Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)
- This article is about Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the Wii. For the Nintendo DS version of the game, see Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS).
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| Developer | Sega, Racjin Nintendo SPD Group No.4 | ||||||||||
| Publisher | Sega (NA, EU, OC) Nintendo (JP, SK, HK, TW) | ||||||||||
| Platform(s) | Wii | ||||||||||
| Release date | Template:Release | ||||||||||
| Language(s) | English (United States) French (France) German Spanish (Spain) Italian Dutch Japanese Korean | ||||||||||
| Genre | Sports | ||||||||||
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| Mode(s) | Varies according to the event that is played in the game | ||||||||||
| Format | Wii:  Optical disc | ||||||||||
| Input | Wii:
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| Serial code(s) | RVL-ROLE-USA (U.S.) | ||||||||||
- Everyone
- Three years and older
- All ages
- General
- All ages
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 Super 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, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan while Nintendo has done publishing/marketing duties for Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan themselves.
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 Super Mario and Sonic series in various events.[1] Both the DS and the Wii versions take place in a place known as Christmas Village.
Characters
All of the characters from the previous game, including Miis for the Wii version, return. There are also four new characters[2] who were not present in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, namely Donkey Kong, Metal Sonic, Bowser Jr., and Silver. Retaining the first game's style, all playable characters are unlocked from the start (including new participants).
Playable characters
Team Mario
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Mario | All-Around |
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Spin / Jump Dash | 
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Luigi | All-Around |
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Luigi Rocket / Green Fire Rocket | 
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Peach | Skill |
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Mid-Air Float | 
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Daisy | Speed |
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Daisy Trampoline / Flower Dash | 
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Yoshi | Speed |
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Flutter Jump / Thrash Dash | 
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Wario | Power |
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Wario Waft | 
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Waluigi | Skill |
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Air Swim / Screw Dash | 
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Bowser | Power |
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Spinning Shell / Flame Dash | 
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Bowser Jr. (new) | All-Around |
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Back Spin Shell | 
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Donkey Kong (new) | Power |
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Hand Slap Dash | 
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Team Sonic
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Sonic | Speed |
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Spin Dash | 
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Tails | Skill |
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Tailspin Flight / Propeller Dash / Spin Dash | 
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Knuckles | Power |
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Screw Driver / Spin Dash | 
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Amy | All-Around |
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Pink Typhoon / Rose Spin / Spin Dash | 
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Blaze | All-Around |
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Quick Tornado / Fire Dash / Fire Boost | 
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Shadow | Speed |
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Chaos Boost / Spin Dash | 
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Silver (new) | Skill |
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Levitate / Teleport Dash | 
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Vector | Power |
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Head Slide / Donut Spin Dash | 
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Dr. Eggman | Skill |
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Egg Spin | 
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Metal Sonic (new) | Speed |
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Air Boost | 
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Other
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. Playable character costumes are unlockable by getting 1st in five events as the character. 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
Super Mario franchise
There is a total of 16 different costumes for Miis based on characters from the Super Mario universe.
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Sonic the Hedgehog series
Like the Super Mario universe, 16 characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe also appear as costumes for the Miis.
