Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is an upcoming sports game and the sixth installment in the Mario & Sonic series. It is based on the real-world, which will take place in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first installment to skip an Olympic Games, as Ubisoft bought the rights to make video games. It is set to release for the Nintendo Switch on November 5, 2019 in North America, and November 8, 2019 in Europe and Australia. An arcade version is also set to release in 2020. Unlike previous games, all characters seem to wear appropriate sports clothing depending on the event; additionally, the game's title places the location and year after "Olympic Games" rather than before. 2D Events are introduced, which are events from the, only use button controls, and are based off older sports games. They are in an 8-bit (Mario) and 16-bit (Sonic) styles. The game will include a story mode, which will take place in 2D.

Advantages
Excluding the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, this is the first Mario & Sonic game not to feature unique character stats. However, each character has specific advantages that correlate to their character type (All-Around, Power, Speed, Skill) from the first four games. Note: All-Around characters are listed as "All-Around" in all events.

Guest characters

 * Rosalina (Surfing)

Guest characters

 * Eggman Nega (Karate)
 * Rouge (Sport Climbing)
 * Zavok (Boxing)

Referees

 * Charmy Bee
 * Cubot
 * Lakitu
 * Orbot

Cameramen

 * Toads (2D Events)

Other

 * Chao
 * Cheese
 * Cream
 * Flickies
 * Goombas
 * Hammer Bros
 * Koopa Troopas
 * Peckies
 * Shy Guys

Unconfirmed

 * Toadette
 * Diddy Kong
 * Larry
 * Ludwig
 * Wendy
 * Jet
 * Espio
 * Zazz

Confirmed events
During Olympic Events, specific characters wear proper outfits for the event. During Dream Events, they wear their standard outfits, similar to previous games.

Tokyo 2020

 * 100m Dash
 * 110m Hurdles
 * 4x100m Relay
 * Javelin Throw
 * Triple Jump
 * Discus Throw
 * Badminton (Singles or Doubles)
 * Skateboarding - Park (new)
 * Sport Climbing (new)
 * Football
 * 100m Freestyle
 * Equestrian - Jumping
 * Fencing
 * Canoe Double (C-2) 1000m
 * Karate - Kumite (new)
 * Boxing
 * Surfing - Shortboard (new)
 * Floor Gymnastics
 * Rugby Sevens
 * Table Tennis (Singles or Doubles)
 * Archery (Individual or Team)
 * Dream Events
 * Dream Racing (Metropolis, Sonic Forces)
 * Dream Shooting
 * Dream Karate (Mushroom Kingdom, Super Mario Odyssey)

Tokyo 1964

 * 2D Events
 * 100M
 * 400M Hurdles
 * Long Jump
 * Marathon
 * 10M Platform
 * Vault
 * Canoe
 * Judo
 * Volleyball
 * Shooting

Minigames
Minigames are playable in Story Mode. The player plays as Luigi and Tails in the 2020 minigames and as Mario and Sonic in the 2D minigames.

2020

 * Tokyo Tower Climbing: A minigame where Tails climbs Tokyo Tower.

1964

 * A minigame where Mario drives the Tornado and shoots enemies ahead.
 * Unnamed car chasing event (2D)
 * Unnamed bridge running event (2D)
 * Unnamed Key finding event (2D)
 * A minigame where Luigi has to find four specific Toads in a large crowd.
 * Unnamed Shy Guy punching event
 * Unnamed motorboat event

Pre-release and unused content
In the E3 2019 demo, characters did not vocalize during their award ceremony animations. This was changed in the Gamescom demo, making it more consistent with previous installments.

References to other games

 * Super Mario Bros: The Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Hammer Bro, Lakitu, and Toad sprites in the 2D Events are from this game, with several differently colored Toad sprites being based off the red sprite.
 * Donkey Kong 64: Donkey Kong’s bio references a line from the DK Rap.
 * Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games: The music that plays when setting a new record is the victory theme from this game.
 * Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games: The character select screen animations are reused from this game.
 * Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Several of the head icons are reused from this game.
 * Super Mario Maker: The Key in one of the 2D games uses its design from the Super Mario Bros. style in this game.
 * Super Mario Odyssey: The Mushroom Kingdom and the Odyssey return with their designs from this game.