The second to last Mario and Sonic Olympic game I need to complete for this marathon, this one is pretty polorizing for me. It’s DEFENITLY a step up from London 2012 on 3DS, but it still borrows so many of the minigames, just reskinned. First, some things I like about this game. I like that the events that aren't copies from London 2012 aren't as shallow as the former and pointless. I like most of the plus events better than most of London 2012’s dream events. I think Golf is a CRAZY good addition to this game. It’s basically a full game in and of itself, and to top that off, these are legit the same exact courses that were used in the real Rio games. So they will always be preserved in video game form which is so cool. I LOVE the idea of Pocket Marathon and wish more games did stuff like this. I can tell you now, as someone who still carries his 3DS everywhere to use it as a pedometer (and hope the lone person in 2021 will streetpass with me), I will definitely be booting this game up from time to time, to unload my steps into pocket marathon. Now the bad. Road to Rio is super boring and grindy. Not as bad as London 2012’s story mode, but thats an insanely low bar. The dialogue is just so robotic and not fun to read, and the structure was really getting on my nerves. I beat the Mario storyline and decided to get the Sonic ending as well, but by day 5 I got stuck on Javelin with Wario for like 30 minutes until I just got so fed up and quit. I really don't feel like grinding the gyms and events just to get passed a second ending for this games story mode. Like I said earlier, all the events are lesser versions of the Wii U counterpart (except Golf). Another problem I have is the fact that you mainly only play as your Mii if your playing story mode. This is an issue with the Wii U version too, I dont want to play a Mii in a Mario and Sonic game. Overall, not as bad as London 2012 because of its redeeming quality in Golf and Pocket Marathon. But the superior handheld only Mario and Sonic Game is definitely 2008, which was basically a high effort port of the Wii game.