Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game

Not to be confused with Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game
DeveloperSega[a]
PublisherSega
DirectorHitoshi Furukubo
ProducerNobuya Ohashi
Designers
  • Shingo Kawakami
  • Katsuyuki Shigihara
  • Masashi Jinbo
ProgrammerMotoyoshi Sato
ArtistTakayuki Iwasaki
Composers
EngineHedgehog Engine 2
Platforms
ReleaseNintendo Switch, PS4
  • JP/AS: July 24, 2019
  • WW: June 22, 2021
Windows, Xbox One, Stadia
  • WW: June 22, 2021
GenreSports
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game is a sports video game developed and published by Sega. The game was originally released in Japan for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on July 24, 2019. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic delaying the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the game was not released outside of Japan and East Asia until June 2021, when it also released for Windows, Stadia, and Xbox One. The game features 80 national teams and 18 events.

Yuke's provided developmental assistance.[1] The game is the penultimate Olympic video game to be released by Sega, as Sega's license to produce games based on the Olympic Games was discontinued after the release of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 due to the International Olympic Committee pivoting to mobile games produced by nWay for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

Events

The following events are in the game: four additional sports were added to the game as updates.[3]

^§ : Later added as downloadable content.

Playable nations

The game features 80 playable nations, making it the most playable nations that have ever been in an Olympics video game.

Top Athletes

In addition to allowing players to compete against fictional athletes, the game also allows players to compete against licensed players, referred to as "top athletes", in training mode. The top athletes serve as the hardest difficulty for each event, with the game recording, and rewarding players based on, how many times they have beaten a top athlete. There are 20 top athletes, one for each event, representing 17 national teams.

Reception

The Switch version received 80% from Digitally Downloaded, who said that "one of the areas that Tokyo 2020 immediately stands out is that it has a good range of different sports represented, and they all play differently." They went on to praise the presentation and the customisation, adding that "as a single player game it's a little lonely and limited."[10]

Notes

  1. ^ Additional work by Yuke's.

References

  1. ^ "Game RELEASES". YUKE'S Co., Ltd. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  2. ^ Phillips, Tom (July 30, 2024). "Olympics ditched Mario & Sonic series to explore NFTs and esports". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on July 30, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "セガ公式アカウント on Twitter: "また、『東京2020オリンピック The Official Video Game™』製品版は無料アップデートにて、4つの種目が追加されます。"". Retrieved August 12, 2021.
  4. ^ "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  5. ^ "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game for Xbox One Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game Review (PS4) | Aces high". Push Square. September 12, 2021. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  9. ^ Roemer, Dan (September 12, 2021). "Review: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – The Official Video Game". Destructoid. Retrieved September 12, 2021.
  10. ^ "Review: Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game (Nintendo Switch)". Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
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