Polastraits

Polastraits is the third place that Mario and Sonic visit in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for Nintendo DS. Located in a seaside location, it is Pola's home. In this place, Mario can meet the teams Silver the Hedgehog & Blaze the Cat and Wario & Waluigi for the first time, but both duos run away afterwards as a result of their defeat. They are later encountered in Cubyrinth and Icepeak, respectively. Also, Mario and Sonic have to save a Shy Guy and a Chao from falling into the water, as requested by a Penguin. Upon doing so, the Penguin gives them a Blitz Skeleton. There is an unknown area with a large wall of ice that is only accessible when everyone falls down from Cubyrinth after Knuckles pulls a lever. Cuby is held hostage by Eggman Nega here.

Rivals

 * King Boo (Alpine Skiing GS)
 * Eggman Nega (Skeleton)

Items found

 * Fighter's Stick
 * Spark Luge
 * Blitz Skeleton

Minigames found

 * Break the Ice!
 * Climb to the Top!

Party members

 * Yoshi
 * Silver the Hedgehog
 * Blaze the Cat
 * Wario
 * Waluigi

Other characters

 * Big the Cat
 * Cream the Rabbit

News briefs

 * Rescue the snow spirits to change the Bowser and Eggman flags to Mario and Sonic.
 * Chao Adventure Log 1 - The Chaos came from far away to play in the water on the shores of Winter Island. Drawn to its natural beauty, they decided to live there. To be continued...
 * Shy Guy Adventure Log 2 - The Shy Guy listened to the men's plans, and was amazed by their scale and vision. Wanting to help, he enlisted friends and crossed the sea. To be continued...
 * Polastraits was named for its polar feel and seaside location.
 * There are five ice houses in Polastraits.
 * Chao Adventure Log 2 - Soon after the Chaos began living on the island, two strangers appeared. They said they were headed to an even more beautiful island. To be continued...
 * Knuckles lives on Angel Island, an island that floats in the sky.
 * Mario can power up and transform.
 * Sonic can run amazingly fast, but he can't swim.