- For the Wii U version of the game, see Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. For the arcade version, see Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition.
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (マリオ&ソニック AT リオオリンピック Mario & Sonikku AT Rio Orinpikku?, lit. "Mario & Sonic AT Rio Olympics") is the fifth installment of the Mario & Sonic series for the Nintendo 3DS, along with the Wii U version. The game was first announced on the Japanese Nintendo Direct on 31 May 2015.[2][3]
Unlike previous games, this game was officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee for the 31st Summer Olympic Games and taking place in the host city Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.[4] Both versions of the game were released in 2016.[5][6]
An arcade version of the game was announced by Sega on 16 July 2015, which was later released in 2016.[7]
Characters[]
Playable Characters[]
There are a total of 41 playable characters in this game, with all 21 characters from previous games returning along with 20 newcomers. Much like the previous handheld installment, the characters are assigned to certain events, where returning characters are playable in two events each while newcomers are playable in only one each. However, Sonic, Mario and Miis are available in all events.[8]
Team Sonic[]
Returning[]
| Sonic | Tails | Amy | Knuckles | Dr. Eggman |
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| All Events | 100m Freestyle Beach Volleyball |
100m Freestyle Rhythmic Hoop |
Javelin Throw Boxing |
110m Hurdles Equestrian |
| Shadow | Silver | Blaze | Metal Sonic | Vector |
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| Football 100m Dash |
110m Hurdles Archery |
Equestrian Rhythmic Hoop |
100m Dash BMX |
Golf Table Tennis |
New[]
| Espio | Cream | Omega | Eggman Nega[note 1] | Sticks[note 1] |
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| Long Jump | Beach Volleyball | Javelin Throw | Long Jump | Archery |
| Starter | Mario's Story Day 4 | Sonic's Story Day 3 | ||
| Jet[note 1] | Wave[note 1] | Zazz[note 1] | Zavok[note 1] | Rouge[note 1] |
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| Football | BMX | Table Tennis | Boxing | Golf |
| Sonic's Story Day 7 | Mario's Story Day 5 | Sonic's Story Day 2 | Sonic's Story Day 6 | Mario's Story Day 7 |
Team Mario[]
Returning[]
| Mario | Luigi | Peach | Daisy | Yoshi |
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| All Events | Table Tennis 110m Hurdles |
Golf 100m Freestyle |
Football Rhythmic Hoop |
Football 100m Dash |
| Donkey Kong | Bowser | Bowser Jr. | Wario | Waluigi |
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| Boxing Beach Volleyball |
Golf Boxing |
Long Jump Equestrian |
Javelin Throw Archery |
Long Jump BMX |
New[]
| Birdo | Ludwig | Dry Bones | Diddy Kong[note 1] | Dry Bowser[note 1] |
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| Archery | Table Tennis | BMX | 110m Hurdles | Javelin Throw |
| Starter | Mario's Story Day 1 | Sonic's Story Day 5 | ||
| Rosalina[note 1] | Nabbit[note 1] | Wendy[note 1] | Larry[note 1] | Roy[note 1] |
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| Rhythmic Hoop | 100m Dash | 100m Freestyle | Equestrian | Beach Volleyball |
| Mario's Story Day 3 | Sonic's Story Day 1 | Mario's Story Day 6 | Sonic's Story Day 4 | Mario's Story Day 2 |
Other[]
| Character | Event(s) |
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| Mii | All Events |
Additional characters[]
Referees, camera operators and judges[]
Road to Rio characters[]
Audience[]
In-event[]
Football teammates[]
- Birdo (Daisy)
- Chao (Sonic and Sonic-style Mii)
- Egg Pawn (Jet and Shadow)
- Silver Egg Pawn (Player 2's goalie)
- Pom Pom (Player 1's goalie)
- Toad (Mario and Mario-style Mii)
- Yoshi (Yoshi)
Obstacles[]
- Boo (Archery Plus)
- Flapper
- Goomba (BMX Plus)
- Koopa Paratroopa
- Moto Bug (Equestrian Plus)
- Piranha Plant (BMX Plus)
- Thwomp (100m Freestyle Swimming Plus)
Other[]
- Vinicius (cameo)
Events[]
There are a total of 14 Events playable in the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Each Event also has a second mode that contains elements from both Mario and Sonic's worlds, which are referred to as "Plus Events", replacing the Dream Events from previous games. The characters in parentheses are the characters that are playable in each Event (excluding Mario, Sonic and Mii, who are playable in all events).
