Description
Released in 2021 to coincide with the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, it is a full-fledged anime-style sports role-playing game where you play as Lucky, a calico ninja cat.
Lucky explores Champion Island and competes in seven different sports mini-games to defeat each sport champion and collect the seven sacred scrolls.
Game Overview
- Genre: Adventure / Sports / RPG
- Platform: Web browser (Google homepage or direct link)
- Gameplay Style: Retro pixel-art RPG inspired by classic Japanese games
Main Character:
You play as Lucky the Cat, a ninja-athlete cat who arrives at Champion Island, a mystical land where you must:
- Compete in 7 sports challenges.
- Beat the 7 Champions of the island.
- Join one of four teams (Blue, Red, Green, Yellow) to compete for control of the island in a global leaderboard.
Sports Mini-Games:
Each sport represents a mini-game:
- Table Tennis - Fast-paced reflex game.
- Skateboarding - Trick-based platformer.
- Archery - Timed aiming challenge.
- Marathon - Obstacle-dodging race.
- Rugby - Team-based evasion challenge.
- Artistic Swimming - Rhythm/music game.
- Climbing - Timed puzzle navigation.
The game was Google's largest-ever interactive Doodle and was developed in collaboration with the Tokyo-based animation studio Studio 4°C, featuring anime-style cutscenes and an art style that pays homage to 16-bit Japanese video games and folklore.