de Janeiro. It also features amiibo compatibility. This is the first game in the series where the handheld version was released before the home console version.

The game's online leaderboards could be viewed over Nintendo Network; however, the service was terminated on April 8, 2024, making this no longer available.

Characters

Playable

This section is under construction. Therefore, please excuse its informal appearance while it is being worked on. We hope to have it completed as soon as possible.

All 21 playable characters from previous games in the series return. Additionally, 20 new playable characters (10 new Super Mario characters and 10 new Sonic characters) are added, for a total of 41 playable characters. Among the new playable characters, many of them were Rivals from prior games in the Mario & Sonic series. Similarly to the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, characters are only playable in certain events, with the exceptions of Mario, Sonic, and Mii characters (who are playable in all events). All the other returning characters are exclusive to both the Olympic and Plus versions of two events each, while the new characters are only available for both the Olympic and Plus versions of one. There are 7 playable characters in each event: 3 from Team Mario, 3 from Team Sonic, and Mii.

This is the first game in the series to feature unlockable playable characters (indicated by an *). Characters are unlocked by beating them in Road to Rio on the Plus version of the main event of that day after winning at the preliminaries. Each of the unlockable characters are playable in one event (both its Olympic and Plus versions) exclusive to that character with no overlaps and no events skipped.

The Road to Rio mode features almost all the playable characters, with the exception of Ludwig and Dry Bones, and some unlockable characters, namely Jet, Diddy, Rosalina, and Roy, have additional roles besides that of being challenged to be unlocked.

Team Mario

Artwork	Name	Stats	Playable Events	Challenged in Road to Rio?
	Mario		All Events
	Luigi		Table Tennis 110m Hurdles	Sonic's Story Day 2
	Peach		Golf 100m Freestyle Swimming
	Daisy		Football Rhythmic Gymnastics	Sonic's Story Day 7
	Yoshi		Football 100m	Sonic's Story Day 1
	Donkey Kong		Boxing Beach Volleyball	Sonic's Story Day 6
	Bowser		Golf Boxing	Mario's Story Day 7
	Bowser Jr.		Long Jump Equestrian	Sonic's Story Day 4
	Wario		Javelin Throw Archery	Sonic's Story Day 5
	Waluigi		Long Jump BMX
	Birdo (New)		Archery	Sonic's Story Day 3
	Ludwig (New)		Table Tennis
	Dry Bones (New)		BMX
	Diddy Kong* (New)		110m Hurdles	Mario's Story Day 1 (unlock challenge)
	Dry Bowser* (New)		Javelin Throw	Sonic's Story Day 5 (unlock challenge)
	Rosalina* (New)		Rhythmic Gymnastics	Mario's Story Day 3 (unlock challenge)
	Nabbit* (New)		100m	Sonic's Story Day 1 (unlock challenge)
	Wendy* (New)		100m Freestyle Swimming	Mario's Story Day 6 (unlock challenge)
	Larry* (New)		Equestrian	Sonic's Story Day 4 (unlock challenge)
	Roy* (New)		Beach Volleyball	Mario's Story Day 2 (unlock challenge)

Unlocking criteria

Character	Criteria
Diddy Kong	Beat Diddy Kong in 110m Hurdles Plus on Day 1 of Mario's Story
Nabbit	Beat Nabbit in 100m Plus on Day 1 of Sonic's Story
Roy	Beat Roy in Beach Volleyball Plus on Day 2 of Mario's Story
Rosalina	Beat Rosalina in Rhythmic Gymnastics Plus on Day 3 of Mario's Story
Larry	Beat Larry in Equestrian Plus on Day 4 of Sonic's Story
Dry Bowser	Beat Dry Bowser in Javelin Throw Plus on Day 5 of Sonic's Story
Wendy	Beat Wendy in 100m Freestyle Plus on Day 6 of Mario's Story

