This game exceeded my expectations after reading many of the lukewarm reviews I read online. I've been playing this game over the holidays with many friends and family in 4 player situation and it's been really fun. It's a game that non-gamers will really love. It's easy to pick up and start playing, but difficult to master. M&S at the Olympics is a lot of fun and it definitely brings out the competitive spirit.

The negative points for this game for me have nothing to do with the gameplay but rather with the multiplayer recordkeeping and menu UI. It's very annoying that when your top records in events aren't stored when playing in multiplayer. For example, my brother ran a 9.52 in the 100m (he's "the champ" as he says) playing as his Mii character, but that record is lost forever.

Another major gripe is how difficult it is to select your Mii character in multimode vs. using the built-in characters. First select "Mii", then click "Wii Console", then page through your Miis, select the appropriate one, then one final click to confirm. Now repeat this process once per player. What's done in at least 4 steps could've been trimmed to 1 simple step.

A friend of mine had a neat simple suggestion. Where it lists the WR on OR (World and Olympic Records) it should also keep track of your WiiR (Wii Record), meaning the highest score you (or your friends) have gotten playing on your console.