- Football (Shadow, Yoshi, Jet, Daisy)
- Golf (Vector, Peach, Rouge, Bowser)
- 100m (Shadow, Yoshi, Metal, Nabbit)
- 110m Hurdles (Silver, Luigi, Eggman, Diddy)
- Long Jump (Espio, Waluigi, Eggman Nega, Bowser Jr.)
- Javelin Throw (Knuckles, Wario, Omega, Dry Bowser)
- 100m Freestyle (Tails, Peach, Amy, Wendy)
- Archery (Silver, Wario, Sticks, Birdo)
- Boxing (Knuckles, DK, Zavok, Bowser)
- Table Tennis (Vector, Luigi, Zazz, Ludwig)
- Beach Volleyball (Tails, Donkey Kong, Cream, Roy)
- Show Jumping (Blaze, Bowser Jr., Eggman, Larry)
- BMX (Metal, Waluigi, Wave, Dry Bones)
- Rhythmic Hoop (Amy, Daisy, Blaze, Rosalina)
- Songs:
- "Farandole - Georges Bizet, L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1"
- "Super Mario Bros. Main Theme" (Remix) – Super Mario Bros.
- "Wonder World" (Arrangement) – Sonic Lost World
- Songs:
Road to Rio[]
Thirty Events from the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games reappear in this game as Training Events for Road to Rio mode, albeit with the player's Mii playable instead of the main playable cast:
- 4 x 100m Relay
- 1500m
- 3000m Steeplechase
- Triple Jump
- Hammer Throw
- Shot Put
- Pole Vault
- Trampoline
- Rings
- 100m Breaststroke
- 100m Backstroke
- Platform Diving (Synchronized)
- Water Polo
- Synchronized Swimming (Duet)
- Synchronized Swimming (Team)
- 1000m Kayak (Singles)
- 10 km Marathon Swim
- Canoe Slalom (Pair)
- Sailing - 470 (Pair)
- Rowing - Quadruple Sculls
- Hockey
- Basketball
- Handball
- Badminton (Singles)
- Badminton (Doubles)
- Fencing - Epée
- Taekwondo
- Double Trap
- 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Keirin
Development[]
The game was officially revealed during a Nintendo Direct on 31 May 2015,[3][9] showcasing two new game modes, Golf and Rugby along with twenty new characters, ten from the Mario series, ten from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The game supports amiibo functionality.[10]
Reception[]
| Reception | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | 60%[11] |
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| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | 33/40[12] |
In their first review for the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Famitsu gave a score of 33 out of 40.[12] Following the handheld version release, Metacritic gave the game 60 out of 100 based on thirty critics scoring 3 out of 5 stars.[11] Hobby Consolas, praised the contents of the game and the plenty of characters but criticized the limitation of playable characters for each event. Gameblog expressed disappointment of the gameplay being simplistic for hardcore sports fans and the music being repetitive as well. Other reviewers have pointed out that the game is built upon the previous installments and it was basically tended toward younger audiences than offering different styles, hoping that the Wii U version will be more interesting.[11]
During the first week of sales, the game sold 44,000 copies in Japan, and was one of the best Nintendo sellers in UK on the ninth of July 2016.[13]
Cast[]
Announcers[]
| Role | English voice actor | Japanese voice actor | French voice actor | Italian voice actor | German voice actor | Spanish voice actor | Dutch voice actor |
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| Announcer | Tiago Augusto Souza Barreiro (male) | Olivier Deslandes | Angelo Cola | Steffan Boje | Fabio Tassone | Lars Oostven | |
| Ana Carolina Souza Barreiro (female) | |||||||
Sonic characters[]
Mario characters[]
| Role | Voice actor |
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| Mario | Charles Martinet |
| Luigi | |
| Wario | |
| Waluigi | |
| Princess Peach | Samantha Kelly |
| Toad | |
| Princess Daisy | Deanna Mustard |
| Rosalina | Laura Faye Smith |
| Yoshi | Kazumi Totaka |
| Birdo | |
| Donkey Kong | Takashi Nagasako |
| Diddy Kong | Katsumi Suzuki |
| Bowser | Kenny James |
| Dry Bowser | |
| Bowser Jr. | Caety Sagoian |
| Larry Koopa | Michelle Hippe |
| Wendy O. Koopa | Ashley Flannegan |
| Ludwig von Koopa | David J. Goldfarb |
| Roy Koopa | Dan Falcone |
| Nabbit | Natsuko Yokoyama |
| Dry Bones | Toru Asakawa (uncredited) |
| Boo | Sanae Suzaki (uncredited) |
Trivia[]
- This is the first game in the Mario & Sonic series to have:
- New characters since Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games.
