Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)

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Template:Justreleased Template:Infobox Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is an upcoming sports title for the Nintendo 3DS, which is the fifth installment on the Mario & Sonic series, along with the 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. This game will also have amiibo compatibility.

Characters

All playable characters from previous games in the series have been confirmed to return, in addition to 20 new playable characters (10 new Mario characters and 10 new Sonic characters) announced so far, for a current total of 41 playable characters. Similarly to the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, characters are only playable in certain events, with the exceptions of Mario, Sonic, and Mii characters (who are playable in all events). All the other returning characters are exclusive to two events each, while the new characters are only available for one.[1] Also, this is the first game in the series to feature unlockable playable characters (indicated by an *)[2].

Team Mario

Mario[3] Luigi[3] Peach[3] Daisy[3] Birdo[4] (New)
Artwork of Mario kicking a soccer ball Luigi Princess Peach Princess Daisy File:Birdo MP9.png
Available in all events.[1] Exclusive to Table Tennis and 110m Hurdles.[1] Exclusive to Golf and 100m Freestyle.[1] Exclusive to Football and Rhythmic Gymnastics: Hoop.[1] Exclusive to Archery.[1]
Donkey Kong[3] Bowser[3] Bowser Jr.[3] Waluigi[5] Wario[5]
Artwork of Donkey Kong for Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Artwork of Bowser in Fortune Street (also used in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games) Bowser Jr. Artwork of Waluigi for Mario Party DS (reused for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games) Artwork of Wario for Mario Party DS (reused for Mario Party: Island Tour and Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games)
Exclusive to Boxing and Beach Volleyball.[1] Exclusive to Golf and Boxing.[1] Exclusive to Long Jump and Equestrian.[1] Exclusive to Long Jump and BMX.[1] Exclusive to Javelin Throw and Archery.[1]
Yoshi[3] Ludwig[5] (New) Dry Bones[5] (New) Diddy Kong*[3] (New) Dry Bowser*[4] (New)
Yoshi File:Ludwig NSMBWii.png Artwork of Dry Bones in Mario Party 7 (also used in Mario Party DS, Mario Kart Wii and Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games) Artwork of Diddy Kong tipping his hat (also used in Super Mario Party) File:Dry Bowser MSOWG.jpg
Exclusive to Football and 100m Dash.[1] Exclusive to Table Tennis.[1] Exclusive to BMX.[1] Exclusive to 110m Hurdles.[1] Exclusive to Javelin Throw.[1]
Rosalina*[5] (New) Nabbit*[3] (New) Wendy*[5] (New) Larry*[4] (New) Roy*[4] (New)
File:Rosalina Rio2016.png Artwork of Nabbit for New Super Mario Bros. U (reused for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Mario Kart Tour) File:Wendy NSMBWii.png File:NSMBU LarryKoopa.png File:Roy 1.jpg
Exclusive to Rhythmic Gymnastics: Hoop.[1] Exclusive to 100m Dash.[1] Exclusive to 100m Freestyle.[1] Exclusive to Equestrian.[1] Exclusive to Beach Volleyball.[1]