Team Sonic

Artwork	Name	Stats	Playable Events	Challenged in Road to Rio?
	Sonic		All Events
	Tails		100m Freestyle Swimming Beach Volleyball	Mario's Story Day 2 (with Cream)
	Amy		100m Freestyle Swimming Rhythmic Gymnastics	Mario's Story Day 6
	Knuckles		Javelin Throw Boxing	Sonic's Story Day 6 (Semifinals)
	Dr. Eggman		110m Hurdles Equestrian
	Shadow		Football 100m
	Silver		110m Hurdles Archery	Mario's Story Day 1
	Blaze		Equestrian Rhythmic Gymnastics	Mario's Story Day 3
	Metal Sonic		100m BMX	Mario's Story Day 5
	Vector		Golf Table Tennis
	Espio (New)		Long Jump	Mario's Story Day 4
	Cream (New)		Beach Volleyball	Mario's Story Day 2 (with Tails)
	Omega (New)		Javelin Throw
	Eggman Nega* (New)		Long Jump	Mario's Story Day 4 (unlock challenge)
	Sticks* (New)		Archery	Sonic's Story Day 3 (unlock challenge)
	Jet* (New)		Football	Sonic's Story Day 7 (unlock challenge)
	Wave* (New)		BMX	Mario's Story Day 5 (unlock challenge)
	Zazz* (New)		Table Tennis	Sonic's Story Day 2 (unlock challenge)
	Zavok* (New)		Boxing	Sonic's Story Day 6 (unlock challenge)
	Rouge* (New)		Golf	Mario's Story Day 7 (unlock challenge)

Unlocking criteria

Character	Criteria
Zazz	Beat Zazz in Table Tennis Plus on Day 2 of Sonic's Story
Sticks	Beat Sticks in Archery Plus on Day 3 of Sonic's Story
Eggman Nega	Beat Eggman Nega in Long Jump Plus on Day 4 of Mario's Story
Wave	Beat Wave in BMX Plus on Day 5 of Mario's Story
Zavok	Beat Zavok in Boxing Plus on Day 6 of Sonic's Story
Jet	Beat Jet in Football Plus on Day 7 of Sonic's Story
Rouge	Beat Rouge in Golf Plus on Day 7 of Mario's Story

Other

Mii
Available in all events.

Unlocking criteria

Character	Criteria
Mii	Complete Day 1 of Road to Rio (either story)

Supporting characters

Teammates

In the Football event, the characters have set types of team mates that help them in the game.

• Toads (Mario & Mario's Story Mii)
• Chao (Sonic & Sonic's Story Mii)
• Yoshis (Yoshi)
• Birdos (Daisy)
• Armored Egg Pawns (Shadow)
• Egg Pawns (Jet)

Goalies

Goalies for Football depend on the team order and are not locked for each character.

• Pom Pom (1st team)
• Silver Egg Pawn (2nd team)

Non-playable characters

• Shy Guys
• Koopa Troopas
• Goombas
• Boos
• Thwomps
• Piranha Plants
• Goomba Towers
• Orbot & Cubot
• Charmy Bee
• Boy in Mario Suit
• Boy in Sonic Suit

Multiplayer

This mode is known as Versus Mode as players cannot team up in any event in this game.

Local Play and Download Play are both offered for 2 to 4 players.

Ways to connect

Like Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, there are two ways to connect to Versus Mode.

Local Play

This requires that each player has a 3DS and a copy of the game, and up to 4 players can play. There is only one restriction in Local Play: The Golf event is always 3 random holes with one Par 3, one Par 4 and one Par 5 hole from a mixture of the front 9 and back 9 holes. As a result, records cannot be stored in the Golf event. A player can select an unlockable character provided that they unlocked them in Road to Rio. Records, Medals and Achievements earned by each player during Local Play are saved.

Download Play

If there are not enough copies of the game as there are 3DSes, then Download Play can be selected, provided that at least one player owns the game. Here, there are some limitations to Download Play. In Download Play, the top screen is fully white when selecting an event or character, and the Award Ceremony screen does not show at the end of an event - because of that, advice is not shown. In addition, the announcer and characters do not talk on systems playing via Download Play, and players playing via Download Play cannot save their progress or use unlockable characters. Also, Golf matches are only 1 hole long in Download Play, and a hole is randomly selected from the 18 holes. Most of the time, it will not be a Par 3 hole, hence actual ties on Golf are more likely to occur here on such holes (a tie on score is determined by NTP average, which is only recorded on Par 3s).

