Dream Fencing (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games)

Dream Fencing is an Olympic event featured exclusively in the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games''. It is the Dream Event counterpart of Fencing - Epée. Dream Fencing takes place at Ocean Palace from Sonic Heroes.

Unlike its standard counterpart, Dream Fencing involves the characters running on a three-dimensional plane instead of a two-dimensional plane, and they can get Item Boxes either with a Shield or a heart, and there are four characters playing at once instead of two at a time.

During London Party, when the player's character faces off Eggman Nega a second time, they compete in this event.

Gameplay
Characters have two minutes to deplete all of their opponents' health. If a character knocks another one off the stage, this deals a lot of damage, but causes the felled character to be able to do a Special Thrust upon returning to the stage. If a character is in danger of falling off, they can swing the Wii Remote (and Nunchuk) to regain their balance on the stage. Egg Pawns or Flappers occasionally appear on the stage. If a character runs into an Egg Pawn or Flapper, it deals damage to them, but if a character uses a thrust on one, they can knock them into other characters, causing them to lose health. Sometimes the Egg Pawns and Flappers drop power cores which are the same things as the things dropped from a character who fell off the stage. If a character gets knocked out, they can return as a bomb to attack the other players in a similar style to becoming a Mini Bomb Kart in Battle mode of Mario Kart 64. The game ends when either all characters are knocked out or there is only one remaining. If two or more characters are still standing when the time is up, then the character with the most health wins.

Basics
Wii Remote and Nunchuk
 * Thrust: Thrust Wii Remote
 * Jumping thrust:
 * Spin parry:
 * (not listed) Special Thrust: +
 * Perform a thrust while moving to do a charging thrust attack.

Wii Remote Held Sideways
 * Thrust:
 * Jumping thrust:
 * Spin parry: Swing Wii Remote
 * (not listed) Special Thrust: +
 * Perform a thrust while moving to do a charging thrust attack.

Tips

 * Knocking rivals off the stage causes big damage, so look for a chance to send them over the edge.
 * If you are in danger of falling off the stage, swing the Wii Remote (and Nunchuk if one is used) up and down to regain your balance
 * After you're out of the game, you can return as a bomb balloon and pay your rivals a visit.

Tricks

 * Open Item Boxes to get items such as Health and Shields.
 * Pick up Health items to restore your health. There are two types--big and small.
 * Pick up a Shield to bounce back any attack just once during a set time.
 * Grab a power core, and you power up automatically! Press +/+ together for a Special Thrust.
 * If you pass over bombs buried in the ground, they appear and explode. Try to run away as fast as you can.
 * Running into Egg Pawns and Flappers causes damage, so watch out!
 * Or try to knock them into rivals with a thrust.

Challenges
The Fiercest Fencer challenge is completed by knocking an opponent off the stage a number of times in this event. The criteria for unlocking each achievement are as follows:
 * Lv. 1-Knock others off the stage 5 times.
 * Lv. 2-Knock others off the stage 10 times.
 * Lv. 3-Knock others off the stage 15 times.