Nippon Marathon

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Summary

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!


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Nippon Marathon Reviews & Ratings

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Review by ec1123 [user]
February 25, 2022

Such a fun game. For some reason, it's really buggy and the mini-games just should not be there given how repetitive they are. Therefore, ISuch a fun game. For some reason, it's really buggy and the mini-games just should not be there given how repetitive they are. Therefore, I enjoy this game, but I'm not sure I could recommend it to everyone if you really hate broken collision detection and buggy settings. They should make Nippon Marathon 2 and really polish it up. This game feels unfinished.

90
Review by tom2tums [user]
February 1, 2021

So, why is this so hated? Sure it has the graphics of a certain 1998 platformer, but this has the same charm as that game, they should justSo, why is this so hated? Sure it has the graphics of a certain 1998 platformer, but this has the same charm as that game, they should just call it japanese sonic adventure, its as fun as hell, good unclean fun!

90
Review by andybates [user]
December 2, 2020

Honestly the critic reviews entire miss the point of this game. The game is a tongue-in-cheek love letter to Japanese quirk/kitsch. TheHonestly the critic reviews entire miss the point of this game. The game is a tongue-in-cheek love letter to Japanese quirk/kitsch. The controls are intentionally awkward. The physics are intentionally always just that little bit unpredictable. Watch a few gameplay trailers to get a far more accurate depiction of the chaos that is Nippon Marathon that I ever got from any of the ‘professional’ critic reviews.Let me be clear - this is a party game that I’ve never played solo (although people I’ve recommended it to have mentioned they’ve done solo play and enjoyed it!), which has brought myself and many friends hours of laughs and enjoyment.Tbh I find the 44 critic metascore really appalling so made an account just to leave this review.I highly recommend Nippon Marathon - it’s really something special.

60
Review by jikflet [user]
September 9, 2020

Fun game to play with friends. not as single player. I only recommend it if you like weird Japanese games. performance is not as good on theFun game to play with friends. not as single player. I only recommend it if you like weird Japanese games. performance is not as good on the switch. and I encounter couple game breaking bugs. but still don't regret my purchase. is one more of those crazy Japanese party games y like. but is not for everyone.

90
Review by Tenderloins [user]
September 4, 2020

Have this on both pc and switch, switch version is basically the same but has a few glitches like stuttering sometimes but who cares when theHave this on both pc and switch, switch version is basically the same but has a few glitches like stuttering sometimes but who cares when the game is this much fun with a group.

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Game Information
Release Date December 17, 2018
Publisher PQube, Onion Soup Interactive
Content Rated E10+ (Everyone 10+)
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Player Perspectives Bird view / Isometric
Genres Racing, Sport, Indie
Themes Action, Comedy, Kids, Party
Platforms PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch