Not to be confused with Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (マリオ&ソニック AT バンクーバーオリンピック, Mario ando Sonikku atto Bankūbā Orinpikku^?, lit. "Mario & Sonic at the Vancouver Olympics") is a sports game by Sega, published by Nintendo in Japan and by Sega in North America and Europe. It is the second entry in the Mario & Sonic series. The game is officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through exclusive licensee, "International Sports Multimedia."^[5]

The game is the third official crossover title to feature characters from both the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog respective universes. It was released on the Wii and the Nintendo DS on 13 October 2009 and was the first announced video game based around the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[6]

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games enables players to assume the role of a Mario or Sonic character while competing against the others in Winter Olympic events.^[6]

Gameplay[]

Some of the events in the Wii game use the Balance Board accessory. The multiplayer mode offers "co-op and competitive gameplay" whereas the DS version uses its wireless capabilities.^[6]

Characters[]

The cast consists of the full roster from the previous game, as well as four new characters. In the Wii version, VIP characters are cameos from both Mario and Sonic characters and tell the player that they have been watching them participate in events. When the player spots the character during an event, they have to pause the game and press the - button to gain 100 Star Points.

Playable[]

Team Sonic[]

Character	Ability Type	Stats		Special	Emblem
		Wii	DS
	Speed			Spin Dash
	Skill			Tailspin Flight
	Power			Screw Driver
	All-Around			Pink Typhoon
	Speed			Chaos Boost
	All-Around			Quick Tornado
	Power			Head Slide
	Skill			Egg Spin
	Speed			Air Boost
	Skill			Levitate

Team Mario[]

Character	Ability Type	Stats		Special	Emblem
		Wii	DS
	All-Around			Spin
				Luigi Rocket
	Skill			Mid-Air Float
	Speed			Flutter Jump
				Flower Trampoline
	Power			Wario Waft
	Skill			Air Swim
	Power			Spinning Shell
	All-Around			Back Spin Shell
	Power			Hand Slap Dash

Non-playable[]

Rivals[]

Character	Ability Type	Event
		DS	Wii
	Speed	Deluxe Halfpipe	Snowboard Cross
	Power	Intense Short Track	Speed Skating 500m (Individual Festival)
			Short Track Relay (Team Festival)
	Skill	Skeleton	Ski Cross
		Nordic Combined
	All-Around	Figure Skating
	Speed	Blazing Bobsleigh	Skeleton (Individual Festival)
			Bobsleigh (Team Festival)
	Skill		Alpine Skiing
		Giant Slalom (Individual Festival)
	Power	Curling Bowling	Ice Hockey
	All-Around	Curling (Team Festival)

Referees[]

• Charmy Bee
• Cream the Rabbit
• Espio the Chameleon
• Lakitu
• Toad

VIPs[]

• Big the Cat
• Birdo
• Chaos
• Cream the Rabbit
• Penguin
• Pianta

Audience members[]

• Animals
  • Cucky
  • Flicky
  • Pecky
  • Picky
• Chao
  • Dark Chao
  • Hero Chao
• Dry Bones
• Goomba
• Koopa Troopa
• Omochao
• Penguin
• Shy Guy
• Toad

In events[]

• Bullet Bill
• Chain Chomp
• Egg Hammer
• Egg Pawn
• Flapper
• Goomba
• Kiki
• Perfect Chaos (cameo)
• Piranha Plant
• Thwomp

Other[]

• Mii (Wii)
• Santa Claus (During December, VIP)

Events[]

Wii version[]

Olympic events[]

Icon	Event		Location
	Alpine Skiing	Downhill	Whistler Creekside
		Giant Slalom
	Ski Jumping	Individual Large Hill	Whistler Olympic Park
		Team Large Hill
	Freestyle Skiing	Moguls	Cypress Mountain
		Ski Cross
	Snowboard	Halfpipe
		Snowboard Cross	Cypress Mountain
	Speed Skating	Speed Skating 500m	Richmond Olympic Oval
		Short Track 1000m
		Short Track Relay
	Figure Skating		Pacific Coliseum
	Bobsleigh	Bobsleigh	The Whistler Sliding Centre
		Skeleton
	Ice Hockey		Canada Hockey Place
	Curling		Vancouver Olympic Centre

