Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

MARIO AND SONIC AT THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES

Today, let's cover the second of the Mario and Sonic crossover games, this one made to line up with the Vancouver Olympics in 2010. All eight characters from each game series return, alongside two more for each: Donkey Kong and Bowser Jr. join the Mario side, and Silver and Metal Sonic join the Sonic side. This configuration will remain entirely unchanged for the rest of our games (sadly). The game introduces rivals, characters who appear as challengers during certain events but aren't playable themselves. These include a Banzai Bill during bobsleigh events, King Boo on skiing events, Dry Bowser and a team of Dry Bones for hockey, E-123 Omega for speed skating, Jet the Hawk for snowboarding, Rouge the Bat for skating, and Eggman Nega for skiing. Toad, Lakitu, Cream, Espio, and Charmy all return as referees, and various extras appear in the crowds.

As the Vancouver Olympics were Winter Olympics, the game features winter sports rather than summer sports. The games this time include: downhill skiing, giant slalom, ski jumping, team ski jumping, moguls, ski cross, halfpipe, snowboard cross, 500m speed skating, 100m short track, short track relay, figure skating, skeleton, bobsleigh, ice hockey, and curling. The game also features a number of dream events, mixing more fantastical elements into the real world sports. This includes: Dream Alpine, set on Sonic's Seaside Hill; Dream Ski Jumping, set in a Mario Galaxy setting; Dream Ski Cross, set on a Mario Kart track; Dream Snowboard Cross, set on Sonic's Radical Highway; Dream Short Track, set in one of Eggman's factories; Dream Figure Skating, the routines based on the original Mario and Sonic games; Dream Bobsleigh, set in one of those long tube things filled with bubbles from the Sonic games (you know the ones); Dream Ice Hockey, set in Bowser's Castle; Dream Curling, set in Mario's Sherbet Land; a Dream Snowball Fight; and Dream Gliding, set in a Sonic sky level.

That's about it! Here's what we've got so far:

Characters:

Mario

Luigi

Amy Rose

Blaze the Cat

Bowser Jr.

Sonic

Shadow

Princess Daisy

Yoshi

Metal Sonic

Princess Peach

Waluigi

Tails

Dr. Eggman

Silver

Knuckles

Vector

Wario

Bowser

Donkey Kong

Banzai Bill: bobsleigh

King Boo: ski

Dry Bowser: hockey

Dry Bones: curling

Rouge: figure skating

E-123 Omega: speed skating

Jet: snowboarding

Eggman Nega: ski

Toad

Lakitu

Cream

Espio

Charmy

Stages:

100m freestyle

4x100m freestyle

100m

400m run

4x100m relay

110m hurdles

400m hurdles

long jump

triple jump

high jump

pole vault

hammer throw

javelin throw

fencing

trampoline

hurdles

rowing

skeet shooting

table tennis

Dream Race

Dream Platform

Dream Fencing

Dream Table Tennis

downhill skiing

giant slalom

ski jumping

team ski jumping

moguls

ski cross

halfpipe

snowboard cross

500m speed skating

100m short track

short track relay

figure skating

skeleton

bobsleigh

ice hockey

curling

Dream Alpine

Dream Ski Jumping

Dream Ski Cross

Dream Snowboard Cross

Dream Short Track

Dream Figure Skating

Dream Bobsleigh

Dream Ice Hockey

Dream Curling

Dream Snowball Fight

Dream Gliding

Thanks for reading! Next up, let's cover the London 2012 Olympics.