Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)

:This article is about the console release. For the handheld release, see Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS).
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is the Wii home console release of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games, released in 2009 on the same day as the Nintendo DS version in most countries. It follows after Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, the Wii version in particular. It was created to coincide with the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, Canada.
The game is similar to the original, but with different events, new characters and several big changes in gameplay and control schemes.
==Events==
There are many events in the game, some of which are unlockable.
===Olympic Events===
*Alpine Skiing - Downhill
*Alpine Skiing - Giant Slalom
*Ski Jumping - Individual Large Hill
*Ski Jumping - Team Large Hill
*Freestyle Skiing - Moguls
*Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross
*Snowboard - Halfpipe
*Snowboard - Snowboard Cross
*Skating - Speed Skating 500m
*Skating - Short Track
*Skating - Short Track Relay
*Figure Skating
*Bobsleigh - Skeleton
*Bobsleigh
*Ice Hockey
*Curling
===Dream Events===
*Dream Alpine - Individual
*Dream Alpine - Team
*Dream Ski Jumping - Individual
*Dream Ski Jumping - Team
*Dream Ski Cross - Individual
*Dream Ski Cross - Team
*Dream Snowboard Cross - Individual
*Dream Snowboard Cross - Team
*Dream Short Track
*Dream Figure Skating
*Dream Bobsleigh
*Dream Ice Hockey
*Dream Curling
*Dream Snowball Fight
*Dream Gliding - Individual
*Dream Gliding - Team
==Characters==
All the characters from the previous installment are still available, alongside some new athletes.
===Team Mario===
Icon	Name 	Type 	Statistics	Special Skill 	Emblem
 	Mario 	All-Around	 	Spin 	
 	Luigi 	All-Around	 	Luigi Rocket 	
 	Princess Peach	Skill 	 	Mid-Air Float 	
 	Princess Daisy	Speed 	 	Flower Trampoline	
 	Yoshi 	Speed 	 	Flutter Jump 	
 	Wario 	Power 	 	Wario Waft 	
 	Waluigi 	Skill 	 	Air Swim 	
 	Bowser 	Power 	 	Spinning Shell 	
 	Bowser Jr.* 	All-Around	 	Back Spin Shell 	
 	Donkey Kong* 	Power 	 	Hand Slap Dash 	
====Rivals====
Icon	Name 	Type 	Event
 	Big Bullet Bill	Speed 	Skeleton (Individual Festival)Bobsleigh (Team Festival)
 	King Boo 	Skill 	Alpine SkiingGiant Slalom (Individual Festival)
 	Dry Bowser 	Power 	Ice Hockey
 	Dry Bones 	All-Around	Ice Hockey (alongside Dry Bowser)Curling (Team Festival)
====Additional characters====
Referees	VIPs	Audience	In-Event
*Toad
*Lakitu	
*Birdo
*Pianta
*Penguin	
*Koopa Troopas
*Goombas
*Toads
*Shy Guys
*Penguins	
*Goomba
*Chain Chomp
*Bullet Bill
*Piranha Plant
*Thwomp
===Team Sonic===
Icon	Name 	Type 	Statistics	Special Skill 	Emblem
 	Sonic the Hedgehog 	Speed 	 	Spin Dash 	
 	Miles "Tails" Prower	Skill 	 	Tailspin Flight	
 	Knuckles the Echidna	Power 	 	Screw Driver 	
 	Amy Rose 	All-Around	 	Pink Typhoon 	
 	Blaze the Cat 	All-Around	 	Quick Tornado 	
 	Shadow the Hedgehog 	Speed 	 	Chaos Boost 	
 	Silver the Hedgehog*	Skill 	 	Levitate 	
 	Vector the Crocodile	Power 	 	Head Slide 	
 	Dr. Eggman 	Skill 	 	Egg Spin 	
 	Metal Sonic* 	Speed 	 	Air Boost 	
====Rivals====
Icon	Name 	Type 	Event
 	E-123 Omega 	Power 	Speed Skating 500m (Individual Festival)Short Track Relay (Team Festival)
 	Jet the Hawk 	Speed 	Snowboard CrossDeluxe Halfpipe
 	Rouge the Bat	All-Around	Figure Skating
 	Eggman Nega 	Skill 	Ski Cross
An asterisk (*) indicates a newcomer playable character to the Mario & Sonic series.
====Additional characters====
Referees	VIPs	Audience	In-Event
*Charmy Bee
*Espio the Chameleon
*Cream the Rabbit	
*Big the Cat
*Chaos
*Cream the Rabbit	
*Flicky
*Chirps
*Tux
*Porker
*Chao
*Omochao
*Hero Chao
*Dark Chao	
*Perfect Chaos (ice version)
*Egg Pawn
*Egg Flapper
*Kiki
*Egg Hammer
===Other characters===
*Mii
*Santa Claus (only during the month of December)
==Beta elements==
==Gallery==
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