Mario & Sonic for kids & adults alike

Advantages: loads of different events, suitable for all, good multiplayer functionality
Disadvantages: tiring controls

...This game has great appeal for children - anything with mario and sonic in would - but is also appealing to adults due to its playability. Basically, various characters (mario, sonic, luigi, peaches, yoshi...) compete in the popular events of the olympic - track and field such as long jump, high jump, 100m, hammer, swimming, trampolining, archery. You control the players and therefore, there is excellent multiplayer functionality. It's a great game to play at parties (I've found the table tennis particularly popular) as well as with the children. It's a great game and there's loads of different events to choose from and try to master. Therefore, it'll be a while before you even start to get bored with it. However, the controls for some of theevents can be very tiring, due to what you need to do with the Wii remote. Swimming...

katherineh123 17.09.2009 · Read review
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==Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)==

Advantages: variety of games to play
Disadvantages: Slow loading

...Mario & Sonic at the olympic games was the first game i bought after getting a Wii for christmas. I personally think that it is an excellent first game to get for the Wii. You can happily play for hours and hours becuase of the wide variety of events you can play. These events include; *"Swimming" *"Archery" *"Running" *"Hurdles" *"Long jump" *"Triple jump" *High jump" *"Pole vault" *"Hammer throw" *"Javeline throw" *"Epée" *"Trampoline" *"Vault" *"Rowing" *"Skeet" *"Tennis" So as you can see by this list you have a wide variety to choose from but you also have the options of unlocking different games, this can be done by breaking records and so on. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is fun for all the family to enjoy because it has a multiplayer option of upto 4 people. You also get to choose from all your favourite...

BENanaaa 24.08.2009 · Read review
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On your Marios, Get Sonic, Wii!

Advantages: Makes great use of the wii controller, good for multi- or singleplayer, exercise
Disadvantages: none for me.

...Nintendo's had a great idea with this one: a game which appeals to fans of Mario, Sonic, sports games, and children who want a brightly coloured game thats a lot of fun. I think you'd have to look far to find someone who couldn't find anything to like in this game. In this game, you get to play a variety of Olympics sports on the wii, either against the computer or with a group of friends, providing you have enough controllers. You can choose between 20 characters, who are all from the Mario games on Nintendo or Sonic's Sega games, for example you can play as Tails, Yoshi, Amy, and even Princess Daisy, who my friends tell me is from the first Mario adventure. Each of them has their own strengths: for example sonic is fast, but dr robotnik (annoying called dr eggman in this game) is really strong. This means that if you're doing a 100m...

charlsayslol 28.04.2008 · Read review
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

Advantages: Great fun, realistic actions
Disadvantages: Will tire you out easily

...During the 1990s, if you had a games console you would have probably been in one of two camps: Sega or Nintendo. I certainly was rooted firmly in the Sega camp having had a Mega Drive for many, many years with games like Street of Rage, Ecco the Dolphin and of course, Sonic the Hedgehog. I was a huge Sonic fan, playing the first and second game until completion and then starting up again a few days later as I loved everything about it, the colours, the gameplay.... everything. So if you tried to convince me that some 10-15 years later that Sonic and Mario would team up in a game, I probably would have just laughed. Back then it would have been an absurd thought but one that any magazine reviewer or computer game fanboy would have only dreamed about. Well January 2008 saw this realisation with the release of Sonic & Mario...

macmonkey 10.07.2009 · Read review
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Mario and Sonic in the Olympics?

Advantages: Graphics
Disadvantages: See review

...Mario and Sonic have come together to make a game called "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games" this game was made for the 2008 Olympic Games in China. It isn't a promo game and is still around. But is it worth it? GAMEPLAY You can choose from a variety of different games, like 100m, 100m freestyle, table tennis, pole vault etc. These are fun, but some of the controls are hard and get boring after a while. GRAPHICS The game has good graphics, and it is a game with both Mario AND Sonic in it. It's great that the two rivals look good together in one game. The graphics are 3D which is also good, because mainly in the "Mario" and "Sonic" games, the graphics are 2D. It's good that they look good in 3D SOUND There are good sound effects, like when you land on a mat, but there isn't much music. Most of the characters say...

AlexanderBanks 31.01.2009 · Read review
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Mario and Sonic team up and Go for Gold!!

