Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is a sports video game created by Sega Sports R&D and published by Nintendo. It is the first video game to have both Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog characters. It was released for the Wii in November 2007 and for the Nintendo DS in January 2008. It was the official video game of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Developer(s)	Sega Sports R&D
Publisher(s)	JP: Nintendo EU / NA: Sega
Designer(s)	Shigeru Miyamoto (supervisor)
Series	Mario & Sonic
Platform(s)	Wii, Nintendo DS
Release	November 14, 2007 Wii NA: November 6, 2007 AUS / JP: November 22, 2007 EU: November 23, 2007 Nintendo DS JP: January 17, 2008 NA: January 22, 2008 AU: February 7, 2008 EU: February 8, 2008
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Players can play 24 events. Both versions have different events. The events are based off of the actual Olympic events played in real life. 16 characters are playable. They are separated into four categories: all-around, speed, power, and skill. In the Wii version, the player can also play as a Mii created in the Mii Channel.