Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
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Developers	Sega; Racjin; AlphaDream; Yuke's; Success
Publisher	Sega
Platform	Nintendo Switch
Engine	Hedgehog Engine 2
Release dates	November 1, 2019; November 1, 2019; November 1, 2019; November 1, 2019; November 5, 2019; November 5, 2019; November 8, 2019; November 8, 2019;
Languages	English; Japanese; Chinese (Simplified); Chinese (Traditional); Dutch; French (Canada); French (Europe); German; Italian; Korean; Portuguese (Brazil); Russian; Spanish (Europe);
Genre	Sports
ESRB:	- Everyone 10+
CERO:	- All ages
PEGI:	- Seven years and older
USK:	- Six years and older[?]
RARS:	- Six years and older[?]
ClassInd:	- General audience[?]
SMECCV:	- Twelve years and older[?]
Gmedia:	- Seven years and older[?]
GRAC:	- All ages
GSRR:	- All ages
NMC:	- Seven years and older[?]
ACB:	- General[?]
FPB:	- Parental guidance[?]
Modes	Single player, multiplayer, Online Play, Wireless Play, LAN Play
Format	Nintendo Switch: Game Card Digital download
Input	Nintendo Switch: Joy-Con Joy-Con (horizontal) Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Serial code	LA-H-ARQPC-EUR;

This article is about the Nintendo Switch game. For the arcade game of the same title, see Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition. For the one-shot manga, see Mario & Sonic at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is a sports game released for the Nintendo Switch. It is the sixth and final installment in the Mario & Sonic series and the fourth one based on the Summer Olympics, this one being the real-world 2020 Summer Olympics, which took place in Tokyo, Japan. This marks the only instance where the series skips a year of the Olympic Games, as Ubisoft acquired the rights to develop 2018 Winter Olympics video games before Sega could. It was initially announced on March 29, 2019, as one of Sega's new video games to be based on the 2020 Olympics. The game was formally revealed in Nintendo's E3 Nintendo Direct of 2019 and was released on November 1, 2019, in Asia and November 5, 2019, in North America. The game also has two companion games: an arcade version of the game that was released in Japan on January 23, 2020, and a mobile game featuring only Sonic the Hedgehog characters that was released on May 7, 2020. It was also the first Mario & Sonic game to be published by Sega in Japan and other East Asian countries rather than Nintendo, and the last game overall to be developed by AlphaDream (and the only one for the Switch) following its bankruptcy exactly a month before its release.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on March 24, 2020, that the 2020 Olympic Games would be postponed to a later date in 2021,^[10] which was later revealed to be from July 23 to August 8, 2021.^[11] This causes Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 to have the longest gap between the game's release (November 2019) and the commencement of the corresponding Olympics (July 2021) out of any Mario & Sonic game.

This was the first home console Super Mario game to be localized in Brazilian Portuguese.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was confirmed to be the series' final installment due to the International Olympic Committee dropping its partnership with Sega and Nintendo.^[12] It is also the only installment in the Mario & Sonic series released for the Nintendo Switch.

The game was removed from the Nintendo eShop on March 31, 2026, alongside Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game,^[13] which was themed after the same event and was also developed by Sega.

Modes[edit]

Quick Match[edit]

Quick Match is where the player can play any of the game's events with any of the playable characters. After selecting Quick Match, the player must first choose how many players are playing before selecting events. The CPU difficulty can also be set here, the options being "Normal," "Hard," or "Very Hard." Each difficulty has its own set of medals for each event.

Story Mode[edit]

This is where the player can play the game's single-player story. The story involves Mario, Sonic, Toad, Bowser, and Dr. Eggman getting stranded inside a video game based on the Olympic Games of Tokyo 1964, and Luigi and Tails attempt to get them out, encountering various other characters on the way. The story is divided into 20 chapters, which are listed below.

Chapter 1: A Mysterious Game System
Chapter 2: Bowser & Dr. Eggman's Scheme
Chapter 3: The Search for Tails
Chapter 4: The Secret Trick
Chapter 5: The Lost Game System
Chapter 6: Another Showdown
Chapter 7: Time for Analysis
Chapter 8: Under the Olympic Cauldron
Chapter 9: Gotta Get the Golds
Chapter 10: A Message from 2020
Chapter 11: The Items' Sender
Chapter 12: The Scattered Items
Chapter 13: The Excitement Battery
Chapter 14: The Flickering World
Chapter 15: Cheer Power
Chapter 16: The Time Remaining
Chapter 17: Charging Complete
Chapter 18: Heading Back
Chapter 19: Battery Replacement
Final Chapter: The Final Showdown

Local Play/LAN Play[edit]

Players can connect multiple Nintendo Switches, either through the Switch's local wireless functionality or through a local area network, to play together. Both Tokyo 2020 and Tokyo 1964 events are available to play in this mode, and the length of matches can be adjusted. Each player needs their own Switch and a copy of the game to play.

