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| From: Sega Of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $36.94
You Save: $13.01 (26%)
New (43) Used (13) from $33.71
Avg. Customer Rating:  151 reviews
Sales Rank: 42
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 65008
UPC: 010086650082
EAN: 0010086650082
ASIN: B000R3BNE2
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Got Olympic Fever? August 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a result of Michael Phelps' astounding eight gold medals at this year's Olympic Games, many adults (and thus likely a fair amount of children) have been glued to their television sets night after night, cheering for the United States (or country of choice) to win a medal.
Thus, if your children (or you yourself!) were swept away by Olympic fever, and you happen to own a Wii, then this game will entertain you to your wits end! Much like the U.S. competing against other countries in the real Games, this game pits classic Nintendo characters (Mario, DK, Peach, Link, etc.) against characters from the Sega brand (Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Eggman, etc.). Much like Super Smash Bros. "determines" who could beat up who, this game establishes victory based on athletic achievements in such events as swimming, track, and field.
The controls are easy to pick up, taking full advantage of the Wii nunchuk format, yet challenging enough to keep you raring to drop that last .10 of a second to win first place.
Overall, this is a great game for those who have caught Olympic fever, or just are intrigued by seeing the Nintendo and Sega franchises combine.
 Poor planning on Nintendo's part... August 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Since ancient times the Olympics have been about competition. For whatever reason when you play with more than one player in Mario & Sonic it will not save records or medals awarded. IE, if you win a gold and set a new world records in sculling with two or more people playing at once, none of these scores will be recorded. So much for competition... Competition brings the best out in people and Nintendo failed to realize this which destroys a lot of the fun in competing and suceeding..
Not to mention no Wifi play, just uploading scores which is nice but these can only be viewed from the game itself. There is no way to check your scoring as in Guitar Hero... Save your money and buy the DS version of this, at least you expect that on a smaller more inexpensive version of the game.
So Much Fun July 31, 2008
Overall this game is really fantastic. I've only had it for one evening but it's a blast. The controls are intuitive once you read the controller settings before the event. I don't think any event is necessarily too easy or too hard. It's nice to see all of the old Nintendo characters that I remember from the original Nintendo system but I think it's even more fun to use your Mii. The game definitely gets five interlocking rings.
Great game, must have for wii July 20, 2008
It takes advantage of the wii remote, and is a very fun game to have. There are a few events that are difficult, but none of them are impossible, and overall, with practice, they are all a lot of fun. It is also pretty easy to unlock the levels, so once that is done, you can have a lot of fun with friends over. It is definately a good party game, and everyone will have a lot of fun and laughs playing this game.
 Mario and Sonic Olympic Games June 21, 2008
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
This game takes more energy to complete each event than is necessary. The events are not very entertaining and the game overall is not worth purchasing.
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