Nippon Marathon is an indie developed by Onion Soup Interactive, released 17 December 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Mac.
What Nippon Marathon is
Nippon Marathon is an indie game developed by Onion Soup Interactive and released in 2018. It was published by PQube. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
San! Ni! Ichi! Hajime!!! Stretch your muscles and embark upon the ultimate marathon of Nippon in a crazy, physics-driven, four-player party racer where anything can happen!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, kids and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Nippon Marathon holds a critic score of 20 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 49 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Nippon Marathon launched on 17 December 2018, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Dusk and Ashen. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Gris, Dusk, Ashen.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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