How to play Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Mac
Game summary
A new 3DS game sees Mario and Sonic team up to compete in a whole range of different Olympic games. You can download to three other 3DS’s and play four players in each of the different events. There’s also a Pocket Marathon mode than uses the motion sensor in the 3DS to act like a pedometer and challenge people to get outside and get active.
First released: Feb 2016
Play Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games like you would on any PC.
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