Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)

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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).

Template:Infobox 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 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, while Nintendo has done publishing/marketing duties for Japan itself.

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 Mario and Sonic series in various events.[1] Both the DS and the Wii versions take place in a place known as Christmas Village.

Olympic events

Dream events

Characters

File:MSWG characterlist.jpg
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[2] who were not present in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games. Retaining the first game's style, all playable characters are unlocked from the start (including new participants).

Playable characters

* A character who marks their first time playable in the series.

Team Mario

Icon Name Type Statistics Special Skill Emblem
Sprite of Mario Mario All-Around

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Spin Mario Emblem
Sprite of Luigi Luigi All-Around Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Luigi Rocket Luigi Emblem
Sprite of Peach Princess Peach Skill Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Mid-Air Float Princess Peach Emblem
Sprite of Daisy Princess Daisy Speed Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Flower Trampoline Princess Daisy Emblem
Sprite of Yoshi Yoshi Speed Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Flutter Jump Yoshi Emblem
Sprite of Wario Wario Power Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Wario Waft Wario Emblem
Sprite of Waluigi Waluigi Skill Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Air Swim Waluigi Emblem
Sprite of Bowser Bowser Power Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Spinning Shell Bowser Emblem
Sprite of Bowser Jr. Bowser Jr.* All-Around Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Back Spin Shell Bowser Jr. Emblem
Sprite of Donkey Kong Donkey Kong* Power Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Hand Slap Dash Donkey Kong Emblem

Team Sonic

Icon Name Type Statistics Special Skill Emblem
Sprite of Sonic Sonic the Hedgehog Speed Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Spin Dash Sonic the Hedgehog Emblem
Sprite of Tails Miles "Tails" Prower Skill Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Tailspin Flight Miles "Tails" Prower Emblem
Sprite of Kunckles Knuckles the Echidna Power Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Screw Driver Knuckles the Echidna Emblem
Sprite of Amy Rose Amy Rose All-Around Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Pink Typhoon File:Amy Emblem Winter Games.png
Blaze the Cat's winter outfit. Blaze the Cat All-Around Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Quick Tornado Blaze the Cat Emblem
Sprite of Shadow Shadow the Hedgehog Speed Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Chaos Boost Shadow the Hedgehog Emblem
Sprite of Silver Silver the Hedgehog* Skill Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Levitate Silver the Hedgehog's emblem
Sprite of Vector Vector the Crocodile Power Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Head Slide Vector the Crocodile Emblem
Sprite of Dr. Eggman Dr. Eggman Skill Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Egg Spin Eggman Emblem
Sprite of Metal Sonic Metal Sonic* Speed Template:WinterGames-WiiStat Air Boost Metal Sonic Emblem

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 and a few bosses. 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 & Sonic at the Olympic Games, the Miis' stats gets altered depending on the equipment they wear.

Mii costumes

Mario series

There is a total of 16 different costumes for Miis based on characters from the 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 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've been watching the player in certain events. Pausing the game and hitting the Minus Button when they're spotted gives the player 100 Star Points. The VIP members are:

Mario VIP Characters Sonic the Hedgehog VIP Characters Other VIP Characters

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

Mario Referees Sonic the Hedgehog Referees

Audience members

Mario Audience Members Sonic the Hedgehog Audience Members
  • Flicky
  • Chirps
  • Tux
  • Porker
  • Chao
  • Omochao
  • Hero Chao
  • Dark Chao

Rivals

Super Mario rivals

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

Sonic the Hedgehog rivals

Icon Name Type Event(s)
Omega-5.png E-123 Omega

Power

  • Speed Skating 500m (Individual Festival)
  • Short Track Relay (Team Festival)
Jeticon.png Jet the Hawk Speed
  • Snowboard Cross
Rougeicon.png Rouge the Bat All-Around
  • Figure Skating
Eggmannegaicon.png Eggman Nega Skill
  • Ski Cross

Locations

Locations from both Mario and Sonic series appear in the Dream Events. The following stages are:

Mario series

Sonic the Hedgehog series

Emblems

Main article: Emblems in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

Staff

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

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

Media

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References to other games

References in later games

Quotes

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

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
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

  • Bowser's profile artwork is the same as his artwork for New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which came almost a month after this game.
  • 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 AppStore.
  • This is currently only game in the series to be released on both consoles on the same day (except Japan and South Korea).

External links

References

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