Modes of play

There are two methods of play to Versus Mode.

Single Match

Like Rio 2016 Quick Play, but with 2 to 4 players. Players select an Olympic or Plus event and play a Single Match.

In case of Football, Boxing, Table Tennis and Beach Volleyball, the 4 players will split into 2 pairs and compete 1-on-1. Like Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, players cannot select who to duel as the game determines each player's opponent randomly, though unlike that game, it is not actually a tournament-based match; each player earns a Gold Medal if they win and a Silver Medal if they lose. The other pair's players are treated as COM players that take 3rd and 4th, which is actually based off the other pair's character choice and results.

Random Medley

Exclusive to Versus Mode, players can play a 2, 4, 6 or 10 round Medley that lasts 5-100 minutes depending on how many rounds they want to play. Players earn points based off the medals they earn in each event (Gold = 3 pts, Silver = 2 pts, Bronze = 1 pt), and the player with the highest point total wins the Medley. Hence the name, the Olympic and Plus events are chosen at random. However, the players will still choose which character to use before each event. Much like Single Match, in case of events that require players to split into pairs for an event, a player will earn 3 points for a win and 2 points for a loss. Players can also set records and earn medals and achievements during Random Medley.

Events

It has been requested that this section be rewritten and expanded to include more information. Reason: Football and golf

There are a total of fourteen events in the game, each with two variants; an "Olympic" version in which the events behave similarly to their real-life counterparts, and a "Plus" version where Mario and Sonic elements are incorporated into the event. The best finish of each event in each difficulty level is recorded, and finishing an event in 1st place on the Hard level will unlock a rainbow star next to the event.

Every event has seven playable characters, three of which are always Mario, Sonic, and Miis, and one of which has to be unlocked, marked by an asterisk (*).

