Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a game for the Nintendo DS, developed by Sega and produced by Nintendo. It was released shortly after its Wii counterpart, and is the first handheld installment of the Mario & Sonic series. It is an official game for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, and it features venues similar to real ones in Beijing. Like its Wii counterpart, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Nintendo DS featured support for Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection prior to its closure in May 2014.
The game is a collection of Olympic sports events at which characters from the Mario franchise and characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, relying heavily on the motion-sensing capabilities of the Wii Remote. This is the first handheld game to feature both Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog characters as playable.
==Characters==
There are sixteen playable characters in the game. Eight of these are from the Mario franchise and eight which are from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The characters are split into four different groups of four characters each.
===Team Mario===
Icon 	Name 	Type 	Stats	Emblem
File:MarioOlympicGames icon.PNG 	Mario 	All-Around	 	
File:LuigiOlympicGames icon.PNG 	Luigi 	All-Around	 	
 	Princess Peach	Skill 	 	
 	Princess Daisy	Speed 	 	
 	Yoshi 	Speed 	 	
 	Wario 	Power 	 	
File:WaluigiOlympicGames icon.PNG	Waluigi 	Skill 	 	
 	Bowser 	Power 	 	
=== Team Sonic ===
Icon 	Name 	Type 	Stats	Emblem
File:SonicOlympcGames icon.PNG	Sonic the Hedgehog 	Speed 	 	
 	Miles "Tails" Prower	Skill 	 	
 	Knuckles the Echidna	Power 	 	
 	Amy Rose 	All-Around	 	
 	Blaze the Cat 	All-Around	 	
 	Shadow the Hedgehog 	Speed 	 	
 	Vector the Crocodile	Power 	 	
 	Doctor Eggman 	Skill 	 	
===Characters Specialties===
====Team Mario====
*Mario- high jump, hurdles
*Luigi- adequate in all events
*Princess Peach- archery, skeet
*Princess Daisy- aquatics, gymnastics
*Bowser- hammer throw, javelin throw
*Waluigi- archery, vault
*Wario- Accuracy in Stamina, can hurl objects at long distances
*Yoshi- table tennis, all racing events
====Team Sonic====
*Sonic the Hedgehog- no one can easily catch him, all racing events
*Miles "Tails" Prower- catch ups speed quickly
*Knuckles the Echidna- all strength events, hurl objects at long distances
*Amy Rose- successive in all events
*Vector the Crocodile- stroke swimmer
*Doctor Eggman- trampoline, vault
*Blaze the Cat- vault, all racing events
*Shadow the Hedgehog- archery, fencing
==Events==
===Olympic Events===
Icon	Event 	Events
 	Athletics 	
*100m
*400m
*400m Hurdles
*Long Jump
*Triple Jump
*Javelin Throw
*Hammer Throw
 	Aquatics 	
*100m Freestyle
*10m Platform
 	Gymnastics 	
*Trampoline
*Vault
 	Table Tennis	
*Table Tennis - Singles
 	Shooting 	
* Skeet
 	Archery 	
*Archery
 	Cycling 	
*Pursuit
 	Fencing 	
*Individual Épée
===Dream Events===
Icon	Event	Events
 	Dream	
*Dream Race
*Dream Basketball
*Dream Canoe
*Dream Boxing
*Dream Table Tennis
*Dream Fencing
*Dream Shooting
*Dream Long Jump
==External links==
*Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games at Wikipedia
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Category:Mario & Sonic series
Category:Crossover games
Category:Nintendo DS games
Category:2008 games