Online Play[edit]

The player can make rooms with up to four people in them and compete against them in events. Only Tokyo 2020 events are available in this mode, and match length cannot be changed.

My Data[edit]

My Data contains extras that the player can look at:

Game Room: The player can play any of the minigames that have been unlocked in Story Mode. As the player progresses on through Story Mode, they will unlock more minigames.
Tournament Records: The player can view their personal and world records for each event and can also compare their scores on the world rankings.
Trivia: The player can read trivia on the Olympic Games, the events, Tokyo, or the playable characters. Trivia is found throughout Story Mode. There are a total of 122 trivia pieces.
Options: The player can adjust game options here.
Credits: After the player beats Story Mode for the first time, the credits can be viewed anytime in My Data.

Tokyo 2020[edit]

Playable characters[edit]

The Select Character screen for 110m Hurdles, where Toadette is the event's guest

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 features a total of 32 playable characters, 16 from Team Mario and 16 from Team Sonic. Like in the Wii U version of the previous game, the 20 playable characters that have been playable since the second installment are playable in all events, while the other 12 are playable only as guests in a single event. Guests are unlocked by beating them at their events in Story Mode, though unlike in the previous game, not every event contains a guest character. Of the guest characters, Toadette is playable for the first time in the Mario & Sonic series, while Ludwig and Eggman Nega are playable for the first time in a home console Mario & Sonic game.

Unlike in previous installments, the main characters now wear unique outfits depending on the event they are playing. The only exceptions to this are Bowser, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Bowser Jr., and Metal Sonic. Similarly, guest characters Diddy Kong, Larry, Wendy, Ludwig, Zavok, and Zazz also do not wear any special outfits in their respective events.

11 characters between both versions of the previous installment do not return in this game, namely Nabbit, Dry Bowser, Dry Bones, Birdo, Roy, Toad, Wave, Sticks, Omega, Cream, and the Miis, making this the only Mario & Sonic game to have fewer playable characters than its predecessor, as well as the only home console Mario & Sonic game not to feature Miis as playable characters.

The descriptions in the main cast's table come from the party member descriptions in Story Mode.

Team Mario
Name	Type	In-game description
Mario	All-Around	A cheerful plumber and everyone's favorite superstar. He stands up to Bowser with his jumping skills and all-around athletic ability.
Luigi	All-Around	Mario's younger twin brother. He's a little timid (especially around ghosts), but is kind and just as capable as his brother.
Peach	Technique	Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. She has a close bond with Mario and is unfailingly kind. She loves baking and cooking.
Daisy	Speed	The Princess of Sarasaland. She is cheerful, active, and always full of energy.
Bowser	Power	The Koopa King's strength, fire breath, and large army of Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and more make him a constant threat to world peace.
Wario	Power	Never a dull moment with Wario, a loud, brash fellow who says he's Mario's greatest rival. He loves garlic and money.
Waluigi	Technique	Wario's pal who thinks he's Luigi's rival. His gangly arms and legs make him a fierce competitor in all manner of sports.
Yoshi	Speed	Mario's kind, chill ally from Yoshi's Island. His long tongue lets him gobble up fruit and foe alike and turn them into eggs.
Donkey Kong	Power	King of the jungle and superstar of the Kong Family. He's so strong, it isn't funny. He'd do anything for a banana or ten.
Bowser Jr.	All-Around	The Koopa King's little boy. He might be small, but he's got all of Papa's strength and selfishness. Wears a mask with a big mouth on it.

