Artwork featuring the Main Stadium

TheMain Stadium (referred to as theOlympic Stadium in theWii version of the game), is a location in both versions ofMario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games. The stadium appears as the venue for all of theAthleticsEvents in the Wiiversion game, and all athletics events except forMarathon and20km Race Walk in theNintendo 3DSversion. In the Wii version, as well as appearing as the venue for the Athletics events, the stadium also appears in the game's opening, as well as serving as the background of the single match mode and records menus. In the Nintendo 3DS version, the stadium serves a much larger role. Unlike the Wii version, where the awards ceremonies take place in the events' respective venues, the ceremonies all instead take place in the Main Stadium at night, and it also appears as the background for the game's main menu. The all of the box at for Nintendo 3DS version of the game except for the British one also feature the stadium in the background.

The Main Stadium also appears as one of the locations visited in the 3DS game's Story Mode. It first appears in The Night Before, where severalToads andOmochao are preparing the stadium for the Olympic Games' opening ceremony when the bluePhantasmal Fog first settles, scaring away most of the organizers.Toad is separated fromOmochao and scared by a pair ofMario andSonicimposters, which is observed byBowser andDr. Eggman from his lab inBig Ben. The episodeStadium Blues takes place in the Main Stadium the next day, when Toad encounters Mario andLuigi and tells them what happened the previous night, before they defeat a pair of Sonic andTails imposters and go on to investigate the fog further after receiving some more information from Omochao. InFoggy Foes, the group findDry Bones andDry Bowser in the stadium protecting afog machine, and after defeating them destroy the fog machine, clearing the fog away and causing Dry Bones and Dry Bowser to leave. After noticing fog atHyde Park, Mario, Luigi and Toad head off while Omochao remains at the stadium. In Clear Skies Again, the groups that had split off to clear up the fog around London meet back up at the Main Stadium and tell each other how they got on, celebrating the clear skies and deciding to prepare for the opening ceremony to go ahead. InA Rainbow In Fog, the rainbow colored Phantasmal Fog appears at the stadium, producing imposters of Mario, Luigi, Sonic and Tails that attackCream andCheese. Mario, Luigi, Sonic and Tails save them from the imposters, and then leave the stadium forStonehenge along with Toad andOmega after he regains some more of his memory. Omochao, Cream and Cheese stay behind and provide Toad with a walkie talkie to stay in contact. Toad and Omega decide to head back to the Main Stadium for safety inThe Promise to Toad, and call the group in Big Ben from there inThe Grand Showdown, telling them that they alonng with Omochao,Charmy andEspio cleared away the fog from the Main Stadium and around the rest of London with help from the other groups. Once Bowser and Dr. Eggman are defeated, Toad calls again from the Main Stadium, telling them that they can register for the games by coming to the Main Stadium, and at the end of the episode the opening ceremony is held there. The Main Stadium also appears as the setting of the bonus episodeJunior Triumphant!, whereBowser Jr. andGoomba arrive and watchMetal Sonic train with Dr. Eggman. Bowser Jr. convinces Dr. Eggman to let him challenge Metal Sonic, which he agrees to, and after winning gets Dr. Eggman to tell Bowser how well Bowser Jr. did. The final episode that the Main Stadium appears in isStadium Blues, in whichMagikoopa tricksDonkey Kong into challenging Bowser using a pile ofbananas and aThwomp. Bowser arrives withLakitu and Goomba and defeats Donkey Kong, before heading toExCeL London, while Magikoopa and Donkey Kong head off to find some real bananas.

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  Artwork featuring the interior of the stadium at night

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  The North American box art for the Nintendo 3DS version of the game, featuring the stadium in the background

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  The stadium as seen in the Wii version'sJavelin Throw event

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  The stadium as seen in the Nintendo 3DS version'sShot Put event

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  The character select screen forDream Equestrian in the Wii version, featuring the stadium in the background

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  The Main Stadium in Bowser's Blues

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