The pair of Nintendo and Sega have had plenty of rivalry since the Super Nintendo and Mega Drive wars back in 1991. For their tag along debut they haven't found the right place in the Medal Standings. The mascots take the contest to the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games on both the Wii and also the Nintendo 3DS. While the Wii version is mostly unimproved from it's older installments but the 3DS version is trying to follow its Wii counterpart with it's Gyro Controls. Does it help finally to earn a medal on the stand?
This Demo can be used for about 20 times before it expires and you can play through 5 events in about 5 minutes in total. The events you play in the demo are 25 Rapid Fire Pistol, Football, Trampoline, 100m Backstroke and finally the BMX.
The events can either be played with the Buttons, Stylus or the Buttons depending on which minigame. In the demo it chooses the character for you to play each event on but on the full version you can play as anyone on any event.
The first event is 25m Rapid Fire Pistol. This is played by using the L Button to fire when the cursor is locked onto a target. The cursor moves by itself so you can't control it. I wish that the game could be handled with the Stylus. After each round the cursor goes faster making it harder to time your shots. This makes it the second weakest of the minigames.
The second event is perhaps the worst of the five events on this demo and that is the Football. Football plays like a penalty shoot out where you have to try and outguess the keeper. You use the Circle Pad to ready yourself ready to shoot as well as aiming your shot. You have to wait for the ball close to you and then you release the Circle Pad to shoot the ball. Sometimes you'll get screwed up cause You got another robot blocking your shot or sometimes you'll might miss the ball cause of bad timings since it's difficult to consintrate on either the ball, the aiming and the other robot who's in front of the keeper. I hate this event the most due to it's design flaws.
The Third event is the Trampoline and this is the favorite of the 5 events on this demo. You simply use the Circle Pad to maneuver around while pressing the A button just as soon as you land on the Trampoline to receive a little boost on your next jump. You have to make sure that you time it well and also in the current position or you'll miss. It's easy to play and at least your record is based on how well you time your jumps.
The Fourth event is the Backstroke swimming where this controlled with the stylus and this is quite fun to play. You can your strokes by drawing a loop on the touch screen so that the loop stays inside the circle to receive a small boost by a percentage. After you reach the first side of the pool the controls reverse. This makes another one of my favorite events of the 5 and it's easier to control then the Swimming event on the Wii version of the original game.
The Last event is the BMX where you got race your opponent to the finish. It is controlled by using the Circle Pad for turning and repeatedly pressing A button when you ride of a ledge and then you're supposed to gently tilt the forward to land safely. Sometimes this works while othertimes it doesn't, you've just got to be lucky for it to work. I tried to tilt it forward but sometimes that also doesn't work. This is another weaklink of the 5 events on this demo. In all most of the minigames in the full game would be okay but some of them blog down with frustrating controls and disappointing mechanics.
The characters of both universes do look great but however no matter what event is the characters still wear the same basic costume besides the girls who change their outfits for the swimming events. The crowds are seen and are rendered much better then the older 2 installments and the areas do look better as well. The game also does look great in 3D as well. The soundeffects along with the soundtrack are decent to listen to alongside the new voiceacting of the Sonic characters.
For me it's better on some levels in comparison to the older games but however some of the other games could have been better then a few other minigame compilations on the market. I would give the full game a try to see the Adventure mode and the other minigames but however I'll pass from entering the olympics.
Game Title: Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Platform: Nintendo 3DS
Genre: Sports, Minigames
Developer: Sega Sports Japan
Publisher: Sega
Demo Released: March 1st 2012
Date of Full Game Release: February 9th 2012 (Australia), February 10th 2012 (Europe), February 14th 2012 (North America), March 1st 2012 (Japan)
Age Rating: ACB: G, CERO: A, ESRB: E, PEGI: 3
Anthony Hayball (AQWBlaZer91)
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