Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

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Template:Tense Template:Infobox Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 is an upcoming sports game and the sixth installment in the Mario & Sonic series. It is based on the real-world 2020 Summer Olympics, which will take place in Tokyo, Japan. This is the first installment to skip an Olympic Games, as Ubisoft bought the rights to make 2018 Winter Olympics video games. It is set to release for the Nintendo Switch on November 5, 2019 in North America, and November 8, 2019 in Europe and Australia. An arcade version is also set to release in 2020. Unlike previous games, most characters seem to wear appropriate sports clothing depending on the event; additionally, the game's title places the location and year after "Olympic Games" rather than before. 2D Events are introduced, which are events from the 1964 Summer Olympics, only use button controls, and are based off older sports games. They are in 8-bit (Mario) and 16-bit (Sonic) styles. The game will include a story mode, which will take place in 2D.

Confirmed characters

Advantages

Excluding the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, this is the first Mario & Sonic game not to feature unique character stats. However, each character has specific advantages that correlate to their character type (All-Around, Power, Speed, Skill) from the first four games. Note: All-Around characters are listed as "All-Around" in all events.

Event-specific advantages
Event(s)	Power	Speed	Technique
110m Hurdles	Good at Super Moves	Runs Fast	Super Starts are Fast
Skateboarding	Jumps are High	Fast at Moving	Turns are Tight
Karate	Good at Charging	Fast at Moving	Good at Defense
Surfing	Boost Time is Long	Good Acceleration on Landing	Good at Tube Riding
Archery	Controls with Precision	Good at Bow Drawing	Good at Aiming
Sport Climbing	Long Grip Gauge	Good at Power Climbs	Fast Grip Gauge Recover
Canoe	Good on the Last Leg	Good at Paddling	Super Starts are Fast
Dream Race	Jumps are High	Good at Grinds	Turns are Tight

Playable

Team Mario

Character	Name	Type	Description	Wears unique clothing between events	Playable in 2D events
	Mario	All-Around	A cheerful plumber and everyone's favorite superstar. He stands up to Bowser with his jumping skills and all-around athletic ability.
	Luigi	All-Around	Mario's younger twin brother. He's a little timid (especially around ghosts), but is kind and just as capable as his brother.
	Peach	Technique	Princess of the Mushroom Kingdom. She has a close bond with Mario and is unfailingly kind. She loves baking and cooking.
	Daisy	Speed	The Princess of Sarasaland. She is cheerful, active, and always full of energy.
	Bowser	Power	The Koopa King's strength, fire breath, and large army of Goombas, Koopa Troopas, and more make him a constant threat to world peace.
	Wario	Power	Never a dull moment with Wario, a loud, brash fellow who says he's Mario's greatest rival. He loves garlic and money.
	Waluigi	Technique	Wario's pal who thinks he's Luigi's rival. His gangly arms and legs make him a fierce competitor in all manner of sports.
	Yoshi	Speed	Mario's kind, chill ally from Yoshi's Island. His long tongue lets him gobble up fruit and foe alike and turn them into eggs.
	Donkey Kong	Power	King of the jungle and superstar of the Kong Family. He's so strong, it isn't funny. He'd do anything for a banana or ten.
	Bowser Jr.	All-Around	The Koopa King's little boy. He might be small, but he's got all of Papa's strength and selfishness. Wears a mask with a big mouth on it.

Guest characters

Compared to the previous installment, Dry Bones, Dry Bowser, Birdo, Roy, Nabbit, and Toad were all cut, with the latter appearing as a non-playable character instead, similar to the first four games. Possibly as a result of this, Toadette appears as a newcomer as a replacement for Toad.

