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Nippon Marathon 2

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4
Genre: Online Multiplayer
Developer: Onion Soup Interactive

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'Nippon Marathon 2' (ALL) Also Comes to PS4, Reveals Online Mode

by Rainier on Oct. 14, 2020 @ 2:59 p.m. PDT

Nippon Marathon 2 is the ultimate "Bakage" (Japanese for "Stupid Game") where players race across a bizarre obstacle course until only one player remains.

Skill and chaos are united in one wonderful experience. Last time you raced across Japan, this time you take on the world. This is Nippon Marathon 2 - the Brave World Tour!

Nippon Marathon 2 is built from the ground up with all new physics based chaos, beautiful new character models and stretch goals including (but not limited to) online mode. 

Tour the world as Darwin, Nishibori, Zenbei and Snuguru or choose one of the totally ridiculous new contestants.

Try to finish in first place in a marathon spanning the globe. Hang onto your rival's lobster tail using new abilities such as grip or send them flying into a pile of shiba-inu using new weapons such as the star fruit.

Heck, you can even finish them off with the all new character-specific B-MOVES!

View the world through the lens of a Japanese game-show! Keep your eyes peeled and your lobster-onesie on standby - so many surprises await you!  

Onion Soup Interactive announced a seismic shift in the development of Nippon Marathon 2 with plans to bring online matchmaking, PS4 support and custom character skins to the physics based racer.

Play just for fun in Casual Versus or try to be the best in the world by improving your rank in Competitive Versus. Players  looking for more silliness will be glad to know the Go-Go Trolley Bowling and L.O.B.S.T.E.R party games are making a return with online capability too.

"This is a game-changer for fans of online party games. Nippon Marathon has always been the closest thing to a Takeshi's Castle (MXC) or Total Wipeout video game and the inclusion of online support will bring the game to a much wider audience"

The developers aim to create as much variety in the title as possible. The in-game shop will be stocked full of custom items and character skins for players to unlock and the personalisation of characters will add to the humor of the Nippon Marathon experience.

The two-person team has been inundated with calls to bring Nippon Marathon 2 to Playstation following the first game's success on PS+ Japan earlier this year. Fans will be happy to know that Onion Soup Interactive has added support for the platform to its development schedule.

Onion Soup Interactive is currently running a kickstarter campaign for Nippon Marathon 2, looking to raise $41,147.

 Key Features

  • Friends in quarantine? No problem, challenge the ferocious AI patiently await the day you can invite your friends round for a socially distanced session.
  • New and improved cast of crazy characters
  • Silly physics abilities including the “grip” ability, grab your opponent and see what happens.
  • Touka Koukan (equivalent exchange) - Players’ “popularity score” will make or break you in the Nippon Marathon; everything influences your popularity, knocking over politicians = good, knocking over the Queen’s tea = bad!
  • Brand new courses set around the world including London, the USA, France and more!
  • Amazing new character specific B-Moves, such as Elizabeth Nishibori’s “Unicorn Rage”
  • New weapons, such as the shuriken style STAR FRUIT. 
  • Specific stats and animations for each character!
  • All new back stories including how Snuguru Maestro became Elon Mus--- wait, what?
  • Minigames and Party Games return! 
  • An amazing soundtrack is back to soothe and/or excite your ears!

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