Game makers accurately capture the Olympic experience on both sides with crowd noise, character reaction and the objective, monotone announcers. Audiences will boo if you don’t medal and your character will consequently show their disappointment. Players can always try again immediately after the event/mission as menu immediately appears and allows you to repeat event/mission, change character or change event/mission.

Players of all ages can find success in several events, which promotes the fun, party-like multiplayer gameplay. You’ll have fun watching the other players too. The only thing that could slow down the pace is patiently waiting for less skilled players to complete the longer events. The only thing game producers could do there would be adding a “mercy rule”-like break with the option to stop or continue. Four separate saved profiles and handicap settings help even more. Producers also stress the joy of winning with instant replays (at slower speeds) and the standard award ceremony. Plenty of room to expand the dream events and online capabilities in future installments (hopefully producers don’t wait until 2011…2010 Winter Olympics perhaps?). Look for a Nintendo DS version of this game in January 2008.

is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB for Comic Mischief.