Image	Event	Olympic event description	Plus event description	Playable characters
	100m	Players will charge up at the start, and pressing the button when "Go!" appears will result in a burst of speed. They then need to keep tapping the A button to run and can use a Super Dash at any time.	Before starting, players will spin a roulette with four different items on it (a ring, Super Star, boost pad, or a Golden Mushroom. After landing on an item, that item will appear on their track during that race, and touching it will give the player an extra burst of speed.	Yoshi Nabbit* Shadow Metal Sonic
	110m Hurdles	A race similar to the 100m, but players must jump over hurdles as they go. Jumping over hurdles with better timing will result in speed boosts upon landing. The Super Dash can also be used to bypass a hurdle.	An Egg Pawn will operate special hurdles that rise and lower. The player has to press the right button to jump depending on how high the hurdle is, B for low hurdles and Y for high hurdles. Pressing the wrong button will result in slowing down.	Luigi Diddy Kong* Dr. Eggman Silver
	Long Jump	Players will tap the A button to run up to a sand pit, then must jump at the foul line. While in the air, if the player presses the X button while going through a hoop, they will do a Super Move and go slightly farther. Jumping past the foul line will result in a foul.	After jumping on the foul line, the character will jump onto a spring. The player must then release the character when the spring is angled just right to ensure the maximum distance.	Waluigi Bowser Jr. Espio Eggman Nega*
	Javelin Throw	Before throwing, the player will be given an ideal angle to throw based on the wind. The player then uses the touch screen to run up to the foul line. Once the speed is locked, the player must draw a line at an angle on the touch screen to throw the javelin. The closer to the ideal angle it is drawn, the farther it will go. Throwing too late will result in a foul.	The characters throw a special glowing javelin that can split into multiple. When throwing, the player must rapidly create as many diagonal lines as close to the ideal angle as possible to throw the many javelins. The combined distance of all of the javelins will be the player's score.	Wario Dry Bowser* Knuckles Omega
	100m Freestyle Swimming	After using the touch screen to charge and get a boost start, players must draw circles on the touch screen to swim, though doing it too fast will result in slowing down. After turning around, the player will have to draw in the opposite direction. Each character also has a Super Swim they can use once per match.	A Thwomp will occasionally stomp into the water creating big waves. The player needs to push a button on the touch screen at the right time to dive underneath the wave without slowing down. While turning back, they will instead ride atop the wave.	Peach Wendy* Tails Amy
	Archery	Players try to shoot as close to the center of a target as they can. First, there is a test fire so the player can test how their arrows will go with the wind, afterwards, the set of three shots will begin. There are three sets of three shots, and in each set, the target will go farther away.	Instead of a target, the players shoot at Boos holding starred balloons. Boos with green balloons with one star are worth one point, Boos with orange balloons with three stars are three points, and Boos with smaller rainbow colored balloons are worth five points. Players should shoot when multiple Boos are aligned with each other to get maximum points.	Wario Birdo Silver Sticks*
	Boxing	Players fight using boxing gloves. When a player's health is depleted, they must rapidly tap the A button to get back up before the count of 10. After getting up, a little bit of health will be regained. Players also have a Super Punch gauge that can be filled for a move that will deal more damage. Failure to get back up after 10 seconds will result in a KO, while getting KO'd three times in one round declares a TKO, both of which result in victory for the opponent.	Item boxes will occasionally appear at opposite ends of the ring and will give various items, including a Chaos Emerald (which automatically fills up the Super Punch gauge), a POW Block (which stuns the opponent), a Bullet Bill (which flies upwards and releases the opponent's guard if it hits), a Super Star (which makes the player invincible for a short time), a Fire Shield (which increases attack power), and a Power Sneaker (which increases move speed).	Bowser Donkey Kong Knuckles Zavok*
	Table Tennis	Players rally a ball back and forth with paddles on a table. If a player misses the return, the other player gets a point. The first character that gets the set amount of point wins a set, and whoever wins majority of the sets wins.	Players play on a gridded table with numbers on them. Every time the ball bounces on a grind, the number will go up. When a player misses, the number of points granted to the other player is based on the number on the grid the ball bounced off of.	Luigi Ludwig Vector Zazz*
	Beach Volleyball	Two teams of two rally a volleyball on opposite sides of the court. The player does not get to choose their teammate. When the ball is on a team's side, the two members must bump, set, and spike it to the other side to try to get points. The team that wins the most sets wins the game.	Each side has a 3x3 bingo board, with the center being a free space. Players must try to spike the ball onto different grids to get a bingo. Depending on how many stars are on the spaces when a bingo is created will determine how many points the team get.	Donkey Kong Roy* Tails Cream
	Equestrian	Players control a horse through a course while jumping over hurdles and water obstacles. Jumping with proper timing will create a speed boost and fill up a Super gauge, which can be used to activate a Super Move and get a burst of speed for a few seconds. Scoring is based on the shortest amount of time, but failing to clear a hurdle will result in time being added.	In addition to the normal obstacles, the player also has to jump over Thwomps and large Motobugs. The player will not know where the Thwomps are until they land and they cannot jump over stacks of Thwomps.	Bowser Jr. Larry* Blaze Dr. Eggman
	BMX	Players ride cycles across a descending course. Tapping the A button will allow the bike to go faster, timing jumps off of ramps will result in speed boosts. The player can also use Super Dash energy to speed up even more.	Players can collect Rings to increase their speed, and obstacles like crates with Dr. Eggman's face on them, Piranha Plants, and Goomba Towers will be present. There are also large jumps that can only be made by gaining enough speed from boost panels.	Waluigi Dry Bones Metal Sonic Wave*
	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Players wield a hoop and dance to one of three songs (Farandole, the main theme of Super Mario Bros., or Wonder World from Sonic Lost World). During the song, when a circle overlaps a button, the player must press that button to get points, with better timing earning better points. The player can also select between "Normal and "Expert" difficulty, with the latter having more buttons to press.	A Golden Gauge appears on the top, and when enough button presses are made, the environment changes, with changes to the floor and button tracks depending on the song. In the Super Mario-themed song, the floor will turn gold and Green Shells and Bullet Bills will occasionally fly along the track. In the Sonic-themed song, the floor will become checkered and the buttons will sometimes resemble rings, while the track resembles the loops from the classic Sonic games. Farandole cannot be selected in the Plus version of this event.	Daisy Rosalina* Amy Blaze
	Football	Two teams of six face off (with one captain, five generic teammates, and a goalie). The team must work together to get the ball into the other team's goal, while the goalies try to defend it.		Yoshi Daisy Shadow Jet*
	Golf			Peach Bowser Vector Rouge*

