Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii): Difference between revisions

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|modes=Single-player, Multiplayer, London Party, Wi-Fi, Bonus Mode, Records.

|platforms=[[Wii]]

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'''''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''''' is a [[Genre#Sports|sports]] title for the [[Wii]] with a [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|version of the game]] released as well. Both games make up the third installment of the [[Mario & Sonic (series)|''Mario & Sonic'' series]]. New sports, such as soccer (association football) and equestrian, along with other athletic events, debut in the Wii version. The game takes place in [[London]], home of the {{wp|2012 Summer Olympics}}.

==Playable characters==

[[File:MASATLOG - Character select.png|thumb|350px|Character select screen]]

The Wii version of the game features 21 total playable characters. These characters are identical to those featured in the Wii version of ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games]]''. There are no new characters in the game.

===Team Mario===

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===Rivals===

*[[Birdo]] - 100m Freestyle, Badminton Doubles (rematch)

*[[Dry Bones]] - Table Tennis: Singles, Dream Hurdles (rematch)

*[[Dry Bowser]] - Dream Long Jump

*[[King Boo]] - Dream Sprint

*[[Eggman Nega]] - Fencing - Epée, Dream Fencing (rematch)

===Referees===

*[[Toad]]

*[[Lakitu]]

*[[Shy Guy]]

===Other===

*[[Cheese (character)|Cheese]]

*[[Dino Piranha]]

*[[Gooper Blooper]]

*[[Omochao]]

==Enemies==

*[[Chain Chomp]]

*[[Cheep Cheep]]

*[[Egg Pawn]]

*[[Fly Guy]]

*[[Goomba]]

==Species==

*[[Chao]]

*[[Dark Chao]]

Mario stats.png|Mario

Luigi stats.png|Luigi

Yoshi stats.png|Yoshi

Wario stats.png|Wario

===Team Sonic===

<gallery widths=160px>

Eggmanstats.png|Dr. Eggman

Metal sonic stats.png|Metal Sonic

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==Events==

===Olympic Events===

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===Dream Events===

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![[File:M&S2012 Dream Long Jump Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Long Jump (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games)|Dream Long Jump]]

|In this event, players bounce on clouds and compete to see who can travel the furthest.

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![[File:DreamRafting.png|162px]]

![[File:M&S2012 Dream Rafting Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Rafting]]

|In this event, teams of 4 work together to compete for points in a variety of missions.

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![[File:MASATLOG Dreamdiscus.png|162px]]

![[File:M&S2012 Dream Discus Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Discus]]

|In this event, players ride a discus to collect rings to score the most points.

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![[File:MASATLOG Dream Uneven Bars.png|162px]]

![[File:M&S2012 Dream Uneven Bars Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Uneven Bars]]

|In this event, players compete for points by swinging and moving from a bar to bar.

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![[File:DreamHurdle.png|162px]]

![[File:M&S2012 Dream Hurdles Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Hurdles]]

|In this event, players run on a revolving stage to jump over hurdles and rivals for points.

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![[File:Dreamequestrian.png|162px]]

![[File:M&S2012 Dream Equestrian Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Equestrian]]

|In this event, teams race wagons to avoid dropping eggs and compete to reach the goal in the fastest time.

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![[File:MASATLOG Dream Trampoline.PNG|162px]]

![[File:M&S2012 Dream Trampoline Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Trampoline]]

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![[File:MASATLOG DreamSpaceWalk.png|162px]]

![[File:M&S2012 Dream Spacewalk Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Spacewalk]]

|In this event, four players cooperate to subdue Dino Piranha faster than the rival team.

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![[File:DreamFencing2012.png|162px]]

![[File:M&S2012 Dream Fencing Icon.png]]<br>[[Dream Fencing (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games)|Dream Fencing]]

|In this event, 4 characters face each other on a stage to try to be the last one standing.

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==Items==

Some Items are used in Dream Events and London Party.

===Mario items===

*[[Green Shell]]

==Collections==

Buying goodies returns in the game.

===Costumes===

Costumes make a reappearance in this game. Some of them return from the [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games|past installment]]. Additionally, there are costumes of the playable characters.

====''Super Mario'' franchise====

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|'''[[Larry Koopa]]'''||[[File:MiiBDLarry.png|120x120px]]||Answer 10 questions correctly in the London Party Quiz.

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|'''[[Roy Koopa]]'''||[[File:MiiBERoy.png|120x120px]]||Answer 50 questions correctly in the London Party Quiz.

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|'''[[Lemmy Koopa]]'''||[[File:MiiBFLemmy.png|120x120px]]||Answer 100 questions correctly in the London Party Quiz.

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====Sonic series====

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|'''[[sonicretro:Emerl|Emerl]]'''||[[File:MiiBWEmerl.png|120x120px]]||Win through a Scratch Card or Pay 10 blank cards.

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====Other====

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===Music===

Most music is taken from the past installments. All rival music except for [[Dino Piranha]], [[Birdo]], [[Rouge]], and [[Gooper Blooper]], for Dino Piranha and Gooper Blooper have their music boss theme from their past games. Birdo's and Rouge's are original.  

====''Super Mario'' franchise====

=====Returning music=====

==Stickers==

Stickers are the main point in London Party Mode. The first one to get either 16 (about 30 minutes), 32 (about 60 minutes) or 48 (about 90 minutes) stickers win. Players can collect stickers either by winning bonus games and events from characters or rivals, or by obtaining them from bonus balloons.

