Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is a sports game for the Wii and Nintendo DS, and is the 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 series and the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Although Sega is handling most of the development for both versions of this game (as it did for the original Mario & Sonic), they are also handling publishing/marketing duties for all territories outside of Japan, while Nintendo does publishing/marketing duties for Japan itself.
Versions
The game will feature modes that will be exclusively on the Wii and DS versions.
Wii Version
The Wii version will use the Wii Remote controls, as well as the Wii Balance Board. It will feature a Festival mode where the player starts from the opening to the closing ceremony.
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 he/she earns 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 need to be unlocked.
The Wii rendition includes as well the Festival Mode, a special single-player mode where the participants must compete with some boss characters from the Mario and Sonic games in various events.[1]
Wii Events
- Alpine Skiing
- Ice Hockey
- Speed Skating[2]
- Bobsleigh
- Snowboard[3]
- Skeleton
- Downhill Skiing[2]
- Ski Jumping
- Figure Skating [1]
- Snow Board Halfpipe
- Freestyle Skiing
- Curling
Wii Dream Events
- Dream Ski Cross
- Dream Snowball Fight
- Dream Alpine
- Dream Snowboard Cross
- Dream Figure Skating
- Dream Ski Jump
DS Version
The DS version will feature Adventure Tour, a single player mode with a plot that involves Bowser and Dr. Eggman's scheme to melt all the snow by capturing the Snow Spirits. The Adventure Tour introduces one of the spirits called Frosty.[4][5][6] Just as seen in the Wii version of the game, the DS rendition includes the introduction of boss characters appearing in the Adventure Tour mode. These bosses will be present in certain events where the playes have to compete against them to clear their missions. [7]
Also, all authentic (real-life based events) are unlocked from the start. Dream Events are in this game and all of them need to be unlocked.
DS Events
- Alpine Skiing[3]
- Skeleton
- Snowboard Cross
- Bobsleigh
- Figure Skating
- Curling
- Biathlon
- Luge
- Skating
- Ice Hockey
DS Dream Events
- Extreme Snow boarding
- Deluxe Halfpipe
- Ski Cross Racing
- Rocket Ski Jumping
- Super Sonic Downhill
- Fever Hockey
- Ultimate Figure Skating
- Blazing Bobsleigh
- Ski Shooting
- Snow Machine Fight
Characters
All of the characters from the previous game, including Miis for the Wii version, returns. There will also be new characters[2] who were not present in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.
Main Cast
Team Mario
- Mario
- Luigi
- Peach
- Daisy
- Yoshi
- Wario
- Waluigi
- Bowser
- Donkey Kong (new)
- Bowser Jr. (new)
Team Sonic
- Sonic
- Shadow
- Tails
- Amy
- Blaze
- Knuckles
- Vector
- Dr. Eggman
- Metal Sonic (new)
- Silver the Hedgehog (new)
Other
- Mii (Wii version only)
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. 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 and Sonic at the Olympic Games, the Miis' stats gets altered depending on the equipment they wear.
Bosses
Mario Bosses
Sonic Bosses
Locations
Locations from both Mario and Sonic series appear in the Dream Events. The following stages are:
Mario series
- Mario Circuit (from Mario Kart Wii)
- Bowser Castle (from Mario Kart Super Circuit)
- Good Egg Galaxy (from Super Mario Galaxy) [8]
- Sherbet Land (from Mario Kart 64)
- Cool, Cool Mountain (from Super Mario 64)
- Bowser's Road (from Super Mario 64)
- In Dream Figure Skating, many Mario backgrounds appears: World 1 (from New Super Mario Bros.), Bowser's Castle (from New Super Mario Bros.) and Peach's Castle (from Super Mario 64).
Sonic series
- Radical Highway (from Sonic Adventure 2)
- Seaside Hill (from Sonic Heroes)
- Nocturnus/Special Stage (from Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood and Sonic Heroes)
- Ice Factory (from Sonic Riders)
- Sky Sanctuary Zone (from Sonic 3 & Knuckles)
- In Dream Figure Skating, many Sonic backgrounds appears: Green Hill Zone (from Sonic The Hedgehog), Death Egg Zone (from Sonic The Hedgehog 2) and the destroyed Station Square (from Sonic Adventure).
Gallery
Artwork
Team Mario
- MSWGMario.jpg
- MSWGLuigi.jpg
- MSWGPeach.jpg
- MSWGYoshi.jpg
- Donkey Kong 45.jpg
- BowserjrMSWG.PNG
Team Sonic
- MSWGSonic.jpg
- MSWGTails.jpg
- MSWGknuckles.jpg
- Blaze Winter Olympics.jpg
- Blaze Winter Olympics2.jpg
Blaze - Shadow Winter Olympics.jpg
- Eggman Winter Olympics.jpg
- SilverMSWG.PNG
Miscellaneous
Game Logo - Msowgart1.png
Mario and Sonic
Screenshots
- Mario-sonic-winter-olympic-games.jpg
Mario and Sonic snowboarding. 
Peach, Yoshi, Tails, and Knuckles (Bobsleding) - Iceskating Vancouver.jpg
Peach and Tails (Speed Skating) - Mario WG.jpg
Mario (Downhill Skiing) - Luigi WG.jpg
Luigi (Downhill Skiing) - Sonic Downhill.jpg
Sonic (Downhill Skiing) 
Metal Sonic (Ice Hockey) - MarioCircuit WG.jpg
Dream Downhill Skiing, on Mario Circuit from Mario Kart Wii. - Dream Skiing.JPG
Luigi & Metal Sonic in Dream Skiing With a Chain Chomp . - DK WG.jpg
Donkey Kong (Dream Skiing) 
Sonic (Dream Skiing) - Yoshi WG.jpg
Yoshi (Dream Skiing) - MarioSonic WG DS.jpg
Mario and Sonic (Bobsledding) 
Metal Sonic (Snowboard Cross) - AdventureIntroDS.jpg
Adventure Tour mode intro - Snow Spirit.jpg
Mario and Sonic meet Frosty in Adventure Tour mode. 
Mario, Sonic, and Toad in Adventure Tour mode. - AdventureMission.jpg
Mario talks to a Yellow Chao in Adventure Tour mode. - Patines estelares.PNG
Sonic finds a pair of pink ice skates. - MsowgDS2.jpg
Sonic and Shy Guy in Adventure Tour mode. - Silverhedgehogmsatowggameplay.jpg
Silver the Hedghog Downhill Skiing - Bowserjrmsatowggameplay.jpg
Bowser Jr. Snowboarding - Radical Highway3.PNG
Radical Highway from Sonic Adventure 2. - Silverthehedgehogwinterolympics.PNG
- Dr. EggmanMetalSonicWaluigi.PNG
Dr. Eggman, Metal Sonic and Waluigi 
Yoshi and Silver - BowserJr001.JPG
Bowser and Bowser Jr. on a bobsled. 
Players can equip their Miis with different outfits. - Radical Highway2.PNG
Bowser racing Dr. Eggman on Radical Highway.
Boxart
European box art for Wii 
European box art for DS 
Canada's box cover for Wii 
Canada's box cover for DS
Names in Other Languages
References
- ^ Sega's Official Europe Festival
- ^ a b c Nintendo of Europe Confirmation
- ^ a b Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedofficialsite - ^ Snow Spirit Revealed
- ^ IGN information for Wii
- ^ IGN information for DS
- ^ Sega's forums
- ^ Youtube
