Mario and sonic at the olympic winter games wii gamestop

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Playable Character Costumes are unlocked simply by playing a lot of different events with the respective characters. However, there are some special costumes that can only be unlocked via special means. After a few hours of play time or completing a Festival Mode, you'll receive a note saying there may be a secret shop in the shopping district.

Go there, and stop the camera between the far left and middle buildings -- aim the pointer at the shop down the alleyway between the two to reach the Secret Shop. To unlock the Dream Events, complete the following tasks.

Note there is more than one way to unlock every Dream Event. Unlocking an event will make it accessible in single-event mode as well. It's got a lot of star power, but this collection of sports-themed minigames isn't Mario and Sonic's finest hour. Two years ago, Mario and Sonic joined forces for the first time to compete at the Beijing Summer Olympics.

The result was a middling collection of sports-themed minigames that failed to deliver on the potential of that once-forbidden union. Never ones to give up, Mario and Sonic have reunited to hit the slopes and skating rinks of Vancouver for the Winter Games. It offers a slightly more diverse and entertaining assortment of events than its predecessor, but it still falls well short of earning a medal.

Adventure mode unites the heroes of Nintendo and Sega in a quest to save the Winter Games. The game boasts 27 events, which are divided into two categories: actual Olympic events and zanier dream events.

But, in fact, many of these play so similarly that it's a bit of a stretch to count them as two different events. Mechanically, ice hockey and its dream counterpart--fever ice hockey--are exactly the same. Fever hockey just has a bit of over-the-top flavor in the form of items and a shifting point value for goals. Nonetheless, there's a good variety of events on offer here.

Unfortunately, most of them are simple, shallow minigames that, on their own, aren't likely to hold your interest for terribly long. The game tries to make up for this by offering an Adventure mode--exclusive to the DS version--in which Mario and Sonic undertake a quest to rescue the Winter Games from a dastardly plot hatched by Bowser and Eggman. And to a certain extent, this works. The story helps the game get more mileage out of its expansive cast because you constantly recruit new characters to your party and encounter simple puzzles that take advantage of a character's unique traits.

One such puzzle has you touch flashing buttons with Yoshi's tongue, while another has Amy using her trusty piko piko hammer to whack a series of rotating gears at the correct moment. The story pits Mario, Sonic, and friends in a face-off against Eggman, Bowser, and their cronies, and makes competing in the events feel meaningful.

It also makes the overall experience feel more like a proper Mario and Sonic game. The Adventure mode has its share of problems, though. The environments that Mario and Sonic must wander around in, looking for characters to talk to and missions to undertake, seem designed to force you to spend more time walking than necessary.