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'''''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games''''' is a [[Genre#Sports|sports]] title for the [[Nintendo 3DS]], which is the fifth installment on the ''[[Mario & Sonic (series)|Mario & Sonic]]'' series, along with the [[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)|Wii U version]]. Like the other games, it takes place in the host city of the Olympics of the corresponding year, being [[Rio de Janeiro]]. It also features [[amiibo]] compatibility. This is the first game in the series where the handheld version was released before the home console version.

==Characters==

===Playable===

The Road to Rio mode features almost all the playable characters, with the exception of Ludwig and Dry Bones, and some unlockable characters, namely Jet, Diddy, Rosalina, and Roy, have additional roles besides that of being challenged to be unlocked.

====Team Mario====

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|Mario's Story Day 2 (unlock challenge)

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====Team Sonic====

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====Other====

!width=100%|[[Mii]]

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|Available in all events.

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|Complete Day 1 of Road to Rio (either story)

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*[[Piranha Plant]]s

*[[Goomba Tower]]s

*[[Charmy|Charmy Bee]]

Local Play and Download Play are both offered for 2 to 4 players.

===Ways to connect===

Like ''[[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games]]'', there are two ways to connect to Versus Mode.

===Modes of play===

There are two methods of play to Versus Mode.

====Single Match====

Like Rio 2016 Quick Play, but with 2 to 4 players. Players select an Olympic or Plus event and play a Single Match.

Every event has seven playable characters, three of which are always Mario, Sonic, and Miis, and one of which has to be unlocked, marked by an asterisk (*).

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===Training events===

In the Road to Rio mode, the player can train by playing thirty events from the 3DS version of [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games'']]<ref>GreenKokiri54 (February 21, 2016). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJktzeWUEwc Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games - All Story Mode Events (3DS)]. ''Youtube''. Retrieved February 25, 2016.</ref>. These events are:

*[[Badminton (Singles)]]

*[[Badminton (Doubles)]]

==Road to Rio==

The game features a Road to Rio mode that is similar to the Adventure Tours in the DS version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]'' and the Castle Club in ''[[Mario Golf: World Tour]]'' and is divided in two stories, Mario's Story and Sonic's Story, with the Mii joining either Mario's Gym or Sonic's Gym and participating each of the 7 days to the preliminaries and the finals of a main event, the latter of which are against a trainer of the opposing gym. The player can freely explore the areas, where the venue of the main event or the bus stop to reach the area where the main event is held, Training Gyms, shops, non playable characters, unlockable characters, treasure chests and ? crates can be found. Training Gyms are used to train for the main events, by playing an event from the 3DS version of [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games'']]. After training, the players gains Apples and Training Points. The former are used to buy outfits at the Light-Blue Yoshi Outfit Shop that increase the Mii's stats, the latter are used to [[level up]] and gain stars that are needed to wear outfits. Treasure chests contain costumes or musical instruments, while ? crates contain melons that can be used to buy gear at the Yellow Yoshi Gear Shop that slightly alter the gameplay of the main events. Both of them can be hidden and appear only when the player is nearby. The unlockable characters can be unlocked by beating them at a Plus version of the main event after the preliminaries of said event have been passed. Finally, there is an optional subplot involving the contrast between Mario's gym and Sonic's gym and the disappearance of Mario, Sonic, and the medals from the Hall of Medals, that the player can follow to reach the true ending of each story, where it's revealed that Bowser and Dr. Eggman hypnotized two boys in Mario and Sonic costumes to steal the medals and spread rumors that one of the two gyms did it. Mario and Sonic go into hiding to foil the villains' plans, and together with the player, they defeat the two and reclaim the medals. Afterwards, the ''Super Mario'' and ''Sonic'' characters and Miis participate in the {{wp|Rio Carnival}}.

===Mario's Gym===

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|rowspan=3|Day 1

|rowspan=3|110m Hurdles

|Copacabana

|Pole Vault

|rowspan=4|Day 2

|rowspan=4|Beach Volleyball<br>'''(Teammate: Donkey Kong)'''

|rowspan=4|Copacabana

|Trampoline

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|Shot Put

|rowspan=3|Day 3

|rowspan=3|Rhythmic Gymnastics

|rowspan=3|Barra

|100m Breaststroke

|rowspan=8|Day 4

|rowspan=8|Long Jump

|rowspan=4|Copacabana

|Platform Diving (Synchronized)

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|Rings

|rowspan=4|Deodoro

|100m Backstroke

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|4x100m Relay

|rowspan=4|Day 6

|rowspan=4|100m Freestyle Swimming

|rowspan=4|Barra

|Synchronized Swimming (Team)

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|Canoe Slalom (Doubles)

|rowspan=4|Copacabana

|Rowing - Quadruple Sculls

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|Synchronized Swimming (Duet)

|rowspan=4|Maracanã

|Badminton (Doubles)

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|Water Polo

|rowspan=4|Deodoro

|Sailing - 470 (Pair)

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|Fencing - Epée

|rowspan=4|Day 6

|rowspan=4|Boxing

|rowspan=4|Barra

|100m Breaststroke

|rowspan=8|Day 7

|rowspan=8|Football

|rowspan=4|Copacabana

|Handball

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|10km Marathon Swim

==Reception==

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|align="left"|"''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympics for the 3DS is not exactly a bad game - especially if you liked previous entries in the franchise - but it could be so much more. This is the fifth iteration of the series and by this stage the team should have nailed down what makes a game click and what doesn't. Sadly this effort just doesn't come together in the way it should do, and feels just like another sloppy effort to cash-in on a lucrative license. Bring out the pewter medals for this one.''"

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*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/bgxj/index.html Official Japanese website]

*[http://www.olympicvideogames.com/en_US/index.html Official International Website]

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