Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)

Template:Articleabout Template:Infobox Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is a sports game for the Wii with a Nintendo DS version of the game released as well. Both games are a follow-up to Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. The game is produced under license from the International Olympic Committee in relation to the Olympic Winter Games taking place at Vancouver in 2010.

Like the previous installment, this game is a collaboration between Sega and Nintendo featuring characters from both the Mario franchise and the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Although Sega was handling most of the development for both versions of this game, as it did for the original Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, they were also handling publishing/marketing duties for all territories outside of Japan, while Nintendo has done publishing/marketing duties for Japan itself.

About

The Wii version employs the Wii Remote controls, as well as the Wii Balance Board. The game features a Festival mode where the player starts from the opening to the closing ceremony. In the Festival mode, the player can choose to play an individual festival, where the player faces off against 7 other CPU characters, or a team festival, where the player can choose three other teammates to play.

New to the game is a marketplace that allows the player to purchase various items such as clothes and accessories for the player's Mii, tunes from both series, and customizable snowboards. Players can purchase these items using Star Tokens, which earn based on their performance. Also, the gallery for Olympic trivia has now been replaced with the Library.

Also, all authentic (real-life based events) are unlocked from the start. Dream Events are in this game and all of them (excluding 2) need to be unlocked.

The aforementioned Festival Mode, is a special adventure mode where the participants must compete with some boss characters from the Mario and Sonic series in various events. Both the DS and the Wii versions take place in a place known as Christmas Village.

Olympic events

• Alpine Skiing - Downhill
• Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom
• Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill
• Ski Jumping - Team Large Hill
• Freestyle Skiing - Moguls
• Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross
• Snowboard - Halfpipe
• Snowboard - Snowboard Cross
• Speed Skating - Speed Skating 500m
• Speed Skating - Short Track 1000m
• Speed Skating - Short Track Relay
• Figure Skating
• Bobsleigh - Skeleton
• Bobsleigh
• Ice Hockey
• Curling

Dream events

• Dream Alpine - Individual
• Dream Alpine - Team
• Dream Ski Jumping - Individual
• Dream Ski Jumping - Team
• Dream Ski Cross - Individual
• Dream Ski Cross - Team
• Dream Snowboard Cross - Individual
• Dream Snowboard Cross - Team
• Dream Short Track
• Dream Figure Skating
• Dream Bobsleigh
• Dream Ice Hockey
• Dream Curling
• Dream Snowball Fight
• Dream Gliding - Individual
• Dream Gliding - Team

Characters

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All the main participants on the Wii character selection screen, including the Mii.

All of the characters from the previous game, including Miis for the Wii version, return. There are also four new characters who were not present in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Retaining the first game's style, all playable characters are unlocked from the start (including new participants).

Playable characters

* A character who marks their first time playable in the series.

Team Mario

Icon	Name	Type	Statistics	Special Skill	Emblem
	Mario	All-Around		Spin
	Luigi	All-Around	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Luigi Rocket
	Princess Peach	Skill	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Mid-Air Float
	Princess Daisy	Speed	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Flower Trampoline
	Yoshi	Speed	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Flutter Jump
	Wario	Power	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Wario Waft
	Waluigi	Skill	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Air Swim
	Bowser	Power	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Spinning Shell
	Bowser Jr.*	All-Around	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Back Spin Shell
	Donkey Kong*	Power	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Hand Slap Dash

Team Sonic

Icon	Name	Type	Statistics	Special Skill	Emblem
	Sonic the Hedgehog	Speed	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Spin Dash
	Miles "Tails" Prower	Skill	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Tailspin Flight
	Knuckles the Echidna	Power	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Screw Driver
	Amy Rose	All-Around	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Pink Typhoon	File:Amy Emblem Winter Games.png
	Blaze the Cat	All-Around	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Quick Tornado
	Shadow the Hedgehog	Speed	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Chaos Boost
	Silver the Hedgehog*	Skill	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Levitate
	Vector the Crocodile	Power	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Head Slide
	Dr. Eggman	Skill	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Egg Spin
	Metal Sonic*	Speed	Template:WinterGames-WiiStat	Air Boost

Other

• Mii

It is possible to customize the outfit of the Miis in the game. Aside from differently colored suits, the Miis can also wear outfits that resemble the ones of the regular playable characters and a few bosses. For example, it is possible to give a Mii a Mario costume or an Amy costume. The player can buy equipment through the store in the game and unlike Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, the Miis' stats gets altered depending on the equipment they wear.

Mii costumes

Mario series

There is a total of 16 different costumes for Miis based on characters from the Mario universe.

Mario Luigi Princess Peach Princess Daisy Yoshi Wario Waluigi Bowser

Bowser Jr. Donkey Kong Bee Mario Fire Mario Birdo Dry Bones Dry Bowser Diddy Kong

Sonic the Hedgehog series

Like the Mario universe, 16 characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe also appear as costumes for the Miis.

Sonic the Hedgehog Miles "Tails" Prower Knuckles the Echidna Dr. Eggman Amy Rose Shadow the Hedgehog Vector the Crocodile Blaze the Cat

Silver the Hedgehog Metal Sonic Super Sonic Big the Cat Charmy Bee Espio the Chameleon Rouge the Bat E-123 Omega

VIP members

These characters only appear as cameos and tells the player that they've been watching the player in certain events. Pausing the game and hitting the when they're spotted gives the player 100 Star Points. The VIP members are:

Mario VIP Characters	Sonic the Hedgehog VIP Characters	Other VIP Characters
Pianta Birdo Penguin	Big the Cat Chaos Cream the Rabbit	Santa Claus

When the player spots Birdo and Big the Cat, they will also be given costumes.

