Today's Google Doodle is a 16 bit Olympics adventure/sport game starring cute animals!

[RatskyWatsky]

It's really cute and fun! I didn't beat it but I played for a good 30 or so minutes. Seems to be pretty beefy in size and content. I played on mobile and the touch controls were decent (as far as touch controls go...).

I mastered table tennis and skateboarding! Marathon was hard so I came in second. Rugby was pretty cool but my fingers were hurting at that point so I had to stop. All in all I think there are 7 games in total.

Oh yeah and there's cute animated cutscenes too!

Overall, this is up there with the best interactive Doodles that Google has done! Give it a go and tell me what you think!

 

[finalflame]

 

[Jetsun Mila]

Took me quite some time to talk with the guys at the start of the game. The controls get really wonky with a generic controller attached. Otherwise works really well and looks nice

 

[Hexa]

Team Fox represent! I wonder why Crow is so ahead in the leader boards.
There are 22 different tasks (trophies) to get in this game it seems. That's a lot of content.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

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I'm on mobile but it's literally the front page of Google

 

[Dice]

Google made a free-to-play ninja cat RPG to celebrate the Tokyo Olympics, and it’s awesome!

The Google Doodle for the Tokyo Olympics’ start offers retro fun, insight into Japanese culture, and a skateboarding tanuki.

soranews24.com

 

[Flygon]

I see they're taking cues from the Reserve Bank of Australia's method of commissioning Olympics mascots.

 

[kiriku]

Damn, they put a lot of effort into this, especially with all those cutscenes. Game itself is a bit simple but quite fun.

 

[Belthazar90]

Not google putting more effort into this than in the stadia exclusives lineup

 

[Praedyth]

Stadia walked so Doodles could run

 

[Hexa]

Is it just me or is the running game (with the crabs) way harder than all the others?

 

[finalflame]

I'm on mobile but it's literally the front page of Google

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you underestimate my laziness

 

[Okabe]

It's like the theme is one note off of copying the Hamtaro theme haha

 

[Hexa]

I finished the main quest and a couple of the side quests. Are the side quests all just fetch quests? If so I think I'm done.

 

[kiriku]

It's like the theme is one note off of copying the Hamtaro theme haha

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Unfortunately, it reminded me of this song: https://youtu.be/U15GCtASDPU

 

[SatoAilDarko]

I was impressed with the touch controls also. Joystick and button press felt better than the usual.

 

[Jashobeam]

Got all the scrolls and was treated to a nice animated cutscene, my favourite games were the mountain climbing, and skateboarding

 

[Hours Left]

It's super fucking cute~ 🤩

 

[spad3]

This was one of the best google doodles

1. Pac Man
2. Pokemon on Google Maps
3. this

 

[Birdseeding]

Fun so far! Seems a little simplistic in terms of gameplay compared to the GOAT 2016 doodle Fruit Games, but the visual presentation more than makes up for it.

 

[MondoMega]

Played this earlier; pretty neat little game. Ended up getting all the trophies because fast travel made the fetch quests somewhat reasonable. The animated sequences were cute.

Couldn't find the more difficult versions of archery or rugby though (if they even exist; since all the other sports had one or two extra stages).

I see they're taking cues from the Reserve Bank of Australia's method of commissioning Olympics mascots.

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You're not wrong, lol.

 

[Xadra]

Why Google's have to put the channel's logo and playlist covering the animation, for 1/3 of the video length?

I know it happens a lot, and maybe this is not the best place to complain, but.... I wanted to express my annoyance.

 

[Magic Mushroom]

Is it just me or is the running game (with the crabs) way harder than all the others?

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It's quite challenging on mobile with the clunky touch controls but I finished first on my first try with keyboard.

Table tennis and rugby were the games I enjoyed the most. The animated sequences are lovely.

 

[Leo]

Please bring it to the Switch, google!

 

[J75]

For a free web game, I'm fairly impressed. Even as someone that isn't a big JRPG fan, it was neat to see the influence.
They even let you remap buttons on a gamepad, which I find hilarious considering some big retail titles on PC don't let you do this.

 

[JTDailyUpdate]

For a free web game, I'm fairly impressed. Even as someone that isn't a big JRPG fan, it was neat to see the influence.
They even let you remap buttons on a gamepad, which I find hilarious considering some big retail titles on PC don't let you do this.

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Saw in this Engagaget article, that Google collaborated with Studio 4 °C for the doodle, might explain the controller support.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Bump for the day crowd :]

 

[The Dink]

The second marathon on the secret beach is uh...kind of hard.

This game has more exploration elements than you'd think from a sports minigame collaboration.

 

[Regulus Tera]

This was fun, I just wish it wasn't attached to a fucking google doodle.

 

[Birdseeding]

Just got all the trophies - is there anything else left in the game? I still haven't finished the hardest versions of the Marathon, Artistic Swimming and Climbing.

 

[ZeoVGM]

Kyle Bosman is currently streaming this.

 

[vypek]

I played for about half an hour as well and loved it. Got 2 scrolls, explored a lot, and finished some side quests but still had some going that I couldn't figure out when playing. I'll return to it later and try again. Hope I can do marathon again cause I felt like I picked out when I got first place on the second try.

I really wish this was something standalone and expanded on into something just a bit more robust with a menu system, inventory, quest log, etc.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I'm on mobile but it's literally the front page of Google

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k

 

[janusff]

So this is pretty great? It's really simple but charming as hell. And fun too.

 

[Xun]

I love how Totoro the music is for this.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

the archer is a cheating bastard

 

[Tochtli79]

Was working and came across it earlier, valuable time wasted lol. Pretty cute.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I did it!

Spoiler: end of game

somehow i never joined a team? im not even sure how i avoided it... or how to do it still...

 

[MondoMega]

somehow i never joined a team? im not even sure how i avoided it... or how to do it still...

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There's an NPC at the centre of the island that'll summon representatives from each team to let you join one.

Looks like choosing Green isn't working out too well for me; last on the leaderboard.

 

[Deleted member 1088]

For some reason, I'm not able to get the trophy for awakening Fukoro (climbing champion)? I beat both the normal and hard versions of the climbing game multiple times, and he's on top of the dojo, but everyone's still saying he's gone. Do I need to find some way to talk to him or is my game bugged lol

 

[CHC]

This game is so adorable, it's really impressive. Love the cutscenes, adorable animation.

 

[ShadowFlare]

Just completed everything, that was fun. Reminds me of the good old days when I spent hours playing flash games.

 

[Darktalon]

This was a great game! Spent maybe 2 hours playing it to 100% and exploring every nook and cranny. Go team yellow!

 

[Naijaboy]

Bump,. The game reappeared for the Paralympics. It got me motivated to co.plete all 7 challenges as well as the very hard Rock Climbing and Rugby challenges. Those last two were painful to win.