Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is a sports title for the Wii and Nintendo 3DS and the third installment of the Mario & Sonic series. New sports, such as football and Equestrain, along with other athletic events, debut in the Wii version, while 50 new and original sports are confirmed to appear in the 3DS version. All twenty playable characters return from the previous installment. The game takes place in London, home of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Wii Version
This section of the article will be talking about the Wii-game specifics only.

All-Around

 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Bowser Jr.

Speed Type

 * Daisy
 * Yoshi

Power Type

 * Bowser
 * Wario
 * Donkey Kong

Skill Type

 * Peach
 * Waluigi

All-Around

 * Amy
 * Blaze

Speed Type

 * Sonic the Hedgehog
 * Shadow the Hedgehog
 * Metal Sonic

Power Type

 * Knuckles
 * Vector

Skill Type

 * Tails
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Silver the Hedgehog

Other

 * Mii

Rivals

 * Birdo - 100m Freestyle, Badminton Doubles (Rematch)
 * Dry Bones - Table Tennis: Singles, Dream Hurdles
 * Dry Bowser - Dream Long Jump
 * King Boo- Dream Sprint
 * Eggman Nega - Fencing: Epee, Dream Fencing (Rematch)
 * E-123 Omega - 100m, 4x100m Relay (Rematch)
 * Jet the Hawk - Dream Discus
 * Rouge the Bat - 110m Hurdles

Events

 * Athletics
 * 100m Sprint
 * 110m Hurdles
 * 4x100m Relay
 * Long Jump
 * Hammer Throw
 * Discus Throw
 * Javelin Throw
 * Gymnastics
 * Uneven Bars
 * Trampoline
 * Rhythmic Ribbon
 * Aquatics
 * 100m Freestyle
 * Synchronised Swimming
 * Canoeing
 * Canoe Sprint 1000m
 * Equestrian
 * Show Jumping
 * Badminton
 * Beach Volleyball
 * Table Tennis - Singles
 * Football/Soccer
 * Shooting - Pistol
 * Fencing - Epée
 * Tracking Cycling - Team Pursuit
 * Dream Events
 * Dream Long Jump
 * Dream Rafting
 * Dream Discus
 * Dream Uneven Bars
 * Dream Hurdles
 * Dream Equestrian
 * Dream Sprint
 * Dream Trampoline
 * Dream Spacewalk
 * Dream Fencing
 * London Party Mode

Locations
Like Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, Dream Events take place on areas from Mario and Sonic games. Ten appear in the game. Also, some locations have had a rename, but its music is kept the same. For example, the Sky Station Galaxy is the Synchro Battle Galaxy.

Mario series

 * Rail Lift (Yoshi's Picture Book) from Yoshi's Story (Dream Long Jump)
 * Battlerock Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy (Dream Hurdles)
 * Moo Moo Meadows from Mario Kart Wii (Dream Equestrian)
 * World 4 (Cheep Cheep River) from New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Dream Rafting)
 * Syncro Battle Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Dream Space Walk)

Sonic series

 * Windy Valley from Sonic Adventure (Dream Discus)
 * Grand Metropolis from Sonic Heroes (Dream Uneven Bars)
 * Ocean Palace from Sonic Heroes (Dream Fencing)
 * Crazy Gadget from Sonic Adventure 2 (Dream Trampoline)
 * Bingo Highway from Sonic Heroes (Dream Sprint)

Items
Some Items are used in Dream Events and London Party.

Mario items

 * Green Shell
 * Star
 * Coins
 * Yoshi Eggs
 * Banana
 * Red Shell

Sonic items

 * Bombs
 * Power Sneekers
 * Barrier
 * Rings
 * 5 Rings Monitor
 * 6 Rings Monitor
 * Chaos Emeralds

Collections
Buying goodies returns in the game.

Costumes
Costumes make a reappearance in this game. Some of them return from the past installment. Additionally, there are costumes of the playable characters.

Music
Most music is taken from the past installments. All rival music except for Dino Piranha, Birdo, Rouge, and Gooper Blooper, for Dino Piranha and Gooper Blooper have their music boss theme from their past games. Birdo's and Rouge's are original.

Returning Music

 * Main Theme from Super Mario Bros.
 * Athletic Theme from Super Mario Bros. 3
 * Main Theme from Super Mario World
 * Main Theme from Super Mario 64
 * Bowser Road from Super Mario 64
 * Delfino Plaza from Super Mario Sunshine
 * Athletic Theme from New Super Mario Bros.
 * Gusty Garden Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy
 * Purple Comet from Super Mario Galaxy
 * Coconut Mall from Mario Kart Wii

New Music

 * Underwater Theme from Super Mario Bros.
 * Ground Theme from Super Mario Bros. 3
 * Mario Circuit from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
 * Coincentration from Super Mario 64 DS
 * Underwater Theme from New Super Mario Bros.
 * Wario's Gold Mine from Mario Kart Wii
 * Main Theme from New Super Mario Bros. Wii
 * Puzzle Plank from Super Mario Galaxy 2

Returning Music

 * Angel Island from Sonic the Hedgehog 3
 * Palm Tree Panic from Sonic CD
 * Emerald Coast from Sonic Adventure
 * Metal Harbor from Sonic Adventure 2
 * City Escape from Sonic Advetnure 2
 * Sonic Heroes from Sonic Heroes
 * Seaside Hill from Sonic Heroes
 * Right There, Right On from Sonic Rush
 * Rooftop Run from ''Sonic Unleashed

New Music
Note: Players can also win collectables from either Scratchcards or Blank Exchange.
 * Flying Battery Zone from Sonic & Knuckles
 * Windy and Ripply, for Emerald Coast from Sonic Adventure
 * His World from Sonic the Hedgehog
 * New Venture from Sonic Rush Adventure
 * Let the Speed Mend It from Sonic and the Secret Rings
 * Misty Lake from Sonic and the Black Knight
 * Splash Hill Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 4
 * Reach for the Stars from Sonic Colors
 * Tropical Resort from Sonic Colors

Stickers
Stickers are the main point in London Party Mode. The first one to get either 16 (about 30. min.), 32 (about 60 min.) or 48 (about 90 min.) stickers win. Players can collect stickers either by winning bonus games and events from characters or rivals, or by obtaining them from bonus balloons.

Mario series

 * Coin
 * Cheep Cheep
 * Princess Peach
 * Bowser
 * Shy Guy
 * Mario's hat
 * Blue Toad
 * Mario
 * Lakitu
 * Dino Piranha
 * Boo
 * Goomba
 * Bullet Bill
 * Pipe

Sonic series

 * Chao (bonus sticker)
 * Cream the Rabbit
 * Espio the Chamellion
 * Charmy Bee
 * Omochao

Others

 * London Bus
 * Roulette
 * Table Tennis Table
 * Trampoline
 * Hurdle
 * Discus
 * Coin & Ring
 * Mario & Sonic's emblems
 * Bowser, Dr. Eggman, Knuckles, and Luigi's emblems
 * Javelin
 * Peach, Daisy, Blaze, and Amy's emblems
 * Siren
 * Dream Sprint
 * Dream Discus

Rivals

 * Birdo
 * Dry Bones
 * Dry Bowser
 * King Boo
 * Eggman Nega
 * E-123 Omega
 * Jet the Hawk
 * Rouge the Bat

3DS Version
This section of the article will be talking about the 3DS-game specifics only.

Heroes

 * Mario
 * Sonic
 * Luigi
 * Tails

Girls

 * Amy
 * Peach
 * Blaze
 * Daisy

Wild Ones

 * Knuckles
 * Bowser
 * Vector
 * Donkey Kong

Tricksters

 * Wario
 * Waluigi
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Metal Sonic

Challengers

 * Yoshi
 * Shadow
 * Bowser Jr.
 * Silver

Rivals

 * Dry Bones - Sailing 470: Pair
 * Dry Bowser - Sailing 470: Pair
 * King Boo - Badminton-Doubles
 * Boo - Badminton-Doubles
 * Magikoopa - BMX
 * Eggman Nega - 4x100m Relay
 * E-123 Omega - Wrestling-Freestyle
 * Jet the Hawk - 3000m Steeplechase
 * Rouge the Bat - 100 Backstroke

Opening
Bowser and Dr. Eggman watch over London from the inside of Big Ben, but the doctor tells Bowser they're already starting the 2012 Olympics and they haven't got their invitations yet. Bowser suggests that he could use his new machine. Dr. Eggman agrees and puts a mysterious pot in side of it and presses the start button. Then, colorful fog covers all over London, while Bowser and Dr. Eggman laugh in victory.

Challengers Bonus
Bowser Jr. arrives in England to compete in the games. Unfortunately, he took a wrong turn and ended up in Stonehenge instead of London. He sees Yoshi training for the games and challenges him to an Olympic event. Jr. wins and calls on his Bullet Bill to bring him to London. Later, Omochao and a regular Chao are being threatened by two of Dr. Eggman's robots for unknown reasons. Shadow and Silver arrive to defeat them, but Jr., flying overhead, accidentally falls off of his Bullet Bill and destroys both robots. The two Chao are greatful and even the two hedgehogs are impressed. Wanting to see how strong he really is, they challenge Jr. to a 2-on-1 Olympic event. Surprisingly, Jr. wins. Shadow and Silver are good sports and congratulate the young Koopa. A nearby Goomba convinces Jr. to look for more robots so that he'll be even stronger. Arriving at the stadium, Jr. and the Goomba see Dr. Eggman measuring Metal Sonic's time running around the track. Jr. challenges Metal Sonic to an event. Thinking this would be perfect practice for the robot, Eggman agrees, on the condition that Jr. becomes his servant if he loses. Jr. accepts, telling Eggman that if he wins, he has to tell Bowser of his victory. With that, the reptile and robot set off. Jr. eventually wins. Eggman tries to examine Jr. to see what he needs to do to upgrade Metal Sonic, but Jr. angrily stops him, demanding a snack in exchange for Eggman trying to trick him. The scientist reluctantly agrees.

