Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)

This article is about Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the Wii. For the Nintendo DS version of the game, see Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS).

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Developer	Sega, Racjin Nintendo SPD Group No.4
Publisher	Sega (NA, EU, OC) Nintendo (JP, SK, HK, TW)
Platform(s)	Wii
Release date	October 13, 2009 October 15, 2009 October 16, 2009 November 5, 2009 November 5, 2009 November 5, 2009 November 19, 2009
Language(s)	Deutsch English (United States) Español (España) Français (France) Italiano Nederlands 한국어 日本語
Genre	Sports
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Everyone PEGI: - Three years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - General USK: - All ages
Mode(s)	Varies according to the event that is played in the game
Media	Wii: Optical disc
Input	Wii: Wii Remote Wii Remote and Nunchuk Wii Balance Board

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is a sports game for the Wii with a Nintendo DS version of the game released as well. Both games are a 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 Super Mario franchise and the Sonic the Hedgehog series.

Although Sega was handling most of the development for both versions of this game, as it did for the original Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, they were also handling publishing/marketing duties for all territories outside of Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan while Nintendo has done publishing/marketing duties for Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan themselves.

About

The Wii version employs the Wii Remote controls, as well as the Wii Balance Board. The game features a Festival mode where the player starts from the opening to the closing ceremony. In the Festival mode, the player can choose to play an individual festival, where the player faces off against 7 other CPU characters, or a team festival, where the player can choose three other teammates to play.

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 earn based on their performance. Also, the gallery for Olympic trivia has now been replaced with the Library.

Also, all authentic (real-life based events) are unlocked from the start. Dream Events are in this game and all of them (excluding 2) need to be unlocked.

The aforementioned Festival Mode, is a special adventure mode where the participants must compete with some boss characters from the Super Mario and Sonic series in various events. Both the DS and the Wii versions take place in a place known as Christmas Village.

Characters

All the main participants on the Wii character selection screen, including the Mii.

All of the characters from the previous game, including Miis for the Wii version, return. There are also four new characters who were not present in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, namely Donkey Kong, Metal Sonic, Bowser Jr., and Silver. Retaining the first game's style, all playable characters are unlocked from the start (including new participants).

Playable characters

Team Mario

Icon	Name	Type	Statistics	Special skill	Emblem
	Mario	All-Around	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Spin / Jump Dash
	Luigi	All-Around	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Luigi Rocket / Green Fire Rocket
	Peach	Skill	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Mid-Air Float
	Daisy	Speed	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Daisy Trampoline / Flower Dash
	Yoshi	Speed	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Flutter Jump / Thrash Dash
	Wario	Power	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Wario Waft
	Waluigi	Skill	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Air Swim / Screw Dash
	Bowser	Power	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Spinning Shell / Flame Dash
	Bowser Jr. (new)	All-Around	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Back Spin Shell
	Donkey Kong (new)	Power	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Hand Slap Dash

Team Sonic

Icon	Name	Type	Statistics	Special Skill	Emblem
	Sonic	Speed	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Spin Dash
	Tails	Skill	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Tailspin Flight / Propeller Dash / Spin Dash
	Knuckles	Power	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Screw Driver / Spin Dash
	Amy	All-Around	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Pink Typhoon / Rose Spin / Spin Dash
	Blaze	All-Around	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Quick Tornado / Fire Dash / Fire Boost
	Shadow	Speed	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Chaos Boost / Spin Dash
	Silver (new)	Skill	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Levitate / Teleport Dash
	Vector	Power	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Head Slide / Donut Spin Dash
	Dr. Eggman	Skill	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Egg Spin
	Metal Sonic (new)	Speed	Speed   Acceleration   Power   Skill	Air Boost

Other

• Mii

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 and a few bosses. Playable character costumes are unlockable by getting 1st in five events as the character. The player can buy equipment through the store in the game and unlike Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, the Miis' stats gets altered depending on the equipment they wear.

Mii costumes

Super Mario franchise

There is a total of 16 different costumes for Miis based on characters from the Super Mario universe.

Mario Luigi Princess Peach Princess Daisy Yoshi Wario Waluigi Bowser

Bowser Jr. Donkey Kong Bee Mario Fire Mario Birdo Dry Bones Dry Bowser Diddy Kong

Sonic the Hedgehog series

Like the Super Mario universe, 16 characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe also appear as costumes for the Miis.

Sonic the Hedgehog Miles "Tails" Prower Knuckles the Echidna Dr. Eggman Amy Rose Shadow the Hedgehog Vector the Crocodile Blaze the Cat

Silver the Hedgehog Metal Sonic Super Sonic Big the Cat Charmy Bee Espio the Chameleon Rouge the Bat E-123 Omega

VIP members

These characters only appear as cameos and tells the player that they have been watching the player in certain events. Pausing the game and hitting the when they are spotted gives the player 100 Star Points. The VIP members are:

Super Mario	Sonic the Hedgehog	Other
Pianta Birdo Penguin	Big the Cat Chaos Cream the Rabbit	Santa Claus

When the player spots Birdo and Big the Cat, they will also be given costumes.

