Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Difference between revisions

** Mario's running speed was not particularly slow. In-universe, he's been seen to [[Super Paper Mario|outrun soundwaves]] and [[Super Mario World (Video Game)|run u]][[Super Mario 64|p walls]]. Mario is [[Humble Hero|known to be humble]], and not flaunt his talents too much.

* [[Flunky Boss]]: Dry Bowser.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: In the "Supporting Characters quiz" in London Party, one of the questions asks what [[Sonic Riders|Jet the Hawk]]'s nickname is. One of the choices is "Hound of Hell".

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: The bosses start off friendly before the fight, and then they go back, with the exceptions of Eggman Nega and Dry Bowser, who simply vanish.

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** Luigi's boost in the winter version is essentially the Green Missile from the ''[[Super Smash Bros (Video Game)|Super Smash Bros]]'' series.

** Two Mii outfits in ''London 2012'' resemble both [[Samba De Amigo|Amigo's]] and [[The Legend of Zelda|Link's]] outfits.

* [[Public Domain Soundtrack]]: During figure skating, synchronized swimming and rhythmic ribbon gymnastics events.

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Male characters are fully playable in feminine-centric events, such as synchronized swimming and ribbon twirling. They do not, however, get event-specific outfits like the girls do.

* [[The Other Darrin]]: Mario and Sonic at the London Olympics now utilizes the new Sonic Voice cast introduced in 2010(With returning voice actor Mike Pollock recording new lines for Eggman). Furthermore, this is also the first Mario and Sonic game where Kenny James' voice of Bowser replaces Scott Burns's archived recordings of Bowser.

* [[The Unexpected]]: Even if people were expecting a Mario and Sonic crossover, ''nobody'' would have expected it to be a ''Track And Field''-esque minigame collection.