Training events

In the Road to Rio mode, the player can train by playing thirty events from the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.. These events are:

• Badminton (Singles)
• Badminton (Doubles)
• Basketball
• Handball
• Hockey
• Water Polo
• Taekwondo
• Fencing - Epée
• Pole Vault
• Keirin
• 100m Backstroke
• Triple Jump
• Shot Put
• Synchronised Swimming (Team)
• Trampoline
• Synchronised Swimming (Duet)
• 1000m Kayak (Singles)
• 4x100m Relay
• 1500m
• 100m Breaststroke
• Canoe Slalom (Pair)
• Double Trap
• Rowing - Quadruple Sculls
• Rings
• Platform Diving (Synchronised)
• Sailing - 470 (Pair)
• 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
• 10km Marathon Swim
• Hammer Throw
• 3000m Steeplechase

amiibo

The game features amiibo functionality, but only with the Mario and Sonic amiibo. Using them will turn the Mario costume into the Gold Mario costume and the Sonic costume into the Super Sonic costume respectively for 24 hours.

Road to Rio

The game features a Road to Rio mode that is similar to the Adventure Tours in the DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and the Castle Club in Mario Golf: World Tour and is divided in two stories, Mario's Story and Sonic's Story, with the Mii joining either Mario's Gym or Sonic's Gym and participating each of the 7 days to the preliminaries and the finals of a main event, the latter of which are against a trainer of the opposing gym. The player can freely explore the areas, where the venue of the main event or the bus stop to reach the area where the main event is held, Training Gyms, shops, non playable characters, unlockable characters, treasure chests and ? crates can be found. Training Gyms are used to train for the main events, by playing an event from the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. After training, the player gains Apples and Training Points. The former are used to buy outfits at the Light-Blue Yoshi Outfit Shop that increase the Mii's stats, the latter are used to level up and gain stars that are needed to wear outfits. Treasure chests contain costumes or musical instruments, while ? crates contain melons that can be used to buy gear at the Yellow Yoshi Gear Shop that slightly alter the gameplay of the main events. Both of them can be hidden and appear only when the player is nearby. The unlockable characters can be unlocked by beating them at a Plus version of the main event after the preliminaries of said event have been passed. Finally, there is an optional subplot involving the contrast between Mario's gym and Sonic's gym and the disappearance of Mario, Sonic, and the medals from the Hall of Medals, that the player can follow to reach the true ending of each story, where it is revealed that Bowser and Dr. Eggman hypnotized two boys in Mario and Sonic costumes to steal the medals and spread rumors that one of the two gyms did it. Mario and Sonic go into hiding to foil the villains' plans, and together with the player, they defeat the two and reclaim the medals. Afterwards, the Super Mario and Sonic characters and Miis participate in the Rio Carnival.

Mario's Gym

Day	Event	Opponent	Location	Gym(s)	Secret Character
Day 1	110m Hurdles	Silver	Copacabana	Pole Vault	Diddy Kong
			Maracanã	100m Backstroke
				Badminton (Singles)
Day 2	Beach Volleyball (Teammate: Donkey Kong)	Tails & Cream	Copacabana	Trampoline	Roy
				Shot Put
				1000m Kayak
				1500m
Day 3	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Blaze	Barra	100m Breaststroke	Rosalina
				Handball
				Double Trap
Day 4	Long Jump	Espio	Copacabana	Platform Diving (Synchronized)	Eggman Nega
				Rings
				10km Marathon Swim
				25m Rapid Fire Pistol
			Maracana	Triple Jump
				Hockey
				Basketball
				3000m Steeplechase
Day 5	BMX	Metal Sonic	Deodoro	100m Backstroke	Wave
				4x100m Relay
				Water Polo
				Badminton (Doubles)
Day 6	100m Freestyle Swimming	Amy	Barra	Synchronized Swimming (Team)	Wendy
				Canoe Slalom (Doubles)
				Taekwondo
				Basketball
Day 7	Golf	Bowser	Copacabana	Rowing - Quadruple Sculls	Rouge
				Synchronized Swimming (Duet)
				Hammer Throw
				Fencing
			Barra	Hammer Throw
				Badminton (Doubles)
				Fencing
				Sailing - 470 (Pair)

