Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)

Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Also known as: Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (JP), Mario & Sonic aux Jeux Olympiques (FR)
Developers: Sega Sports R&D, Racjin
Publishers: Nintendo (JP/KR), Sega (US/EU/AU)
Platform: Wii
Released in JP: November 22, 2007
Released in US: November 6, 2007
Released in EU: November 23, 2007
Released in AU: November 22, 2007
Released in KR: May 29, 2008

This game has unused areas.
This game has unused playable characters.
This game has unused modes / minigames.
This game has unused graphics.
This game has unused models.
This game has unused music.
This game has unused sounds.
This game has unused text.

This game/console's online features are no longer supported.
While this game/console'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.

For the first time in history, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games places the titular mascots together in a game that isn't about beating each other up. It isn't the last.

A Nintendo DS Version of this game was also released on the same day.

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Unused Events
Who knew all those Dream Events would be such a Nightmare to finish on time?

Unused Characters

Silver, Jet, Donkey Kong, and Birdo all exist in the game's filesystem as playable characters but are left unused. A lot of their animations are unfinished to varying degrees, the most severe being Birdo, almost having no animations. Additionally, non-playable characters such as Charmy, Lakitu, Espio, and others, all have IDs as playable characters, but are likely not intended to become playable, as they only have referee or other miscellaneous animations for their purpose.

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
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 ID (Decimal)	Character ID (Hex)	Character Name	Used?
0	00000000	Mario	Yes
1	00000001	Luigi	Yes
2	00000002	Peach	Yes
3	00000003	Daisy	Yes
4	00000004	Yoshi	Yes
5	00000005	Birdo	No
6	00000006	Bowser	Yes
7	00000007	Donkey Kong	No
8	00000008	Wario	Yes
9	00000009	Waluigi	Yes
10	0000000A	Sonic	Yes
11	0000000B	Tails	Yes
12	0000000C	Knuckles	Yes
13	0000000D	Amy	Yes
14	0000000E	Shadow	Yes
15	0000000F	Dr. Eggman	Yes
16	00000010	Silver	No
17	00000011	Vector	Yes
18	00000012	Jet	No
19	00000013	Blaze	Yes
20	00000014	Shy Guy	NPC
21	00000015	Toad	NPC
22	00000016	Lakitu	NPC
23	00000017	Charmy	NPC
24	00000018	Espio	NPC
25	00000019	Cream	NPC
26	0000001A	Boo	NPC
27	0000001B	Bullet Bill	NPC
28	0000001C	Goomba	NPC
29	0000001D	Eggman Robot 1	NPC
30	0000001E	Eggman Robot 2	NPC
31	0000001F	Kiki	NPC
32	00000020	Big the Cat	NPC
33	00000021	Mii 1	Yes
34	00000022	Mii 2	Yes
35	00000023	Mii 3	Yes
36	00000024	Mii 4	Yes

(Source: final kaoss)

Donkey Kong and Silver are playable in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games and Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Jet and Birdo only became guest playable characters in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Birdo is exclusive to the 3DS version.

One thing of note is that they all have the same voice as Mario, and use some of the other playable character's icons in some of the events they can be played in with the expection of Birdo (who doesn't use one due to being the most unfinished out of the other three cut characters) as Silver uses Blaze as his icon, Jet uses Vector as his icon and Donkey Kong uses Waluigi as his icon. However, their names do appear on the placing list and the results texture as it means that they were originally planned as playable at first but got cut at further notice.

Unused Graphics

Nintendo DS Connectivity

A scrapped connectivity feature between the Wii and Nintendo DS versions of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games was planned for the game but scrapped for unknown reasons. Remnants of this feature still exists in the game's data. In the main menu, these graphics would appear for when the Nintendo DS Connectivity option is selected in the Main Menu.

The DS has a CONNECTING message displayed on the bottom screen.
These glyphs also go unused, most likely to represent the wireless transmission of data between the DS and Wii systems.
The Wii system used in the communication.

Early Hammer Throw

An unused graphic for the instructions page for Hammer Throw shows an earlier version of the game. Upon throwing the hammer, the camera appears to zoom in on the character. This is unlike the final version, where upon throwing the hammer, the camera focuses on the hammer rather than the player.

