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.
Yuke's provided developmental assistance. 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.
Events The following events are in the game: four additional sports were added to the game as updates. Athletics Track 100 metres 110 metres hurdles 4 × 100 metres relay Field Long jump Hammer throw Aquatics 100 m freestyle swimming 200 m Medley swimmingOther Baseball Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Cycling, BMX racing Football Judo Rugby sevens Sport climbing Table tennis (singles and doubles) Tennis (singles and doubles) : 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.
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 110 metres hurdles - Amelia Ryan Hammer throw - Karolina Przybylska Long Jump - Bandile Dlamini BMX - Salomé Patiño 4x100 metres relay - Armandine Goethals 100 metres freestyle - Bastien Perec 200 metres individual medley - Eva Mills Table tennis (singles) - Qi Xintong Table tennis (doubles) - Zhou Qiyun Tennis (singles) - Mathias Widmer Tennis (doubles) - Alicia Roca Boxing - Craig Whitwell Judo - Gezaburo Miyamoto Baseball - Camilo Prats Basketball - Theresa Mosley Football - Osvaldo Moura Jr. Beach volleyball - Kathy Adams Rugby sevens - Samu Boseiwaqa Sport climbing - Ljudmila Oblak
Reception
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."
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