Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is a sports game for the Wii and Nintendo DS, and is the follow-up to Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. The game is produced under license from the International Olympic Committee in relation to the Olympic Winter Games taking place at Vancouver in 2010. Like the previous installment, this game is a collaboration between Sega and Nintendo featuring characters from both the Mario series and the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Although Sega is handling most of the development for both versions of this game (as it did for the original Mario & Sonic), they are also handling publishing/marketing duties for all territories outside of Japan, while Nintendo does publishing/marketing duties for Japan itself.

Versions
The game will feature modes that will be exclusively on the Wii and DS versions.

Wii Version
The Wii version will use the Wii Remote controls, as well as the Wii Balance Board. It will feature a Festival mode where the player starts from the opening to the closing ceremony.

New to the game is a marketplace that allows the player to purchase various items such as clothes and accessories for the player's Mii, tunes from both series, and customizable snowboards. Players can purchase these items using Star Tokens, which he/she earns based on their performance. Also, the gallery for Olympic trivia has now been replaced with the Library.

It has been stated that all authentic events will be unlocked from the start in contrast to the last game. Dream events are set to return in this game and all of them need to be unlocked.

The Wii rendition includes as well a special single-player mode where the participants must compete with some boss characters from the Mario and Sonic games in certain events. As of yet, these characters appear only in the Wii version while their possible appearance in the DS remain unknown.

Wii Events

 * Alpine Skiing
 * Ice Hockey
 * Speed Skating
 * Bobsleding
 * Snowboarding
 * Skeleton
 * Downhill Skiing
 * Ski Jumping
 * Figure Skating Singles
 * Snow Board Halfpipe

Wii Dream Events

 * Dream Ski Cross
 * Dream Snowball Fight
 * Dream Alpine
 * Dream Snowboard Cross

DS Version
The DS version will feature Adventure Tour, a single player mode with a plot that involves Bowser and Dr. Eggman's scheme to melt all the snow by capturing the Snow Spirits. The Adventure Tour introduces one of the spirits called Frosty.

It has been stated that all authentic events will be unlocked from the start in contrast to the last game. Dream events are set to return in this game and all of them need to be unlocked.

DS Events

 * Alpine Skiing
 * Skeleton
 * Snowboard Cross
 * Bobsleding
 * Figure Skating
 * Blazing Bobsleigh
 * Ice Shuffleboarding

DS Dream Events

 * Extreme Snow boarding
 * Ski Cross Racing
 * Fever Hockey

Characters
It has been stated that there will be new characters who were not present in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.

Team Mario

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

Team Sonic

 * Sonic
 * Shadow
 * Tails
 * Amy
 * Blaze
 * Knuckles
 * Vector
 * Dr. Eggman
 * Metal Sonic (new)
 * Silver the Hedgehog (new)

Other
It is possible to customize the outfit of the Miis in the game. Aside from differently colored suits, the Miis can also wear outfits that resemble the ones of the regular playable characters. For example, it is possible to give a Mii a Mario costume or an Amy costume. The player can buy equipment through the store in the game and unlike Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, the Miis' stats gets altered depending on the equipment they wear.
 * Mii (Wii version only)

Supporting Cast

 * Toad
 * Noki
 * Shy Guy
 * Chao
 * Chain Chomp (in dream events)
 * Goomba
 * Koopa
 * Dry Bones
 * Pianta
 * Thwomp
 * Charmy Bee
 * Espio
 * Lakitu
 * Piranha Plant
 * Dry Bowser (boss)
 * King Boo (boss)
 * Jet the Hawk (boss)
 * Bullet Bill (boss)
 * Omega (boss)
 * Eggman Nega (boss)

Locations
Unlike the predecessor, the game will feature levels from Mario and Sonic series. The confirmed locations are:

Mario series

 * Mario Circuit (from Mario Kart Wii)
 * Bowser Castle

Sonic series

 * Radical Highway (from Sonic Adventure 2)
 * Seaside Hill (from Sonic Heroes)