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= Nippon Marathon = Nippon Marathon is an indie video game currently in development by Onion Soup Interactive. The game is described as a 'Competitive-Runner ' in which 4 human or AI controlled players race against each other through physics based obstacle courses. The game is inspired by Japanese game shows and includes colourful and often garish or indecipherable text and imagery interrupting gameplay.

Gameplay
Each stage is contested by avoiding obstacles using the jump, run and dive abilities. Weapons and powerups are placed throughout the stages which allow for the attacking of other players, for example a heat-seeking melon may be deployed which will knock out the player in front. When a player falls too far behind the pack they will be eliminated from the round and when only one player remains the round is over and that player score a point. All players respawn at the nearest checkpoint and the race continues until the finish line is reached. The player with the most points wins the stage and a full marathon is won by accumulating wins across multiple stages.

Minigames randomly interrupt the main racing activity and take the form of reporter interviews and fruit machines. These minigames can result in the winning of weapons or increasing the player's popularity with the crowd.

Setting
The game is set during the fictional event called the Nippon Marathon. This is a long standing annual event that spans fictional stages influenced by real-world Japanese locations such as Osaka and Tokyo. The Nippon Marathon is heavily influenced by and reliant upon media and private corporations and every year new hopefuls enter the competition attempting to gain sponsorship and rise through the ranks.

Development
Nippon Marathon is the first game by Onion Soup Interactive. The game began as an experiment in April 2017 and the visual style and story was added soon after. The game uses the Unity game engine and alpha versions have so far been produced for Windows operating systems.

Crowdfunding
A Kickstarter campaign is planned for launch with an as yet unannounced date, the campaign includes stretch goals featuring Online modes, extra characters and game console versions.

Publicity
Nippon Marathon has been featured by YouTube group Stumpt Gamers and from 14-15 October 2017 it will be playable by the public for the first time at the PLAYExpo Manchester event in the UK.