Fans of games which are utterly bonkers might remember Onion Soup Interactive's Nippon Marathon which launched on Switch last year. With its roster of wacky characters and deliberately unwieldy controls, it was a hoot to play... well, for a short while at least.
Onion Soup is hoping to crowdfund the development of a sequel for Switch, known imaginatively as Nippon Marathon 2. Not only does it promise a new and improved cast of crazy characters, but there will also be a number of new silly physics abilities to boot.
Here's a bit more info from Onion Soup on this upcoming project:
Indie dev team, Onion Soup Interactive announced today that the eagerly anticipated sequel to cult classic Nippon Marathon is coming soon to Kickstarter.
The campaign seeks to fund core development for Steam, Nintendo Switch, and an exclusive Arcade edition (published by exA-Arcadia). Stretch goals include (but not limited to) a visual novel Inspired story, as well as localisation, Steam Workshop implementation and the in-demand online mode.
Nippon Marathon 2 is the ultimate "Bakage" (Japanese for "Stupid Game"). 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!
Key Features
- 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, whether that be for better or worse!
- 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!
If you're interested in seeing this crazy game potentially come to Switch, you can sign up for a notification on the Kickstarter page and back the project when it goes live. There's no word yet on when exactly that will be, but it'll likely be soon.
Let us know if you enjoyed the first game with a comment below.
[source gonintendo.com]
Comments 13
Sounds good, hopefully they can improve on some of the issues with the first game.
A Kickstarter project for... a sequel. A sequel to a recently released game.
... oh, God, Nippon Ichi and Atlus are going to try this one day, aren't they?
The 1st is funny in 4 players.
yay kickstarter
Had a lot of fun playing the first one. Looking forward to the second one
The first game was pretty funny. I do like the announcer and the stage variety quite a bit but always get screwed by the wonky controls and camera. The AI is horrible which just adds to the humor.
It doesn't sound bad, but didn't the first game just release a year ago?
Give me muscle march instead please!
Absolutely loved the first game. These guys are going to get my money, fer shure.
Why KS if the first sold well why use KS just make a sequel and buyers will buy. I bought to collect it.
@HotGoomba yeah, Feb 2018 on steam though
First one makes for great couch coop. Have had some great moments with it. Drink more glurp is also fantastic for weird multiplayer
First game was very fun but it was a bit hard to see the stage.
I hope the sequel can realize the games potential.
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