Advantages: Masses of fun for all the family
Disadvantages: Arm ache!! can be a tad boring if you go solo

...Wondered whether sonic could beat mario in a 100m sprint? Thought Bowser was tougher than Knuckles? Think Peach is more graceful than amy? Now's your chance to put your wiimote where your mouth is!! Nintendo and Sega have finally teamed up two giants in the video game industry, Mario and Sonic, and they come together at the olympic games... First, the playability and enjoyment. WOW!! 100% playable whatever your age. A fun light-hearted take on sport. You can even use your mii's!! How you control characters depends on the event, eg. swinging the wiimote and nunchuk up and down in a race, or pointing and shooting in archery. Next, the game is so original. They have taken all the characters, and put them on an almost level playing field, so bowser can outrun sonic ect. Then Sega and Nintendo have created their own fun...

saq3m 29.08.2008 · Read review
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Mario & Sonic finally together

Advantages: good graphics, makes good use out of the Wii controls in some games,
Disadvantages: controls can be bad in some greats, worldwide online should of been used,

...Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is the best Olympic game that is out there is pure fun all the way. The game features a whole load of events such as athletics, gymnastics, shooting, rowing, archery, aquatics, fencing, and table tennis also included the dream events. The dream events are nothing really to do with the Olympics and are fun. You can chose from all your favorite characters from the Mario and Sonic series also add your Mii into the action. I found a problem as my favorite game character Donkey Kong was not added and he is part of Mario. My favorite to play in what the game offers is Sonic, Shadow, Blaze, Wario and Browser. My favorite on the game is the skeet shooting and the aquatics events which have you in the pool. The game wears you out easy but you will want to keep playing because it does get very addictive...

johnpaullucky7 12.05.2008 · Read review
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Mario & Sonic - A golden game

Advantages: Various events, multiplayer
Disadvantages: none

...Mario and Sonic. For gamers and cartoon fans, it is a match made in heaven. Move over fish and chips or Ant and Dec, there is a new double act here. GENERAL GAMEPLAY: Like its sports predecessors, such as Wii Sports and to a certain Pro Evo 08, this game takes full use of the Wii remote. Mostt noticable for the running style, you have to move the remote (and nunchuk) up and down as quickly as possible to run faster. Sounds simple, but after a few longer races, you arms will be like lead. Expect shouts of pain from the more competitive players, and uncontrollable laughter from those watching. SPORTS: There is a great variety of sports, which is one reason that it is better than Wii Sports. Obviously there is the 100m or 400m sprints, and also hurdles, using the new running style. The aquatics is my faviourite, as different...

Superkeeper 23.06.2008 · Read review
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Sonic & Mario Olympics, Perfect Wii Game

Advantages: Lots of players to choose, good variety of events
Disadvantages: The Award Ceremony at end of events is annoying

...Mario & Sonic At The Olympic games, What a fab Idea, the beloved console spotlights Mario, sonic, miis, and their gangs. I've always been stuck, which to go for Mario or Sonic, so I am so glad they teamed up and made a game together. And the Olympics, what a great place to compete in the world of sports, and Wii. In M&SO their is every Olympic game you can ever thing of, shooting, fencing, high jump, triple jump, vault, trampolining, archery, table tennis, swimming, and a whole lot more! Its great, this game also makes fantastic use the Wii's Controller, and Nunchuck. In most events only the Remote is required, although you can choose the choose the nunchuck for extra, realism. So whats so great about this game you ask? Well for one the amazing variety of events to play, the graphics are also nice!! Other positives include, multi...

cbgordon2 12.01.2008 · Read review
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Advantages: Great multiplayer fun, lots to do
Disadvantages: Slightly Repetetive

...The Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games has been with us for a while now, and it hasn't been too badly received either amongst the Wii-mote waving, button bashing members of the public out there, so now that the DS version has finally arrived, should these same gamers still be as excited as they were the first time around? Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games on the DS is certainly not short on features, 16 playable characters have all been included, each of which are split into four categories such speed, skill, power and the all rounder's, therefore you can choose which characters you would prefer to use for each event based on their ability. The game also offers plenty of choice when it comes to events, these range from sprinting, swimming and cycling to more specialist events such as fencing and gymnastics...

TJGardner 01.03.2008 · Read review
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