Wild Ones Bonus
Meanwhie, Bowser angrily stomps through London, followed by a Goomba, a Lakitu, and a Magikoopa. Bowser is really angry because of a toothache he has. His minions decide to cheer him up by secretly letting him win some Olympic events against various challengers. Their first target is Donkey Kong. The Magikoopa promises a pile of bananas in exchange for defeating Bowser in an event, but when the ape agrees, the wizard summons a Thwomp to fall on DK, making him dizzy and less likely to win. When Bowser shows up, he defeats DK, but behind his back, the Magikoopa makes it up to DK by getting him those bananas he promised. Later, the Magikoopa, as well as the Lakitu and a Dry Bones, somehow convince Knuckles and Vector to rendevous. To convince them to fight, the Magikoopa uses his magic to make the Lakitu look like Charmy and the Dry Bones to look like Espio. The two real Chaotix members notice the two fake members acting funny, but agree to fight Bowser. The Magikoopa then summons giant versions of a Chain Chomp and Piranha Plant to bite Knuckles and Vector, respectively. Similar to DK, this makes the two animals dazed and less likely to win. After Bowser defeats them, the Goomba (who had led Bowser to the arena) quickly escorts him out before Knuckles and Vector ask too many questions. For Bowser's last false victory, the minions plan to have their king triumph over Mario in a tennis game. Unfortunately, the Boo assigned for the job failed to trick Mario into coming to the court, so after the other minions come, Dry Bones distracts Bowser while the others think of a plan. The Magikoopa decides he'll have to transform one of the minions into Mario. Dry Bones can't do it since he's talking to Bowser, and neither Boo nor Lakitu can do it because their floating. This leaves the Goomba as the only solution. The mushroom is terrified to do it, but when Bowser's patience wears thin, he agrees. Bowser challenges "Mario" to a game of tennis and wins. After the match, Bowser Jr. arrives and congratulates his dad while the minions celebrate over the success of their plan.

Tricksters Bonus
In his secret headquarters inside Big Ben, Eggman defeats Metal Sonic in a match of Taekwondo. However, he is unsure what to do to upgrade his creation. His other robot minions, Orbot and Cubot, see Waluigi on the monitors and suggest him for practice. The foursome confront the man in purple and convince him to battle, saying it would make good practice for defeating luigi in the Olympics. Metal Sonic wins, and Eggman deduces that Metal Sonic possesses speed, but not strength. Eggman and the robots come across Wario and ask him to challenge Metal Sonic so that the robot may go against Wario's strength. However, defeating Mario isn't good enough for Wario, so he and Eggman settle on a bet: If Wario wins, Orbot and Cubot come work for him. If Metal Sonic wins, Wario has to give Eggman something of his. Metal Sonic emerges victorious. Wario gives Eggman an old urn he got from an antique shop, claiming its magic. Eggman seems to recognie it and accepts it. Back in his headquarters, Eggman places the urn inside a machine. The machine slightly unseals the lid on the urn and gray fog pours into the room. Some of this fog takes the shape of Sonic and Eggman challenges it to an event. Eggman appears victorious and the Sonic imposter vanishes into thin air. Eggman explains to his minions that this urn contains the legendary Phantasmal Fog, stolen 300 years ago by the legendary pirate William Kidd. The urn eventually ended up in the British Museum, where it was recently stolen. Eggman resolves to completely unseal the urn after he and Metal Sonic are done training for the Olympics.

