User blog:Pastrami on Rye/My Dream M&S Olympics Game

So with the recent release of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, I feel it's time to speculate as to where the series will go next. I believe it's completely likely that we'll be seeing more of these games, as they keep churning them out every two years (and only skipped 2018 because Ubisoft bought the rights first). So the rest of this post will be dedicated to what I'd like to see in a future installment.

If you're curious as to what my thoughts are on the 2020 installment, I'd say it's good; impressive graphics, intuitive controls, and deceptively addicting gameplay. Then again, I've never played a summer installment before (and the only winter installment I've played was the 2010 edition). I've also never played any of the handheld versions, which are apparently consistently good and considered superior to their console counterparts.

The Features:

 * 1) First and foremost, this hypothetical installment would not be based on any specific Olympic tournament, but rather an amalgamation of what the series has done already. Every playable event, mini-game, and Dream Event in series history would be brought back for this installment, with updated graphics and reworked controls that take advantage of the Joy-Cons' buttons and motion controls. This would also include events that only appeared in the handheld installments, which I feel would be a good fit seeing how the Nintendo Switch can also double as a handheld.
 * 2) Every playable character would be brought back too, including Miis and all their customizability (woot!) The Guest characters from the two most recent installments would be carried over too, but unlike in those games, every character is playable in every event.
 * 3) One detail I really liked in the Tokyo 2020 installment was how most characters were actually dressed for the olympics. I want that to be carried over here, though now EVERY character will be dressed for each event instead of just most of them. The Koopas and Kongs wore sports gear in the Mario Strikers series, so why not here too?
 * 4) In addition to all of the old stuff coming back, new events and characters would be added to the game, and would be universal additions. I can't really think of any at the moment, but I'm sure whoever plans the Olympics will think of some.
 * 5) All opening cinematics in series history will be viewable in the Options menu, including the one for this game, which will be CGI again instead of using in-game footage like with the last three games.