Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (DS)

Plenty of stuff to play

Dumbed down gameplay ; Not enough actual Olympic content ; Would have been a good party game

This is the sort of game you get for a child who has a 3DS. Maybe they have a birthday coming up. Maybe they like the characters. Whatever the reason, they will enjoy playing the game. There is a lack of depth that more grown up gamers will miss and...

Mario & Sonic at the 2012 London Olympic Games is a standard mini game compilation that is not necessarily better or worse than its forbearers. At the core, it is a decent time waster that is designed to be played in shorter bursts. However, it is not...

Controls – not much button mashing required and stylus is not overused

Adventure Mode – if you want to play sports, give this mode a miss, bogged down in talking to characters instead of challenging Bowser and Eggman

Apart from playing single events, and competing in multiple event competitions, there are a number of other game modes to play. There is the standard multiplayer. And let's be honest, there is nothing more fun than beating your best mate who is...

Adventure mode makes good use of characters ; Decent variety of events ; Can play with up to four people from a single cartridge

Most event minigames are shallow and easy ; Uninteresting mission objectives in Adventure mode

Twenty-seven events and 20 characters to choose from, the Adventure Mode is a worthwhile addition, most of the Dream and Olympic events are fun to play, cool graphics, Wi-Fi rankings and single-card multiplayer

Iffy touch-screen controls, annoying sound effects in Adventure Mode, bonehead computer opponents

After playing through the slightly average Wii version, we were eager to see how the Nintendo DS edition of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games would fare. Would it suffer the same fate as its console brethren, or stand out as a true Olympic...

Looking for Olympic competition? Nintendo's handheld is the better of the pair.

Excellent presentation, Great use of the stylus, Some entertaining sports, Online leaderboards add replay value, Excellent presentation, Great use of the stylus, Some entertaining sports, Online leaderboards add replay value

If more attention was paid to every sport it could have been better ; there are some stinkers, If more attention was paid to every sport it could have been better ; there are some stinkers

There are many events in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games that involve running. Using the stylus to power up before you start and then sliding it quickly to the right when you hear the starter pistol and then feverishly sliding it left and right on...