

Other games are controlled using solely the Wii Remote Plus, and are mostly effective in their implementation. You control your character, the team leader, by turning the GamePad while directing your teammates’ movements by holding either ZL or ZR.

Instead of making the starting run a motion controlled mess, you alternate tapping ZL and ZR, then board the bobsled by flicking the GamePad up, as if jumping onto the sleigh.

This event uses both ZL and ZR trigger buttons, along with movements of the GamePad. This provided a good alternative for the parts of games where motion controls just didn’t work. The best uses of the GamePad were the ones that take advantage of buttons. Some use the GamePad, others use a Wii Remote Plus, and a few have you switching between both. The Olympic Events feature eight real life sports including skiing, snowboarding, figure skating, and others that accumulate into a cavalcade of sometimes-stale events.Īlmost every event uses motion controls. Like previous entries in the Mario & Sonic series, events are split up into two categories: Olympic Events and Dream Events. Thankfully, in this case, there really is not one that sticks out as being “bad.” While none of the sports are perfect, the motion controls paired with the slick visuals make for an entertaining time. When it comes to these kinds of titles the quality of the package as a whole is determined by how many of the games are good. The different game modes include Medley Mania, to compete in medleys, Legends Showdown, an all events challenge, Single Match, to win medals, Action & Answer Tour, to take on quiz, and Worldwide VS, to compete against other players from around the Globe.Mario and Sonic’s fourth team effort is another sports mini-game collection, albeit an enjoyable one. Some disciplines use the Wii U Gamepad, some others use the Wii Remote Plus, and some, like the triathlon, alternate between both, taking advantage of the various features of each controller. There are a variety of different disciplines such as bobsleigh, skiing, figure skating pairs, and snowboard slopestyle, each with different controls. The player may choose between a selection of twenty characters from both franchises to compete in the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, in levels inspired by Mario and Sonic games. This party game brings the player in a cross-over between the Mario and Sonic universes.
