History VideoGame / MarioAndSonicAtTheOlympicGames

* CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:2020's Story Mode threatens this when the battery of the game system the characters are trapped in starts to die; when it runs out completely, they'll cease to exist, like unsaved game data]].

The 16-bit era of [[TheNineties the early 1990s]] was one of the bitterest of the UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars, and the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' and ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' series were two of the strongest weapons for the {{Fanboy}}s. Thus when Creator/{{Sega}} left the hardware business, it was a huge shock that they also announced they were going third party, and thus their games would be on Creator/{{Nintendo}} systems in addition to the others.

* ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games'' (Beijing 2008) ([[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}})

* ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'' (Vancouver 2010) ([[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}})
** ''Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'' ([[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]]; second game in the series featuring only the ''Sonic'' cast, delisted from the App Store)
* ''Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games'' ([[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}})
* ''Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games'' (UsefulNotes/WiiU)
* ''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games'' (Arcade, UsefulNotes/WiiU and [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]])
* ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020'' (Arcade and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch)
** ''Sonic at the Olympic Games - Tokyo 2020'' ([[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and [[UsefulNotes/AndroidGames Android]]; third game in the series featuring only the ''Sonic'' cast, a new story, several new events, and a $9.99 price tag for full game)

* AscendedMeme: This whole series qualifies as one. Before this sub-franchise was even conceived to be a thing, there have been hundreds if not ''thousands'' of ''Super Mario Bros.''/''Sonic The Hedgehog'' crossover fan works flooding around the internet in the 2000's, with either the two universes teaming up or [[LetsYouAndHimFight duking it out]] with each other. And that's not even mentioning the infamous UsefulNotes/ConsoleWars from TheNineties.

** Also, the two most recent installments of the series were given an Everyone 10+ by the [[UsefulNotes/EntertainmentSoftwareRatingBoard ESRB]], up from the typical Everyone rating from prior games, due to more realistic depictions of martial arts competitions among the characters.

* {{Retraux}}: ''Tokyo 2020'' has a mode called "2D Events", where you can play as either Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, or Eggman in Olympic events with retro graphics. The Mario characters appear as their 8-bit sprites from the original ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', while the Sonic characters appear as their 16-bit sprites from the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis games[[note]]In the case of Sonic himself, his sprite is from [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first]] [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 two games]] in his series, instead of the one from ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles''[[/note]]. The story mode also centers around these 2D Events, seeing the characters travel back in time to the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games.

*** The selection of Dream Events were different (The Wii had Dream Platform as it's one exclusive Dream, while the DS had five exclusive Dream Events which where Dream Basketball, Boxing, Shooting, Long Jump, and Canoe. Dream Race, Table Tennis and Fencing were shared between both versions).

* SpecialGuest: Starting with ''Rio 2016'', one character is exclusive to an event such as Diddy being exclusive to Rugby Sevens and Rosalina being exclusive to Rhythmic - Dual Batons and Surfing in Tokyo 2020.

* YourSizeMayVary: Sonic's official height is 3'3", yet in these games, he's roughly the same height, if not slightly taller than Mario, who is 5'1". With introductions of taller characters from the Sonic series like Zavok and Zazz, this becomes even more egregious. Zavok's official height is 5'1", the same as Mario, but he's depicted to be as big as Bowser in height.

* LicensedGame: The Olympics part.

* SmartBall: At one point in the 3DS story mode of ''London 2012'', Omega, a highly-complex robot, is repaired by none other than Donkey Kong of all characters.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The Dream Racing event in ''Tokyo 2020'' is believed to be one to the ''VideoGame/SonicRiders'' series, with {{hoverboard}} racing and a futuristic tone.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Two great heroes, competing for the first time, in the same arena, at the greatest sporting event on earth.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:A crossover sixteen years in the making.]]

* LongTitle: "Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, and that is only the ''first'' game. The title just gets longer with the sequels.

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* MercyMode: In ''Tokyo 2020'', if you fail a mission 3 times, you can skip it. However, you'll still need to earn that green checkmark.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: In the DS version of ''Winter Games'', the Adventure Mode ends with a [[spoiler:three-event FinalBoss showdown with Bowser and Dr. Eggman. Your first victory for all of 3 of these events must be achieved by none other than Mario and Sonic; no other characters are allowed]].

* EnemyMine: In Tokyo 2020 Mario & Sonic very briefly team up with Bowser & Eggman so they can escape the Tokyo 64 game they are trapped in.