Sonic's Gym

Day	Event	Opponent	Location	Gym(s)	Secret Character
Day 1	100m	Yoshi	Copacabana	Keirin	Nabbit
			Maracanã	Field Hockey
				Triple Jump
Day 2	Table Tennis	Luigi	Barra	4x100m Relay	Zazz
				Synchronized Swimming (Duet)
				Synchronized Swimming (Team)
Day 3	Archery	Birdo	Maracanã	Badminton (Doubles)	Sticks
				Water Polo
				Canoe Slalom (Pair)
				Rowing - Quadruple Sculls
Day 4	Equestrian	Bowser Jr.	Deodoro	Sailing - 470 (Pair)	Larry
				Fencing - Epée
				Badminton (Singles)
				Taekwondo
Day 5	Javelin Throw	Wario	Maracanã	1500m	Dry Bowser
				Hammer Throw
				Keirin
				Trampoline
Day 6	Boxing	Knuckles (Semfinals) Donkey Kong (Finals)	Barra	100m Breaststroke	Zavok
				Double Trap
				Pole Vault
				1000m Kayak (Singles)
Day 7	Football	Daisy	Copacabana	Handball	Jet
				10km Marathon Swim
				Platform Diving (Synchronized)
				Shot Put
			Maracanã	Platform Diving (Synchronized)
				Rings
				25m Rapid Fire Pistol
				3000m Steeplechase

Pocket Marathon

The game has a special mode where based on the number of steps the player's Mii moves, going certain distances unlocks certain milestones. The maximum storage of the number of steps is 99,999.

There are three maps each one twice as long as the last. Each 2000m walked a gift is rewarded. In the first course, there are also gifts rewarded at 200m and 700m.

If the player connects to Online Rankings, the top 3 ranked Miis become their Rivals in the Pocket Marathon.

By tagging people via StreetPass, player's Miis can become supporters, in which the player can travel a maximum of 50m farther with each supporting Mii. While up to 32 Miis can be in the queue at once, there is a maximum of 3 Miis that can support the player in each stretch. In case of this, the newer Miis take priority.

Daily Stamps

Week	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
1st week	Apple x150	Apple x150	Wizard Hat	Apple x150	Apple x150	Apple x150	Wizard Robe
2nd week			Robin Hood Hat				Robin Hood Suit
3rd week			Halloween Hat				Halloween Costume
4th week			Ninja Hood				Ninja Suit
Onwards			Apple x300				Apple x300

Maracanã Course

Distance	People Passed	Rewards	Rewards (2nd or onwards)	Note
200m	50	Brown Straw Hat	Apple x100	Mario came to cheer you on!
700m	175	Sunshine Aloha Shirt
2km	500	Melon x3		Sonic came to cheer you on!
4km	1000	Brown Beanie
6km	1500	Melon x5
8km	1999	White Bateria Hat
10km	Finish	Lakitu Suit	Apple x400	Total: Melon x8 Apple x1000 (2nd or onwards)

Sugarloaf Mountain Course

Distance	People Passed	Rewards	Rewards (2nd or onwards)	Note
2km	500	Yellow Ski Hat	Apple x100	Amy Rose came to cheer you on!
4km	1000	Melon x3
6km	1500	White Dive Mask		Peach came to cheer you on!
8km	2000	Melon x5
10km	2500	Silver Samba Headdress	Apple x140	Tails came to cheer you on!
12km	3000	Melon x7	Apple x120
14km	3500	White Wet Suit		Luigi came to cheer you on!
16km	4000	Melon x9
18km	4499	White Samba Bateria
20km	Finish	Werehog Suit	Apple x800	Total: Melon x24 Apple x1820 (2nd or onwards)

