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Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
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 | Image of Mario and Sonic jumping over a hurdle within a renderization of Beijing National Stadium
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The player twists the Wii Remote and presses various buttons as instructed to perform tricks in the trampolining event.
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"Dream Events" are alternate versions of Olympic events. In the DS-exclusive event "Dream Canoe", players can use items from the Mario Kart games.
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 | 3/5 stars
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 | Mario emblem.svg
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 | Chaos emeralds.svg
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 | Gamepad.svg
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 | Blue iPod Nano.jpg
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 | Olympic Rings.svg
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 | Wikipedia book
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 | Portal
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