History YMMV / MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames

* TearJerker: ''Vancouver 2010'' has Creator/MaddieBlaustein's last performance as E-123 Omega being released two years after she passed away.

* ThatOneLevel: The Museum Sneak minigame in ''Tokyo 2020'''s Story Mode. While the first three floors are a cakewalk, the fourth and final floor [[DifficultySpike becomes difficult]]. The patterns of the moving Koopa Troops are aligned together dangerously close and require precise timing, not to mention the Hammer Bro who is able to move freely and catch you easily. Expect 75% of your time to spent on this floor as you constantly fall into a Koopa Troop's spotlight. If you decide to rely on MercyMode and skip the minigame, remember in order to lose, you have to spend all of your 20 minutes, so expect to wait an hour.
** ''Tokyo 2020'''s Marathon Story Mode level. It is absolutely brutal in terms of difficulty when it comes to properly pacing yourself and trying to clear it in general. Worst part? You don't just need to beat Eggman in the run. You have to come in first place, against ''67 other participants'', otherwise it counts as a mission failure.

* MemeticMutation: Shirtless Wario and Eggman[[labelnote:Explanation]]When the diving and swimming events were revealed for ''Tokyo 2020'' and that all the male human characters would be shirtless, Wario and Eggman got a lot attention for reasons such as [[BellyButtonless lacking belly buttons]] and Wario's [[BarbieDollAnatomy barely-visible nipples]] among more [[{{Gonk}} obvious]] [[FanDisservice reasons]].[[/labelnote]]

* WinBackTheCrowd: After the bare bones presentation of ''Sochi 2014'' and ''Rio 2016'' (least on the Wii U for the latter, the 3DS version was cited to be somewhat decent). ''Tokyo 2020'' finally put more effort into things by giving a pretty quirky Story Mode and the return of Dream Events. While reviews did cite that there were actually fewer characters in this one compared to ''Rio 2016'' and would've liked more Dream Events and character selection for the retro style, the game likewise is a vast improvement as well.

** This series is not the first time Nintendo has made an Olympic themed game. They previously made an Olympic themed game about {{Anime/Hamtaro}} called ''Hamtaro: The Ham Ham Games''. What’s more, the game was made by [=AlphaDream=], who helped with the ''Tokyo 2020'' iteration.

** The ending of ''Tokyo 2020'''s story mode has [[spoiler:the video game Sonic, Mario, Eggman, Bowser, and Toad are trapped in's battery slowly run out. Bowser initially thinks they'll be trapped int he game forever, but the truth is even worse--everyone trapped will cease to exist. The battery dies just as an escape route is opened, causing the game world to fade into nothingness while everyone's speech fades in and out. While Eggman yells at everyone to hold on, no one can move, and they slowly dissolve into a single pixel as the screen flickers and goes dark, taking them with it... [[DisneyDeath they all get better, though.]]]]

** The ending of ''Tokyo 2020'''s story mode has [[spoiler:the video game Sonic, Mario, Eggman, Bowser, and Toad are trapped in's battery slowly run out, which would make everyone trapped cease to exist. The battery dies just as an escape route is opened, causing the game world to fade into nothingness while everyone's speech fades in and out. While Eggman yells at everyone to hold on, no one can move, and they slowly dissolve into a single pixel as the screen flickers and goes dark, taking them with it... [[DisneyDeath they all get better, though.]]]]

** Watching video game characters doing synchronized swimming in the summer events to real-world compositions might elicit a chuckle or two from players, but it gets much funnier after one remembers that at the 2004 Athens Olympics, the real-life Team USA [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUmnhU8KOk8 did their synchronized swimming routine to video game music]] - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IkmZLFkFw Liberi Fatali]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff7P91YRP7U Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinosec]]" from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' - and even ended up winning bronze medals for it.

** The ending of ''Tokyo 2020'''s story mode has [[spoiler:the video game Sonic, Mario, Eggman, Bowser, and Toad are trapped in's battery slowly run out, which would make everyone trapped cease to exist. The battery dies just as an escape route is opened, causing the game world to fade into nothingness while everyone's speech fades in and out. While Eggman yells at everyone to hold on, no one can move, and they slowly dissolve into a single pixel as the screen flickers and goes dark, taking them with it... [[DisneyDeath They all get better, though.]]]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: ''Tokyo 2020'' brings the back The Dream Events after their removal from ''Rio 2016'', which was divisive among fans.

* LesYay: Amy and Blaze are shown holding hands at the beginning of ''Vancouver 2010''.

* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Licensed olympic video games were generally unremarkable until this series popped up.

* GrowingTheBeard: While the first game (Beijing 2008) wasn't bad by any means, it was a quite underwhelming minigame-a-thon. [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Only four Dream Events, and the Mario and Sonic characters seem to be there just to be there]]. In the sequels Vancouver 2010 and London 2012, everything was shifted into overdrive. Four new characters (DK, Bowser Jr., Silver, and Metal Sonic) were introduced to expand the roster, Boss Characters were introduced, the handheld versions were given their own little story modes, Dream Events were expanded upon and actually took place in iconic locations from both franchises, and the games overall were given a lot more personality, making it stand out from the other Mario spinoffs.

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: Licensed olympic video games were generally unremarkable until this series popped up.

%%* UnexpectedCharacter: Jet, Eggman Nega, and Dry Bowser in ''Sochi 2014'', Espio, Wave, Sticks, Zavov, Zazz, Larry, Wendy and Nabbit (along with Ludwig and Roy in the 3DS version) in ''Rio 2016''.

* ThatOneSideQuest: Several of the Carnival Challenges in the Wii U version of ''Rio 2016'' can become this since the price to enter them ''doubles'' with every failure, and unless you know all the tips (which are ''locked'' until you first hear them), you're likely to find a challenge that doesn't even make sense. How many people know what a Dump is in Beach Volleyball anyway?