Corcovado Course

Distance	People Passed	Rewards	Rewards (2nd or onwards)	Note
2km	500	Melon x3	Apple x100
4km	1000	Funky Bandana
6km	1500	Cool Pirate Hat		Yoshi came to cheer you on!
8km	2000	Melon x5
10km	2500	Green Beret	Apple x140	Knuckles came to cheer you on!
12km	3000	Melon x7	Apple x120
14km	3500	Red Aviator Hat		Daisy came to cheer you on!
16km	4000	Melon x9
18km	4500	White Face Mask
20km	5000	Melon x11	Apple x160	Blaze came to cheer you on!
22km	5500	Brazil Hat	Apple x140
24km	6000	Melon x13
26km	6500	Red Half Helmet
28km	7000	Melon x15
30km	7500	Cool Pirate Coat	Apple x160	Mario came to cheer you on!
32km	8000	Melon x17	Apple x140
34km	8500	Green Off-Road Helmet
36km	9000	Melon x20
38km	9500	Brazil T-Shirt		Sonic came to cheer you on!
40km	9999	Silver Samba Dancer	Apple x160
42.195km	Finish	Bee Mario Suit	Apple x1500	Total: Melon x100 Apple x4120 (2nd or onwards)

Achievements

The game includes a challenge mode similar to the Super Smash Bros. games and Kid Icarus: Uprising. Each challenge has three steps to complete the challenge fully with progressing difficulty.

Clearing the Level 3 challenges for 10, 20, 30, 40 and all 48 of them unlocks content for the player.

Picture panel	Achievement	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3
#1	Finished the 100m Freestyle Swimming event in (*) seconds or less!	50.000	47.050	46.910
#2	Finished the 100m event in (*) seconds or less!	12.000	9.690	9.580
#3	Finished the 110m Hurdles event in (*) seconds or less!	13.500	13.000	12.500
#4	Threw (*)m or greater in the Javelin event!	85.000	90.000	98.500
#5	Jumped (*)m or greater in the Long Jump event!	8.000	8.500	8.900
#6	Scored (*) points or more in the Archery event!	45	60	80
#7	Won the Boxing event in (*) seconds or less!	300	240	180
#8	Won the Table Tennis event while giving up (*) points or fewer!	5	3	0
#9	Finished the BMX event in (*) seconds or less!	55	48	42
#10	Finished the Equestrian event in (*) seconds or less!	120	90	82
#11	Won the Football event with a lead of (*) goals or more!	2	4	8
#12	Holed out with a score of (*) in the Golf event!	Birdie	Eagle	Hole-in-One
#13	Obtained a score of (*) or more in the Rhythmic Gymnastics event!	12	15	18
#14	Won the Beach Volleyball event while giving up (*) or fewer points!	5	3	0
#15	Got (*) or more PERFECTs and finished 1st in Swimming Plus!	2	3	4
#16	Took the number (*) spot in 100m Plus without using the Super Dash!	3	2	1
#17	Performed (*) perfect jumps in a row in 110m Hurdles Plus!	2	4	6
#18	Threw (*) javelins at once in Javelin Plus!	5	9	14
#19	Jumped a total of (*)m in the Long Jump Plus event!	57.000	66.000	71.400
#20	Hit the target (*) times in the Archery Plus event!	10	15	20
#21	Won Boxing Plus with (*) or fewer punches!	50	40	30
#22	Won a (*)-hit rally in Table Tennis Plus!	5	10	15
#23	Finished BMX Plus while holding (*) rings!	10	20	30
#24	Finished 1st in Equestrian Plus with (*) consecutive Perfects!	3	6	10
#25	Won a match in Football Plus by scoring (*) goals or more!	3	6	9
#26	Obtained (*) Star Coins in a single Golf Plus match!	3	5	7
#27	Finished a performance with a Max Combo of (*) in Gymnastics Plus!	30	80	120
#28	Scored (*) or more points with one bingo in Beach Volleyball Plus!	7	13	16
#29	Total events Mario got a gold medal in: (*)	1	4	7
#30	Total events Sonic got a gold medal in: (*)	1	4	7
#31	Completed Day (*) of the Mario Route!	1	4	7
#32	Completed Day (*) of the Sonic Route!	1	4	7
#33	Found all but (*)% of the secrets!	50	25	1
#34	Successfully completed (*) type(s) of training!	1	30	60
#35	Won against (*) special character(s)!	1	6	13
#36	Obtained a gold medal in (*) event(s) in Road to Rio!	1	6	13
#37	Opened (*) treasure chest(s) in Road to Rio!	1	5	10
#38	Obtained (*) pieces of fruit!	100	1000	5000
#39	Walked a total of (*) steps in the Pocket Marathon!	3000	10000	70000
#40	Passed (*) runner(s) at once in the Pocket Marathon!	100	500	2000
#41	Ran (*)m in one stretch in the Pocket Marathon!	500	5000	10000
#42	Completed (*) bonus challenge(s) in the Pocket Marathon!	1	5	10
#43	You got (*) Daily Stamp(s) in the Pocket Marathon!	1	3	7
#44	Obtained (*) piece(s) of headwear!	1	55	110
#45	Obtained (*) piece(s) of clothing!	1	50	107
#46	Obtained (*) suit(s)!	1	30	59
#47	Finished 1st (*) time(s) in Versus Mode Single Match!	1	5	10
#48	Finished 1st (*) time(s) in Versus Mode Random Medley!	1	5	10

