What is Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games?
{{Infobox video game |developer=Sega Sports R&D |publisher={{vgrelease|JP|[[Nintendo]]}}{{vgrelease|[[Europe|EU]] / [[North America|NA]]|[[Sega]]}} |designer=[[Shigeru Miyamoto]] <small>([[supervisor]])</small> |series=''Mario & Sonic'' |released={{collapsible list|title=November 14, 2007|titlestyle=font-weight:normal;font-size:12px;background:transparent;text-align:left|'''Wii'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|November 6, 2007|[[Australasia|AUS]] / [[Japan|JP]]|November 22, 2007}}{{vgrelease|EU|November 23, 2007}}'''Nintendo DS'''<br>{{vgrelease|JP|January 17, 2008|NA|January 22, 2008|AUS|February 7, 2008}}{{vgrelease|EU|February 8, 2008}}}} |genre=[[Sports game|Sports]]<ref>{{cite web|url=ftp://segapr.segaamerica.com/SEGA_ARCHIVES/SEGA_E32007/Mario%20&%20Sonic%20at%20the%20Olympic%20Games/Fact%20sheet/|title=Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games|accessdate=2008-08-03|format=DOC|publisher=Sega}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |modes=[[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer game|multiplayer]] |platforms=[[Wii]], [[Nintendo DS]] }} '''''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 (franchise)|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]]. ==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. ==References== {{reflist}} {{video-game-stub}} {{Mario franchise}} {{Sonic franchise}} [[Category:2007 video games]] [[Category:2008 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Mario sports games]] [[Catego