Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games |
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Also known as: Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (JP), Mario & Sonic aux Jeux Olympiques (FR) This game has unused areas. |
This game's online features are no longer supported. While this game's online features were once accessible, they are (as of May 20, 2014) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content. |
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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is Sega's first in-house Olympic video game based on the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing 2008 (the other one was an actual Beijing 2008 video game for HD consoles), developed in cooperation with Nintendo and featuring both companies' mascots, Mario and Sonic who wind up in a game together that isn't about beating each other up. It isn't the last.
Unused Events
In addition to the 24 events featured in the game, there is an additional 10 events left unused, which makes up for a total of 34 planned events.
All of these unused events will throw an error on Dolphin upon loading, and will crash on console, but if the error is ignored, the event can be loaded.
Using the Gecko Code 04553404 XXXXXXXX on US versions of the game allows you to load into any of these events by selecting any event in Single Match Mode. Replace XXXXXXXX with the hexadecimal ID of the event.
The internal list of events are as follows:
Event ID (Decimal) | Event ID (Hex) | Event Name | Used? |
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0 | 00000000 | Athletics - 100m | Yes |
1 | 00000001 | Athletics - 400m | Yes |
2 | 00000002 | Athletics - 800m | No |
3 | 00000003 | Athletics - 4x100m Relay | Yes |
4 | 00000004 | Athletics - 110m Hurdles | Yes |
5 | 00000005 | Athletics - 400m Hurdles | Yes |
6 | 00000006 | Athletics - Long Jump | Yes |
7 | 00000007 | Athletics - Triple Jump | Yes |
8 | 00000008 | Athletics - High Jump | Yes |
9 | 00000009 | Athletics - Pole Vault | Yes |
10 | 0000000a | Athletics - Hammer Throw | Yes |
11 | 0000000b | Athletics - Javelin Throw | Yes |
12 | 0000000c | Aquatics - 100m Freestyle | Yes |
13 | 0000000d | Aquatics - 400m Freestyle | No |
14 | 0000000e | Aquatics - 4x100m Freestyle | Yes |
15 | 0000000f | Gymnastics - Trampoline | Yes |
16 | 00000010 | Gymnastics - Vault | Yes |
17 | 00000011 | Shooting - Double Trap | No |
18 | 00000012 | Shooting - Skeet | Yes |
19 | 00000013 | Archery - Archery | Yes |
20 | 00000014 | Fencing - Individual epée | Yes |
21 | 00000015 | Rowing - Single Sculls | Yes |
22 | 00000016 | Rowing - Quadruple Sculls | No |
23 | 00000017 | Table Tennis - Singles | Yes |
24 | 00000018 | Dream Race | Yes |
25 | 00000019 | Dream Hammer Throw | No |
26 | 0000001a | Dream Platform | Yes |
27 | 0000001b | Dream Shooting | No |
28 | 0000001c | Dream Archery | No |
29 | 0000001d | Dream Rowing | No |
30 | 0000001e | Dream Fencing | Yes |
31 | 0000001f | Dream Table Tennis | Yes |
32 | 00000020 | Football | No |
33 | 00000021 | Dream Basketball | No |
Every unused event exhibits some unique quirks. Each of the event's introduction screens have a zoom blur applied for some reason. The Controls pages are all either left blank or reuses the controls pages for the 100m event. All the games are listed as supporting play with or without the Nunchuck. Almost all of these events have no 'gameplay', and just lead straight to the results when the event is started. In almost all the events, every player is a COM controlled Mario. The first COM controlled Mario (which the game thinks is you, the player), will end in 1st in each unused event. However, most of the unused events do not show his model, and in those unused events, the awards ceremonies that follow do not show his model either. In all unused events, the models for the medals do not exist either, thus, they are not shown.
Athletics - 800m
The 800m race takes place in the National Stadium, the same venue as other Athletics Events like the 100m and 400m. There are seven pages in the tutorial screen, the first stating the control style, and the rest being blank. This event also has World Record (WR) and Olympic Record (OR) data, being set at 1:41.11 and 1:42.58 respectively, which accurate to the at-the-time WR and OR holders, Wilson Kipketer of Denmark and Vebjørn Rodal of Norway.
Starting the event immediately takes you to the results, where eight Marios finish at the same time of 3:23.647 exactly.
Aquatics - 400m Freestyle
The 400m Freestyle takes place in the National Aquatics Center. It is the same venue as the other Aquatics events. The WR and OR for this event are 3:40.08 and 3:40.59, respectively, both belonging to Ian Thorpe of Australia.
Starting the event immediately takes you to the results. Four Marios finish in 3:23.647.
Shooting - Double Trap
In addition to Skeet, there was also another planned Shooting event, Double Trap. This event would be ultimately cut, although would eventually make an appearance in the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games and reused in the 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as a training event. It takes place at the Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field, the same location where Skeet takes place. This event reuses the controls pages from 100m.
