Nippon Marathon

Nippon Marathon is a ragdoll racing game set across Japan, playable solo or with up to four players. You race through obstacle-filled courses, hurdle barrels, outrun Shiba Inu, dodge bicycles and throw fruit at your opponents. Courses can also take you across planks balanced over waterfalls.

Race across Japan

The levels span busy city streets, narrow old streets, bustling markets, mountaintop shrines and the top of a bullet train. Races can include diversions such as slot machines, or a news anchor arriving by jetpack to interview you on the track.

Story mode

In story mode, you climb from rookie runner to marathon master and uncover the forces working behind the Nippon Marathon. The cast includes lobster-man J DARWIN, narwhal enthusiast Elizabeth Nishibori, old uncle sailor Zenbei “XEN BAE” and wannabe dating-agency owner Snuguru Maestro. You also face returning ten-time champion Handsome Hazuki and his cronies.

Party games

Party Games include a shopping-trolley challenge: set the trolley’s position, take a running jump and hurtle toward hazards and man-sized bowling pins. The L.O.B.S.T.E.R gauntlet is a precariously narrow, randomly generated assault course where swinging hammers, pneumatic boxing gloves and American footballers try to knock you into the drink.

Multiplayer

You can play solo or with up to four players. Multiplayer supports drop-in and drop-out play, so players can join or leave during a game.