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Well, this years amiibo have been very lackluster, especially the useless Animal Crossing ones that no one cares about.

But, when the hotly anticipated Daisy amiibo releases, all will be right again! Just hope they patch older games like Yoshi's Woolly World to include her.

Exactly! I think Sonic Lost World was terrible all around, and that they should never ever go back to that formula again. Generations had lots of potential and ended up a great game. I loved how you were rewarded with constant breakneck speeds and exciting shortcuts and alternate paths. Something that Lost World got seriously wrong.

Even though I have a PC to play this on, something still feels off about this game not coming to Wii U.

I mean, the Hedgehog Engine runs great on the system, as we've seen with Lost World and the Olympic Titles, and this seems like the perfect game to cater to the Nintendo crowd. Maybe this game is running on a new engine that can't support Wii U?

At least we still have Rio 2016.

This looks absolutely amazing! Sonic is back!

Hey Wii U owners, at least there's still the Olympics Game right?

@PorllM Have you even played the latest Mario and Sonic?

It's great!

@PorllM @Damo

Yes, Pokemon GO is a cultural phenomenon, and I get that it's free to play and has Pokemon, whilst Mario and Sonic is £40 and is...another sports game.

But saying that Pokemon GO is the better game is just absurd, especially as there's no incentive to do anything at this point. It could really do with some good PvP, a fair bit of optimization, and better server capacity.

Meanwhile, Mario and Sonic has a suprising amount of depth in it's events, from Beach Volleyball's quick sets and dump shots to the physics in BMX, to even the several different types of shots and positioning in Table Tennis.

I honestly think no one is giving that game a fair chance due to an unfortunate bias against sports games as a whole.

Mario and Sonic Rio 2016: A great game, but judged because it is Mario and Sonic in another sports title. Reviewer didn't bother to get all the way through the game, and states false facts.
5/10

Pokemon GO: It's pretty much broken at the moment, but hey! It's Pokemon on mobile! 8/10

(For the record, I played both games)

Cool, Mario and Sonic Rio has a demo! I wonder what content/playable characters will be featured.

I have the full game already, and I'm loving it! I'll download the demo to see if it's a good representation of the full experience.

I love amibo as a concept, as it allows me to carry my favourite characters across games...somehow.

I only have Rosalina and Sonic, but I'm going to add Luigi and Daisy to my collection this November! I'm so hyped! Hope they look decent!

Yawn...

I want Daisy tips in Mario and Sonic Rio 2016 equestrian, cause she has low horse handling.

@GreatPlayer No it is not.

@NintendoFan64

1. The gameplay styles of Mario and Sonic do not mesh well together, especially with Sonic's physics, boost mechanic, large multilayered levels, and momentum.

2. This is the best way for them to fit in as many loved characters as possible from each franchise with more or less equal roles, like Smash Bros. Daisy racing Amy in the 100m sprint? Can do!

This is vastly different to the original game though. The events are much more fleshed out this time around.

I feel that the "Mario and Sonic Sports" name tends to make critcs groan a lot and tilt their scores lower.

There are also seventy-nine Mario and Sonic songs with 17 new remixes.

@Mister_Wu It's £40 here, which is not cheap.

I agree with all of your points + the CPU being more challenging than previous games. There's no defending the pitiful excuse that is 4x100m relay though.

Also, Team Mario and Sonic characters will slowly, but surely be incorporated into Tournaments the more you progress. I had Jet suddenly challenge me in Duel Football at Level 2!

I think this review's score was overly harsh.

After playing the game for a good 20 hours now, I find this version to be the best entry in the franchise. Football and Duel Football are much more nuanced than the previous games, with team tactics coming into play this time (Offensive, Defensive, Side Attack, Center Attack), which are crucial. Also, lob shots, crosses, passes and Power Shots all feature.

I especially enjoyed the Duel Events, which are much more fully fleshed out than the 3DS version's Plus Events, and even most of the Dream Events from previous games. I still play Duel Rugby Sevens regulary.

@hoshinosammy

Nintendo won E3 for me when they announced THIS BEAUTY!

@BakaKnight ME TOO!!! I had so many sleepless nights over a Daisy amiibo not existing, yet here it is in full HD glory!

http://i.imgur.com/HmeosNf.png

Since Windows 10 will get Xbox Exclusives, then sign me up!

Really, this is saddening...when are Nintendo going to be brave and announce a new wave of Mario amiibo everyone's been waiting for...

amiibo Party was disappointing to me. Not even all the cast are playable! If you pick Daisy, then you're stuck with the car!

@hoshinosammy She is in EVERY event in the game!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Why so down?

WARNING! This game WILL run at 30fps on Wii U!

So far, I've been disappointed by amiibo.

Purely because I've been waiting so long for a Daisy one to be made, yet Mario Party 10, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash and Mario and Sonic Rio 201 all get away with no having every character come w/amiibo.

FINALLY! After searching high and low, Nintendo and Mojang have finally created the perfect Princess Daisy skin I always wanted!!!

@Moshugan The Slime Blocks that made Mario jump were introduced to Minecraft very recently.

@Whopper744 The physical version is your friend here!

And finally, a well made Princess Daisy skin!!!!

@Olmectron Splatoon supports LAN parties!

Not off TV play though...

IS everybody forgetting about this game?

@Wendigo And Wario, and Donkey Kong.

The game sold 1.67 million units, so it didn't flop...

New Splatoon amiibo, but the Mario line seems to be abandoned...

Daisy is coming soon too!

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/we-are-daisy/images/9/93/Mkdxpresent3.png/revision/latest?cb=20160303171519

They did Mario and Luigi once.

Maybe we'll see a Peach, Daisy and Rosalina one eventually

@japongt Mario has so many potential newcomers though, compared to other series! Plus we have character like Daisy who have been waiting for the longest time to be playable!

@Sakuraichu If Smash NX is going to be the only Smash game for it, then I expect 12-20 new characters spread throughout years (normal for series such as Street Fighter and Killer Instinct)

It would be the perfect Smash to get as much Nintendo characters in as possible! Maybe this time we'll finally see people like Daisy!

This gives me slightly more hope for new Smash characters....

Eff the Inklings and Ice Climbers, DAISY FOR SMASH BROS!

@Gerbwmu Famitsu scores don't mean squat.

No.... I wanted Mario and Sonic to have blockbuster sales so that the next game could have a high-budget...

DLC content seems like a solid bet.

@RealPoketendoNL All of them are. For example: Daisy can only compete in Football and Gymnastics.

Smells a bit funny to me...

@sillygostly Mario Tennis Ultra Smash comes to mind...

I would have defended this game, but alas, it has character limits in events. Which peeves me off! Why can't I play as Daisy in boxing again? It just reeks of laziness from SEGA and their 3DS efforts in general.

@ikki5 Your favourite character Toadette is out now!

This time, I'm REALLY hoping for a new line of Mario series amiibo!

@SheldonRandoms He was probably low priority .

It's why he was Daisified this time around, being nothing but Fox's 8th colour...

@Tsurii That's one of the reasons why I wanted her in...

Tell him about why Daisy is still represented as a Peach colour, even after Rosalina got in!

I saw Daisy!!! But for some reason she's just a Peach recolour...