Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)

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Template:Articleabout Template:Infobox Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is an upcoming sports title for the Wii U, which is the fifth installment on the Mario & Sonic series, along with the Nintendo 3DS version. Like the other games, it takes place in the host city of the Olympics of the corresponding year, being Rio de Janeiro.

Characters

Over 30 characters will be playable, with some characters playable only in certain events[1]. Character costumes that can be used by Miis will return as well[1].

Team Mario

Team Sonic

Others

Supporting characters

Non-playable characters

Events[2]

It has been confirmed that fourteen official Olympic Games events and three Duel Events will be playable along normal events[1]. In the Duel Events special items from the Mario and Sonic universes will be usable and certain actions will increase Duel Points that will be added to the score of the team once a try, point or goal is scored[1].

Tournaments

Tournaments and event-specific tournaments will exist in this game[1] although the details about how they work are yet to be revealed.

Leagues

Leagues are special tournaments that can be accessed after winning 25 tournaments using either an amiibo related to the Mario universe or a Sonic amiibo[1]. The Mario League, accessed with a Mario-related amiibo, will have the player's Mii facing opponents from Team Mario, while the Sonic League, accessed with the Sonic amiibo, will have the player's Mii facing characters from Team Sonic. The rewards of the Leagues is either a Mario or a Sonic Mii costume.

Heroes Showdown

A Heroes Showdown mode will be featured as well[1]. It is unlocked after getting the gold medal in all events or after getting more than seven bronze medals in the tournaments. In it the player will join either Team Mario or Team Sonic and will participate in knockout rounds against members of the other team in events chosen randomly, until either all members of one team or one of the two captains, Mario and Sonic, are knocked out.

amiibo

amiibo functionality has been confirmed[1]. A Mario-related amiibo will let the player enter the Mario League, the Sonic amiibo will let the player enter the Sonic League, while all other amiibos will give either coins or rings.

Gallery

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External links

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games coverage on other NIWA wikis:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i May 4, 2016. Let the games begin with Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games™, coming to Wii U on 24th June. Nintendo UK offical site. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w SonicWindBlue. (May 31, 2015.) Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games [Wii U /3DS] - Nintendo Direct Announcement Trailer. YouTube. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Nintendo UK (March 3, 2016). Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games - Opening Movie (Wii U). Youtube. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  4. ^ MarioKartGamerDude (March 4, 2016). Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Wii U- Dry Bowser's Flag Spotted!. Youtube. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Lite_Agent (May 4, 2016). Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympics: details and screens (Duel Events, amiibo, more). Perfectly Nintendo. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  6. ^ Hero of Legend (March 3, 2016). (Update) Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 Wii U releases in NA and EU on June 24th, final NA box and new screens shown . Sonic Stadium. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

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Wii U games
Super Mario franchise New Super Mario Bros. U (2012) • New Super Luigi U (2013) • Super Mario 3D World (2013) • Mario Kart 8 (2014) • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (2014) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015) • Mario Party 10 (2015) • Super Mario Maker (2015) • Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash (2015) • Paper Mario: Color Splash (2016)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi's Woolly World (2015)
Wario franchise Game & Wario (2013)
Crossovers Nintendo Land (2012) • Sonic Lost World (2013) • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (2013) • Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (2014) • Skylanders: SuperChargers (2015) • Minecraft: Wii U Edition (2015) • Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
Compilations New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U (2013) • NES Remix Pack (2014)
Nintendo eShop NES Remix (2013) • Dr. Luigi (2013) • NES Remix 2 (2014) • amiibo tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits (2015) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016) • Virtual Console games (2013-2016)
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