Doodle Champion Island Games

**Doodle Champion Island Games** is an online RPG-styled Doodle developed by the Doodle team at Google in collaboration with Studio 4°C. The game was released in July 23, 2021, and was made mainly to commemorate the events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It was also made as a homage to classic 16-bit Japanese video games and culture, such as folklore.

## Description

* Original
* August 24 (Update)

*Welcome to the Doodle Champion Island Games! Over the coming weeks, join calico (c)athlete Lucky as she explores Doodle Champion Island: a world filled with seven sport mini-games, legendary opponents, dozens of daring side quests, and a few new (and old ;)) friends. Her ultimate goal? Defeat each sport Champion to collect all seven sacred scrolls—and complete extra hidden challenges across Champion Island in the purrr-ocess.*

*Welcome back to the Doodle Champion Island Games! Over the coming weeks, re-join calico (c)athlete Lucky as she explores Doodle Champion Island even further: a world filled with seven sport mini-games, legendary opponents, dozens of daring side quests, and a few new (and old ;)) friends. Her ultimate goal? Defeat each sport Champion to collect all seven sacred scrolls—and complete extra hidden challenges across Champion Island in the purrr-ocess.*
*What’s different this time around? Lookout for bonus levels and brand mew side quests! If you’re one of the chosen few who collects every scroll, you can even see what’s next for our favorite feline.*

## Storyline

Lucky, a feline athlete, arrives on Champion Island by boat where a festival is taking place. During the festival, there are various sports competitions being held. Lucky's goal is to challenge the Champions, seven mighty athletes who each are the masters of a single sport: Archery, Artistic Swimming, Skateboarding, Climbing, Table Tennis, Rugby, and Marathon. Lucky must win every game to become the ultimate champion and win the Champion Island Games.

## Gameplay

The gameplay involves the player controlling Lucky in an overworld filled with different minigames. The player may also encounter anime-styled cutscenes animated by Studio 4°C.

Lucky is moved with the arrow keys (or joystick in mobile), while the space key (or the action button) can be pressed to convey an action, which can be either rolling or opening dialogues.

In the overworld portion of the game, Lucky can explore Champion Island, talk to NPCs, and accept side quests. Additionally, Lucky can choose from one of 4 different teams to be on: Red, Blue, Green, or Yellow. Earning points in minigames assists the chosen team in gaining points. The team with the most points will achieve victory at the end of the Champion Island Games.

Minigames consist of Lucky participating in one of the seven sports on the Island. Each minigame is unique, with different controls and objectives. Winning a minigame results in Lucky gaining a Sacred Scroll and a hanami dango depending on how well the player scored.

## Trivia

* The game was initially a 3D game which involved Mecha Sports and folklore-based robots.
* This game is a continuation of a series of (recently interactive) doodles made by Google to celebrate the Olympics. The Olympics preceding the ones in Tokyo enjoyed the release of the Doodle Fruit Games, while during the London olympics, four interactive Google doodles, along with few non-interactive ones.
* On August 24th, the game received an update to commemorate the start of the paralympics, with a couple of added minigame maps and trophies. Lucky could also leave Champion Island after the update.
* The game was called "Google Legendary Games" at one point during development.

## Gallery

### Cover Arts

Table Tennis-themed logo with champion Tengu (July 24)Skateboard-themed logo with champion Tanooki (July 25)Archery-themed logo with champion Yoichi (July 26)Rugby-themed logo with champions The Oni (July 27)Artistic swimming-themed logo with champion Princess Otohime (July 28)Climbing-themed logo with champion Fukuro (July 29)Marathon-themed logo with champion The Kijimuna (July 30)End of Olympics logo (August 8)
### Videos

Welcome to the Doodle Champion Island Games!Opening cutsceneDoodle Champion Island Games Victory!Behind the Doodle- The Doodle Champion Island Games!
## External Links

* Official website
* Game Link

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/unlevelednate/status/1418669513239715846