[BLOG] Nintendo Direct: Online Competition Finally Coming to the Mario & Sonic Olympics Franchise

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One other game that was discussed during the first of October's Nintendo Direct was the next title in the long-running Mario & Sonic Olympics franchise, titled in full as Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014.



Fans of the franchise, one of your biggest criticisms of the series is finally over! For the first time in the series, players from around the globe will be able to compete simultaneously via the Internet - so says Satoru Iwata himself. Sochi 2014 will feature the ability to compete with Friends or with anyone around the Globe in four specially selected events for the mode. The events include three Winter Olympic staples - Freestyle Ski Cross, Snowboard Cross and Short Track Speed Skating 100m; and a Dream Event racecourse combining elements of all the different types of Winter Racing.



Competing Worldwide will pitch you against random other players across the globe also looking for matches; with each player acting as a representative for the country they selected as their home territory at profile creation. When you win any medal in an online contest, you will also win points towards your territories' total score. A ranking system will be permanently in-place in the game, tallying up the scores, so countries can compare the performance of players representing them in order to see which country has the best players (or the biggest community of consistently medal-winning players - face it, some countries will always be behind just because others are bigger).



In other news, as well as selling the game on its own, Nintendo will make Sochi 2014 available in a bundle with a blue Wii Remote Plus also included. Both game and bundle will hit stores November 15.