Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition

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This article is about the arcade game. For the Nintendo 3DS game of the same title, see Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS). For the Wii U game of the same title, see Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U).

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

Characters

The game features a total of 20 playable characters, 10 from Team Mario and 10 from Team Sonic. In the Japanese version, 4 characters must be unlocked in order to become playable. The stats range from 0 to 10, with the sum of the stats being equal to 18 for the playable characters and 23 for the guest characters. Even though there are recommended events for each character, every playable character can participate in all the events.

Team Mario

Image Name Stats Type Recommended Events
Artwork of Mario giving a thumb-up from Club Nintendo (also used for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition) Mario Template:RioArcadestats Balance
File:Luigi - Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix.png Luigi Template:RioArcadestats Balance
Artwork of Princess Peach for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (reused for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition) Peach Template:RioArcadestats Technique
Artwork of Princess Daisy for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (reused for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition) Daisy Template:RioArcadestats Speed
File:BowserNSMBWii.png Bowser Template:RioArcadestats Power
Artwork of Wario in Mario Party 10 Wario Template:RioArcadestats Power
Artwork of Waluigi for Mario Party: Island Tour (also used for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games) Waluigi Template:RioArcadestats Technique
File:Yoshi MP9.png Yoshi Template:RioArcadestats Speed
Artwork of Donkey Kong from Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Donkey Kong Template:RioArcadestats Power
File:Bowserjr MP9.png Bowser Jr. Template:RioArcadestats Balance
Legend: ★ = The character needs to be unlocked using Aime card functionality in the Japanese version; ⧫ = The character needs to be unlocked in the Japanese version.

Team Sonic

Image Name Stats Type Recommended Events
Artwork of Sonic the Hedgehog for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. Sonic the Hedgehog Template:RioArcadestats Speed
Artwork of Miles "Tails" Prower for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. Miles "Tails" Prower Template:RioArcadestats Technique
Artwork of Knuckles the Echidna for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. Knuckles the Echidna Template:RioArcadestats Power
File:Amy Rio Arcade Artwork.png Amy Rose Template:RioArcadestats Balance
Artwork of Dr. Eggman for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. Dr. Eggman Template:RioArcadestats Technique
Artwork of Shadow the Hedgehog for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. Shadow the Hedgehog Template:RioArcadestats Speed
SilvertheHedgehog.png Silver the Hedgehog Template:RioArcadestats Technique
Artwork of Metal Sonic for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. Metal Sonic Template:RioArcadestats Speed
Artwork of Blaze the Cat for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition Blaze the Cat Template:RioArcadestats Balance
VectortheCrocodile.png Vector the Crocodile Template:RioArcadestats Power
Legend: ★ = The character needs to be unlocked using Aime card functionality in the Japanese version; ⧫ = The character needs to be unlocked in the Japanese version.

Guests

These characters are not playable and are challenged in bonus events.

Image Name Stats Type Bonus Event
File:ToadMP8.png Toad, Blue Toad, Green Toad, Yellow Toad Template:RioArcadestats Special 4x100m Relay
NabbitNSMBU.png Nabbit N.D. N.D. 110m Hurdles
Artwork of Rouge the Bat for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition. Rouge the Bat Template:RioArcadestats Special 100m Freestyle Swimming
E-123 Omega's artwork from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games E-123 Omega N.D. N.D. 100m

Non-playable characters

Events

A total of 9 events are playable. The bonus event is playable only when being challenged by a guest character.

Standard Events

Bonus Event

Easy Mode

An Easy Mode can be activated in the character selection screen, allowing the player to play an easier version of the events. The results of the events played in Easy Mode cannot be inserted in the national ranking in the Japanese version of the game.

Ranking

At the end of each event, the player receives a letter-based ranking up to S based on the performance on three aspects of the event, each one individually ranked with zero to three stars. These stars are then added to a star counter in the Japanese version of the game.

Events ranking
Event Criteria
Hammer Throw Spin Throw Roar
100m Start Run Final Sprint
Javelin Throw Approach Angle Roar
100m Freestyle Swimming Start Swim Turn
Archery Hit Time Combo
110m Hurdles Start Run Jump
Rhythmic Gymnastics Timing Intensity Combo
Long Jump Run Jump 2 Turn Jump
Trampoline Jump Move Count Combo
4x100m Relay Run Baton Cheering

Aime cards

The Japanese version of the game uses Aime cards to record progresses in the game and allow the results to be inserted in a national ranking. Both the obtained stars and medals are recorded. There are also Titles that can be won. Furthermore, these cards are needed to unlock specific characters and to participate in the bonus events.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

References


External links

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