It is still uncertain whether the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which have already been postponed from 2020 to 2021, will actually take place. While the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Japanese organizers are sticking to the schedule and want to receive athletes from all over the world from July 23 to August 8, more and more critical voices are being raised to cancel the major event due to the ongoing corona pandemic.
An editorial in the Japanese newspaper “Asahi Shimbun”, the official Olympic sponsor and the second largest newspaper in the country, which described the sports festival as a “threat to health” and asked Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga for “a calm, objective assessment of the” caused a stir Situation “. A research institute has meanwhile determined that canceling the Games would cost Japan around 13.6 billion euros, but would result in significantly greater economic damage if the number of infections skyrocketed.
Meanwhile, Sega announces: The games are on! Virtually at least. “Olympic Games Tokyo 2020” will be released on June 22nd for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Up to eight players can compete against each other in 18 Olympic competitions locally or in online multiplayer. A first trailer reveals that things are not too serious. To see: 100-meter sprinters in astronaut suits, sliding balls in beach volleyball and robots in the boxing ring. Such jokes are made possible by an extensive character editor, which is supposed to offer over 100 costumes for the arcade experience.
All disciplines at a glance
The disciplines at a glance:
100 Meter
4×100 meter relay race
110 meter hurdles
Hammer throwing
Jump far
Beach Volleyball
BMX
Boxing
Sevens rugby
100m freestyle (swimming)
200m individual medley (swimming)
Sport climbing
Table tennis
In November 2019, shortly before the outbreak of the corona pandemic, Sega had already published a game for the games that may never come: the exclusive switch title “Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020”.
