Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is a Wii U game, and is the fourth installment in the Mario & Sonic series. It includes a variety of events from the winter games such as skiing, figure skating and curling. As the title implies, the game is centered around the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, taking place in Sochi, Russia. Different events uses the Wii Remote Plus controller, Wii U GamePad, or both. As the other games in the series, it features realistic events with ones in Mario's and Sonic's worlds. As the game is a Wii U exclusive, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is the first in the series to not have a handheld version. It is also the first game in the series published by Nintendo outside of Japan and South Korea rather than SEGA, who published the first three games.

Modes
The game features five overall modes total.


 * Single Match
 * Medley Mania
 * Worldwide VS
 * Legends Showdown
 * Action & Answer Tour

Olympic events
The game features 16 Olympic events total.


 * Snowboard Cross
 * 4-man Bobsleigh
 * Biathlon
 * Snowboard Slopestyle
 * Speed Skating 500m
 * Alpine Skiing Downhill
 * Ski Jumping Large Hill
 * Freestyle Skiing Moguls
 * Freestyle Ski Cross
 * Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom
 * Figure Skating Singles
 * Figure Skating Pairs
 * Curling
 * Ice Hockey
 * Skeleton
 * Short Track 1000m

Dream events
The game has eight total Dream Events.


 * Winter Sports Champion Race (Mini Russia Island)
 * Roller Coaster Bobsleigh (Speed Highway)
 * Groove Pipe Snowboard (Mushroom Bridge)
 * Snow Day Street Hockey (Delfino Plaza)
 * Hole-In-One Curling (Green Hill Zone)
 * Figure Skating Spectacular (Dream Skating Center)
 * Snowball Scrimmage (Snow Colosseum)
 * Bullet Bill Sledge Race (Sweet Mountain)

Mario characters

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Peach
 * Daisy
 * Yoshi
 * Bowser
 * Bowser Jr.
 * Donkey Kong
 * Wario
 * Waluigi

Sonic characters

 * Sonic
 * Tails
 * Amy
 * Shadow
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Knuckles
 * Blaze
 * Vector
 * Silver
 * Metal Sonic

Other

 * Mii

Non-playable characters

 * Toads
 * Shy Guy
 * Pianta
 * Chao
 * Omochao
 * Koopa Troopas
 * Wisps
 * Animal Friends

Legends Showdown Rivals

 * Team Birdo (Ice Hockey)
 * Birdo
 * Three other Birdos
 * Kamek (Bullet Bill Sledgerace)
 * Jet (Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom)
 * King Boo (Short Track Speed Skating 1000m)
 * E-123 Omega (Roller Coaster Bobsleigh)
 * Team Eggman Nega (Winter Sports Champion Race)
 * Eggman Nega
 * Dry Bowser
 * Rouge

Figure Skating Spectacular Bosses

 * False Bowser
 * Rotatatron

Critical reception
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games received mixed reviews from critics. IGN gave the game a 4.5, a Bad. They praised its large quantities of unlockables, but criticized its lack of games to be played online. GameXplain gave the single player mode a 3/5 stars and its multiplayer a 3.5/5. Destructoid gave the game a 6.0.