Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition

Template:Articleabout Template:Infobox Arcade Game Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 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. The stats range from 0 to 10, with the sum of the stats being equal to 18, except for Toad who has a sum of 23. Even though there are recommended events for each character, every character can participate in all the events.

Team Mario

Image	Name	Stats	Type	Recommended Events
	Mario	Template:RioArcadestats	Balance	Long Jump 100m
File:Luigi - Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix.png	Luigi	Template:RioArcadestats	Balance	Trampoline 110m Hurdles
	Peach	Template:RioArcadestats	Technique	Archery Rhythmic Gymnastics
	Daisy	Template:RioArcadestats	Speed	Rhythmic Gymnastics 100m Freestyle Swimming
File:BowserNSMBWii.png	Bowser	Template:RioArcadestats	Power	Javelin Throw Hammer Throw
	Wario	Template:RioArcadestats	Power	Archery Hammer Throw
	Waluigi	Template:RioArcadestats	Technique	Rhythmic Gymnastics Long Jump
File:Yoshi MP9.png	Yoshi	Template:RioArcadestats	Speed	110m Hurdles Trampoline
	Donkey Kong	Template:RioArcadestats	Power	Hammer Throw Long Jump
File:Bowserjr MP9.png	Bowser Jr.	Template:RioArcadestats	Balance	Long Jump Javelin Throw

Team Sonic

Image	Name	Stats	Type	Recommended Events
	Sonic the Hedgehog	Template:RioArcadestats	Speed	100m 110m Hurdles
	Miles "Tails" Prower	Template:RioArcadestats	Technique	Trampoline Archery
	Knuckles the Echidna	Template:RioArcadestats	Power	Hammer Throw Javelin Throw
File:Amy Rio Arcade Artwork.png	Amy Rose	Template:RioArcadestats	Balance	100m Freestyle Swimming Rhythmic Gymnastics
	Dr. Eggman	Template:RioArcadestats	Technique	Archery Trampoline
	Shadow the Hedgehog	Template:RioArcadestats	Speed	Long Jump 100m
	Silver the Hedgehog	Template:RioArcadestats	Technique	110m Hurdles Trampoline
	Metal Sonic	Template:RioArcadestats	Speed	100m Javelin Throw
	Blaze the Cat	Template:RioArcadestats	Balance	100m Freestyle Swimming Archery
	Vector the Crocodile	Template:RioArcadestats	Power	Hammer Throw 100m Freestyle Swimming

Rivals

These characters are not playable and are found only in the 4x100m Relay event.

Image	Name	Stats
File:ToadMP8.png	Toad, Blue Toad, Green Toad, Yellow Toad	Template:RioArcadestats

Non-playable characters

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

Events

A total of 10 events are playable.

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

This event is not playable in the international version of the game.

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  4x100m Relay

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.

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

External links

• Official Japanese site
• Presentation of the International version