Release Date: December 17, 2018
A production filled with crazy humor, combining elements of arcade and racing games. Nippon Marathon allows us to take part in crazy obstacle races. Although the title was designed for multiplayer, it also has a story mode intended for solo players.
Nippon Marathon is a humorous game combining arcade and racing games, created primarily for multiplayer fun. The title was developed by an independent studio Onion Soup Interactive, and its release was handled by pQube.
In Nippon Marathon we come to Japan, whose appearance is based on Internet memes and popular stereotypes. Playing as one of the four competitors, we take part in crazy runs with obstacles and fight for victory in places such as crowded city streets, picturesque villages, supermarket interiors and dangerous mountain peaks.
Reaching the finish line is made difficult not only by objects located on the tracks, such as rolling barrels or closed doors, but also by various events, headed by earthquakes. Additionally, the matter is complicated by the fact that the action is shown from a bird's eye view, and the camera constantly follows the front group of the race - if our competitor is left too far behind, thay will be disqualified.
Along the way we get power-ups in the form of food, which can be used both as a weapon (for example, a banana peel thrown on the ground can effectively slow down the opponent), as well as a boost that provides our participant with a momentary acceleration.
The pillar of Nippon Marathon is a multiplayer mode for up to four players. However, there is also a story mode, where we follow the fate of each of the four athletes.
Despite its simplicity, Nippon Marathon's three-dimensional graphics do their job - the maps are clear and the obstacles, power-ups and the players are clearly distinguished from the rest of the environment. It is worth noting that the course of the struggle is supervised by a physics engine based on ragdoll technology, which often leads to comic situations.
Platforms:
PC Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
Age restrictions: 12+
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System Requirements for Nippon Marathon Video Game:
PC / Windows
Minimum System Requirements:
Intel Core i3-2370M 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card Intel HD 4000 or better, 5 GB HDD, Windows 7 64-bit.
Recommended System Requirements:
Intel Core i5-2300 2.8 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM, graphic card 2 GB GeForce GTX 970 or better, 5 GB HDD, Windows 7/8/10 64-bit.
Game Ratings for Nippon Marathon Video Game.
GamePitt: 8 / 10 by Rob Pitt
Nippon Marathon is one of the craziest games you’ll play in 2018 either solo or in multiplayer. The game is intentionally created to look like a very low-budget title with poor animations, physics, and visuals, but that’s all part of the charm and the game shouldn’t be overlooked because of this. Once you get into the race, the whole event becomes really competitive if your playing with friends and exciting if you’re playing solo. If you decide to brave the solo story mode (which you should), you’ll be greeted with four intertwining stories to play through, each with their own protagonist and hilarious story to uncover. Seriously, this is one game where you shouldn’t ‘judge a book by its cover’ as inside it’s an explosion of Japanese wackiness!
PlayStation LifeStyle: 5 / 10 by Lucas White
If you're the kind of person who, in the current year of your video game lord 2018 still likes to chuckle at “Engrish” memes and has at least one Sharknado flick in your collection on purpose, boy do I have the game for you. Nippon Marathon is all about the bit, building the gameplay experience, seemingly, all around a tongue in cheek version of Japanese culture. There is a wacky, multiplayer racing game in there, but it feels more like a side effect of a notepad full of gags than a gaming experience that can entertain a group of friends long enough to make them briefly forget about Super Smash Bros., nor does the single-player experience do much after you understand what's happening in front of you. Perhaps the subjectivity of humor is the pass/fail condition for Nippon Marathon, but in a space full of wacky, physics-based multiplayer games, this one feels like it's too confused about what it is and who it's for to stand out.
ZTGD: 3.5 / 10 by Anthony Mann
Nippon Marathon in theory is a good idea, but when it came to actually playing the game I did not enjoy myself and I really wanted to. Maybe there’s fun to be had if played with friends but I was so put off myself that I wouldn’t force any friends to play it.
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