Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Critic reviews

• NintendoLife

  Mark Reece · Feb 16, 2012

  6.0

  Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is technically no worse than its forebears, its events are too much of a mixture when it comes to quality and after four years the blemishes and inconsistencies are beginning to wear thin. It's by no means a train wreck and a valiant first effort for the series in its jump to 3DS, but with the next inevitable release due in two years it's imperative that Nintendo and SEGA use that time to iron out the wrinkles and make this the all-star collaboration it truly deserves to be.

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• IGN

  Richard George · Feb 14, 2012

  6.5

  Perhaps that’s what makes Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games on the 3DS so frustrating. While it has some great mini-games, it forcefully limits itself and discards many of the ideas that made its predecessors so good. There are some good elements here though. Acquiring medals, ranking your best scores globally and earning medals can be very addicting. But only half of these games are worth playing. Most are simply shallow attempts at their counterparts, which is more or less what this version of the London Olympic Games ends up being.

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• Pocket Gamer

  Mike Rose · Feb 23, 2012

  8.0

  The majority of the mini-games are really well thought-out and many of the control methods are downright ingenius, utilising buttons, touchscreen input, and tilt controls. Even when two Olympic events are quite similar, the control schemes are usually different enough to give each game its own special edge. It's not the cookie cutter cash-in you might be expecting.

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• VGChartz

  Alex St-Amour · Feb 14, 2012

  7.0

  At the end of the day, I can honestly say that I was pleasantly surprised with the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Some of the mini-games are throwaways, and many of the best features from the Wii version remain console exclusive, but if you’re looking for an enjoyable mini-game collection on the go, with a decent single player experience and fun multiplayer options thrown into the mix, then you really can’t go wrong with this trip to foggy (Bowser did it!) ol’ London.

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• Euro Gamer

  German Cuellar · Feb 21, 2012

  6.0

  En conjunto Mario & Sonic en los Juegos Olímpicos (Londres 2012) es el primer intento de meter en un cartucho de 3DS tantos pasatiempos como sea posible. Si tenemos que valorar el producto de SEGA en lo relativo a cantidad podemos decir sin temor a equivocarnos que se trata de un gran surtido, variado y con algunas perlas muy adictivas, sobre todo en compañía. Pero hay que saber separar el grano de la paja, y en eso SEGA ha fallado.

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• MeriStation

  Javi Andrés · Feb 03, 2012

  7.0

  Tercer encuentro de Mario y Sonic en unas Olimpiadas y vuelta al esquema jugable de siempre: minijuegos muy sencillos y en los que desafiar a otros jugadores. Los protagonistas esta vez van un paso más allá y sacarán partido a las características de 3DS, como el efecto 3D, las cámaras fotográficas o el giroscopio, pero esto no se traduce necesariamente en diversión desenfrenada, sino que simplemente hace a esta edición la más variada de las tres en consola portátil.

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