Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition

This article is about the arcade game. For the Nintendo 3DS game of the same title, see Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS). For the Wii U game of the same title, see Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U).

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition
For alternate box art, see the related gallery.
Developers	Sega Racjin
Publisher	Sega
Platform	Arcade
Release dates	February 2016[?] June 2016[?]
Languages	English Japanese
Genre	Sports
Mode	Two-four players
Cabinet	Custom design, width 2511 mm, height 2272 mm, depth 1470 mm (two players); custom design with overhead display and camera, width 6700 mm, height 3205 mm, depth 1580 mm (four players)
Arcade system	Sega Nu
Monitor	55'' HD vertical monitor (two players), 55'' HD vertical monitor and overhead display (four players)
Input	Two Joysticks, each with 1 button; footpad; live Player Camera (four players version only)

Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Arcade Edition is a sports title for arcade machines, which is the fifth installment on the Mario & Sonic series, along with the Nintendo 3DS version and 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.

Characters

The game features a total of 20 playable characters, 10 from Team Mario and 10 from Team Sonic. In the Japanese version, 4 characters must be unlocked in order to become playable. The stats range from 0 to 10, with the sum of the stats being equal to 18 for the playable characters and 23 for the guest characters. Even though there are recommended events for each character, every playable character can participate in all the events.

Team Mario

Character	Stats	Type	Recommended Events
Mario	Power   6 Speed   6 Technique   6	Balance	Long Jump 100m
Luigi	Power   5 Speed   6 Technique   7	Balance	Trampoline 110m Hurdles
Peach	Power   3 Speed   6 Technique   9	Technique	Archery Rhythmic Gymnastics
Daisy	Power   4 Speed   8 Technique   6	Speed	Rhythmic Gymnastics 100m Freestyle Swimming
Bowser	Power   10 Speed   4 Technique   4	Power	Javelin Throw Hammer Throw
Wario	Power   8 Speed   4 Technique   6	Power	Archery Hammer Throw
Waluigi	Power   6 Speed   4 Technique   8	Technique	Rhythmic Gymnastics Long Jump
Yoshi	Power   5 Speed   9 Technique   4	Speed	110m Hurdles Trampoline
Donkey Kong	Power   9 Speed   5 Technique   4	Power	Hammer Throw Long Jump
Bowser Jr.	Power   7 Speed   5 Technique   6	Balance	Long Jump Javelin Throw

Team Sonic

Character	Stats	Type	Recommended Events
Sonic	Power   3 Speed   10 Technique   5	Speed	100m 110m Hurdles
Tails	Power   4 Speed   6 Technique   8	Technique	Trampoline Archery
Knuckles	Power   9 Speed   6 Technique   3	Power	Hammer Throw Javelin Throw
Amy	Power   6 Speed   5 Technique   7	Balance	100m Freestyle Swimming Rhythmic Gymnastics
Dr. Eggman	Power   5 Speed   3 Technique   10	Technique	Archery Trampoline
Shadow	Power   6 Speed   9 Technique   3	Speed	Long Jump 100m
Silver	Power   6 Speed   3 Technique   9	Technique	110m Hurdles Trampoline
Metal Sonic	Power   7 Speed   8 Technique   3	Speed	100m Javelin Throw
Blaze	Power   5 Speed   7 Technique   6	Balance	100m Freestyle Swimming Archery
Vector	Power   8 Speed   5 Technique   5	Power	Hammer Throw 100m Freestyle Swimming

Guest characters

These characters are not playable and are challenged in bonus events.

Character	Stats	Type	Recommended Events
Toad, Blue Toad, Green Toad, Yellow Toad	Power   7.5 Speed   5.5 Technique   10	Special	4x100m Relay
Nabbit	N.D.	N.D.	110m Hurdles
Rouge	Power   4.5 Speed   8.5 Technique   10	Special	100m Freestyle Swimming
Omega	Power   10 Speed   3.5 Technique   9.5	Special	100m

Non-playable characters

• Toads
• Shy Guys
• Koopa Troopas
• Chao
• Omochao
• Flickies
• Cuckies
• Peckies
• Pickies
• Lakitu
• Charmy
• Orbot & Cubot

Events

A total of 9 events are playable. The bonus event is playable only when being challenged by a guest character.

Standard Events

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  Hammer Throw

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  100m

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  Javelin Throw

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  100m Freestyle Swimming

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  Archery

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  110m Hurdles

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  Rhythmic Gymnastics

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  Long Jump

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  Trampoline

Bonus Event

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  4x100m Relay

Easy Mode

An Easy Mode can be activated in the character selection screen, allowing the player to play an easier version of the events. The results of the events played in Easy Mode cannot be inserted in the national ranking in the Japanese version of the game.

Ranking

At the end of each event, the player receives a letter-based ranking up to S based on the performance on three aspects of the event, each one individually ranked with zero to three stars. These stars are then added to a star counter in the Japanese version of the game.

Event	Criteria
Hammer Throw	Spin	Throw	Roar
100m	Start	Run	Final Sprint
Javelin Throw	Approach	Angle	Roar
100m Freestyle Swimming	Start	Swim	Turn
Archery	Hit	Time	Combo
110m Hurdles	Start	Run	Jump
Rhythmic Gymnastics	Timing	Intensity	Combo
Long Jump	Run	Jump	2 Turn Jump
Trampoline	Jump	Move Count	Combo
4x100m Relay	Run	Baton	Cheering

Aime cards

The Japanese version of the game uses Aime cards to record progresses in the game and allow the results to be inserted in a national ranking. Both the obtained stars and medals are recorded. There are also Titles that can be won. Furthermore, these cards are needed to unlock specific characters and to participate in the bonus events.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

External links

• Official Japanese site
• Presentation of the International version