
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is a 2011 sports and party game developed by Sega Japan. As with the previous two Mario & Sonic titles, it was published by Nintendo in Japan and by Sega in all other regions. The game is officially licensed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through exclusive licensee International Sports Multimedia. It is the third installment in the Mario & Sonic series after the commercial success of its predecessors and is an official video game of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. The game was released on the Wii on November 15, 2011 in North America, November 17, 2011 in Australia, November 18, 2011 in Europe, and December 8, 2011 in Japan. It was also released for the Nintendo 3DS in February 2012. The game is the first, and the only one to come in a yellow keep case instead of a standard white case, similar to how New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the only game to have a red keep case. The Wii version, like the original 2007 Olympic Games version, does not support the Balance Board; the 2009 Winter Olympics version does.
Mario & Sonic on the Wii and 3DS is a collection of numerous events based on the Olympic Games. Players can assume the role of a Mario or Sonic character while competing against the others in these events. The game received mixed reviews from critics. A fourth game in the series, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, was released in November 2013 for the Wii U.
Release Date
- Wii
NA: November 15, 2011
AU: November 17, 2011
EU: November 18, 2011
JP: December 8, 2011 - Nintendo 3DS
EU: February 9, 2012
AU: February 10, 2012
NA: February 14, 2012
JP: March 1, 2012
Also See
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Sound Effects Used
Wii Version
- Boo Laugh 3
- DISNEY BIG BEN CHIME
- Hollywoodedge, Body Falls Water Spla PE106801
- Hollywoodedge, Elevator Servo Motor PE202201
- Hollywoodedge, Forest Ambience Bird PE010101
- Hollywoodedge, Large Crowd Boos PE141901
- Hollywoodedge, Reverse Ricochet 3 St PE207701
- Hollywoodedge, Synthy Low Pit Boing CRT016105 (Heard in rapid form when a Chain Chomp takes away one of your stickers.)
- Hollywoodedge, Warning Buzzer Indus PE194401 (high pitched.)
- SMB Coin Sound
- SMB Warp Pipe/Power Down Sound
- Sonic Ring
- Sound Ideas, BALLOON, RUBBER - VARIOUS RUBBING SQUEAKS (Used for Dino Piranha's tail.)
- Sound Ideas, BIG BEN - CHIMING AND STRIKING 1 O'CLOCK (Heard in the intro cutscene of the game.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - SMALL BRASS CHIMES, RINGING, MUSIC, PERCUSSION
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 03
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - SHARP VOCAL SWISH 01
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - HOPPING 01
- Sound Ideas, DOG, ROTTWEILER - MEDIUM DOG, BARKING, ANIMAL (Used for Chain Chomps.)
- Sound Ideas, ELECTRICITY, SPARK - HIGH VOLTAGE SPARK, ELECTRICAL 01
- Sound Ideas, FIRE, BALL - IMPACT AND LARGE FIRE BURST, RUMBLE
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HEAVY TIMP RISE (Heard when time is about to run out in some minigames.)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - METAL BARREL HIT (Heard when a character hits a double decker bus in one of the sprinting minigames.)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - TIMP RISE
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SPRING ZAP BLASTER SHOT
Nintendo 3DS Version
- Boo Laugh 3
- Hollywoodedge, Warning Buzzer Indus PE194401
- Sound Ideas, FLAG - LARGE FLAG: SINGLE FLAP
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - FAST TWIRLING SWISH, LONG
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