Hope you’re all enjoying your time with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games! I’ve seen some comments here on the blog as well as our Facebook page that people are playing and enjoying it. I’m working on the DS version at the moment, trying to master the ski jumping. It’s challenging, but fun. I’m looking forward to playing the Wii version, too.

In case you haven’t gotten around to checking out all the cool stuff in the game, I wanted to let you in on a few things to check out — party games, and the weather settings. (I know that weather doesn’t sound that exciting, but it’s actually pretty cool.)

In addition to Olympic events and Dream events, the game also contains some party games to enjoy with your family and friends. On the DS, you can play a game of bingo in Bingo Bash, spin the wheel in Lucky Spin, or aim to get four matching cards in Wild Card. On the Wii, you can play Balloon Attack, where you can pop balloons for points. There’s also a Wheel Challenge where you try to get the most points, or try to get the most panels in Panel Flip.

If you’re looking for an authentic Vancouver experience while you play, you’re in luck! You can change the weather settings on both the Wii and the DS version. If you have your Wii hooked up to the internet, you can select the Vancouver weather to play through the events as if you were really in Vancouver right now! If it’s snowing in Vancouver, it will snow in your game. You can also set your Wii to home weather to replicate the weather in your town at the moment. If you are more into consistency, you can set the weather to always be sunny, snowy, or whatever you prefer.

Hope you’re enjoying the game!