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'''''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020''''' is a [[Genre#Sports games|sports game]] released for the [[Nintendo Switch]]. It is the sixth installment in the ''[[Mario & Sonic (series)|Mario & Sonic]]'' series and the fourth one based on the Summer Olympics. It is based on the real-world {{wp|2020 Summer Olympics}}, which took place in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. This marks the first instance where the series skips a year of the Olympic Games, as [[Ubisoft]] acquired the rights to develop {{wp|2018 Winter Olympics}} video games before [[Sega]] could. It was initially announced on March 29, 2019, as one of Sega's new video games to be based on the 2020 Olympics. The game was formally revealed in [[Nintendo]]'s {{wp|E3}} Nintendo Direct of 2019 and was released on November 1, 2019, in Asia and November 5, 2019, in North America. The game also has two companion games: an [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition|arcade version]] of the game that was released in Japan on January 23, 2020, and a mobile game featuring only ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' characters that was released on May 7, 2020. It is also the first ''Mario & Sonic'' game to be published by Sega in Japan and other East Asian countries, and the last game overall to be developed by [[AlphaDream]] (and the only one for the Switch) following its bankruptcy | '''''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020''''' is a [[Genre#Sports games|sports game]] released for the [[Nintendo Switch]]. It is the sixth installment in the ''[[Mario & Sonic (series)|Mario & Sonic]]'' series and the fourth one based on the Summer Olympics. It is based on the real-world {{wp|2020 Summer Olympics}}, which took place in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. This marks the first instance where the series skips a year of the Olympic Games, as [[Ubisoft]] acquired the rights to develop {{wp|2018 Winter Olympics}} video games before [[Sega]] could. It was initially announced on March 29, 2019, as one of Sega's new video games to be based on the 2020 Olympics. The game was formally revealed in [[Nintendo]]'s {{wp|E3}} Nintendo Direct of 2019 and was released on November 1, 2019, in Asia and November 5, 2019, in North America. The game also has two companion games: an [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Arcade Edition|arcade version]] of the game that was released in Japan on January 23, 2020, and a mobile game featuring only ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' characters that was released on May 7, 2020. It is also the first ''Mario & Sonic'' game to be published by Sega in Japan and other East Asian countries, and the last game overall to be developed by [[AlphaDream]] (and the only one for the Switch) following its bankruptcy the month before its release. | ||
Unlike in previous games, most characters wear appropriate sports clothing depending on the chosen event. Additionally, the game's title places the location and year (Tokyo 2020) after "Olympic Games" rather than before, while it is completely omitted from the logo in non-Asian versions of the game. [[2D Event]]s, which are events from the {{wp|1964 Summer Olympics}}, are introduced, use only button controls, and are based on older sports games,<ref name="events">{{cite|title=Mario and Sonic Tokyo 2020|url=https://www.olympicvideogames.com/marioandsonic/us/events.html|publisher=Olympic Games}}</ref> utilizing the 8-bit (''Super Mario'') and 16-bit (''Sonic'') styles. The game is the first home console installment to include a Story Mode, which takes place in both 2D and 3D.<ref name="JPN trailer">{{cite|author=Sega|date=August 20, 2019|title=『マリオ&ソニック AT 東京2020オリンピック』プロモーションビデオ|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf6rZzwrieU&feature=youtu.be|publisher=YouTube|language=Japanese|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref> | Unlike in previous games, most characters wear appropriate sports clothing depending on the chosen event. Additionally, the game's title places the location and year (Tokyo 2020) after "Olympic Games" rather than before, while it is completely omitted from the logo in non-Asian versions of the game. [[2D Event]]s, which are events from the {{wp|1964 Summer Olympics}}, are introduced, use only button controls, and are based on older sports games,<ref name="events">{{cite|title=Mario and Sonic Tokyo 2020|url=https://www.olympicvideogames.com/marioandsonic/us/events.html|publisher=Olympic Games}}</ref> utilizing the 8-bit (''Super Mario'') and 16-bit (''Sonic'') styles. The game is the first home console installment to include a Story Mode, which takes place in both 2D and 3D.<ref name="JPN trailer">{{cite|author=Sega|date=August 20, 2019|title=『マリオ&ソニック AT 東京2020オリンピック』プロモーションビデオ|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf6rZzwrieU&feature=youtu.be|publisher=YouTube|language=Japanese|accessdate=August 21, 2019}}</ref> | ||