Team Sonic

Sonic[3] Tails[3] Amy[5] Knuckles[3] Dr. Eggman[3]
Sonic the Hedgehog File:Tails Rio2016.png.png Artwork of Amy Rose for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Knuckles' artwork, from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Dr. Eggman's Artwork from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Available in all events.[1] Exclusive to 100m Freestyle and Beach Volleyball.[1] Exclusive to 100m Freestyle and Rhythmic Gymnastics: Hoop.[1] Exclusive to Javelin Throw and Boxing.[1] Exclusive to 110m Hurdles and Equestrian.[1]
Shadow[3] Silver[3] Blaze[6] Metal Sonic[5] Vector[4]
Shadow Rio2016.png Silver's artwork, from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. File:Blaze Rio2016.png File:Metal Sonic Rio2016.jpg Vector Rio2016.png
Exclusive to Football and 100m Dash.[1] Exclusive to 110m Hurdles and Archery.[1] Exclusive to Equestrian and Rhythmic Gymnastics: Hoop.[1] Exclusive to 100m Dash and BMX.[1] Exclusive to Golf and Table Tennis.[1]
Espio[4] (New) Cream[4] (New) Omega[4] (New) Eggman Nega*[4] (New) Sticks*[7] (New)
Espio's artwork, from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Cream's artwork, from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Artwork of E-123 Omega for Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games File:Eggman Nega Rio2016.png Sticks the Badger' artwork from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Exclusive to Long Jump.[1] Exclusive to Beach Volleyball.[1] Exclusive to Javelin Throw.[1] Exclusive to Long Jump.[1] Exclusive to Archery.[1]
Jet*[3] (New) Wave*[5] (New) Zazz*[4] (New) Zavok*[4] (New) Rouge[3] (New)
Jet Rio2016.png Wave's artwork, from Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. File:Zazz Rio2016.png Zavok Rio2016.png Rouge Rio2016.png
Exclusive to Football.[1] Exclusive to BMX.[1] Exclusive to Table Tennis.[1] Exclusive to Boxing[1] Exclusive to Golf.[1]

Other

Supporting characters

Non-playable characters

Events

A total of 14 events have been announced so far, each with 2 variants; a "Normal" version in which the events behave similarly to their real-life counterparts, and a "Dream" version where Mario and Sonic elements are incorporated into the event.

amiibo

The game is also set to have amiibo functionality, but only with the Mario and Sonic amiibo. Using them will turn the Mario costume into the Gold Mario costume and the Sonic costume into the Super Sonic costume respectively.

Adventure Mode

The game is also set to have a Adventure mode similar to Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS) and Mario Golf: World Tour with the Mii challenging different characters to events. After playing a certain amount of rounds, the player will challenge a tower stage and then progress onto a new area. The mode will be divided into two sections: Mario adventure and Sonic adventure with a special ending for completing both.

Challenge Mode

The game will also have a challenge mode similar to Super Smash Bros for 3DS.[2]

Gallery

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Trivia

  • This is the first game in the Mario & Sonic series to feature the playable debut of characters, specifically Eggman Nega, Zazz, Zavok and Pom Pom, the latter being a playable but not selectable supporting character.
  • This is the first handheld Mario & Sonic game where Sonic has dialogue.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Koczwara, Michael (December 28, 2015). Tons of New Playable Characters in Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Olympic Games. Mario Party Legacy. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  2. ^ a b NintenDaan (February 17, 2016). [Mario & Sonic Rio 2016] 3DS First Look. Youtube. Retrieved February 18, 2016. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Gameplay of Japanese version" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t SonicWindBlue (May 31, 2015.). Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games [Wii U /3DS] - Nintendo Direct Announcement Trailer. YouTube. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Nintendo of Japan (December 28, 2015). マリオ&ソニック AT リオオリンピック™ 紹介映像. YouTube. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Nintendo of Japan (November 12, 2015). マリオ&ソニック AT リオオリンピック™ トレーラー. Youtube. retrieved November 13, 2015.
  6. ^ a b NintenDaan (November 12, 2015). [Nintendo Direct JP] Mario & Sonic Rio 2016 3DS presentation. Youtube. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Nintendo (June 16, 2015). Nintendo - MARIO & SONIC AT THE RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES E3 2015 Trailer. Youtube. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c Nintendo of Japan (December 20,2015). 【マリオ&ソニック AT リオオリンピック】オリンピック競技:サッカー. Youtube. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  9. ^ a b Cyberman65 (February 19, 2016). Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games 3DS - All SP Skills / Specials. Youtube. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  10. ^ Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. e3.nintendo.com. Retrieved June 17, 2015.

External links

Official Japanese website

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