Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games while competing in various events hosted by Orbot and Cubot from "Sonic Colors" and "Sonic Lost World". "Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games" received generally mixed reviews, with most critics praising the visuals and the online mode, but criticising the game's similarity to previous "Mario & Sonic series" games and motion controls. It has an aggregate score of 54.81% on GameRankings and 55/100 at Metacritic. Gaz Plant of Nintendo Life gave the game 6 out of 10, summarising that it "...feels like a minor progression, and not the huge leap you might be expecting. Taking a
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