Google is launching their largest-ever Doodle game, called „Champion Island,“ where you can compete across seven different minigames.<\/b>
\nThe Tokyo Olympics are set to begin on Friday, and keeping in that friendly competitive spirit, Google is launching \u201cChampion Island,\u201d their largest-ever Doodle game, letting you compete for one of four teams across seven different minigames and explore a fantastic world. Created in partnership with STUDIO4\u00b0C, a respected Japanese animation studio, this latest Google Doodle lets you take on the role of Lucky the Ninja Cat as she finds herself on Champion Island as a festival is underway. You get started in the game by joining a team \u2014 Red, Blue, Yellow, or Green, the four colors of the \u201cGoogle\u201d logo \u2014 then venturing to one of the seven competition areas. Each competition is its own minigame that has you face off against each sport\u2019s champions, as inspired by a relevant character or creature from Japanese history and folklore. For instance, the archery minigame pits you against a champion inspired by famed samurai Nasu no Yoichi. First, we identified stories and folktales from all over the country with characters that are highly recognized. Next, we connected those folktales and characters with each of the sport events included in the game. In the design process, each event champion was selected from those unique stories. The team mascots and the characters in the city such as Kappa, Yatagarasu, lion dance, were also chosen as they are very well known across Japan. Each character\u2019s design was based on their original story image, but then adapted for the game. There are also competitions for table tennis, skateboarding, rugby, artistic swimming, climbing, and marathon running, with each sport featuring a real-time global leaderboard. Along the journey, you may find secrets and side quests that encourage you to explore Champion Island to its fullest. Doodle Champion Island Day 2\u2019s art is dedicated to table tennis, featuring a showdown between Lucky the Cat and her opponent Tengu with his mystical fan that can control the wind. With the first day of the games now well under way, Team Red has a strong lead over the competition, at nearly double the score of Team Yellow. Will Karasu\u2019s intelligent and enigmatic presence continue to see Team Red clutch the win, or will we see an upset as we go into the weekend? Stay tuned. Considering most Google Doodles consist of a single minigame, it\u2019s easy to imagine how seven different games connected by an explorable world makes Champion Island the largest game ever to be featured on the Google homepage. The game tells Lucky\u2019s story across a mixture of anime cutscenes and 16-bit retro game graphics, meant to harken back to Japanese games from the \u201990s. Though Google Doodles are generally meant to be played on the Google homepage, you can also find and play Champion Island ahead of its Friday launch directly on the Google Doodle blog. More importantly, it will be available to play there long after Google removes it from the homepage, should you ever want to dive back into the world of Champion Island. Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<\/p>\n