There’s been a lot of talk about Rio these days. Lots of controversy with Olympians bowing out of attending the 2016 Olympic Games for a variety of reasons.
Who knows what will end up happening and who will be taking home the gold? Whatever the case, I know my family will be glued to the TV watching some of the world’s greatest athletes compete!
And there are two names we’re already chanting in our house when it comes to Going for the Gold.
Yep, that’d be Mario and Sonic!
Nintendo’s latest release of the Mario & Sonic game is now available, Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games (3DS), and my boys have been playing it with the same old enthusiasm. As Nintendo Kid Reviewers, you can even read their review!
What are the games latest features? Glad you asked:
- Take on fun and exciting events set throughout host city Rio de Janeiro.
- Join Mario, Sonic and your favorite characters to take on new challenging events like Soccer and Beach Volleyball.
- Soccer is a popular sport in Brazil where the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are set.
- Golf returns to the Olympic Games for the first time in 112 years; enjoy the event exclusively in the Nintendo 3DS™ version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Ryan and I thought it’d be fun to stage our own Summer Olympics right here at our home in New York. So we invited Mario, Sonic and all their friends to compete in a few events. Take a look:
100 Yard Dash
The crowd was a bit rowdy, which may explain the reason some of the race lines weren’t exactly straight.
With power-packed mushrooms in place, the Olympians stretched their legs and prepared to race!
WOW! In a rare photo finish, Sonic the Hedgehog just beat out Mario by whisker!
Archery
In the vein of William Tell and Robin Hood, the archery competition saw poor Blue Toad holding up an apple with nothing more than his head.
Luckily, no fruit (or Toads) were harmed in the making of these photos.
Pull and release! Mario and Sonic fly through the air to hit the target, though both missing the bullseyes.
Boxing
“What’s your prediction for the fight?”
“Pain!”
Okay, so this may not be Rocky III, but the big knuckled blue hedgehog towers over the feisty, Italian plumber.
The crowd is certainly into it, especially that rotund rapscallion Wario!
Sonic and Mario apparently like each other too much to fight, so their match is a draw and instead, we get… Luigi vs. Wario!
So in the end, who won our homemade Mario and Sonic Olympics? Well, personally, I’d say the fans!
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Softball! But it won’t be back until 2020 so swimming, volleyball and gymnastics are what we watch! I also love the pictures that you used for the blog post! They made me giggle 🙂
I love to watch the swimming and diving the most in the summer Olympics.
Women’s gymnastics is my favorite event.
Gymnastics – especially the floor routines!
I love dressage!
Gymnastics
swimming and gymnastics! 🙂
My favourite summer sport is gymnastics. It seems like everyone has fun with the event. One thing I love about the summer Olympics is how the whole world comes together to show each other what they are made of.
I love seeing the gymnastics, the swimming, the pole vaulting.
My favorite Summer Olympic event is wrestling.
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I love gymnastics. My husband not so much 🙂
Women’s Archery is my favorite Summer Olympics event. Thanks for hosting.
I like figure skating.
Gymnastics is our fav.
i like the gymnastics
I think my favorite is gymnastics
I enjoy the swimming and gymnastics
I enjoy the gymnastics
I heart the gymnastics of the men.
swimming is my favorite summer olympic sport. it is fun to watch.
Beach volleyball
I love gymnastics somehow I still believe I can do it!! LOL
My favorite summer Olympics is the gymnastics.
I like to watch the Women’s gymnastics floor exercises.
Running is my favorite.
Gymnastics is my favorite event!
Soccer is my favorite event.
Love the swimming!
I usually enjoy swimming, but I really prefer the winter games.
I like watching them do gymnastics.
I love to watch the swimming and track and field events at the olympics.
My favorite sport is Gymnastics
I love it all but especially the diving and women’s gymnastics.
I like the gymnastics.
We like the swimming events
I love the Gymnastics or Figure Skating
Gymnastics
My favorite is Archery. I love to do it and watch it.
I like watching the Dressage!
i like the gymnastics
I love the gymnastics. they are so talented and I would not dare to have the nerve to do half of what they do.
I love mario olympics would love to get a newer version.
I have always loved swimming. Esp the team relay.
My favorite is Gymnastics.
definitely swimming
we love to watch gymnastics
Diving and swimming are my favourite events, but I and eager to watch them all.
My favorite event is Gymnastics both the men and the women
Swimming!
I love all the events. A great chance to watch those sports you normally don’t get to see. I would have to say that soccer is my favourite event
I love watching soccer!
I love anyou swimming event
My favorite summer Olympic sport is gymnastics.
swimming
Gymnastics and Swimming
Synchronized swimming is my favorite event.
I’m going with swimming!
It’s a toss up between Boxing and Swimming!
I like watching the gymnastics and diving events,
My favorite Olympic sport is women’s gymnastics. I also enjoy watching swimming and diving.
To be honest, I have never watched the Summer Olympics so I;m not sure what the events are. If archery is an event, that would likely be my favorite. Thank you for the great giveaway.
I love watching soccer!
swimming
Swimming
I love gymnastics the most.
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Swimming.
SWIMMING
I would definitely say swimming is.
I love watching the swimming events!
Gymnastics and boxing are my faves to watch.
I like watching the swimming contests.
My favorite summer Olympic is gymnastics.
Love watching the swimming!
My favorite summer event is volleyball.
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My favorite event would have to be diving!
Swimming
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My favorite is Gymnastics.
Gymnastics
I love the swimming events!
I love watching the Diving.
I love watching the gymnastics and swimming events
I love all the swimming events
Hammer throw
I love watching the gymnastics in the summer olympics!
swimming events
My favorite summer olympics event is gymnastics.
Thank you!
I actually like watching the different TRIATHLON’S that they will be showing this year.
Gymnastics
My fav. event is diving.
Swimming relays!
Any type of swimming is what I love!
Gymnastics
I’ve actually never watched the summer Olympics. I think the gymnastic sounds interesting.
gymnastics – love your hilarious post!
I love target shooting!!!
Boxing is my favorite event!
I love watching the swimming events!
Love Gymnastics!
I’ve always loved the swimming events.
My son love the Olympic Games games. He was a master snowboarder at 4.
I like watching the swimming events.
I love the running events. The 100 m. dash is always so exciting.
I have always loved watching water polo.
Love archery!
The 4X100 relay is my favorite olympic event.