Team Sonic
Name	Type	In-game description
Sonic	Speed	The world's fastest hedgehog. He can be impulsive and impatient, but he is driven by kindness and a strong sense of justice.
Tails	Technique	A kind, twin-tailed fox kit. He can spin his tails to fly through the air, and his engineering talent helps Sonic on his adventures.
Knuckles	Power	A powerful echidna who lives on Angel Island as the lone guardian of the Master Emerald.
Amy	All-Around	A hedgehog who is a real go-getter and lights up the room when she's around. She's quite strong-minded, and won't hesitate at taking on evil with her trusty hammer.
Dr. Eggman	Technique	A self-proclaimed evil scientist and mechanical genius with an IQ of 300. He never gives up on his plans to take over the world.
Shadow	Speed	A black hedgehog known as the ultimate life form. Created with an immortal body, he wields Chaos Emeralds to warp space and time.
Silver	Technique	A hedgehog from a devastated future. He is always positive and has a strong sense of justice. His powerful psychokinesis can move big objects as well as allow him to levitate.
Metal Sonic	Speed	A high-performance robot built by Dr. Eggman to mimic Sonic. He has Sonic's speed and power, and serves as Eggman's obedient henchman.
Blaze	All-Around	A princess from another world who uses the Sol Emeralds she protects. Cool-headed and hard on herself, she's still a little shy.
Vector	Power	The head of the Chaotix Detective Agency. He has a sharp mind and a sharp tongue, but is also an optimist with a compassionate heart.

Guest characters[edit]

Team Mario
Name	Event	Type	How to unlock
Toadette (new)	110m Hurdles	Speed	Beat Toadette in 110m Hurdles as Silver in Chapter 7 of Story Mode
Rosalina	Surfing	Technique	Beat Rosalina in Surfing as Donkey Kong in Chapter 17 of Story Mode
Diddy Kong	Rugby Sevens	Technique	Beat Diddy Kong's team in Rugby Sevens as Wario in Chapter 15 of Story Mode
Wendy	Swimming	Power	Beat Wendy in Swimming as Silver in Chapter 5 of Story Mode
Larry	Equestrian	Technique	Beat Larry in Equestrian as Peach in Chapter 13 of Story Mode
Ludwig	Fencing	Technique	Beat Ludwig in Fencing as Waluigi in Chapter 17 of Story Mode

Team Sonic
Name	Event	Type	How to unlock
Espio	Triple Jump	Technique	Beat Espio in Triple Jump as Amy in Chapter 9 of Story Mode
Rouge	Sport Climbing	Technique	Beat Rouge in Sport Climbing as Daisy in Chapter 5 of Story Mode
Zavok	Boxing	Power	Beat Zavok in Boxing as Luigi in Chapter 11 of Story Mode
Eggman Nega	Karate	Technique	Beat Eggman Nega in Karate as Luigi in Chapter 5 of Story Mode
Jet	Football	Speed	Beat Jet in a Football penalty kick shootout as Knuckles in Chapter 15 of Story Mode
Zazz	Table Tennis	Speed	Beat Zazz in Table Tennis as Vector in Chapter 7 of Story Mode

Supporting characters[edit]

In Rugby Sevens and Football, in addition to the characters the player selects, there are also additional characters that are part of the team. In Rugby Sevens, they act as the additional three members of the team and control the same as the other characters, while in Football, they act as the goalie and have more limited control. By default, the player's teammate depends on whether the team leader is from Team Mario or Team Sonic, though they can be manually selected before the event starts. Player 1's team uses blue teammates, while the opposing team uses red teammates.

The head icon for the red team's Birdo erroneously depicts her with pink skin and a red bow, which is her most common color scheme, while in-game, she has red skin and a pink bow.

Name	Event	Type
Team Mario
Boom Boom	Rugby Sevens	All-Around
Birdo	Football	Technique
Team Sonic
Egg Pawn	Rugby Sevens, Football	Power

Advantages[edit]

Excluding the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, where all characters have the same properties, this is the only Mario & Sonic game not to report the character stats. Instead, the game reports specific advantages for each character that correlate to their character type (All-Around, Power, Speed, Skill) from the first four games. All-Around characters do not have a specific advantage but are listed as "All-Around" in all events.

Although not reported in-game, each character has advantages even within a specific type. Luigi, for instance, is slower and less powerful than Mario but has better technical ability. The stats are the same as in the previous installment (Toadette's stats are the same as Toad's from that game).