Milestone rewards

Broken number of panels	Reward
10	Spring Arrow
20	Fire Flower Paddle
30	Chaos Emerald Gloves
40	Golden Mushroom Bike
All (48)	Chain Chomp Club

Reception

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo 3DS	Jorge Ba-oh, Cubed3	6/10	"Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games ticks the boxes when it comes to sticking true to the formula and delivering an experience that is competitive, fun and easily accessible for newcomers. The new additions like Golf, the playable characters and the Pocket Marathon features are good, as well as the twists to traditional Olympic events. For those of you who already own a Mario & Sonic game on 3DS, this particular instalment might be a difficult purchase to justify on the new content alone, but for newcomers, Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is the most definitive handheld version yet."
Nintendo 3DS	Jose Acosta, Nintendo Life	5/10	"Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympics for the 3DS is not exactly a bad game - especially if you liked previous entries in the franchise - but it could be so much more. This is the fifth iteration of the series and by this stage the team should have nailed down what makes a game click and what doesn't. Sadly this effort just doesn't come together in the way it should do, and feels just like another sloppy effort to cash-in on a lucrative license. Bring out the pewter medals for this one."
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
Metacritic		60
GameRankings		53.67%

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Staff

Main article: List of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS) staff

References to other games

• Super Mario Bros.: A remix of the Ground Theme appears as a selectable song in Rhythmic Gymnastics and Rhythmic Gymnastics Plus. A structure in the shape of a Castle from this game made of Brick Blocks and character wall obstacles of Mario, Bowser, Lakitu, Spinies and Goombas using their sprites from this game appear as obstacles in Golf Plus.
• Sonic Colors: The Armored Egg Pawns from the Wii version of this game appear as Shadow's teammates in Football.
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS): Many of the training events reuse events from this game.

Trivia

• This is the first game in which Eggman Nega, Zazz, Zavok, and (though not as a selectable character) Pom Pom are playable, and the first Mario & Sonic game to feature the playable debut of characters.
• This is the first handheld Mario & Sonic game where Sonic has text-based dialogue, and the first overall game where Nabbit has dialogue.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	マリオ&ソニックＡＴリオオリンピック[?] Mario ando Sonikku atto Rio Orinpikku	Mario & Sonic at the Rio Olympics
French	Mario & Sonic aux Jeux Olympiques de Rio 2016[?]	Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
German	Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Spielen: Rio 2016[?]	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Rio 2016
Italian	Mario & Sonic ai Giochi Olimpici di Rio 2016[?]	Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Korean	마리오와 소닉 리우 올림픽[?] Mario-wa Sonik Riu Olimpik	Mario & Sonic Rio Olympics
Spanish	Mario & Sonic en los Juegos Olímpicos - Río 2016[?]	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games - Rio 2016

External links

• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Sonic News Network
• Official Japanese website
• Official International Website