Events
Note: All events are sourced from the official website.
 * 20km Race Walk
 * 1000m Kayak
 * 100m Breaststroke (Aquatics)
 * Balance Beam
 * 110m Hurdles
 * Badminton
 * BMX
 * Double Trap Shooting
 * Field Hockey
 * Rhythmic Gymnastics
 * Trampoline
 * 1500m
 * 3000m Steeplechase
 * Long Jump
 * Triple Jump
 * Pole Vault
 * Shot Put
 * Hammer Throw
 * Javelin Throw
 * Marathon
 * 100m
 * 100m Freestyle
 * 100m Backstroke
 * Synchronised 10m Platform Diving
 * Synchronised Swimming Duet
 * Synchronised Swimming Team
 * Water Polo
 * 10km Marathon Swim
 * Archery Individual
 * Archery Team
 * Beach Volleyball
 * Tennis Singles
 * Badminton Doubles
 * Table Tennis Doubles
 * Basketball
 * Judo
 * Taekwondo
 * Wrestling
 * Boxing
 * Fencing-epee
 * Horizontal Bar
 * Rings
 * Rhythmic Ribbon
 * Floor
 * Omnium Cycling
 * Sprint Cycling
 * Keirin Cycling
 * Canoe Slalom (Pair)
 * Rowing Quadruple Sculls
 * Sailing-470 (Pair)
 * 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
 * Triathlon
 * Modern Pentathlon
 * Football
 * Hockey
 * Handball
 * Weightlifting
 * Show Jumping (Equestrian)
 * Story Mode

3DS Demo
On March 1 2012, a demo of the 3DS version of the game was released on the Nintendo eShop.. 5 events are playable on the Demo. They are 25m Rapid Fire pistol, Football, Trampoline, 50m Backstroke and BMX. The player cannot choose what characters they use or their name. The player's name is always M&S. Each event has four possible characters to play as. Each event has a certain character type which the characters come from. The 25m Rapid Fire Pistol uses the Tricksters class, The Football event uses the Wild Ones class, The Trampoline event uses the Challengers class, The 100m Backstroke event uses the Girls class and the BMX event uses the Heroes class. The demo can only be played 20 times once downloaded.

Info in Both Games
This section of the article talks about details found in both games

Referees

 * Toad
 * Cream the Rabbit
 * Lakitu
 * Shy Guy
 * Charmy Bee
 * Espio the Chameleon

Other Characters

 * Horse
 * Big Bullet Bill
 * Magikoopa
 * Mega Cheep-Cheep
 * Koopa Troopa
 * Shy Guy
 * Goomba
 * Thwomp
 * Porcupuffer
 * Lumas
 * Lakitu
 * Boo
 * Yoshis
 * Chain Chomp
 * Monty Moles
 * Cows
 * Birdos
 * Cheep Cheep
 * Bob-omb
 * Toad(s)
 * Fly Guy
 * Cleaving Cloud
 * Spiny
 * Dino Piranha
 * Gooper Blooper
 * Egg Pawn
 * Egg Flapper
 * Orbot
 * Cubot
 * Chao(s)

Mentions

 * Diddy Kong
 * Kremling
 * Baby Bowser
 * Stilt Guy
 * Blooper
 * Bee Mario
 * Spring Mario
 * Rainbow Mario
 * Cape Mario
 * Rock Mario
 * Penguin Mario
 * Propeller Mario
 * Wisps
 * Darkspine Sonic
 * Excalibur Sonic
 * Sonic the Werehog

References to Other Games

 * Mario Party series - Many minigames from the London Party Mode resemble minigames from many past installments, and London Party resembles Mario Party games in general.
 * Mario Kart series - Moo Moo Meadows from Mario Kart Wii appears as the stage for Dream Equestrian. The countdown sound effect at the start of a race is also used in London Party, and if there are three seconds left until the end of the Dream Events. Also in Dream Fencing, players can come back as a bomb balloon similar to a Mini Bomb Kart in Mario Kart 64.
 * Paper Mario series - The HP replenish sound is used for a Skill character's special move in Badminton and Beach Volleyball.
 * Yoshi's Story - Rail Lift appears in a Dream Event.
 * Super Mario Sunshine - Gooper Blooper is the last obstacle for Dream Rafting. A remix of the boss music is also played here.
 * Super Mario Galaxy - Sounds from this game are used in Dream Space Walk. Planets from the Good Egg and Gateway (strangely) appear. Dino Piranha is a rival. His boss theme is used. There is also the bee suit. Also used in Dream Space Walk, a track called "Into the Sea of Stars."
 * New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Sounds from the game are used in Dream Rafting. World 4 is the location for the event. The Super Star music from this game is used in Dream Hurdles. There are Koopaling, Penguin and Propeller suits that the players can use.
 * Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Dream Space Walk takes place at the Sky Station Galaxy (named the "Synchro Battle Galaxy" in this game). Various planets from this galaxy are also seen.
 * Mario Sports Mix: Dream Fencing greatly resembles Smash Skate.
 * Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games - All the Mario series and Sonic series songs return as well as the rival themes. Also, the Miis have the same animations as this game.

Trivia

 * This is the first Mario & Sonic game to feature the new Sonic voice actors, with the exception of Dr. Eggman, who kept his voice actor.
 * This title's Wii box art uses a different color scheme than the traditional white coloring, using the color yellow instead.

External Link

 * Official International Website
 * Official Japanese Website