Dream Events[]

Icon	Event		Location
	Dream Alpine	Individual	Seaside Hill
		Team
	Dream Ski Jumping	Individual	Good Egg Galaxy
		Team
	Dream Ski Cross	Individual	Wii Mario Circuit
		Team
	Dream Snowboard Cross	Individual	Radical Highway
		Team
	Dream Short Track		Egg Factory/Ice Factory
	Dream Figure Skating		Mario World/Sonic World
	Dream Bobsleigh		Nocturnus Gate/Special Stage
	Dream Ice Hockey		Bowser's Castle
	Dream Curling		Sherbet Land
	Dream Snowball Fight		Christmas Village
	Dream Gliding	Individual	Sky Gardens
		Team

Nintendo DS version[]

Event		Location
Skiing	Alpine Skiing GS	Whistler Creekside
	Ski Jumping LH	Whistler Olympic Park
	Moguls	Cypress Mountain
	Cross-Country	Whistler Olympic Park
	Nordic Combined
Skating	Speed Skating 500m	Richmond Olympic Oval
	Short Track 500m
	Figure Skating	Pacific Coliseum
Snowboard	Snowboard Cross	Cypress Mountain
Bobsleigh	Bobsleigh	The Whistler Sliding Centre
	Skeleton
Ice Hockey		Canada Place
Curling		Vancouver Olympic Centre
Biathlon		Whistler Olympic Park
Luge		The Whistler Sliding Centre

Dream Events[]

Event		Location
Dream Skiing	Ski Cross Racing	Snow Island
	Rocket Ski Jumping	Cape Aurora
	Super Sonic Downhill	Trial Mountain
Dream Skating	Intense Short Track	Frozen Cruiser
	Ultimate Figure Skating	Ice on Lake Arena
Dream Snowboard	Deluxe Halfpipe	Half Maple Tree
	Extreme Snowboarding	Twinkle Village
Dream Bobsleigh	Blazing Bobsleigh	Drivers' Highway
Dream Ice Hockey	Fever Hockey	Skyscraper Rink
Dream Curling	Curling Bowling	Perfect Bowl
Dream Biathlon	Ski Shooting	Hunters Athletic
Dream Snow Machine	Snow Machine Fight	Block Ruins

Dream Event Locations[]

Sonic[]

• Radical Highway (Sonic Adventure 2)
• Egg Factory/Ice Factory (Sonic Riders)
• Sky Sanctuary (Sonic & Knuckles)
• Seaside Hill (Sonic Heroes)
• Nocturne (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)
• Dream Figure Skating features three Sonic backgrounds: Green Hill Zone, Death Egg, and a destroyed Station Square.

Mario[]

• Mario Circuit (Mario Kart Wii)
• Good Egg Galaxy (Super Mario Galaxy)
• Bowser's Castle (Mario Kart: Super Circuit)
• Sherbet Land and Cool, Cool Mountain (Super Mario 64)
• Dream Figure Skating features three Mario backgrounds: World 1, Bowser's Castle, and Peach's Castle.

Mission Mode[]

In the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, there exists a Mission Mode. In order to progress the player must complete missions. If the player fails or wants to try again, the player will lose a life. Extra lives can be found in the cities and can be won from missions.

