Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game
2019 video game
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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.
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| Developer | Sega[a] |
| Publisher | Sega |
| Director | Hitoshi Furukubo |
| Producer | Nobuya Ohashi |
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| Programmer | Motoyoshi Sato |
| Artist | Takayuki Iwasaki |
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| Engine | Hedgehog Engine 2 |
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| Release | Nintendo Switch, PS4Windows, Xbox One, Stadia
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| Genre | Sports |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
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]
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^§: 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.
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
The Gambia
Great Britain
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guinea
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Indonesia
India
Iran
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Romania
ROC
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
South Africa
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Chinese Taipei
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Ukraine
Uruguay
United States
Uzbekistan
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.
- 100 metres - Lloyd Lawrence Jamaica
- 110 metres hurdles - Amelia Ryan Australia
- Hammer Throw - Karolina Przybylska Poland
- Long Jump - Bandile Dlamini South Africa
- BMX - Salomé Patiño Colombia
- 4x100 metres relay - Armandine Goethals Belgium
- 100 metres freestyle - Bastien Perec France
- 200 metres individual medley - Eva Mills Australia
- Table tennis (singles) - Qi Xintong China
- Table tennis (doubles) - Zhou Qiyun China
- Tennis (singles) - Mathias Widmer
Switzerland - Tennis (doubles) - Alicia Roca Spain
- Boxing - Craig Whitwell
Great Britain - Judo - Gezaburo Miyamoto Japan
- Baseball - Camilo Prats
Cuba - Basketball - Theresa Mosley United States
- Football - Osvaldo Moura Jr. Brazil
- Beach volleyball - Kathy Adams United States
- Rugby sevens - Samu Boseiwaqa Fiji
- Sport climbing - Ljudmila Oblak
Slovenia
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | PC: 56/100[4] PS4: 71/100[5] XONE: 66/100[6] NS: 70/100[7] |
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| Destructoid | 5/10[8] |
| Push Square |   [9] |
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]