Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is an upcoming sports title for the Nintendo 3DS, which is the fifth installment on the Mario & Sonic series, along with 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. This game will have amiibo compatibility.

Characters
All playable characters from previous games in the series have been confirmed to return, in addition to 20 new playable characters (10 new Mario characters and 10 new Sonic characters), for a total of 41 playable characters. Similarly to the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, characters are only playable in certain events, with the exceptions of Mario, Sonic, and Mii characters (who are playable in all events).

Team Mario

 * Mario (available in all events )
 * Luigi (exclusive to Table Tennis and 110m Hurdles )
 * Princess Peach (exclusive to Golf and 100m Freestyle )
 * Princess Daisy (exclusive to Soccer and Rhythmic Gymnastics: Hoop )
 * Yoshi (exclusive to Soccer and 100m )
 * Bowser (exclusive to Golf and Boxing )
 * Bowser Jr. (exclusive to Long Jump and Equestrian )
 * Wario (exclusive to Javelin Throw and Archery )
 * Waluigi (exclusive to Long Jump and BMX )
 * Donkey Kong (exclusive to Boxing and Beach Volleyball )
 * Diddy Kong (new, exclusive to 110m Hurdles )
 * Nabbit (new, exclusive to 100m )
 * Rosalina (new, exclusive to Rhythmic Gymnastics: Hoop )
 * Ludwig von Koopa (new, exclusive to Table Tennis )
 * Wendy O. Koopa (new, exclusive to 100m Freestyle )
 * Dry Bones (new, exclusive to BMX )
 * Birdo (new, exclusive to Archery )
 * Dry Bowser (new, exclusive to Javelin Throw )
 * Larry Koopa (new, exclusive to Equestrian )
 * Roy Koopa (new, exclusive to Beach Volleyball )

Team Mario (supporting characters)

 * Toads
 * Pom Pom

Team Sonic

 * Sonic the Hedgehog (available in all events )
 * Miles "Tails" Prower (exclusive to 100m Freestyle and Beach Volleyball )
 * Amy Rose (exclusive to 100m Freestyle and Rhythmic Gymnastics: Hoop )
 * Shadow the Hedgehog (exclusive to Soccer and 100m )
 * Silver the Hedgehog (exclusive to 110m Hurdles and Archery )
 * Dr. Eggman (exclusive to 110m Hurdles and Equestrian )
 * Metal Sonic (exclusive to 100m and BMX )
 * Knuckles the Echidna (exclusive to Javelin Throw and Boxing )
 * Blaze the Cat (exclusive to Equestrian and Rhythmic Gymnastics: Hoop )
 * Vector the Crocodile (exclusive to Golf and Table Tennis )
 * Rouge the Bat (new, exclusive to Golf )
 * Jet the Hawk (new, exclusive to Soccer )
 * Wave the Swallow (new, exclusive to BMX )
 * Sticks the Badger (new, exclusive to Archery )
 * E-123 Omega (new, exclusive to Javelin Throw )
 * Zazz (new, exclusive to Table Tennis )
 * Espio the Chameleon (new, exclusive to Long Jump )
 * Zavok (new, exclusive to Boxing )
 * Eggman Nega (new, exclusive to Long Jump )
 * Cream the Rabbit (new, exclusive to Beach Volleyball )

Team Sonic (supporting characters)

 * Chao
 * Egg Pawns

Other

 * Miis

Non-playable characters

 * Shy Guys
 * Koopa Troopas
 * Goombas

Events

 * 100m Dash
 * Hurdles
 * Table Tennis
 * Javelin Throw
 * Cycling
 * Long Jump
 * Beach Volleyball
 * Swimming
 * Equestrian
 * Golf
 * Rhythmic Ribbon
 * Boxing
 * Archery
 * Football

Amiibo
The game is also set to have Amiibo functionality, but only with the Mario and Sonic Amiibo. Using them will turn the Mario costume into the Gold Mario costume and the Sonic costume into the Super Sonic costume respectively.

Adventure Mode
The game is also set to have a Adventure mode similar to Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS) and Mario Golf: World Tour with the Mii challenging different characters to events.