When the game is played during the month of December, Santa Claus also appears as a VIP. Unlike other VIP characters, Santa gives 300 Star Points instead of 100.

Referees

Super Mario	Sonic the Hedgehog
Toad Lakitu Shy Guy	Cream the Rabbit Charmy Bee Espio the Chameleon

Audience members

Super Mario	Sonic the Hedgehog
Koopa Troopas Goombas Dry Bones Toads Shy Guys Penguin (certain events)	Flickies Cuckies Peckies Pickies Chao Omochao Hero Chao Dark Chao

Rivals

Super Mario rivals

Icon	Name	Type	Event(s)
	Big Bullet Bill	Speed	Skeleton (Individual Festival) Bobsleigh (Team Festival)
	King Boo	Skill	Alpine Skiing Downhill Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom (Individual Festival)
	Dry Bowser	Power	Ice Hockey
	Dry Bones	All-Around	Ice Hockey (alongside Dry Bowser) Curling (Team Festival)

Sonic the Hedgehog rivals

Icon	Name	Type	Event(s)
	E-123 Omega	Power	Speed Skating 500m (Individual Festival) Short Track Relay (Team Festival)
	Jet the Hawk	Speed	Snowboard Cross
	Rouge the Bat	All-Around	Figure Skating
	Eggman Nega	Skill	Ski Cross

Events

Olympic events

Image	Event	Location	Description
	Alpine Skiing - Downhill	Whistler Creekside	Navigate your character through the gates withing the course. In these events, each time you miss a gate, a time penalty will be added to your time.
	Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom	Whistler Creekside
	Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill	Whistler Olympic Park	Slide down the long takeoff ramp, and jump as far as you can in style.
	Ski Jumping - Team Large Hill	Whistler Creekside
	Freestyle Skiing - Moguls	Cypress Mountain	Ski left and right to navigate through the moguls, and perform tricks at two kickers (jumping ramps).
	Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross	Cypress Mountain	It's you against three others in a race to the goal.
	Snowboard - Halfpipe	Cypress Mountain	Zig-zag yourself through the cource, and perform various aerial tricks at the edge of the halfpipe.
	Snowboard - Snowboard Cross	Cypress Mountain	Navigate through the course and finish the race before your opponents do. You can show off during the jump with an aerial trick. It will accelerate you upon landing. Be careful not to stumble
	Speed Skating - Speed Skating 500m	Richmond Olympic Oval	Compete for the fastest time to the finish line.
	Speed Skating - Short Track 1,000m	Pacific Coliseum	Race Against three other skaters to the finish.
	Speed Skating - Short Track Relay	Pacific Coliseum
	Figure Skating	Pacific Coliseum	Select music, then perform a series of routines to impress the crowd and judges.
	Skeleton	The Whistler Sliding Centre	Slide through the winding course. While the skeleton is played with one character, bobsleigh is played as a four-character team, but the controls are the same.
	Bobsleigh	The Whistler Sliding Centre
	Ice Hockey	Canada Hockey Place	Skate Your way towards the opponent's net, and shoot the puck in the goal. The team with the most points at the end of the match wins.
	Curling	Vancouver Olympic Centre	Curling is played in a team of four characters. Choose the direction and throw the stone. You may want to give it a spin if you want it to go behind one of the stones. Sweep in front of your stone to slide it further, or do nothing to slow it down naturally.

Dream events

Image	Event	Location	Unlock Criteria
	Dream Alpine - Individual	Seaside Hill from Sonic Heroes	Medal in both all Alpine Skiing and Freestyle Skiing events. Or reach Day 3 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 4 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Alpine - Team
	Dream Ski Jumping - Individual	Good Egg Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy	Medal in Dream Alpine in Individual Festival Mode. Or reach Day 10 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Ski Jumping - Team
	Dream Ski Cross - Individual	Mario Circuit from Mario Kart Wii	Reach Day 13 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Ski Cross - Team
	Dream Snowboard Cross - Individual	Radical Highway from Sonic Adventure 2	Reach Day 16 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 12 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Snowboard Cross - Team
	Dream Short Track	Egg Factory from Sonic Riders	Reach Day 12 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 15 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Figure Skating	Dream Figure Centre	Reach Day 16 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 12 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Bobsleigh	Nocturnus Gate from Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood	Reach Day 3 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Ice Hockey	Bowser Castle	Reach Day 15 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Curling	Sherbet Land	Reach Day 16 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Snowball Fight	Christmas Village	Reach Day 9 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 8 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Gliding - Individual	Sky Gardens	Reach Day 11 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 16 of Team Festival Mode.
	Dream Gliding - Team	Sky Gardens	Reach Day 11 of Individual Festival Mode. Or Day 16 of Team Festival Mode.

