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
2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal than twice that for the 1996 Atlanta games – to pay for infrastructure improvements. 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal The 2002 Olympic Winter Games bid scandal was a scandal involving allegations of bribery used to win the rights to host the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Prior to its successful bid in 1995, the city had attempted four times to secure the games, failing each time. In 1998 members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) were accused of taking bribes from the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC) during the bidding process. The allegations resulted in