Reviews from

in the past


Lots of great memories with family, and a great party game; that said there's not much besides a series of mini-games. If that's your jam, this is a great time.

It’s the best Mario and sonic game, but that’s not saying much

this is a series of games that still baffles me in its existence

one of the weakest ones in the series

One of my favourites as a kid and it still holds up as a fun play, especially with multiplayer


This was one of the best games of my childhood. So many fond memories of playing this one after school and over the weekends. I'm hoping to be able to play through this one soon but even my quick revisits as an adult have been so fun!

Why the hell was the box for this game yellow? What warranted this game getting the pissbox treatment?
Either way, the dream events are hidden bangers.

the perfect conclusion to one of the video game trilogies of all time.

m'en souviens pas trop mais je croit pas avoir passe un mauvais moment

Este juego era mi infancia y lo recuerdo con bastante cariño.

Me gustaban los eventos de ensueño.

Such a great game. The minigames were fun but I got completely addicted to the London Party mode

Very good minigame collection and the best in the series.

this could be the goat but my brother always beat me at the party mode therefore i deduct half a star. fuck this game

One big improvement over the first Wii Olympic Games is that all events are unlocked from the start, so as a party game it’s instantly accessible. At the same time, it feels like there’s also not a lot to do in London 2012 as it seems that the mode where you would unlock games just isn’t included. The Winter Olympic Games that preceded this had a great mode where you went through a mixture of missions and events across a number of “days” to become the overall champion, with some boss encounters thrown in. This just has nothing.

There is a good variety in events, with the basics like 100m and hurdles, match sports like Badminton, Volleyball and Football, technical sports like Equestrian and Discus and the dream events.

The technical sports still don’t work very well, with it being difficult to time things. One big problem with this (most evident with discus) is that you have to actively stop yourself from trying to play the sport with the Wii Remote. If you try throwing a discus by acting out throwing a discus, you’ll fail. Instead you’ll have to wait for the animation to play out (resisting the urge to move your arm in time to the animation) and give the Wii Remote a quick flick once the animation is finished. Hammer Throw seems like it would work better, but requires very precise timing, I got one throw that wasn’t a foul in nine attempts.

Running, swimming and cycling work well, all feeling intuitive in their controls. I really like that Sonic is given a life jacket when swimming, which was an unexpected little touch.

Football is simple but good fun, but these two team/player sports have the same issue as other entries where you can’t just play a single match, but must compete in a tournament. Table tennis is really good, feeling closer to the quality of Wii Sports Tennis, while Badminton just feels more like a rhythm game and Volleyball is just awkward.

I also felt let down by the dream events. They don’t feel like an extension to the sport they’re based on, more like random minigames from Mario Party. The Winter Olympic Games did a better job at these.

This is better than the first Olympic Games, but a step down from the Winter one. Oh, and one additional thing (which isn’t really Sega’s fault) is that the game uses a lot of Olympics imagery. This usually isn’t a huge issue, but for London 2012, the imagery is absolutely hideous.

best mario and sonic olympic game ever im so good at all of the games period

If you love both Mario and Sonic this may be a dream game but they are playing sports instead of interesting gameplay.


Same review for the winter games.

parece que no pero es juegazo

El furbo de este juego es de lo más divertido que he jugado jamas