Frostown missions[]

Ski Jumping[]

• Land with style: Get 25.000 points from landing. Gold star from getting 30.000 points
• Fight the wind: Pass 110m while battling strong winds. Gold star from passing 130m.
• Hit the K point: Land between 120-130M. Gold star from landing at least to 129M.
• Beat Tails!: Gold star from getting over 200 points

Cross Country[]

• Finish 2nd or better: Finish 2nd or better without sprint areas. Fill the sprint gauge by staying behind your opponents. Gold star from finishing in 1st place and in under 20 minutes
• 5-sprint challenge: Finish in 1st place without sprinting more than 5 times. Gold star from finishing in 1st place without using sprint once.
• Win without crouching: Finish in 1st place without crouching. Gold star from finishing in under 15 minutes.
• Beat Luigi!. Gold star from finishing in under 15 minutes.

Biathlon[]

• Land +4 shots: Hit four or more targets within 30 seconds. Gold star from landing all shots within 10 seconds
• Win on the hills: Finish in 1st in hilly course. Gold star from finishing in 15 minutes.
• No-acceleration run: Finish 1st by crouching and sprinting only. A button is for starts, penalties and shooting only. Gold star by finishing in 17 minutes
• Beat Knuckles!: Gold star by finishing in 15 minutes

Speed Skating 500m[]

• Finish in 50 seconds: Get to the goal in 50 seconds. Gold star from reaching the goal in 35 seconds.
• Final Sprint: Use final sprint when crossing the goal. Gold star from reaching the goal in 35 seconds
• Do a curve dash: When ! Appears (Hold L button until it appears) after curving, release the L button to do a curve dash. Gold star from doing curve dash twice.
• Beat Bowser JR!: Gold star from reaching the goal in 35 seconds.

Nordic Combined[]

• Clear the penalty: Mash the A button to clear the penalty (the delay before starting) within 15 seconds. Gold star from clearing the penalty with more than 8 seconds remaining
• Get a skill: Spin the wheel to get a skill. Draw any skill (Except "nothing") to clear. Gold star from getting special charge skill
• Maintain the lead: Stay ahead of 3 rivals as they try to catch up and finish in 1st place. Gold star from reaching the goal in 20 minutes
• Beat Eggman Nega!: Gold star from reaching the goal in 15 minutes

Sparkleton missions[]

Snow Machine Fight[]

• Break the ice: Break 10 blocks in 1 minute! Gold star from breaking 20 blocks
• Blow 'em away: Defeat everyone in 2 minutes, by earning at least one coin from each opponent. Gold star for doing so in less than a minute.
• Use charge shot: Beat everyone in 2 minutes using only charge shot by holdingthe A button, by earning at least one coin from each opponent. Gold star for doing so in less than a minute.
• Beat Peach!: Gold star from without getting hit

Ski Shooting[]

• Shoot only red targets: Shoot only red targets to win with 500+ points! Golden targets are counted as different targets. Gold star from getting 2000 points
• Win a close victory: Win with less than 500 points separating you and your rival. Gold star from 150 points separation.
• Hit Egg Hammer 3 times: Hit the Egg Hammer three times, when it's glowing. Gold star from getting over 2000 points.
• Beat Amy!: Gold star from getting 10 000 points

Rocket Ski Jumping[]

• Go through rings: Go through 6 floating rings. Gold star from going through over 10 rings
• Use the ring dash: Pass through three rings, while using special dash. Gold star from passing through 10 rings during Special dash.
• Pass 2400m: Get a record of at least 2400M. Gold star from getting a record of 2800M on the furthermost island on the map.
• Beat Metal Sonic!. Gold star from getting a record of over 2000M.

Super Sonic Downhill[]

• Go faster than 150 km/H!: Go faster than 150KM/H. Gold star for achieving a top speed of at least almost 300 km/H
• Finish the race: Reach the goal without getting disqualified (Hitting the blocks on your way). Barriers protects you from disqualifying. Gold star achieving a top speed of at least almost 300 km/h
• Use mushroom dash: Collect mushrooms to do a mushroom dash at least 5 times. Gold star from using mushroom dash 10 times.
• Beat Dry Bowser!. Gold star from finishing 1st in under 25 seconds.