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VIP members
These characters only appear as cameos and tells the player that they have been watching the player in certain events. Pausing the game and hitting the 
when they are spotted gives the player 100 Star Points. The VIP members are:
| Super Mario | Sonic the Hedgehog | Other |
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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
| Super Mario | Sonic the Hedgehog |
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Audience members
| Super Mario | Sonic the Hedgehog |
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Rivals
Super Mario rivals
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Big Bullet Bill | Speed |
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King Boo | Skill |
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Dry Bowser | Power |
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Dry Bones | All-Around |
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Sonic the Hedgehog rivals
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E-123 Omega |
Power |
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Jet the Hawk | Speed |
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Rouge the Bat | All-Around |
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Eggman Nega | Skill |
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Events
Olympic events
| Image | Event | Location | Description |
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 Alpine Skiing - Downhill |
Whistler Creekside | Navigate your character through the gates withing the course. In these events, each time you miss a gate, a time penalty will be added to your time. |
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Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom | ||
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 Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill |
Whistler Olympic Park | Slide down the long takeoff ramp, and jump as far as you can in style. |
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Ski Jumping - Team Large Hill |
Whistler Creekside | |
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 Freestyle Skiing - Moguls |
Cypress Mountain | Ski left and right to navigate through the moguls, and perform tricks at two kickers (jumping ramps). |
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 Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross |
It's you against three others in a race to the goal. | |
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 Snowboard - Halfpipe |
Zig-zag yourself through the cource, and perform various aerial tricks at the edge of the halfpipe. | |
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 Snowboard - Snowboard Cross |
Navigate through the course and finish the race before your opponents do. You can show off during the jump with an aerial trick. It will accelerate you upon landing. Be careful not to stumble | |
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 Speed Skating - Speed Skating 500m |
Richmond Olympic Oval | Compete for the fastest time to the finish line. |
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 Speed Skating - Short Track 1,000m |
Pacific Coliseum | Race Against three other skaters to the finish. |
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Speed Skating - Short Track Relay | ||
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 Figure Skating |
Select music, then perform a series of routines to impress the crowd and judges. | |
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 Skeleton |
The Whistler Sliding Centre | Slide through the winding course. While the skeleton is played with one character, bobsleigh is played as a four-character team, but the controls are the same. |
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 Bobsleigh | ||
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 Ice Hockey |
Canada Hockey Place | Skate Your way towards the opponent's net, and shoot the puck in the goal. The team with the most points at the end of the match wins. |
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 Curling |
Vancouver Olympic Centre | Curling is played in a team of four characters. Choose the direction and throw the stone. You may want to give it a spin if you want it to go behind one of the stones. Sweep in front of your stone to slide it further, or do nothing to slow it down naturally. |
Dream events
| Image | Event | Location | Unlock Criteria |
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 Dream Alpine - Individual |
from Sonic Heroes |
Medal in both all Alpine Skiing and Freestyle Skiing events. Or reach Day 3 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 4 of Team Festival Mode. |
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 Dream Ski Jumping - Individual |
from Super Mario Galaxy |
Medal in Dream Alpine in Individual Festival Mode. Or reach Day 10 of Team Festival Mode. |
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Dream Ski Jumping - Team | ||
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 Dream Ski Cross - Individual |
from Mario Kart Wii |
Reach Day 13 of Team Festival Mode. |
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Dream Ski Cross - Team | ||
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 Dream Snowboard Cross - Individual |
from Sonic Adventure 2 |
Reach Day 16 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 12 of Team Festival Mode. |
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Dream Snowboard Cross - Team | ||
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 Dream Short Track |
from Sonic Riders |
Reach Day 12 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 15 of Team Festival Mode. |
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 Dream Figure Skating |
Reach Day 16 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 12 of Team Festival Mode. | |
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 Dream Bobsleigh |
from Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood |
Reach Day 3 of Team Festival Mode. |
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 Dream Ice Hockey |
Reach Day 15 of Team Festival Mode. | |
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 Dream Curling |
Reach Day 16 of Team Festival Mode. | |
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 Dream Snowball Fight |
