Jul 26 2008
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
I am kind of disappointed to see that Beijing 2008 the Game was only released for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3, but at least there is Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games available for the Wii and I have been able to enjoy it for months already. My brother and I fell in love with the game the first time we tried it and soon purchased the rental game. It has turned out to be a fun multiplayer game that we continue to still play occasionally. The only other game we have so far found better in amount of multiplayer game time is Wii Sports.
The game has a decent variety of events, although having played the DS version I find this version is a little lacking in Dream events, but hey it did come out first. The different events mostly use just the Wii remote while some have the option of more easy controls with the nunchuck. Several of them get you moving in similar actions as if really playing the events, such as the swimming strokes being relatively close to really swimming. Other events are not exactly realistic controls, such as the trampoline, but not bad considering the Wiis capabilities not even including the Wii balance board at that time.
Overall this game only shines as a multiplayer game. While I personally rate it as a top Wii game for having good graphics and game depth, I will admit that it is not much fun if you always are just playing by yourself against the computer characters. Get at least one other person to play with or even better a group of friends and/or family and this can be a lot of fun. With the 2008 Olympics coming soon this is a great time to try it out if you have not already.
