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Feature Olympics Fever on Nintendo Systems

Button mashing for gold

If you’ve been living in a cave and isolated from the world for the past couple of weeks, then you may not have been bombarded with coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games. It’s now well under way, and thousands of athletes are running, cycling, swimming and more in the name of winning a shiny gold medal. None of the...

• Mon 30th Jul 2012
• Features
• Retro
• 3DS
• DS
• Wii

News Mario & Sonic Win Olympic Bronze in UK Charts

Coming through the field

You'd expect a title released 38 and 25 weeks ago on Wii and 3DS, respectively, to have left the UK charts long ago, especially as it's not available on other platforms. Yet Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games has achieved just that, consistently sitting in the top ten of the all-format software chart. Thanks...

• Mon 30th Jul 2012
• 3DS
• Wii
• Charts

News Nintendo Continues Software Dominance in Japan

But struggles in UK

Today brings mixed news on software sales for Nintendo, though perhaps it's a positive in the market that brings the big N the most success. In Japan, Andriasang has translated results published by Enterbrain and Famitsu that show Nintendo as the biggest selling software publisher for May. Covering the period for 30th April to...

• Mon 18th Jun 2012
• 3DS
• Wii
• Charts

News Mario & Sonic Sales Nearly Double in a Week

Going for gold

SEGA's sporting symposium just enjoyed a sales surge in the UK charts, with a whopping week-on-week sales increase of 94%. Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games on 3DS was released on 10th February, resulting in a 145% increase to send the title up from 31st to 10th position. Now sales of the 3DS version and discounts of...

• Mon 20th Feb 2012
• UK
• Charts
• Mario
• Sonic
• Wowza

News Mario & Sonic London Olympics Sprints to 2m Sales

Going for gold

SEGA's latest — perhaps last — Wii game, Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games has sold over two million copies since its November release. The mediocre outing reached 2.39m sales in the last quarter, easily dwarfing sales of the far superior Sonic Generations on PS3, 360, PC and stablemate Sonic Generations on 3DS:...

• Fri 3rd Feb 2012
• SEGA
• Wii
• Sonic

News Super Mario Galaxy Orbits London 2012 Olympic Games

It'll make sense

Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games takes inspiration from all corners of both companies' history: screenshots have reminded us of Yoshi Story, Sonic Adventure and more. But we've just received more screenshots showing the most universe-shaking crossover yet. Despite earlier rumours that Sonic would appear in

• Wed 9th Nov 2011
• Wii
• Mario
• Sonic
• WTF

News Swimming, Cycling and Spin Attacks in Mario and Sonic Trailer

It gets weirder

The first screenshots of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games did indeed blow minds and collapse worlds: from dinosaurs riding horses to Sonic the Hedgehog taking part in a walking race, there were truly incredible scenes. This next trailer can't quite match it, but makes a good effort anyway. Events new to the series...

• Thu 27th Oct 2011
• Wii
• SEGA
• Sonic
• Mario
• Videos

News Ain't No Party Like a Mario and Sonic London Party

Just stay away from Soho

SEGA's next spin on multiplayer sports is just a month away, and to get you all excited for Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games the publisher has revealed a new trailer showing off the game's London Party mode. The minigame mode sees Mario, Sonic and friends take to the streets of England's capital city in...

• Tue 18th Oct 2011
• Wii
• SEGA
• Mario
• Sonic
• Trailers

News Blue Wii Console Competing for Europe's Christmas Money

Mario and Sonic bundle revealed

Nintendo's going all-out on coloured consoles these days: after the red, pink and white 3DS consoles, the company has announced a new blue Wii bundle on the way to Europe before Christmas. The newly announced pack is in honour of Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, out 18th November, and includes a copy...

• Mon 10th Oct 2011
• Wii
• Colours
• Hardware
• Mario
• Sonic

News Mario & Sonic London 2012 Trailer is Suitably Rousing

But who put those Flickies on a bus?!

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games is racing towards the Wii finish line later this year, with a 3DS version due out — perhaps more appropriately — in early 2012. We now have a new trailer for the game, likely to be the introductory video getting you all into the Olympic spirit. Showing off...

• Wed 17th Aug 2011
• Wii
• 3DS
• Mario
• Sonic
• SEGA