When the game is played during the month of December, Santa Claus also appears as a VIP. Unlike other VIP characters, Santa gives 300 Star Points instead of 100.

Referees

Mario Referees	Sonic the Hedgehog Referees
Toad Lakitu	Cream the Rabbit Charmy Bee Espio the Chameleon

Audience members

Mario Audience Members	Sonic the Hedgehog Audience Members
Koopa Troopas Goombas Dry Bones Toads Shy Guys Penguin (certain events)	Flicky Chirps Tux Porker Chao Omochao Hero Chao Dark Chao

Rivals

Super Mario rivals

Icon	Name	Type	Event(s)
	Big Bullet Bill	Speed	Skeleton (Individual Festival) Bobsleigh (Team Festival)
	King Boo	Skill	Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom (Individual Festival)
	Dry Bowser	Power	Ice Hockey
	Dry Bones	All-Around	Ice Hockey (alongside Dry Bowser) Curling (Team Festival)

Sonic the Hedgehog rivals

Icon	Name	Type	Event(s)
	E-123 Omega	Power	Speed Skating 500m (Individual Festival) Short Track Relay (Team Festival)
	Jet the Hawk	Speed	Snowboard Cross
	Rouge the Bat	All-Around	Figure Skating
	Eggman Nega	Skill	Ski Cross

Locations

Locations from both Mario and Sonic series appear in the Dream Events. The following stages are:

Mario series

• Mario Circuit (featured in Dream Ski Cross) from Mario Kart Wii.
• Bowser Castle (featured in Dream Ice Hockey) from Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
• Good Egg Galaxy (featured in Dream Ski Jump) from Super Mario Galaxy.
• Sherbet Land (featured in Dream Curling) from Mario Kart 64.
• In Dream Figure Skating, three backgrounds from New Super Mario Bros. appear: World 1, Bowser's Castle, and Peach's Castle.
• Dream Snowball Fight has the same music as in Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land from Super Mario 64.

Sonic the Hedgehog series

• Radical Highway (featured in Dream Snowboard Cross) from Sonic Adventure 2
• Seaside Hill (featured in Dream Alpine) from Sonic Heroes
• Nocturne/Special Stage (featured in Dream Bobsleigh) from Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and Sonic Heroes
• Egg Factory (featured in Dream Speed Skating) from Sonic Riders
• In Dream Figure Skating, three Sonic backgrounds appears: Green Hill Zone (from Sonic the Hedgehog), Death Egg Zone (from Sonic the Hedgehog 2) and the destroyed Station Square (from Sonic Adventure).
• Dream Gliding has the same music as in Sky Sanctuary Zone from Sonic & Knuckles.

Emblems

Main article: Emblems in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Staff

Main article: List of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii) staff

References to other games

• Super Mario Bros. - A remix of the overworld theme and castle theme of this game is available as one of selectable songs in this game.
• Super Mario Bros. 2 - Peach's floating ability returns as her special skill in this game.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 - A remix of the athletic theme of this game appears as one of the selectable songs in this game.
• Super Mario World - A remix of the athletic and the ending themes appear as one of the selectable songs in this game.
• Super Mario 64 - The Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land music tracks are remixed for the Dream Snowball Fight event. A remix of the main theme and the Bowser's stage theme is used.
• Mario Kart 64 - The Dream Curling event takes place in Sherbet Land from this game.
• Super Smash Bros. Melee - Luigi's special skill, Luigi Rocket, is similar to the Green Missile. Bowser's special skill, Spinning Shell, is similar to Whirling Fortress.
• Super Mario Sunshine - A remix of Delfino Plaza's music appears as one of the selectable songs in this game.
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit - The Dream Ice Hockey event takes place in Bowser Castle from this game.
• New Super Mario Bros. - The athletic theme appears as one of the selectable music tracks. Three backgrounds from this game appear in the Dream Figure Skating event, namely World 1, Bowser's Castle, and Peach's Castle.
• Super Mario Galaxy - The Dream Ski Jump event takes place in the Good Egg Galaxy. Purple Coins can be collected in most of the Dream Events. The Purple Comet theme along with the Gusty Garden Galaxy's theme, under the title "Wind Garden," appear as selectable songs in this game.
• Mario Kart Wii - The Dream Ski Cross event takes place in Mario Circuit from this game. The Coconut Mall theme appears as one of the selectable music tracks.

References in later games

• Mario Sports Mix - The gameplay in Hockey in this game is similar to Ice Hockey from this game.
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - Most of the Mario and Sonic series music return as well as the Mii costumes. The story mode in this game is referenced by Toad, Magikoopa, and Silver.

Quotes

Main article: List of quotes in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Trivia

• Bowser's profile artwork is the same as his artwork for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which came almost a month after this game.
• An app based on this game was released for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, but only features Sonic characters and thus is named simply Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. This game has since been removed from the AppStore.
• This is currently only game in the series to be released on both consoles on the same day (except Japan and South Korea).

External links

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on Sonic Retro
• Official International Website
• Japanese Website for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games