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Fun for the while I played, and a great choice to play on the couch with friends. Nowhere near as good as 2008 London though.

It's ok. The story got a little boring though

I'll say the same thing I say about this whole franchise: it's ok. Doesn't do a ton to stand out. The story mode is fun at least and it's a very polished experience altogether. I did get a lot of enjoyment out of the 8-bit style games though, those were fun. Bottom line, if you've played a M&S @ the Summer Olympics game before, you've kinda played this game before, and vice-versa.

Unfortunately, this is the Mario and Sonic Olympic Games game I enjoy the least. My score is still high though because this series holds such a special place in my heart. My main issue here is the Joy-cons. I think the motion controls of those make movements much more difficult than it used to be on the Wii. This isn't necessarily the games fault but it still impacts gameplay. The button control options are very nice though and usually work well in my experience.

There was no Olympic Games that happened in 2020, this game came out in 2019, and the actual games happened in 2021
Isn't that neat?


Just a bit disappointing compared to London 2012, not bad just nothing outstanding

The soundtrack was alright but after the back to back bangers of the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 soundtracks this was really lackluster in comparison. Way less remixes then before (with the few remixes in this game also not being as good as previous games) and the original soundtrack in this game is a notable downgrade from 2014 and 2016.

This series lost the few things that redeemed it as the games went by.

how do you fuck up mario and sonic at the olympic games this should be easy

This game is a Persona reference

Terrible. Ever game has different controls and feels too complicated to jump from one to another. Not a fun party time game.

Malo con ganas pero almenos aparece EGGMAN NEGA

i came out of this feeling way more positive than i was expecting! at the end of the day, as with the other games it's just a simple mini game collection at the end of the day, but i think this game does a whole lot right and so far is my favorite mario and sonic game i think!

the story mode was fun! it runs through every event in the game and the big appeal to me was there were 10 unique mini games to progress the story and i really appreciated that! they weren't like insanely amazing or anything but it added some unique value to the story mode that i liked a lot. the character interactions and stuff are nothing crazy but i liked them for sure. i like how everyone interacts like they've known each other for a while since it's 5 games in, that's a fun touch.

aside from the story mode, the mini games themselves are the same as they've always been for the most part. i find that each game is either the best they've been or on par with what they've always been. none of the games felt downgraded to me, which to be fair it'd be hard to do that LOL. the new games (skateboarding, karate, sports climbing, and surfing) are all fun. skateboarding and karate especially stand out to me. i appreciate that every game has the choice between motion controls and button controls as well. if you just want some quick silly little mini games you can use the buttons but if you're with some friends and want the wacky insanity of motion controls you can still do that which i appreciate.

the big problem with the events is the focus being taken away from dream events. the 3 dream events that are there are fun to be fair but there's only 3 and that's a bummer! it was always such a fun way to flex creative ideas or even just farm some nostalgia which was fun! the alternative to these is the tokyo 1964 events which visually use the 8-bit mario or 16-bit sonic sprites for each character. these events are solid, and are a cute little side mode but i don't think they make up for the lack of dream events fully unfortunately. they soften the blow for sure, and things like marathon, shooting, and 10m marathon i thought they were some of the more fun events in the whole game to be fair.

i hope we get a 2022 winter olympics game with a story mode this silly and fun. i lean towards preferring those mini games so i think i'd really like that game (hopefully they put more effort into dream events though), but as this game stands it was a surprisingly fun time! i understand the fatigue of this series and not caring about a 5th one, that's a completely normal response but i find this to be the best one honestly and was glad i finally got around to playing it.

Remember when this game came out two years before the Olympics even happened? I wonder if it will gain historical value, like how money with typos on it is worth more.

Anyway I still need to go back to this and get all the badges and collectibles, but I think I broke one of my joycons by shaking the crap out of it for the 100m sprint.

While the Rio game seemed like it didn’t want to be a Mario & Sonic game, this one delves into it a lot more, making this game feel like a celebration of Mario, Sonic, Tokyo and the Olympics.

This has a full story mode which involves Mario, Sonic, Dr. Robotnik and Bowser getting sucked into a video game made by Dr. Robotnik based o the 1964 Tokyo Olympic games. This is a pixelated game that features the famous classic looks of Mario and Sonic, with Sonic based on his Mega Drive games and Mario based on the original Super Mario Bros. The story switches back and forth between retro and current times, going through each Olympic event in the game, so no need to repeatedly do the same event or grind. It’s the best story more in the Olympic titles.

Throughout the story you’ll also encounter minigames, both 2D and 3D which, for the most part are a lot of fun. There’s ones where Sonic is chasing a train or a taxi, Mario flying a plane in a side scrolling shooter, Mario sneaking through a museum, finding toads in a crowd and some more. These are a great addition and can be played on their own once you’ve gotten past them in the story.

The 2D events are a lot of fun. They’re simple, but they’re supposed to be (apart from Volleyball, which I couldn’t figure out). Diving is surprisingly a lot of fun, Shooting is a bit like Duck Hunt and there’s just a lot of charm across all 10 of them.

The 3D events, for the first time, contained none that I had trouble with or flat out hated. The standard events still have character powers, making returning games like Rugby Sevens even more fun. Skateboarding and Surfboarding are fun new trick-based ones and Karate has a surprising amount of depth to it. You have different controller options, with all except Discus having options that don’t involve motion controls.

Dream events also return, although there are only three of them. Dream Racing is a lot of fun, and is essentially a simplified Sonic Riders as characters race downhill on hoverboards. Dream Shooting is also a target shooting third person shooter and very enjoyable. Karate is the weakest dream event, but still enjoyable.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is easily the best one in the series, there is a lot of love and detail, right down to lots of trivia about the Olympics.

My sister and I will always cherish this for the replays we got of Eggman.

Mario y Sonic: Tokyo 2020 (2019): Me apena mucho este juego. Está hecho con cariño, y se nota, pero a nivel técnico está a medio hacer. No son fallos gordos, sino falta de pulido en casi todos los minijuegos. Veremos con futuros parches, pero a día de hoy no lo recomiendo (5,90)

Edit: No arreglaron nada de lo que fallaba y a día de hoy sigue siendo injugable con controles de movimiento. Con botones y con amigos puede ser divertido, pero aléjate de su infumable modo historia y olvídate de aprovechar los joycons para jugarlo

They did a really good job with this all things considered. Most of the sports are fun to play, save a few desperate duds. Almost feels like a native Mario Sports game in rugby and football. The addition of a story mode is good, as are the mini games, and it’s a nice bit of party fun.

A game that celebrated a sporting event that never was is quite a fascinating piece of modern history. It's not particularly GOOD, by any means (though it gets points for at least trying with the story mode). So average that it's almost painful. Just play the original or the London 2012 one if you HAVE to play one of these games.

i dont understand how but the ds one from 2008 is way better

I don't care about this series anymore really

fraquinho, mas acho que tem seu lugar... por aí

Next in my sonic marathon and in my journey to finish every Story Mode in the Olympic Games games is Tokyo 2020. This is cute! A fun premise that gave the series a bit of new life in the Retro Minigames, fun basic minigames, and nice character interactions. Very happy they finally let sonic talk in these. The Dream events suffer here which is really disappointing, those were the best parts of 2012. Also, very weird that they randomly changed the naming convention with this game??? Like why?


This game confirms Mario and Sonic do not exist in the Akira universe

Es el primer juego en años que se siente como algo de mi infancia

Besser als Rio 2016, aber immer noch sehr weit weg von großen Partyspaß

ok this game did catch me off guard it was actually really fun and I enjoyed it, not as good as the original Winter olympics but it was still good