The event finishes with eight Marios finishing with 0 points. Despite this, your Mario still celebrates and is rewarded with a nonexistent gold medal.
Rowing - Quadruple Sculls
Rowing was also going to have an additional variant, Quadruple Sculls. The text at the event's starting screen claims it takes place at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, however it is not the same location. In fact, it is somewhere completely different, not quite existing in the real world, but as a made-up location for a Dream event! This is confirmed by a sign at the start showing the message "DREAM BOAT", as well as flashing lights making up the word "DREAM".
We can look around the area by moving the game's camera around, revealing more of this unused location.
The event seems to take place in a tropical area, with star-shaped and floating islands. Audience in large stands can be seen throughout the race. A volcano can also be seen in the distant background, too.
Near the end of the race, more flashing strobes make up the word "DREAM", with star-shaped stands housing the audience on one side and docked boats can be seen on the other end, featuring emblems of various Mario & Sonic characters on their design. Additionally, one of the docks has a unique pattern of suns, hearts, moons, and stars.
Unlike the other unused events, this one behaves differently. Rather than immediately being taken to the results up starting, the game takes you to a shot of several characters T-posing at the same point in the middle of an ocean. There is no music or sound that plays, and nothing happens. The game is not soft locked, however, as the player may open the pause menu and quit the game from there.
Dream Hammer Throw
As for the Dream Events, there are five (six, if counting Football as a Dream Event) unused, giving us a total of 9-10 planned Dream Events that were supposed to be in the game, with only 4 of them making the cut.
The first of many is Dream Hammer Throw. It's just called "Hammer Throw" by the game, though we can infer it is a Dream Event by the unique Star icon for the game, as well as the otherworldly designs of these areas. It is listed as supporting both Wii Remote and Nunchuck, and only Wii Remote playstyles. There are 4 pages in the controls menu, with the first explaining the game's playstyle, and the rest being blank.
The game is immediately taken to the results upon starting it, with four Marios ranked 1st through 4th, each with 0 points. Unlike the previous unused games, now Mario's model is not visible anymore, being just as nonexistent as his medal. His voice can still be heard, though. In the Awards Ceremony, the podium intersects with the pipe.
Moving the camera around, we can see more of this game's scenery. It appears to take place in a barren wasteland during a sunset, where one end a sun setting can be seen, and on the other end the moon is visible too. In the center is an arena-like area, with four holes on each end, four totem pole-like structures on every other end, and a green pipe in the center. The arena is surrounded by a wire mesh fence, and on one of the ends is the hammer cage seen in the regular Hammer Throw event. It is unknown how exactly the game would be played.
Dream Shooting
Dream Shooting is another unused event. However, a model was not created for it, thus the entire event takes place in a black, empty void. Four controls pages are left blank, expect the first, which states the control style. The only models visible are the podium and confetti that appears during the Awards Ceremony.
Four Marios finish with 0 points each.
Dream Shooting would make an appearance in the Nintendo DS Version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games.
Dream Archery
Dream Archery is another unused event, though this time it takes place in the same area as regular Archery. It goes to the results screen upon starting, like most other unused events.
Eight Marios finish with a time of 35:23.647. For some reason, Dream Archery's score is measured in time, unlike in points as regular Archery is.
Dream Rowing
Dream Rowing is another unused event that takes place in the same location as Rowing - Quadruple Sculls. This game seems to be what the area was meant for, as this is a Dream Event. There are five pages of controls: 4 left blank, and 1 explaining the game's control style.
Unlike Quadruple Sculls, this event immediately takes you to the results upon start, like most unused events do. Four Marios finish with 0 points.
A similar Dream Event would appear in the DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Dream Canoe.
Football
Football is another unused event. It is unknown whether this is another Dream Event, or a regular event. Despite showing a star as the game's icon, it takes place in an Olympic area. It is also neither a regular event nor a Dream Event in the final game. It uses the control pages from 100m and takes place at the National Stadium.
However, starting the event actually starts a broken version of the ending cutscene. The first half of it is a black screen. The other half shows your character in a T-pose in the middle of the Stadium, on a podium next to a stand for a trophy, with no trophy on it. The character that is on the podium actually respects your character choice, unlike defaulting to Mario. The game will then cut to the credits, where no images that normally appear in the credits show.
After the credits finish rolling, the game is taken to the results, with each character finishing with a time of 35:23.647. The character manually selected will appear first, with every subsequent non-human character appearing as Mario (though is not labeled as a COM). Player's ranks do not appear in the results screen of this event.
Dream Basketball
The last unused event, and last Dream Event, is Dream Basketball. There are six pages of controls for this game: 5 left blank, and 1 explaining the control style for this game.
The game takes place in a space-like area. Dense clouds cover the ground. Several planets and shooting stars can be seen in the distance, along with a moon, and a rotating space station.
Four Marios finish with a score of 0 points.
