More details on the player's record for a specific event can be displayed in the Road to Victory channel on the GamePad. However, certain challenges can be cleared in multiplayer versus or team battles. Also from the 2009 Wii game, Best Runs can only be set in single player mode. Records can be set in events that feature them, but they can only be set in Single Player or Co-op multiplayer versus or team battles do not allow records to be set, like the 2009 Wii game. The player can see which medals they won and the best record they have set in the Select Event screen. There are some events without a final result screen or replay, so the Retry menu will pop up at the point where the final result screen should appear after such events. Once the player presses, the Retry menu appears that allows the player to play again, change the character or event, or go back to the main menu. The player can watch the replay of a completed event by pressing. A difference between the previous games is that this game skips celebrations for CPU players that place in the top 3, and that the ceremony is done first before the final result screen, rather than after it.Īfter the ceremony is complete or if the player/team finishes outside the top 3, the final result screen is displayed, showing each player or team's score, which varies depending on the type of event. In Figure Skating Spectacular's 2-vs-2 mode and events where there are 4 players in one team, characters never do their individual victory animations, and characters will clap for their result if they finish 2nd or 3rd. If the player can place in the first 3 spots in an event, they win a medal. There are some events that grade players on various criteria from C- being the worst and A+ being the best the letter grades are converted to points to give an overall result. The picture is at the end of Skeleton.Īt the end of an event, players are ranked based on how well they did in an event, such as how many points they earned, how fast they finished the course, etc. The final result screen that is shown after an event is complete. The length of an event depends on how the event is played and the game settings for the selected event. In certain events, the results of CPU players/teams are simulated, and are shown in the current results screen before the next player/team begins their turn. There are also other events that have 8 players vying for 1st place. There are some events that put the players in teams. For head-2-head events, the tournament grid, showing the 4 players or teams in a tournament bracket, will be shown.įor the latter two types of intro screens, these screens are shown again during the course of an event after a player or team finishes their turn in case of turn-based events, or after a round is complete in case of head-2-head events, until the final results have been determined. For turn-based events, the current results screen will be shown, similar to the final results screen that shows the current running order prior to the next player or team beginning their turn. Events where all 4 players play at once show the VS screen, displaying which players or teams they are up against. This screen varies depending on the event that is played.īefore each event, there is an event intro screen. Groove Pipe Snowboard's event intro screen.
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This was the last game in the series to take place during the Winter Olympics. It is also the first game in the series published by Nintendo outside of Japan and South Korea rather than SEGA, who published the first three games, and the first to feature online multiplayer and a non-pre-rendered opening cutscene. As the game is a Wii U exclusive, Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is the first in the series to not have a handheld version. As the other games in the series, it features realistic events with ones in Mario's and Sonic's worlds.
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Different events uses the Wii Remote Plus controller, Wii U GamePad, or both. As the title implies, the game is centered around the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, taking place in Sochi, Russia. It includes a variety of events from the winter games such as skiing, figure skating, and curling. Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (stylized as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games: Sochi 2014) is a Wii U game, and is the fourth installment in the Mario & Sonic series.