Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery 2

Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery 2 (aka Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery 2 3-D in the Nintendo 3DS version) is a compilation game in the Mario franchise and Sonic franchise. The game was released on for Windows via the Steam client, macOS via the Steam client, Wii, and Nintendo 3DS. This is the sequel to Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery. 
5 traditional games are included: checkers, backgammon, Go Fish, dominoes, and "yacht", a version of Yahtzee. Gameplay for all the games is similar to their real-world counterparts, though pieces are altered to be themed after the Mario universe and Sonic universe.
Each game in Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery 2 has 2 modes: Mario Mode and Sonic Mode. Mario Mode features the Mario characters while Sonic Mode features the Sonic characters.
This game is the second installment of the Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery trilogy.
== Gameplay ==
=== Checkers ===
Checkers is played on a 8*8 board with alternating red and black squares. Game pieces only occupy the black squares. In Mario Mode, the player can choose to play as Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, Yoshi, Toad, Peach, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Junior, Toadette, Rosalina, and Daisy or Bowser, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Bullet Bill, Bob-omb, Pirana Plant, Magikoopa, Chain Chomp, Bowser Jr., Shy Guy, Boo, and Thwomp. In Sonic Mode, the player can choose to play as Sonic, Tails, Amy, Knuckles, Cream, Silver, Blaze, Rouge, Vecto the Crocodile, Jet the Hawk, Shadow, and Big the Cat or Robotnik, Metal Sonic, Scratch, Grounder, . Each player starts with 12 pieces on the closest 3 rows of the board. Players take turns moving a piece each. Pieces can only move diagonally forward to empty squares. If there is an enemy piece in the way but the square beyond it is empty, the enemy piece can be captured by jumping over it. 
=== Go Fish ===
The goal is to try to make as many Books (4 of a kind) as possible.
Each player starts with 7 cards. During a player's turn, they may ask for a card they already have from the other player. If the other player has any cards of the chosen type, they must hand over all of them. Otherwise they are told to "Go Fish", or draw a card. "Fishing" is compulsory if the current player has no cards. A player can continue to ask for cards as long as they pick one the other player has or get the card they asked for after "fishing". Once a player has all 4 cards of a given rank, they lay down the "Book" and score for it.
The game is played with a deck of cards with pictures of various characters from Mario games. There are no suits. The following 13 characters are represented:
* Goombas
* Koopas
* Rip Van Fish
* Little Toadies
* Bob-ombs
* Rexes
* Piranha Plants
* Big Boos
* Yoshis
* Marios
* Luigis
* Princesses
* Bowsers
The draw pile is represented as a pool of water, from which a dolphin jumps out when the player "fishes" from it.
=== Dominoes ===
This game is played with a set of 28 dominoes, also called "bones" by the game. Each player gets 7 dominoes at the start, the remaining 14 go into the "boneyard". The player who has the highest double goes first and must play that domino. After that players take turns adding a domino to either end of the domino chain such that at least one end of the placed domino matches the value at end of the chain. If a player doesn't have any matching dominoes, they must draw from the boneyard or pass if there are no dominoes left. It is also possible to draw any number of dominoes before placing one down. The winner is the first player to end up with no dominoes at the end of their turn. If both players are unable to make a move when both still have dominoes left, the winner is the player whose dominoes in hand have the lowest sum of values.
The dominoes show all 28 possible combinations of the following values and the corresponding pictures:
* 0: Blank
* 1: Super Star
* 2: 3-Up Moon
* 3: Coin
* 4: Fire Flower from Super Mario World
* 5: Super Mushroom
* 6: Cape Feather
=== Backgammon ===
Backgammon is played on a board with 24 triangular points. The goal is to follow a ⊃ shaped path, with Mario going from bottom to top and the human player going from top to bottom. One player plays as the Yoshis and the other as the Koopas. When not moving, the Yoshis hide in their eggs and the Koopas hide in their shells. Each player starts with 2 pieces on the 1st point, 5 pieces on the 12th point, 3 pieces on the 17th point and 5 pieces on the 19th point, with 1 being the top left for the human player and the bottom left for Mario. The player to go first is determined by rolling a singe die. A player starts their turn by rolling two dice. Each die can be used to move a single piece by the number of points shown on the die. The same piece may be moved multiple times in the same turn. A double roll allows for four moves with the value rolled. Only one player's pieces can be on a particular point. A piece can't be moved if it would land on a point occupied by two or more of the opponent's pieces. Moving to a point occupied by a single opponent piece will cause that piece to go to the bar in the middle of the board. The owner must first bring those back before being allowed to make other moves. Bringing a piece back requires a dice roll that allows a legal move from "point 0" (e.g. a roll of 3 allows a piece to re-enter on the 3rd point as long as there are less than 2 opposing pieces there). Once all of a player's pieces arrive in the final 6 points, they can be taken off the board using a die roll needed to move them to "point 25" (e.g. a roll of 4 allows taking a piece off from point 21). A die roll can also be used to take off the piece furthest from the goal if the highest die roll is higher than the distance of that piece from the goal. A player that can't make any legal moves ends their turn. The winner is the first player to take all of their pieces off the board.
As there are no bets, there is also no doubling cube.
=== Yacht ===
This game is also known as Yahtzee, Kniffel or Dice Poker. The goal is to fill in an initially empty scoresheet using rolls of five dice. A player may roll the dice up to 3 times per turn and choose to hold some of the dice between rolls. The player must choose a line on the scoresheet, gaining points depending on which line is chosen and the value of the dice. Each line can only be chosen once per game. The winner is the player with the most points when the scoresheet is full.
The lines on the scoresheet are as follows:
* Yacht: 50 points if all the dice show the same value, otherwise 0 points.
* Big Straight: 30 points if all the dice show a sequence (1-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-6), otherwise 0 points.
* Sm. Straight: 25 points at least 4 dice show a sequence (1-2-3-4, 2-3-4-5 or 3-4-5-6), otherwise 0 points.
* 4 of a Kind: The sum of all dice if there are 4 with the same value, otherwise 0 points.
* Full House: The sum of all dice if there are 3 with the same value and 2 with a different but identical value, otherwise 0 points.
* Choice: The sum of all dice regardless of value.
* Sixes: The sum of the dice showing 6.
* Fives: The sum of the dice showing 5.
* Fours: The sum of the dice showing 4.
* Threes: The sum of the dice showing 3.
* Deuces: The sum of the dice showing 2.
* Aces: The sum of the dice showing 1.
==Gallery==
==Sequel==
On May 28, 2013 in North America, May 30, 2013 in Australasia, May 31, 2013 in Europe, and July 9, 2013 in Japan, a sequel to Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery 2 entitled Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery 3 was released on Microsoft Windows, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and macOS. Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery 3 is the final installment of the Mario & Sonic's Game Gallery trilogy.
==Controller Input==
===Wii===
====Wii Remote and Nunchuck====
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====GameCube Controller====
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====Wii Classic Controller====
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===Nintendo 3DS===
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