Polastraits missions[]

Luge[]

• Do a starting dash: Hold the A button and release it in a right time to do a special dash. Gold star from releasing A button right before the gauge is full.
• No crash run: Reach the goal without crashing. Gold star from reaching the goal without hitting the wall within 50 seconds.
• Keep the boost maxed: Boost while keeping the gauge full for a total of 10 seconds or more before reaching the goal. Gold star from keeping boost maxed out while boosting for over 20 seconds.
• Beat Yoshi!: Gold star from reaching the goal in under 50 seconds

Ice Hockey[]

• Pass the puck: Pass the puck four times before time runs out. Gold star from passing the puck 4 times before timer reaches 5:00
• Land a solid check: Check your opponent once or more and win the round. Gold star from checking three times
• Score first: Be the first, who scores the goal. Don't let opponent score first or let the time run out. Gold star from scoring before 5:00
• Beat Silver and Blaze! Part 1: Gold star from scoring over 10 points

Bobsleigh[]

• Jump aboard: Get great or better from start run and boarding. Gold star from getting PERFECT from both jumping and boarding.
• Don't fill the gauge: Reach the goal in 1:20 without filling the gauge (teamwork moving increases the gauge). Fill gauge and you fail. Gold star from reaching goal in 1:05 or less
• Reverse controls: Reach the goal in 1:05 with reversed controls. Gold star from reaching the goal in under 0:55
• Beat Wario and Waluigi!: Gold star from reaching the goal in under 0:55

Alpine Skiing GS[]

• Ace the gate dash: Hit the inside of the gate to do a gate dash 5 times. Gold star from doing gate dash 5 times in a row
• Red gates mean go: Pass through only RED gates. Gold star from reaching the goal in under 1:30
• Advanced gate dash: Hit 3 gates while crouching for an advanced gate dash. Gold star from doing advanced gate dash 3 times in a row
• Beat King Boo!: Gold star from reaching the goal in under 48 seconds.

Skeleton[]

• Jump aboard: Get GREAT or better from boarding. Gold star from getting PERFECT from boarding
• Do 3 dashes: Charge energy by holding stylus in touch screen and dash 3 times. Gold star from doing this 3 times in a row
• Don't hit the walls: Cross the finish line without hitting the wall at least three times (two is okay, three ends the mission). Gold star from crossing finish line without hitting the wall once.
• Beat Eggman Nega!: Gold star from crossing the finish line under 1:00

Cubyrinth missions[]

Ski Cross Racing[]

• Stick the jump dash: Do two jump dashes. Gold star from doing jump dashes on the first two jump platforms
• Grab rings: Reach the goal 1st with at least 3 rings. Gold star from reaching the goal with 10 rings
• Don't use items: Do not use items and reach the goal first. Gold star from reaching the goal within 1:30
• Beat Shadow!: Gold star from reaching the goal within 1:20

Fever Hockey[]

• Hit the bonus gate: pass the puck in bonus gate, when it opens. Gold star from getting puck to bonus gate before 5:00
• Score a super shot: score a super shot, when you have passed puck 4 times in a row (when there reads MAX with rainbow colors). Gold star from scoring a super shot in 5:00
• 50 pts by intermission: get 50 points or more in the first period. Gold star from getting 100 points.
• Beat Silver and Blaze! Part 2: Come back from losing 30-0 at the start of the first period to beat Silver and Blaze. Gold star from scoring 100 points and winning
• Beat Bowser and Dr Eggman! Part 1: Gold medal from scoring over 50 points.