- New female characters.
- Different character rosters between each version, with Omega, Eggman Nega, Cream, Dry Bones, Ludwig, Roy, and Birdo being exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS version, and Toad being exclusive to the Wii U version.
- The handheld version have more playable characters than the console version. The Wii versions of the first three games had more characters due to the presence of the Miis.
- The handheld version of a Mario & Sonic title to be released before the home console version.
- Sonic speaks with text-based dialog as opposed to being mute like Mario.
- This is the first game where:
- Wave the Swallow is playable outside of the Sonic Riders series, as well as the first time that Jet and Wave appear without Storm.
- Vector and Espio are playable while Charmy is not.
- Eggman Nega, Zavok, and Zazz are playable, as opposed to only being boss characters in previous games.
- This also applies to both Pom Pom for the Mario series, though only as a goalie for football.
- Matthew Mercer voices Espio.
- Kotaro Nakamura voices Dr. Eggman in Japanese, following the death of his previous voice actor Chikao Ōtsuka in early 2015. Eggman Nega, however, uses archived voice recordings of Otsuka's portrayal from previous Mario & Sonic games, rather than also recasting him with Nakamura.
- Before being playable in this game, Rouge, Jet, Omega, Eggman Nega, Birdo, Dry Bones and Dry Bowser appeared in the previous installments (except for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games) as rival characters while Cream and Espio appeared as referees.
- However, though he is playable, Espio still referees some Road to Rio events.
- Interestingly, Birdo, Jet, Rouge, Espio, and Cream were supposed to appear as playable characters in the first installment but were cut for unknown reasons.
- This is the first game in the Mario & Sonic series, as well as outside of the Sonic Boom series, that Colleen O'Shaughnessey voices Tails.
- This is the first modern Sonic game where Sticks the Badger appears outside of the Sonic Boom series, though this is her second appearance outside of the series in general after Sonic Runners.
- This is the final game to feature Laura Bailey as the voice of Blaze.
- Rather than Vic Mignogna, who was Omega's voice actor at the time of the game's release, Omega is voiced in this game by Jon St. John, using recycled voice clips from Sonic Heroes.
- Excluding the Super Smash Bros. series, this game and the Wii U version are currently the only Sonic-related games to feature Amiibo support.
- Oddly, most of the non-Japanese voice actors for the Sonic characters are not listed in the credits for unknown reasons. The game only credits voice actors that voice a guest in the Wii U version of the game (as well as Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Tails in the English credits).
Videos[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ マリオ&ソニック AT リオオリンピック™ 紹介映像. YouTube. Nintendo (27 December 2015). Retrieved on 28 December 2015.
- ↑ Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games unveiled for Wii U and 3DS. Sonic Stadium (31 May 2015). Retrieved on 31 May 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nintendo Direct 2015.5.31 プレゼンテーション映像. YouTube (31 May 2015). Retrieved on 31 May 2015.
- ↑ Replay Editor (1 June 2016). Sega Celebrates Sonic's 25th Birthday! - May 2016. Replay Magazine. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved on 17 August 2018. "Mario and Sonic have been responsible for some of the biggest selling video titles of all time, and while they’ve both been seen in a number of coin-op games, they’ve never been seen in the same one until now. This 2016 Rio Olympic Games – Arcade Edition game is the first to be officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee, by the way."
- ↑ Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Nintendo. Retrieved on 17 June 2015.
- ↑ Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Nintendo. Retrieved on 17 June 2015.
- ↑ M&S Rio 2016 Arcade Edition out in Spring 2016 in Japan. Sonic Stadium.
- ↑ Mojica, Nicholas (20 December 2015). Amiibo News: Lucas Pre-Order Up Now At Best Buy, 'Mario And Sonic Rio 2016' Amiibo Details Revealed. Design & Trent. Retrieved on 31 December 2015.
- ↑ Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games announced. Nintendo Everything (31 May 2015). Retrieved on 31 May 2015.
- ↑ Various European Wii U/3DS boxarts. Nintendo Everything (18 June 2015). Retrieved on 22 June 2015.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (3DS). Metacritic.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Romano, Sal (9 February 2016). Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1419. Gematsu. Retrieved on 11 February 2016.
- ↑ Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 3DS sold through 80% of its initial shipment in Japan. Nintendo Everything (27 February 2016). Retrieved on 17 July 2016.
External links[]
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Nintendo (Japanese)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Nintendo (English)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS) at MarioWiki, the Fandom wiki of Mario.
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS) at Super Mario Wiki, the Super Mario wiki.