This Dream Event would appear in the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, though it would not take in space.
Unused Characters
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Silver, Jet, Cream, Big the Cat, Espio, Charmy, Rouge, Donkey Kong, Birdo, Shy Guy, Boo, Bullet Bill, Lakitu, Goomba, Kiki the Monkey Badnik as well as 2 other robots from the Sonic series all have data to be playable characters, but are only accessible through hacking. Some characters load better than others. For example, some will prep for the 100m dash, while some will just T-pose. Furthermore, only select games are actually playable with a few of the non original 16 characters, while others result in the game softlocking.
These unused characters can be loaded by using the Gecko codes below. ONLY ONE override code is to be used.
Player Override | CPU Override | Player List |
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041CD914 60000000 |
0041CDE70 60000000 |
06553454 00000040 XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX |
The game can handle up to 16 different (or the same) characters. Here, "XXXXXXXX" is to be replaced by whichever character you wish to take that slot. These go in sequential order. For example, first XXXXXXXX is player 1, second is player 2 etc.
Character | Code |
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Mario | 00000000 |
Luigi | 00000001 |
Peach | 00000002 |
Daisy | 00000003 |
Yoshi | 00000004 |
Birdo | 00000005 |
Bowser | 00000006 |
Donkey Kong | 00000007 |
Wario | 00000008 |
Waluigi | 00000009 |
Sonic | 0000000A |
Tails | 0000000B |
Knuckles | 0000000C |
Amy | 0000000D |
Shadow | 0000000E |
Eggman | 0000000F |
Silver | 00000010 |
Vector | 00000011 |
Jet | 00000012 |
Blaze | 00000013 |
Shy Guy | 00000014 |
Toad | 00000015 |
Lakitu | 00000016 |
Charmy | 00000017 |
Espio | 00000018 |
Cream | 00000019 |
Boo | 0000001A |
Bullet Bill | 0000001B |
Goomba | 0000001C |
Eggman Robot 1 | 0000001D |
Eggman Robot 2 | 0000001E |
Kiki (SA1 Monkey Badnik) | 0000001F |
Big the Cat | 00000020 |
Mii 1 | 00000021 |
Mii 2 | 00000022 |
Mii 3 | 00000023 |
Mii 4 | 00000024 |
Cream appears in the final version of the game as a referee. Donkey Kong and Silver are playable in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (in which Goomba gets a cameo) and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games . Jet, Rouge, Birdo, Cream and Espio only became guest playable characters in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Cream and Birdo are exclusive to the 3DS version.
Unused Music
Dream Canoe Music
A high-quality version of the Dream Canoe event from the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games exists in the files of the Wii version but was left unused. It would have presumably been used in either Dream Rowing or Quadruple Sculls.
Rank 2nd
There is an unused song for completing an event in 2nd place.
Rank 3rd
There is also an unused song for 3rd place. The final game replaces both this and the 2nd place theme with the 1st place theme.
Gallery: Replay Mini Game
This song was possibly going to be used in the Voice Memory mini game. A similar song was used in the DS version for the "Replay" mini game, a game that is very similar to the "Repeat After the Character" mini game.
Unused Track 1
A very tropical mambo. This could have been meant for either Dream Rowing, Quadruple Sculls, or neither.
Unknown Track 2
The intro of this song suggests that it may have had something to do with space. It may have been used for Dream Basketball.
Unknown Track 3
An intense-sounding track. It is unknown what this could've been used for, though it may be for one of the remaining unused Dream Events.
Oddities
Unusual Music Length
While almost every other Wii game with BRSTMs for its music uses looping points in order to loop its audio, this game instead makes most of its music repeat in the audio stream several times. This causes the length of what would normally be a typical one-minute track anywhere from five minutes all the way up to nearly thirteen minutes before fading out. While the fade out usually can't be heard if the game is played normally, if one were to hang on the pause screen (the music still plays in the pause screen), an event, or a menu, eventually the audio will slowly fade out, before the whole song loops back again from the very beginning.
This also leads to the music of the game having an overwhelming large size for a Wii game, taking up more combined space than the actual game itself. Neither of its 2010 or 2012 sequels on the Wii does this, making this game an anomaly when it comes to audio.
The Olympics series
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Summer Olympics | |
Arcade | Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games |
Game Boy | Olympic Summer Games |
SNES | Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings |
Genesis | Olympic Gold • Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings |
Game Gear | Olympic Gold |
Wii | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games • Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games |
Wii U | Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games |
Nintendo DS | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games |
Nintendo 3DS | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games |
J2ME | Sonic at the Olympic Games |
Winter Olympics | |
SNES | Winter Olympic Games |
Nintendo 64 | Nagano Winter Olympics '98 • Olympic Hockey Nagano '98 |
Wii | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games |
Game Boy Advance | Salt Lake 2002 |
Nintendo DS | Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games |
PlayStation | Nagano Winter Olympics '98 |
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