Deluxe Halfpipe[]

• Do a perfect spin: press all the four directional buttons during an air trick to do a perfect spin, then finish. Gold star from doing perfect spin three times
• Grab coins: Reach the goal with at least 7 coins. Gold star for quickly reaching the goal with 10 coins (in about less than 20 seconds).
• Do a special trick: Collect at least 5 coins to do a special trick, then reach the goal. Gold star from doing special trick 3 times
• Beat Jet!: Gold star from getting over 15000 points (Three special tricks)

Blazing Bobsleigh[]

• Spin your rival: Hit your rival in defense mode (with the steel plate forward) and Spin them around. Gold medal from doing this at the first seconds of the mission (as quick as possible).
• Win backwards: come first facing backward! no rotating allowed! Gold medal from reaching the goal in under 1:15.
• No heart run: No hearts on the run this time! Try to finish without being disqualified! gold medal from reaching the goal without taking damage
• Beat Big Bullet Bill: Cross the finish line before big Bullet Bill! Gold medal from reaching the finish in 1:20
• Beat Bowser and Dr Eggman! Part 2: Gold medal from reaching the goal in under 1:20

Icepeak missions[]

Moguls[]

• Ace the bump turn!: Ace 20 turns out of 30! Gold medal for never missing a single turn.
• Land 2 air tricks!: Pull of a Twister (Slide stylus either left or right) and a Kossak (slide stylus to down). Gold medal from doing both tricks three times during the jump.
• Do 2 air tricks!: Pull front flip (Slide stylus to upright and downleft) and a backflip (Slide stylus upleft and downright). Gold medal for stringing together a total of 4 tricks (including 2 extra tricks) within the jump.
• Beat Donkey Kong!: Score more points than Donkey Kong. Gold Medal from getting over 25.000 points.

Short Track 500m[]

• Avoid your rivals!: come in 1st or 2nd without bumping into your rivals. Gold medal from reaching the goal 1st and in under 40 seconds
• Win with no recovery!: The recovery zone is gone! reach the goal in 1st place without recovering! Gold medal from reaching the goal in under 40 seconds
• Win without the Stamina!: Come in 1st with 0 stamina (black heart) at the finish line! Gold medal from reaching the finish line in under 40 seconds
• Beat Vector!: Gold medal from reaching the finish line in under 40 seconds!

Snowboard Cross[]

• Land your best jump!: land 1 best jump from the big jump ramp! If done right, the character spins as they fly! Gold medal from landing the best jump at the first ramp
• Slipstream!: Get close in behind your opponent to get 1 slipstream speed burst! Gold medal from doing this as quick as possible
• Drift dash!: When your trail turns orange, release the R button to drift dash! Do it 3 times and win! Gold medal from doing drift dash over 5 times
• Beat Wario and Waluigi!: Gold medal from beating Wario and Waluigi in 53 seconds

Curling[]

• Knock a stone away!: Knock a rival's stone out of the house (circle)! Gold medal from knocking out all 3 rival's stones
• Deliver to set area!: Slide the stone onto the designated area (the middle)! Gold medal from getting the stone to the smallest ring.
• Win all 2 ends!: Beat your rivals in 2 out of 2 ends! don't lose even one end! Gold medal from getting 5 points as overall score
• Beat Dry Bones!: Gold medal from getting 5 points as overall score

Figure Skating[]

• Land a triple spin!: Do a successful triple spin jump to the tune of "the nutcracker"! Gold medal from doing the triple jump spin at the first section.
• Combo jump!: Do a successful combo jump(Two jumps in a row) to the tune of "Carmen"! gold medal from collecting all snowflakes at the path.
• Got rhythm?: Hit 20 steps with the stylus in time to "Die fledermaus" to turn the Rainbow notes! Gold medal from getting all notes in rainbow colors
• Beat Rouge!: Gold medal from getting over 100 points

Blizland missions[]

Extreme snowboarding[]

• Land a special dash!: Send the rival flying with the special dash (fill the gauge and press Y button twice)! Gold medal from doing this at the start of the mission
• Fill the trick gauge!: Press the control pad during jumps to do tricks and max out the trick gauge! Gold medal from filling the trick gauge within the first lap.
• Win on clean run!: Come in 1st without hitting any rivals or other characters (chain chomp, egg pawns) in the way! Gold medal from reaching the goal in 3:20
• Beat Bowser and Eggman! Part 3: Gold medal from reaching the goal within 3 minutes.