Additionally, the text used for "WR" and "OR" lack an outline in the earlier version. "WR" is also colored black in the earlier version, whereas in the final, it is colored white.

Early	Final

Early Dream Fencing

Similarly, another unused graphic for the instructions page for Dream Fencing shows that the aim of the game was originally to reach a certain number of points, rather than depleting your opponent's health. Everything else remained the same.

Early	Final

Early Dream Table Tennis

Yet again, an unused graphic for the instructions page for Dream Table Tennis shows an earlier version of the arena, with smaller banners, and incomplete lighting and reflections.

Early	Final

Instructions Page Placeholder

The instructions page for Dream Platform contains a placeholder graphic.

Banana Peel Item

A graphic for a Banana Peel exists in the game's files but is not used in any of the Dream Events.

Early Player Textures

These are likely early versions for the player textures, as they look different from the final game.

Unused Audio

Test Tone

A one second test tone is found at STRM_03, STRM_04, and STRM_38.

Rank 2nd & 3rd

STRM_11 and STRM_12 are unused tracks for completing an event in 2nd and 3rd place. The final game uses the 1st place theme for both rankings.

Unused Events

There are three tracks likely intended for unused events. They were possibly made for the unused Dream Events as they are placed near the final game's Dream Event tracks, but it is unclear which events in particular.

STRM_30 is a tropical, mambo-inspired track. It is speculated to be for Dream Rowing or Quadruple Sculls.

STRM_33 has a space/futuristic feel, fitting with Dream Basketball or Dream Shooting.

STRM_35 is an intense-sounding track. It is unclear what this could've been used for (possibly Dream Hammer Throw, which received further development than the other remaining Dream Events).

Dream Canoe

STRM_37 is another unused event theme. Unlike the other three, this one was used in the Nintendo DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Dream Canoe event. In the Wii version it would have presumably been used in either Dream Rowing or Quadruple Sculls. Strangely, this track is not placed with the other event tracks, being placed after the Trophy theme at STRM_36.

Test Loop

This song is titled TEST_LOOP. It is the only music file to not follow the format of STRM_##. While it sounds similar to the "Replay" mini game track from the DS version, it was more likely just a placeholder.

Voice Clips

To do:
The game seems to have tons of unused voice clips in it's files, possibly even more in the Japanese version. Check what is used and what is not and add the corresponding audios to this page. Create a sub-page if necessary and add the other languages within the game's files in each version.

Mii Unlock

It seems that Miis were planned to be unlockable characters instead of being available from the start.

New Circuit Class

When unlocking a new Circuit Class, the game doesn't warn you, it just says that you unlocked a new Circuit.

Boss Mission

Apparently, there were going to be boss missions in this game where it could've been likely that the player had to face off against NPCs from both the Super Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog franchises, or this could be a placeholder for the beat your rival missions.

Mission Complete

What was supposed to be meant for when the player completed a mission, this voice clips seemed to be cut for unknown reasons.

Mission Failed

Same thing with the previous voice clip, this was supposed to be for when the player failed a mission.

Gold Medal

This was likely intended for the Awards Ceremony instead of the "Medal Rewarded" voice clip in the final version.

Silver Medal

Same thing with the Gold Medal voice clip though this time for 2nd place.

Bronze Medal

Once again, just like the last two medal voice clips though this time, it's for 3rd place.

Unused Text

DS Connectivity

Some unused text strings relating to the scrapped DS Connectivity exists in the game's files. They both say 'DS Connectivity' with varying degrees of capitalization.

Text
DS CONNECTIVITY
DS connectivity

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.

Unseen Texture

In the Skeet event, there exists unseen geometry inside the gun, which is likely a leftover from the scrapped Double Trap and Dream Shooting where the characters would need to reload the guns when running out of ammo. There is a load-in texture where it could've been that the guns would've required extra bullets.

(Source: Shesez)

Reflective Bottom in Trampoline

In the Trampoline event, there is a reflective background of the ceiling that is unseen from the player. By moving the camera into the ground, this specific oddity can be seen and it's slightly blurred out with the textures being very low-res overall.