Reach Day 9 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 8 of Team Festival Mode. | |
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 Dream Gliding - Individual |
Reach Day 11 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 16 of Team Festival Mode. | |
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Dream Gliding - Team |
Reach Day 11 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 16 of Team Festival Mode. |
Emblems
Reception
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| Release | Reviewer, Publication | Score | Comment |
| Wii | James Newton, Nintendo Life | 9/10 | "Sega has truly listened to the feedback about the first game and slimmed down the waggle controls, beefed up the lastability with a ton of extra content and managed to turn even the seemingly dull events of Curling and Figure Skating into engaging and varied games. With over twenty characters, twenty-five events and hundreds of unlockable items, you'll be playing this game well into the New Year, and the added subtlety of the controls makes playing it a far less tiring experience. It may not have the control genius of Wii Sports Resort but it's every bit as good in terms of content, presentation and pure, distilled fun." |
| Wii | Jorge Ba-oh, Cubed3 | 7/10 | "Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics is, at the end of the day, a huge party playing host to two most loved franchises and that's what it was designed for. It may be incredibly simple to work through the single player mode, but entertaining friends or family is where the package really shines through. Whilst it may be as accessible as Nintendo's Wii Sports, it may not be for everyone. The simplistic controls and gameplay might be a tad off-putting for those having a resume of gaming skills, but for the masses Winter Olympics are a solid package that can heat up a living room with fierce competition." |
| Wii | Ellie Gibson, Eurogamer | 8/10 | "It's true to say that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is no Mario Kart. But it's a fun, polished party game with broad appeal, and a marked improvement over the previous one. Let's just hope the next installment has a bit more depth. And is called Mario & Sonic of War, obviously." |
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| Compiler | Platform / Score | ||
| Metacritic | 72 | ||
| GameRankings | 71.51% | ||
Staff
Although he is uncredited in the game's credits, Scott Burns voices Bowser in this game, which marks the second and last instance in the Mario & Sonic he voices him, as Kenneth W. James would voice him in later installments.
Gallery
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.
Media
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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. Arrangements of the Ground Theme and Castle Theme are used as the music for the first and second segments of Dream Figure Skating.
- Super Mario Bros. 2 - Peach's floating ability returns as her special skill.
- Super Mario Bros. 3 - A remix of the athletic theme of this game appears as one of the selectable songs.
- Super Mario World - A remix of the athletic and the ending themes appear as one of the selectable songs. An arrangement of the ending theme is also used for the third segment of Dream Figure Skating.
- Super Mario 64 - The Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land music tracks are remixed for Dream Snowball Fight. A remix of the main theme and the Bowser's stage theme is used.
- 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.
- Mario Party 6 - Daisy and Waluigi's profile artwork is reused from this game.
- Super Mario 64 DS - Wario's profile artwork is reused from this game.
- Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix - Mario's profile artwork is reused 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 Dream Figure Skating, namely World 1, Bowser's Castle, and Peach's Castle.
- Mario Party DS - Luigi and Yoshi's profile artwork is reused from this game.
- Super Mario Galaxy - The Dream Ski Jumping events takes place in the Good Egg Galaxy. The Purple Comet theme, along with "Gusty Garden Galaxy" under the title "Wind Garden," appear as selectable songs. Also, Bowser Jr.'s profile artwork is reused from this game.
- Mario Kart Wii - The Dream Ski Cross events take 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 Super Mario and Sonic series music return as well as the Mii costumes.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Canada Hockey Place returns in Vancouver Velocity, now referred to under its sponsored name Rogers Arena.
Quotes
- Main article: List of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games quotes
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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| Japanese | マリオ＆ソニックＡＴバンクーバーオリンピック[?] Mario ando Sonikku atto Bankūbā Orinpikku |
Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver Olympics | |
| Dutch | Mario & Sonic op de Olympische Winterspelen[?] | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | |
| French | Mario & Sonic aux Jeux Olympiques d'hiver[?] | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | |
| German | Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Winterspielen[?] | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | |
| Italian | Mario & Sonic ai Giochi Olimpici Invernali[?] | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | |
| Korean | 마리오와 소닉 밴쿠버 동계올림픽[?] Mario-wa Sonik Baenkubeo Dong-gye-olimpik |
Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver Winter Olympics | |
| Portuguese | Mario e Sonic nos Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno[?] | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games | |
| Spanish | Mario & Sonic En Los Juegos Olímpicos De Invierno[?] | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games |
Trivia
- 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 App Store.
- This is currently the only game in the series to be released on both consoles on the same day (except Japan and South Korea).
References
External links
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on Sonic Retro
- Official International Website
- North American Website for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- European Website for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- Japanese Website for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