Intense Short Track[]

• Special Dash!: Press L and R to make special dash thrice and finish 1st! Gold medal from reaching the goal in 2 minutes.
• Stay on the course!: Use B button to jump and reach the goal without falling from the course. Gold medal from reaching the goal in under 2:30
• Pothole track!: Reach the goal in 1st place in a pothole track! Gold medal from reaching the goal in 2:00
• Beat Omega!: Gold medal from reaching the goal in 2:00

Ultimate Figure Skating[]

• Ace a jump!: Hit the spring then trace the mid air's numbers in order for a PERFECT to the Sonic Medley! Gold Medal from tracing the numbers in 1–3 seconds from their appearance.
• Grab 99 Rings!: Get 99 Rings in Mario Medley. Gold medal for getting the rings quickly before the program is half-done.
• Beat over ten Kikis!: Get to spin are and knock over ten Kikis to the tune of Mario and Sonic medley. Gold medal from defeating 2 waves of Kikis (16 Kikis in all).
• Beat Daisy!: Gold Medal from scoring over 3000 points

Curling Bowling[]

• Knock down Goombas!: Knock down moving Goomba. Gold Medal from knocking down the goomba with X6 and mini mushroom.
• Knock one down!: Knock down only 1 Goomba! Knocking more than one fails the mission. Gold Medal from knocking the Goomba with Mega mushroom.
• Get a mini strike!: shrink the stone with blue mini mushroom and get strike! Gold medal from getting Super Strike (X6)
• Beat Dry Bowser!: Gold medal from scoring at least 200 points!

Adventure Mode[]

In the Adventure Mode, Bowser and Dr. Eggman kidnap the winter spirits. Without them, all the snow in various areas melt and the Olympic Games are spoiled. Mario and Sonic set off to save them by retrieving the spirits. Along the way, they run into various old friends and enemies ready to help them or slow them down. Later in the game, it was revealed that the last stage was the only stage that was still snowing when the other five stages had nothing but grass. Mario and Sonic soon manage to defeat Bowser and Eggman and take back the winter spirits to save the games and restore peace to the world.

In gameplay, Mario and Sonic do not speak but Toad provides dialogue for them. Mario and Sonic find news briefs hidden in barrels, crates and pots which give brief snippets of information about both universe's characters. In addition, the heroes can pick up leaves from maple trees which give facts and trivia about the real world Olympic Games and famous athletes.

Development[]

In January 2009, an article in the Spanish Nintendo magazine, Nintendo Acción, mentioned that a sequel to Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was to be created for the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[7] Both IGN and Eurogamer received confirmation on the games' existence, with the former stating that game would be officially announced within the following month.^[8][9] Dennis Kim, licensing and merchandising director for the event, stated in February that a Mario & Sonic title was "being discussed and planned for Vancouver." Kim also stated that Vancouver 2010 and the IOC will share royalties from this game.^[10]

The official announcement did arrive within the month as predicted, the game's title being given as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games at a joint press release by Sega and Nintendo on 12 February 2009.^[6]

Reception[]

The game was well accepted. Most of the reviews define it as "much better than the first title". All the events are unlocked from the start which is great news in terms of accessibility. The controls are also tighter and seem less random but this does mean that sometimes gameplay can be a bit too simplistic.

Cast[]

Sonic characters[]

