Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games

Mario and Sonic at the 2012 London winter games is a sports game created by Sega and published by Nintendo. It is a sports game officially licensed by the International olympic committee through exclusive licensee International Sports Multimedia. It is the third installment in the Mario & Sonic series after the commercial success of its predecessors and is an official video game of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. It is the revolution of Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Games.

Mario & Sonic on the Wii and 3DS is a collection of numerous events based on the Olympic Games. Players can assume the role of a Mario or Sonic character while competing against the others in these events.

Nintendo announced they will re-release the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, along with some of their earlier, published games for the console, as a downloadable title via Nintendo eShop. The downloadable version will be available on November 1, 2012 in Japan.

While there isn't a main plot in the Wii version, the Nintendo 3DS exclusive story mode involves Mario, Sonic and all their friends being invited to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Meanwhile, antagonists Bowser and Dr. Eggman are annoyed being rejected, and attempt to stop the games by using fog machines to cover the whole city in thick fog. Mario, Sonic and all the other heroes attempt to stop the two villains and save the London 2012 Olympic Games, competing in various Olympic events along the way.