Stickers obtained by defeating rivals are larger than normal stickers, and can take up four spaces instead of one.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Rival Rouge.png]]

|''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006)

|Rival Showdown: Rouge!<br>Beat Rouge in [[110m Hurdles (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for Wii)|110m Hurdles]].

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Rival Jet.png]]

|''Sonic Riders''

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Rival King Boo.png]]

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Rival Omega.png]]

|''Sonic Heroes''

|Rival Showdown: Omega!<br>Beat Omega in [[100m (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for Wii)|100m]].

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Rematch Omega.png]]

|''Sonic Heroes''

|Rematch: Omega!<br>Beat Omega in a rematch in [[4x100m Relay (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for Wii)|4x100m Relay]].

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Sonic.png]]

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|Get That Crown!<br>Win at the [[Get That Crown!]] mission, when given by Sonic.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Tails.png]]

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|Hyde Park Coin Collectors!<br>Win at the [[Hyde Park Coin Collectors!]] mission, when given by Tails.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Peach.png]]

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|Hyde Park Coin Collectors!<br>Win at the Hyde Park Coin Collectors! mission, when given by Peach.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Amy.png]]

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|Go Away, Boo!<br>Win at the Go Away, Boo! mission, when given by Amy.

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|[[Bowser]]

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|Hyde Park Coin Collectors!<br>Win at the Hyde Park Coin Collectors! mission, when given by Eggman.

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|[[Yoshi]]

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Knuckles.png]]

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|2-on-2 Tablet Tussle!<br>Win at the 2-on-2 Tablet Tussle! mission, when given by Knuckles.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Shadow.png]]

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|Get That Crown!<br>Win at the Get That Crown! mission, when given by Shadow.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Silver.png]]

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|Hyde Park Coin Collectors!<br>Win at the Hyde Park Coin Collectors! mission, when given by Silver.

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|Get That Crown!<br>Win at the Get That Crown! mission, when given by Daisy.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Blaze.png]]

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|Go Away, Boo!<br>Win at the Go Away, Boo! mission, when given by Blaze.

|Get That Crown!<br>Win at the Get That Crown! mission, when given by Metal Sonic.

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|[[Donkey Kong]]

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|2-on-2 Tablet Tussle!<br>Win at the 2-on-2 Tablet Tussle! mission, when given by Donkey Kong.

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|2-on-2 Tablet Tussle!<br>Win at the 2-on-2 Tablet Tussle! mission, when given by Vector.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Espio.png]]

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|Vacant Lot Espio Search!<br>Win at the [[Vacant Lot Espio Search!]] mission.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Charmy.png]]

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|Highway Ring Collectors!<br>Win at the [[Highway Ring Collectors!]] mission.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Icons 2.png]]

|''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''

|Heroine Quiz!<br>Win at the [[Heroine Quiz!]] mission.

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Cage.png]]

|''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''

|Orbot & Cubot Tag!<br>Win at the [[Orbot & Cubot Tag!]] mission.

|A volleyball

|''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''

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|[[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi Eggs]]

|''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''

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|style="text-align:center;"|[[File:MSL2012 Sticker Flippers.png]]

*'''Bonus Stickers!:''' An extra Chao sticker will be awarded to the player. Later on, two stickers may be granted instead.

*'''? Change!:''' A Dark Chao will either add an extra question mark on the sheet, or take one away.

*'''Sticker Lost! (Chain Chomp):''' A [[Chain Chomp]] will attack a random opponent's board, making them lose one sticker. In later rounds, the Chain Chomp's effect will have a greater area, taking away four of an opponent's stickers instead of one.

*'''Sticker Lost (Kamek):''' [[Kamek]] will appear and use his magic to take away either one or two rows of the player's stickers.

==Reception==

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|Release

|Johnny Minkley, [https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-21-mario-and-sonic-at-the-london-olympic-games-review Eurogamer]

|6/10

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|Wii

|James Newton, [http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2011/12/mario_and_sonic_at_the_london_2012_olympic_games_wii Nintendo Life]

|5/10

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==References to other games==

*[[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] - Moo Moo Meadows from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' appears as the stage for Dream Equestrian. The countdown sound effect at the start of a race is also used in London Party, and if there are three seconds left until the end of the Dream Events. Also in Dream Fencing, players can come back as a bomb balloon similar to a [[Mini Bomb Kart]] in ''[[Mario Kart 64]]''.

*[[Paper Mario (series)|''Paper Mario'' series]] - The [[Heart Point|HP]] replenish sound is used for a Skill character's special move in Badminton and Beach Volleyball.

*''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'' - Gooper Blooper is the last obstacle for Dream Rafting. A remix of the boss music is also played here.

*''[[Super Princess Peach]]'' - One of the questions in the [[Heroines Quiz!]] asks whether Peach ever saved Mario and Toad, with Omochao later explaining that she did so with the help of a "[[Perry|magic parasol]]".

**This is also the first ''Mario & Sonic'' game to feature Bowser's current voice, provided by [[Kenneth W. James]].

*This title's Wii box art uses a different color scheme than the traditional white coloring, using a yellow coloring instead.

==References==

*[[Sonicretro:Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games|Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Sonic Retro]]

*[https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/rfIIn_jJj3SIG3-8frEq2N_dfdZg7Wau Officia North American Website]

*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii/Mario-Sonic-at-the-London-2012-Olympic-Games--281903.html Official European Website]

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