Character	Name	Type	Description	Exclusive to...	Wears unique clothing in event
	Rosalina	Technique		Surfing
	Diddy Kong	Technique		Rugby Sevens
	Larry	Technique		Equestrian
	Ludwig	Technique		Fencing
	Toadette (New)	Speed		110m Hurdles
	Wendy	Technique		100m Freestyle

Supporting

Character	Name	Role(s)
	Boom Booms	Rugby Sevens teammates
	Birdos	Football goalie
	Toads	2D Volleyball teammates (Mario, Luigi, and Peach)
	Hammer Bros.	2D Volleyball teammates (Bowser)

Team Sonic

Character	Name	Type	Description	Wears unique clothing between events	Playable in 2D events
	Sonic	Speed	The world's fastest hedgehog. He can be impulsive and impatient, but he is driven by kindness and a strong sense of justice.
	Tails	Technique	A kind, twin-tailed fox kit. He can spin his tails to fly through the air, and his engineering talent helps Sonic on his adventures.
	Knuckles	Power	A powerful echidna who lives on Angel Island as the lone guardian of the Master Emerald.
	Amy	All-Around	A hedgehog who is a real go-getter and lights up the room when she's around. She's quite strong-minded, and won't hesitate at taking on evil with her trusty hammer.
	Dr. Eggman	Technique	A self-proclaimed evil scientist and mechanical genius with an IQ of 300. He never gives up on his plans to take over the world.
	Shadow	Speed	A black hedgehog known as the ultimate life form. Created with an immortal body, he wields Chaos Emeralds to warp space and time.
	Silver	Technique	A hedgehog from a devastated future. He is always positive and has a strong sense of justice. His powerful psychokinesis can move big objects as well as allow him to levitate.
	Metal Sonic	Speed	A high-performance robot built by Dr. Eggman to mimic Sonic. He has Sonic's speed and power, and serves as Eggman's obedient henchman.
	Blaze	All-Around	A princess from another world who uses the Sol Emeralds she protects. Cool-headed and hard on herself, she's still a little shy.
	Vector	Power	The head of the Chaotix Detective Agency. He has a sharp mind and a sharp tongue, but is also an optimist with a compassionate heart.

Guest characters

Compared to the previous installment, Omega, Sticks, Wave, and Cream were cut.

Character	Name	Type	Description	Exclusive to...	Wears unique clothing in event
	Eggman Nega	Technique		Karate
	Rouge	Technique		Sport Climbing
	Zavok	Power		Boxing
	Zazz	Speed		Table Tennis
	Jet	Speed		Football
	Espio	Technique		Triple Jump

Supporting

Character	Name	Role(s)
	Egg Pawns	Rugby Sevens teammates
		Football goalie
	Pockies	2D Volleyball teammates (Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles)
	Eggrobos	2D Volleyball teammates (Dr. Eggman)

Non-playable

Referees

• Charmy Bee
• Cubot
• Lakitu
• Orbot

Cameramen

• Toads
• Chao (2020 only)

Other

• Chao
• Cheese
• Cream
• Flickies
• Goombas
• Hammer Bros
• Koopa Troopas
• Peckies
• Shy Guys

Confirmed events

During Olympic Events, specific characters wear proper outfits for the event. During Dream Events, they wear their standard outfits, similar to previous games.

Tokyo 2020

• 100m Dash
• 110m Hurdles
• 4x100m Relay
• Javelin Throw
• Triple Jump
• Discus Throw
• Badminton (Singles or Doubles)
• Skateboarding - Park (new)
• Sport Climbing (new)
• Football
• 100m Freestyle
• Equestrian - Jumping (Individual or Team)
• Fencing (Individual or Team)
• Canoe Double (C-2) 1000m
• Karate - Kumite (new)
• Boxing
• Surfing - Shortboard (new)
• Gymnastics - Floor Exercise
• Rugby Sevens
• Table Tennis (Singles or Doubles)
• Archery (Individual or Team)
• Dream Events
  • Dream Racing (Metropolis, Sonic Forces)
  • Dream Shooting
  • Dream Karate (Mushroom Kingdom, Super Mario Odyssey)

Tokyo 1964

• 2D Events
  • 100M
  • 400M Hurdles
  • Long Jump
  • Marathon
  • 10M Platform
  • Vault
  • Canoe
  • Judo
  • Volleyball
  • Shooting

Minigames

There are 10 minigames that are playable in Story Mode. There are five 2020 minigames, where the player plays as Luigi and Tails, and five 2D minigames where the player plays as Mario and Sonic.

