| I recently borrowed Mario And Sonic At The | | | | avatars are best for specific Olympic Games. |
| Olympics Games from a friend. I was a little bit | | | | When you first load up Mario And Sonic At The |
| skeptical about whether the game was going to be | | | | Olympics Games,you will be entertained by a 'movie |
| any good. My first thoughts were that the title of | | | | trailer' tour of the "Beijing Olympic stadium" and a |
| Mario And Sonic At The Olympics Games did sound | | | | snapshot of all of the cool competitions that lie |
| very inspiring, and I thought that it was either going | | | | ahead. |
| to be stupidly easy or too much hard work. | | | | I think that the best place to get started is in 'Single |
| After playing for just half an hour, I got over my | | | | Match Mode' where you can play single games such |
| initial irritations and found the game to be exciting, | | | | as the Aquatics 100m Freestyle, Fencing, Shooting |
| competitive, active and surprisingly comprehensive. | | | | and more at beginners level. This will help to get your |
| Just to mention my small irritations at the beginning. I | | | | skill levels up and ready to take on the Circuits and |
| felt that the individual games took too long to load, | | | | Missions. You will notice lots of question mark boxes |
| and I got a bit frustrated that I couldn't get some of | | | | in the different events categories. This indicates that |
| the Wii remote moves correct at the beginning. I | | | | there are lots more games to unlock. You can unlock |
| soon overcame this as I got more used to the | | | | these by completing the Circuits (three events |
| controls, and as you get into the competition spirit, | | | | together) in 'Circuit mode'. You will need to gain 1st |
| you are bound to enjoy the scenes of being | | | | place and the gold trophy to win more games. |
| awarded medals and put on pedestals much more. | | | | There is so much fun and exercise to be had with |
| The game soon transforms to a personal quest. | | | | the different Olympic events. The game is really easy |
| The most surprising part of the game for is how | | | | to use as there are on screen instructions for each |
| clever the graphics are. The quality of the story | | | | event. You just have to master them! My favourite |
| scenes when you see all of the different Nintendo | | | | competition events so far are the trampoline, skeet |
| characters in their glory are exceptional. You have to | | | | and dream race. My favourite character and event |
| see it to believe it. If like me you are not very | | | | combo is Dr. Eggman and the Triple Jump as he looks |
| familiar with the Nintendo characters other than Mario | | | | so utterly ridiculous with his long bandy legs! |
| and Sonic, then you will love meeting all of the | | | | Enjoy, but don't get too tired. Try combining active |
| Nintendo gang in this game. You will soon learn of | | | | games such as track with more 'leisurely' events like |
| their personalities and foibles, and figure out which | | | | Shot-put! |