Role	English voice actor	Japanese voice actor
Announcer	Runblebee
Sonic the Hedgehog	Jason Griffith	Jun'ichi Kanemaru
Shadow the Hedgehog		Kōji Yusa
Jet the Hawk		Daisuke Kishio
Miles "Tails" Prower	Amy Palant	Ryō Hirohashi
Knuckles the Echidna	Dan Green	Nobutoshi Canna
Vector the Crocodile		Kenta Miyake
Amy Rose	Lisa Ortiz	Taeko Kawata
Dr. Eggman	Mike Pollock	Chikao Ōtsuka
Eggman Nega
Blaze the Cat	Erica Schroeder	Nao Takamori
Silver the Hedgehog	Pete Capella	Daisuke Ono
Rouge the Bat	Kathleen Delaney	Rumi Ochiai
E-123 Omega	Jeff Kramer	Taiten Kusunoki
	Maddie Blaustein (archive)
Espio the Chameleon	David Wills	Yūki Masuda
Cream the Rabbit	Rebecca Honig	Sayaka Aoki
Big the Cat	Jon St. John (archive)	Takashi Nagasako
Omochao	Lani Minella (archive)	Etsuko Kozakura
Chao	Tomoko Sasaki

Mario characters[]

Role	Voice actor
Mario	Charles Martinet
Luigi
Wario
Waluigi
Princess Peach	Samantha Kelly
Toad
Princess Daisy	Deanna Mustard
Bowser	Scott Burns (archive)
Yoshi	Kazumi Totaka
Birdo
Donkey Kong	Takashi Nagasako
Bowser Jr.	Caety Sagoian
King Boo	Toru Asakawa
Dry Bones
Dry Bowser	Kenny James
Lakitu	Dex Manley
Boo	Sanae Susaki
Shy Guy	Nate Bihldorff

Trivia[]

• This is the final Sonic game to be released during the 2000's.
• This game marks Omega's first non-cameo appearance on the Wii, as well as Eggman Nega's debut on a home console.
• Super Sonic appears as an unlockable costume for the player's Mii, giving their Mii the same stats as Sonic the Hedgehog, although a pseudo-Super State for each character appears in the Dream Figure Skating event for Sonic's World.
• Blaze's outfit for this game looks similar to her regular outfit, but slightly altered. The same applies for Amy as well, but her outfit has a few more minor changes.
• In the DS version, Metal Sonic's eyes are red, but when he's in first place, his eyes are green.
• If the player looks closely in the beginning of the opening cutscene in the Wii version, Metal Sonic's hands are white instead of yellow.
• Characters such as Diddy Kong do not appear, but costumes of them are available for the Mii.
• On the Wii box art, Sonic has a snowboard and Mario has skis, but on the DS box art, it's the other way around.
• This is the last Mario & Sonic game to feature the 4Kids Entertainment cast from Sonic X (with the exception of Mike Pollock). However the next Sonic Game, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing will be the last Sonic Game to feature the 4Kids Entertainment cast from Sonic X (with the exception of Mike Pollock).
  • This is also the final game to feature Pete Capella, Erica Schroder, Dan Green, Jason Griffith, Rebbeca Honig, Kathleen Delaney, Davis Willis and Amy Birnbaum as the voice of Silver, Blaze, Vector, Jet, Cream, Rouge, Espio and Charmy, respectively.
• Eggman Nega is the only character to have new voice lines in this game, as all other characters use recycled voice clips from previous games:
  • Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, Eggman, Shadow, Blaze, and Vector's voice clips come from the previous game.
  • Silver, Rouge, and Jet's voice clips are recycled from Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.
  • Omega's voice clips are recycled from both Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).
• This was the only installment in the Mario & Sonic series where the handheld counterpart was released in the same year as the console until Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in 2016. (Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Wii-2007, DS-2008; Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games: Wii-2011, 3DS-2012)
• In the DS version, if the player listens closely when trying to open the gate in Adventure Tours, it almost sounds like Amy's theme song, "My Sweet Passion".
• The female characters have new winter outfits for the game, while the male characters do not.
• Carter Cathcart, Vector's voice actor in Sonic X and Shadow the Hedgehog, is mistakenly credited in this game, as all of Vector's lines were done by Dan Green.

Videos[]

Wii[]

Nintendo DS[]

Commercials[]

See also[]

• Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

References[]

External links[]

• Official website of the Wii version (English)
• Official website (Japanese)

• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games at Mario Wiki, a wiki about Mario.
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games at Super Mario Wiki, the Super Mario wiki.