Nothing brings people together quite like the Olympics, and as the games draw near the big names have teamed up again for some friendly competition. Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is the third title in the series, which takes a total of 20 characters from the SEGA/Nintendo franchises through a myriad of Olympic-based mini-games.
As with the previous titles, the gameplay focuses on taking part in various Olympics-ish events; although there are some, we dare say, that wouldn’t exactly classify as competitive-level sport (I’m looking at you ‘Grabbing a drink during the marathon’ and ‘Breathing during the pentathlon’ events). We tried out the 3DS version which has 57 events that are accessible through single player, multiplayer or the Olympic-centric storyline. By comparison the Wii version acts more as a party game, making up for a lack of story with more events, Party Mode and “Dream Events” which take the player to location from past Mario & Sonic at the Olympics games.
Let the Games Begin!
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