Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (also known as Mario and Sonic 3) is a sports game for the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U featuring characters from the Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog series to tie-in in with the real Olympic Games in London in 2012.

It is a sequel to "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games" and "Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games", both released for the Wii and Nintendo DS. The game was released February 9, 2012 in Australia, February 10 in Europe, February 14 in North America, and March 1 in Japan. ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Gameplay[]

The game features more than 55 original Olympic sports, playable in both single player and multiplayer modes. ^[5] ^[6]

Sports[]

Athletics[]

20km Race Walk
3000m Steeplechase
Marathon
Triple Jump
Hammer Throw
Shot Put
110m Hurdles
1500m Race
4 x 100m Relay
Long Jump
Pole Vault
Javelin

Aquatic

100m Freestyle
10km Marathon Swim
Water Polo
Synchronised Swimming (duet)
100m Backstroke
Synchronised Platform Diving
100m Breaststroke

Court & Field

Beach Volleyball
Tennis
Badminton (singles/doubles)
Table Tennis
Basketball

Contact Sports

Judo
Taekwondo
Wrestling
Boxing
Fencing

Gymnastics

Balance Beam
Horizontal Bar
Floor
Rhythmic Ribbons
Rings
Trampoline

Cycling

BMX
Omnium
Sprint
Keirin

Boat Games

1000m Kayak
Canoe Slalom
Rowing (quadruple sculls)
Sailing 470 (pair)

Shooting

Double Trap
Archery
25 Rapid Fire Pistol
Team Archery

Multiple Sports

Triathlon
Modern Pentathlon

Others

Soccer
Hockey
Show Jumping
Handball
Weightlifting

Story Mode

Characters[]

Heroes[]

Mario
Luigi
Sonic
Tails

Girls[]

Peach
Daisy
Amy
Blaze

Wild Ones[]

Bowser
Donkey Kong
Knuckles
Vector

Tricksters[]

Wario
Waluigi
Dr. Eggman
Metal Sonic

Challengers[]

Yoshi
Bowser Jr.
Shadow
Silver

Rivals[]

Dry Bones (Sailing 470 (pair))
Dry Bowser (Sailing 470 (pair))
King Boo (Badminton doubles)
Boo (Badminton doubles)
Magikoopa (BMX)
Eggman Nega (4x100m Relay)
E-123 Omega (Wrestling)
Jet the Hawk (3000m Steeplechase)
Rouge the Bat (100m Backstroke)

Reception[]

The game has received average critical response. Official Nintendo Magazine gave it a 78, calling it "A better attempt at capturing Olympic spirit than the Wii version, but still not meaty enough." ^[7] Nintendo Gamer gave it a 70, reason being "Most events are just too simplified to make this truly essential."

Nintendo Power also gave it the same score, saying "Some activities aren't worthy of gold medals, but the addictive fun of the best ones proves that Mario and Sonic's latest competition is still a victory." IGN gave it a 65, stating "While it has some great mini-games, it forcefully limits itself and discards many of the ideas that made its predecessors so good." ^[8]

Nintendo Life gave it a 60, saying "While Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is technically no worse than its forebears, its events are too much of a mixture when it comes to quality and after four years the blemishes and inconsistencies are beginning to wear thin." ^[9]

Nintendo World Report gave it a 55, stating "Even the best games in this package are fun no more than five times, and anything below that was lucky to be played more than twice. If there was more content, and Sega put more focus into making more of the games fun rather than making more games, I might have viewed the experience more fondly." ^[10]