I have loved the Mario & Sonic Olympic games since the first Summer one came out related to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. I did not play the Vancouver Winter one as much, but I was still interested in trying out the new summer Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The new version has really impressed me and is even more fun with at least as good replay value for me.
The thing I really like about the London 2012 Mario & Sonic game is the London Party mode. This would be a fun way to play multiplayer, but I enjoyed it a lot playing on my own against all computer players. It is interesting how you collect stickers depending on how well you do in the events and what you do while in the explore London part of each round.
It is also interesting that you collect scratchers as you play that you can scratch to win items to dress your Mii or music. The losing scratchers can also be combined to unlock things.
The Challenges also had to the replay value, as it gives some extra things to try to achieve to fully complete the game.
Overall I highly recommend Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Most of the events are reasonably challenging, although I found the soccer one to be frustratingly hard even on easy. It is also nice that there are a good amount of dream events and some provide some more challenge to master.
