Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games is essentially broken up into a number of events representing the real world Winter Olympics. We got our hands on downhill snowboarding and ice-hockey, and we’re glad to say, we’re very happy with what we experienced.

The downhill snowboarding was incredibly fun. Controlling the character by holding the Wii-mote upright, and using tilts to the left or right to steer, with a lift of the controller to jump and do tricks. Each character has their own special ability, which range from speed up boosts to attacks, to help them in the downhill race.

On to the ice-hockey, in which the controls felt responsive and the entire event was extremely easy to pick up and play. Controlling your four man/hedgehog/plumber/(insert species here) team was incredibly easy with the nunchuck, while the Wii-mote was used for shots and checks.

The fact that all these events are multiplayer only adds to mix and we can see ourselves losing days and nights battling it out on the Vancouver Mountains with SEGA and Nintendo’s heroes and villains. Check back for the full review soon.