Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition

This article is about the arcade game. For the Nintendo 3DS game of the same title, see Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS). For the Wii U game of the same title, see Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U).

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition
Developer(s)	SEGA Racjin
Publisher(s)	SEGA
Release date	February 2016 June 2016
Genre	Sport
Mode(s)	two players, four players
Cabinet	custom design, width 2511 mm, height 2272 mm, depth 1470 mm (two players); custom design with overhead display and camera, width 6700 mm, height 3205 mm, depth 1580 mm (four players)
Arcade system	SEGA Nu
Monitor	55'' HD vertical monitor (two players), 55'' HD vertical monitor and overhead display (four players)
Input	two Joysticks, each with 1 button; footpad; live Player Camera (four players version only)

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition is a sports title for arcade machines, which is the fifth installment on the Mario & Sonic series, along with the Nintendo 3DS version and 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.

Characters

The game features a total of 20 playable characters, 10 from Team Mario and 10 from Team Sonic. In the Japanese version, 4 characters must be unlocked in order to become playable. The stats range from 0 to 10, with the sum of the stats being equal to 18 for the playable characters and 23 for the guest characters. Even though there are recommended events for each character, every playable character can participate in all the events.

Team Mario

Image	Name	Stats	Type	Recommended Events
	Mario	Power   6 Speed   6 Technique   6	Balance	Long Jump 100m
	Luigi	Power   5 Speed   6 Technique   7	Balance	Trampoline 110m Hurdles
	Peach	Power   3 Speed   6 Technique   9	Technique	Archery Rhythmic Gymnastics
	Daisy⧫	Power   4 Speed   8 Technique   6	Speed	Rhythmic Gymnastics 100m Freestyle Swimming
	Bowser	Power   10 Speed   4 Technique   4	Power	Javelin Throw Hammer Throw
	Wario	Power   8 Speed   4 Technique   6	Power	Archery Hammer Throw
	Waluigi⧫	Power   6 Speed   4 Technique   8	Technique	Rhythmic Gymnastics Long Jump
	Yoshi	Power   5 Speed   9 Technique   4	Speed	110m Hurdles Trampoline
	Donkey Kong★	Power   9 Speed   5 Technique   4	Power	Hammer Throw Long Jump
	Bowser Jr.★	Power   7 Speed   5 Technique   6	Balance	Long Jump Javelin Throw
Legend: ★ = The character needs to be unlocked using Aime card functionality in the Japanese version; ⧫ = The character needs to be unlocked in the Japanese version.

Team Sonic

Image	Name	Stats	Type	Recommended Events
	Sonic the Hedgehog	Power   3 Speed   10 Technique   5	Speed	100m 110m Hurdles
	Miles "Tails" Prower	Power   4 Speed   6 Technique   8	Technique	Trampoline Archery
	Knuckles the Echidna	Power   9 Speed   6 Technique   3	Power	Hammer Throw Javelin Throw
	Amy Rose	Power   6 Speed   5 Technique   7	Balance	100m Freestyle Swimming Rhythmic Gymnastics
	Dr. Eggman	Power   5 Speed   3 Technique   10	Technique	Archery Trampoline
	Shadow the Hedgehog	Power   6 Speed   9 Technique   3	Speed	Long Jump 100m
	Silver the Hedgehog⧫	Power   6 Speed   3 Technique   9	Technique	110m Hurdles Trampoline
	Metal Sonic★	Power   7 Speed   8 Technique   3	Speed	100m Javelin Throw
	Blaze the Cat⧫	Power   5 Speed   7 Technique   6	Balance	100m Freestyle Swimming Archery
	Vector the Crocodile★	Power   8 Speed   5 Technique   5	Power	Hammer Throw 100m Freestyle Swimming
Legend: ★ = The character needs to be unlocked using Aime card functionality in the Japanese version; ⧫ = The character needs to be unlocked in the Japanese version.

Guest characters

These characters are not playable and are challenged in bonus events.

Image	Name	Stats	Type	Bonus Event
	Toad, Blue Toad, Green Toad, Yellow Toad	Power   7.5 Speed   5.5 Technique   10	Special	4x100m Relay
	Nabbit	N.D.	N.D.	110m Hurdles
	Rouge the Bat	Power   4.5 Speed   8.5 Technique   10	Special	100m Freestyle Swimming
	E-123 Omega	Power   10 Speed   3.5 Technique   9.5	Special	100m

Non-playable characters

• Toads
• Shy Guys
• Koopa Troopas
• sonicretro:Chao
• sonicretro:Omochao
• Flickies
• Cuckies
• Peckies
• Pickies
• Lakitu
• Charmy Bee
• Cubot
• Orbot

Events

A total of 9 events are playable. The bonus event is playable only when being challenged by a guest character.

Standard Events

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  Hammer Throw

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  100m

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  Javelin Throw

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  100m Freestyle Swimming

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  Archery

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  110m Hurdles

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  Rhythmic Gymnastics

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  Long Jump

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  Trampoline

Bonus Event

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  4x100m Relay

Easy Mode

An Easy Mode can be activated in the character selection screen, allowing the player to play an easier version of the events. The results of the events played in Easy Mode cannot be inserted in the national ranking in the Japanese version of the game.

Ranking

At the end of each event, the player receives a letter-based ranking up to S based on the performance on three aspects of the event, each one individually ranked with zero to three stars. These stars are then added to a star counter in the Japanese version of the game.

Events ranking
Event	Criteria
Hammer Throw	Spin	Throw	Roar
100m	Start	Run	Final Sprint
Javelin Throw	Approach	Angle	Roar
100m Freestyle Swimming	Start	Swim	Turn
Archery	Hit	Time	Combo
110m Hurdles	Start	Run	Jump
Rhythmic Gymnastics	Timing	Intensity	Combo
Long Jump	Run	Jump	2 Turn Jump
Trampoline	Jump	Move Count	Combo
4x100m Relay	Run	Baton	Cheering

Aime cards

The Japanese version of the game uses Aime cards to record progresses in the game and allow the results to be inserted in a national ranking. Both the obtained stars and medals are recorded. There are also Titles that can be won. Furthermore, these cards are needed to unlock specific characters and to participate in the bonus events.

Gallery

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

External links

• Official Japanese site
• Presentation of the International version