Nippon Marathon

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Nippon Marathon
Nippon Marathon Turbo
Nippon Marathon Steam Cover Art.jpg
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Developer(s) Onion Soup Interactive
Publisher(s) PQube Limited
exA-Arcadia (Turbo)
Platform(s)
Release
  • Windows
  • 18 December 2018
  • Arcade
  • April 2021
Genre(s) Party, Action, Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Nippon Marathon is a party, action, racing game developed by British [1] studio Onion Soup Interactive and published by PQube Limited. In April 2021, an enhanced arcade version titled Nippon Marathon Turbo was released in arcades on exA-Arcadia. This version focuses solely on multi-player racing courses and does not have mini games. Two new characters called Hato and Princess were added as selectable characters and the art was drawn by Namco's Numan Athletics artist, Tatsuya Ishikawa. [2]

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Reception

According to review aggregator Metacritic, Nippon Marathon received mixed to unfavourable critic reviews for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, [3] [4] [5] with the PC release currently having no score. [6]

Nintendo Life gave the Switch release a 6/10 calling the visuals and nature of the physics "an acquired taste", however praised the multiplayer and recommended it to anyone looking for a "silly party game". [7]

The game holds a very high rating on Steam, with a 90% "very positive" overall rating as of October 2020. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Onion Soup Interactive". Onion Soup Interactive. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ "NiPPON MARATHON TURBO". exA-Arcadia. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  3. 1 2 "Nippon Marathon for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Nippon Marathon for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Nippon Marathon for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Nippon Marathon for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  7. 1 2 Reseigh-Lincoln, Dom (January 13, 2019). "Review: Nippon Marathon (Switch)". Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Steam Community :: Nippon Marathon". steamcommunity.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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