Event-specific advantages
Event(s)	Power	Speed	Technique
100m	Good at Super Moves	Runs Fast	Super Starts are Fast
110m Hurdles	Good at Super Moves	Runs Fast	Super Starts are Fast
4x100m Relay	Good at Super Moves	Runs Fast	Super Starts are Fast
Javelin Throw	Charges Power Quicker	Gauge Extends Faster	Easier Best Angle
Triple Jump	Good at Super Moves	Approach is Fast	Perfects are Easier
Discus Throw	Easier Best Power	Easier Best Angle	Good at Adjusting Tilt
Sport Climbing	Long Grip Gauge	Good at Power Climbs	Fast Grip Gauge Recover
Surfing	Boost Time is Long	Good Acceleration on Landing	Good at Tube Riding
Skateboarding	Jumps are High	Fast at Moving	Turns are Tight
Boxing	Punches are Heavy	Good at Counters	Good at Super Moves
Karate	Good at Charging	Fast at Moving	Good at Defense
Football	Shots are Powerful	Runs Fast	Good at Stealing Balls
Football (Goalies)	Good at Deflecting	N/A	Good at Catching
Rugby Sevens	Good at Tackles	Runs Fast	Gauge Builds Fast
Canoe	Good on the Last Leg	Good at Paddling	Super Starts are Fast
Swimming	Good at Super Moves	Swims Fast	Good at Turning
Gymnastics	Good at Takeoff	Good at Super Moves	Good at Landing
Equestrian	Good at Super Moves	Gallops Fast	Turns are Tight
Badminton	Good at Smashes	Fast at Moving	Controls with Precision
Table Tennis	Returns are Powerful	Fast at Moving	Good at Spins
Fencing	Good at Parrying	Fast at Moving	Good at Stepping
Archery	Controls with Precision	Good at Bow Drawing	Good at Aiming
Dream Race	Jumps are High	Good at Grinds	Turns are Tight
Dream Shooting	Good at Dizzying Opponents	Fast at Moving	Good at Aiming
Dream Karate	High Attack Power	Fast at Moving	Good at Power Strikes

Non-playable characters[edit]

Referees[edit]

Cameramen[edit]

Toads^[14]
Chao

Other[edit]

Events[edit]

There is a total of 24 playable events in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, with 21 of them being Olympic Events and three of them being Dream Events, which return for the first time since Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, having been replaced with Plus Events and Duel Events in the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions of the previous game, respectively. During Olympic Events, most characters wear proper outfits for the events, while during Dream Events, everyone (except for the female characters, who still wear their sport outfits) wears their standard outfit, in a similar fashion to previous games.

All of the events (with the exceptions of Boxing, Karate, Football, and Rugby Sevens) give players the choice of using motion controls (with either one of two Joy-Con) or solely button inputs (on any controller). However, Discus Throw and Dream Shooting have mandatory uses of motion controls regardless of the player's setting. Boxing, Football, Rugby Sevens, and Karate solely utilize button inputs. Boxing and Karate can be played with up to only two players, while the rest can be played with up to four.

Olympic Events[edit]

Event	Description	Venue	Guest
100m^[14]	A race in a straight line across 100m meters of the track. During the race, the player can activate a Super Dash to gain extra speed, and pressing the button again on the blue triangle will result in a burst of speed.	Olympic Stadium	None
110m Hurdles	A race in a straight line on the track, like the 100m, but the players must successfully jump over six hurdles. If the player perfectly jumps over all six, they will get a Super Dash after the sixth one.		Toadette
4x100m Relay	Teams of four race around the whole track. Players must time their passes with each of their teammates successfully in order to get the most speed and reach the goal.		None
Javelin Throw^[14]	Players must run across a field to fill up a meter that will increase the strength of the throw. They will then angle their shot before throwing the javelin. If the player fills the power gauge to the rainbow level and gets a perfect angle, they will use a Super Throw.		None
Triple Jump^[14]	Players will run to gain momentum before performing a hop, skip, and jump, to jump across the sand pit the farthest. If they jump past the blue line, they get a foul. If they get perfect timing on all three jumps, it will become a Super Jump, sending them much farther.		Espio
Discus Throw	The player must rotate their character enough to gain enough power while moving the controller to angle the discus. During practice, the player can see how much they have to turn to gain maximum power, but this meter will be absent during the actual throw. If the player has enough power and the perfect angle, they will initiate a Super Throw, where they can manually straighten the discus to go even farther.		None
Sport Climbing (new)	Players climb a rock wall as high as they can. The player controls their character hands to latch on to grips, but poor timing will lead to a decrease in hand grip. Smaller grips require more precise timing and can deplete more grip energy. Blue grips act as checkpoints, heart-shaped grips refill the grip gauge, and star-shaped grips activate a Special Move to climb the wall higher and faster.	Aomi Urban Sports Park	Rouge

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