Wanting to see how strong he really is, they challenge Jr. The two Chao are grateful and even the two hedgehogs are impressed. Shadow and Silver arrive to defeat them, but Jr., flying overhead, accidentally falls off of his Bullet Bill and destroys both robots. Later, Omochao and a regular Chao are being threatened by two of Dr. wins and calls on his Bullet Bill to bring him to London. He sees Yoshi training for the games and challenges him to an Olympic event.
Unfortunately, he took a wrong turn and ended up in Stonehenge instead of London. arrives in England to compete in the games. Then, colorful fog covers all over London, while Bowser and Dr. Eggman agrees and puts a mysterious pot in side of it and presses the start button. Bowser suggests that he could use his new machine. Eggman watch over London from the inside of Big Ben, but the doctor tells Bowser they're already starting the 2012 Olympics and they haven't got their invitations yet.
Story Mode (Nintendo 3DS Version) Openingīowser and Dr. Platform Diving (Synchronised) (Tricksters).Dream Equestrian: Peach, Daisy, Mario, and Luigi advantage.Dream Rafting: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, and Donkey Kong advantage.Track Cycling: Team Pursuit: Eggman, Shadow, Wario and Waluigi advantage.Fencing: Individual Epée: Silver advantage.Shooting: 50m Pistol Shooting: Waluigi advantage.Table Tennis - Singles: Yoshi advantage.Badminton - Doubles: DR Eggman and Metal Sonic advantage.Equestrian: Show Jumping: Luigi advantage.Canoeing: Canoe Sprint 1000m Flatwater_ Bowser and Bowser Jr advantage.Synchronized Swimming - Team: Amy, Peach, Blaze and Daisy advantage.110m Hurdles: In this event, the player races with 7 other racers to the finish line while jumping over hurdles.100m Sprint: In this event, athletes race with each other to the finish line.These statistics are more based off that characters natural abilities, a good comparison is with Sonic, Tails, Amy, and Knuckles, even though Tails is a Skill type, he is still fast, just not as fast as Sonic (who is a Speed type) and even though Amy is All-Around she's strong, fast, as well as being very skilled but not to the extent as Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles.Ĭharacters Playable characters Team Sonic Bio Each character still has other stats that come in effect and are not determined by their type. The game features four or five statistics (Acceleration, Max Speed, Skill, Power, Stamina) that a character can be and each type classifies where that character will excel in comparison to the other types. However, Sega has opted not to make use of Wii Motion Plus, which would have made events like Equestrian or Cycling a lot more controllable.Each character in the game has statistics to which kind of event they would be good at and which event they would not be good at. If you like thrashy, button-mashing games where energy counts over skill, Mario & Sonic will keep you amused for hours. None of these are particularly true to their original sports, but that's what makes Mario & Sonic so appealing to younger players taking familiar characters and themes and twisting them any way the developers feel inclined. There's also an entertaining London Party Mode, that has you chasing characters around overhead 2D (or less convincing 3D) London streets to complete a sticker book, with interspersed sports events triggered by the chimes of Big Ben.įinally, there's a selection of 10 Dream Events that take a more imaginative approach to events, for instance cloud-hopping through Long Jump or climbing on board a Discus to scoop up rings. Single Match gives you 12 sports in either versus, team or co-op action.
Experimenting when to use these skills ultimately determines your medal and how many scratchcards you get to trade in Bonus Mode for extra music or costumes. Obviously, I can't cover all of them, but they're roughly split into skill, speed and Quicktime-style disciplines.ĭespite Nintendo boasting a more memorable cast, the 20 characters are evenly split between the two camps with Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Princess et al competing against Sega's Sonic, Knuckles, Dr Eggman etc and divided into speed, power, skill and all-round characters.Įach has their own special powers – so in Badminton, Mario can turn his shuttlecock into a fireball, whereas Sonic's becomes a speed blur.
#Mario and sonic at the london olympic games series#
Like the first outing, this is a series of mini sporting games, albeit featuring an impressive 30 events. These two platforming icons have crossed swords before – for the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics – and now they're back for an early bite at London 2012.