Speed Skating

Speed Skating, is an event in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. The game rely's on speed, timing, and most of all, rhythm.

Speed Skating 500m
This is the main and 1st variation of Speed Skating. Like many events, as soon as GO! appears on the screen, the Wiimote is shaked down. Then, for the first seconds of the race, the Wii Remote is countinuously shaked. Soon, the player must flick the Wii Remote to the Left, to the Right, to the left etc. The trick is to shake it left-right-left-right in rhythm, not to quick and not to slow. In the last few seconds of the race (the game calls it "Final Sprint"), the player quickly shaked the Wii Remote up and down as fast as possible. Also, once in the race, you can press the "A" button for a Speed Boost.

Short Track Relay
The third variation of Speed Skating. It's similar to Short Track 1,000m. The Player skates 2 laps round the stadium with each player in 4 teams.

Omega Boss
In the Wii and DS version, Omega is played against in this event. The event play's just the same as normal, only against a boss/rival. Omega is a non-playable player and is only faced in Festival Mode. He is fought in Speed Skating 500m in Individual Festival and Short Track Relay in Team Festival.

Trivia

 * The name speed skating is very similar to speed stacking.