2020

• Tokyo Tower Climbing: A minigame where Tails climbs Tokyo Tower.
• A minigame where Luigi has to find four specific Toads in a large crowd.
• A minigame where Tails has to fight a wave of Shy Guys.
• A Boss Battle-style minigame against Metal Sonic where Luigi has to steal a Rugby ball from an Egg Pawn, perform a Try in the center of the stage, and kick the ball with enough power to damage Metal Sonic within the time limit.
• An Archery style minigame where Tails has to shoot Egg Pawns and avoid the spiked balls they throw.

1964

• A Boss Battle-style minigame where Mario drives the Tornado and shoots enemies and has to shoot Dr. Eggman.
• A Boss Battle-style minigame where Sonic is running on a road and must catch up to Dr. Eggman's car and attack it enough times before the time limit runs out.
• A minigame where Sonic runs along a bridge while avoiding obstacles to catch up to a train the Dr. Eggman is sitting in.
• A minigame where Mario has to find Keys.
• A minigame where Mario races Bowser on a boat.

Pre-release and unused content

In the E3 2019 demo, characters did not vocalize during their award ceremony animations. This was changed in the Gamescom demo, making it more consistent with previous installments.

References to other games

• Super Mario Bros: The Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Bowser, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Hammer Bro, Lakitu, and Toad sprites in the 2D Events are from this game, with several differently colored Toad sprites being based off the red sprite.
• Mario Kart series: During Sport Climbing, when a player falls off the wall, Lakitu picks them up with a fishing rod and places them back on the wall, referencing one of his roles in these games.
• Donkey Kong 64: Donkey Kong's bio references a line from the DK Rap.
• Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games: The music that plays when setting a new record is the victory theme from this game.
• Fortune Street: Bowser Jr.'s artwork is recycled from this game.
• Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games: The character select screen animations are reused from this game.
• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Several of the head icons are reused from this game. Donkey Kong’s artwork is also reused from this game.
• Super Mario Maker: The Key in one of the 2D minigames uses its design from the Super Mario Bros. style in this game.
• Super Mario Odyssey: The Mushroom Kingdom serves as the arena for Dream Karate, using its design from this game. The Odyssey can also be seen in the background.

Gallery

For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

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  Cream the Rabbit

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  Cheese

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	マリオ&ソニック AT 東京2020オリンピック[?] Mario ando Sonikku atto Tōkyō 2020 Orinpikku	Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Chinese	瑪利歐&索尼克 AT 2020東京奧運 (Traditional) 马力欧&索尼克 AT 2020东京奥运 (Simplified) Mǎlì'ōu & Suǒníkè AT 2020 Dōngjīng Àoyùn	Mario & Sonic at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Dutch	Mario & Sonic op de Olympische Spelen: Tokio 2020[?]	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020
German	Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Spielen: Tokyo 2020[?]	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020
Italian	Mario & Sonic ai Giochi Olimpici di Tokyo 2020[?]	Mario & Sonic at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
Korean	마리오와소닉 AT 2020도쿄올림픽[?] Malio wa Sonig AT 2020 Dokyo Ollimpig	Mario and Sonic at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Russian	Марио и Соник на Олимпийских играх 2020 в Токио[?] Mario i Sonik na Olimpiyskikh igrakh 2020 v Tokio	Mario and Sonic at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
Spanish	Mario & Sonic en los Juegos Olímpicos: Tokio 2020[?]	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020

Trivia

• This is the first Mario & Sonic game since Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games not to feature special animations for certain pairs of characters.
• This is the first home console Mario & Sonic game not to feature Miis as playable characters, as well as the first game to feature fewer playable characters than the previous installment (counting both versions of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as a single installment).

External links

• Official website (via olympicvideogames.com)