Emblems

Main article: List of emblems in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Reception

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Wii	James Newton, Nintendo Life	9/10	"Sega has truly listened to the feedback about the first game and slimmed down the waggle controls, beefed up the lastability with a ton of extra content and managed to turn even the seemingly dull events of Curling and Figure Skating into engaging and varied games. With over twenty characters, twenty-five events and hundreds of unlockable items, you'll be playing this game well into the New Year, and the added subtlety of the controls makes playing it a far less tiring experience. It may not have the control genius of Wii Sports Resort but it's every bit as good in terms of content, presentation and pure, distilled fun."
Wii	Jorge Ba-oh, Cubed3	7/10	"Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympics is, at the end of the day, a huge party playing host to two most loved franchises and that's what it was designed for. It may be incredibly simple to work through the single player mode, but entertaining friends or family is where the package really shines through. Whilst it may be as accessible as Nintendo's Wii Sports, it may not be for everyone. The simplistic controls and gameplay might be a tad off-putting for those having a resume of gaming skills, but for the masses Winter Olympics are a solid package that can heat up a living room with fierce competition."
Wii	Ellie Gibson, Eurogamer	8/10	"It's true to say that Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is no Mario Kart. But it's a fun, polished party game with broad appeal, and a marked improvement over the previous one. Let's just hope the next installment has a bit more depth. And is called Mario & Sonic of War, obviously."
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
Metacritic		72
GameRankings		71.51%

Staff

Main article: List of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii) staff

Although he is uncredited in the game's credits, Scott Burns voices Bowser in this game, which marks the second and last instance in the Mario & Sonic he voices him, as Kenneth W. James would voice him in later installments.

Gallery

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References to other games

• Super Mario Bros. - A remix of the overworld theme and castle theme of this game is available as one of selectable songs in this game. Arrangements of the Ground Theme and Castle Theme are used as the music for the first and second segments of Dream Figure Skating.
• Super Mario Bros. 2 - Peach's floating ability returns as her special skill in this game.
• Super Mario Bros. 3 - A remix of the athletic theme of this game appears as one of the selectable songs in this game.
• Super Mario World - A remix of the athletic and the ending themes appear as one of the selectable songs in this game. An arrangement of the ending theme is also used for the third segment of Dream Figure Skating.
• Super Mario 64 - The Cool, Cool Mountain and Snowman's Land music tracks are remixed for Dream Snowball Fight. A remix of the main theme and the Bowser's stage theme is used.
• Super Smash Bros. Melee - Luigi's special skill, Luigi Rocket, is similar to the Green Missile. Bowser's special skill, Spinning Shell, is similar to Whirling Fortress.
• Super Mario Sunshine - A remix of Delfino Plaza's music appears as one of the selectable songs in this game.
• New Super Mario Bros. - The athletic theme appears as one of the selectable music tracks. Three backgrounds from this game appear in Dream Figure Skating, namely World 1, Bowser's Castle, and Peach's Castle.
• Super Mario Galaxy - The Dream Ski Jumping events takes place in the Good Egg Galaxy. The Purple Comet theme, along with "Gusty Garden Galaxy" under the title "Wind Garden," appear as selectable songs in this game.
• Mario Kart Wii - The Dream Ski Cross events take place in Mario Circuit from this game. The Coconut Mall theme appears as one of the selectable music tracks.

References in later games

• Mario Sports Mix - The gameplay in Hockey in this game is similar to Ice Hockey from this game.
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - Most of the Super Mario and Sonic series music return as well as the Mii costumes.

Quotes

Main article: List of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games quotes

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	マリオ＆ソニックＡＴバンクーバーオリンピック Mario ando Sonikku atto Bankūbā Orinpikku	Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver Olympics
Dutch	Mario & Sonic op de Olympische Winterspelen	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
French	Mario & Sonic aux Jeux Olympiques d'hiver	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
German	Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Winterspielen	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Italian	Mario & Sonic ai Giochi Olimpici Invernali	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Korean	마리오와 소닉 밴쿠버 동계올림픽 Mario-wa Sonik Baenkubeo Dong-gye-olimpik	Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver Winter Olympics
Portuguese	Mario e Sonic nos Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
Spanish	Mario & Sonic En Los Juegos Olímpicos De Invierno	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Trivia

• An app based on this game was released for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch, but only features Sonic characters and thus is named simply Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games. This game has since been removed from the App Store.
• This is currently the only game in the series to be released on both consoles on the same day (except Japan and South Korea).

External links

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games on Sonic Retro
• Official International Website
• North American Website for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
• European Website for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
• Japanese Website for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games