Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be coming to the 3DS in 2016. Recently, Nintendo’s Japanese website released new footage and information about the game.

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The new Mario & Sonic game will include 14 sports via Olympic & extra events and 40 characters (and also Miis) in total. The 3DS version will include local multiplayer, download play, online leaderboards, Amiibo support, and street pass.

The game also has a story mode and a brand new Outing Marathon mode, which uses the 3DS pedometer to count the player’s real life steps with a walking goal of 42.195km. Check out this article for more information about Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

And here are two new videos featuring footage from the Japanese version of the game:

Are you looking forward to Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games?

Sources: Nintendo Everything articles here and here

By Daniel Fugate

Graduated from Western Illinois University with a degree in English. Nintendo is my favorite developer & my favorite game series is Animal Crossing. You can find me on twitter as @df2506!