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Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Developer(s) Sega Sports R&D, Nintendo SPD
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Series Mario & Sonic
Platform(s) Wii U
Release date(s)
  • JP December 5, 2013
  • NA November 15, 2013
  • EU November 8, 2013
  • AUS November 9, 2013
Genre(s) Sports, Party

Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is an exciting sports game made for the Nintendo Wii U console. This game brings together popular characters like Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog. It is the fourth game in the fun Mario & Sonic series. This game was the official video game for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, held in Sochi, Russia. It was special because it was the first game in the series released only on a home console, not also on a handheld device.

What People Thought About the Game

This game received mixed reviews from critics. On Metacritic, a website that collects game reviews, it scored 55 out of 100.

Critic Reviews

Scott Thompson from IGN said the game had some good ideas. However, he felt that the motion controls, which let you play by moving your body, were not very good. The newspaper Metro gave the game a low score of 3 out of 10. They thought the game was too much like the previous games in the series.

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