Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

"It's Nintendos way to get lazy kids fit" is how I described this to my rather unenthused friend the night I brought my Wii over so we could have a drink and a play around. "PAH! Get REAL!" was her response. This, if you cannot tell, is the Wii version of the olympics. The first stroke of genius was combining the two sets of uber famous characters from old and new Sonic and Mario games. You will know most, if not, all of the characters you can use in this game and if you don't, then you can also play with your own "Mii" character (for those unfamilliar with the Wii, a Mii is a little virtual you that you can ...

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is the best Olympic game that is out there is pure fun most of the way. The game features a whole load of events such as athletics, gymnastics, shooting, rowing, archery, aquatics, fencing, and table tennis also included the dream events. The dream events are nothing really to do with the Olympics and are fun. The dream events have stuff like falling from the sky trying to get rings another one is running around a track which is just like Sonic R. The game also has more games it has a mini game section where you can get Olympic trivia and by playing the game and finishing it, it will give you facts on the Olympic games. ...

Nintendo's had a great idea with this one: a game which appeals to fans of Mario, Sonic, sports games, and children who want a brightly coloured game thats a lot of fun. I think you'd have to look far to find someone who couldn't find anything to like in this game. In this game, you get to play a variety of Olympics sports on the wii, either against the computer or with a group of friends, providing you have enough controllers. You can choose between 20 characters, who are all from the Mario games on Nintendo or Sonic's Sega games, for example you can play as Tails, Yoshi, Amy, and even Princess Daisy, who my friends tell me is from the first Mario adventure. ...