Test Your Judo Skills with the Official Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Video Game

The Summer Olympic Games were due to be held in Tokyo in 2020, but like many other recent sporting events, the games have been postponed until 2021. It is the first time the Olympics have been postponed and rescheduled in the games’ modern history. Now we're back in business with the start of the World Judo Tour.

The event is now scheduled to take place this summer, from 23 July to 8 August, and it is retaining the Tokyo 2020 name, despite no longer taking place in 2020. The delay of the Olympics also caused the delay of the tie-in video game from Sega. Many of you will recognise gaming while travelling to events. Well athletes, here's your chance.

Has Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game already been released?

Although the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game was launched in Japan in 2019, it has not yet been released anywhere else in the world. But it is due to be released for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC later this year. The game features many of the popular sports that will take place at the Olympics, including judo.

The only other Olympics video game to feature judo is the Beijing 2008 game. In fact, other than the two Olympics video games, judo has only ever been featured in three other video games: 1986’s Brian Jacks Uchi Mata, 1990’s Moero!! Juudou Warriors, and the visual novel game Sakura Spirit from 2014. There are not even any judo slot games available, despite there being plenty of martial-arts-based slots, like the fabulous Bruce Lee slot game, which is available to play at a オンラインカジノ (online casino). With so few judo video games on the market, fans of the sport are eagerly anticipating being able to play judo with Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game.

When did judo first become an Olympic sport?

Although judo was not featured in an Olympics video game until 2008, the sport first appeared at the actual Summer Olympics for the first time back in 1964, when the games took place in Tokyo for the first time. Apart from the 1968 Olympic Games, judo has been included in all Summer Olympics since. However, only male judokas were allowed to participate until 1988, when women were allowed to participate as a demonstration sport. Women judokas were only actually awarded medals as of the 1992 Olympics.

An Overview of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game

The Tokyo 2020 video game features eighty national teams and eighteen events, where you can play against fictional players and licensed players in various modes. However, when the game was first launched in Japan, there were only sixteen playable events. Updates were added to the video game in November 2020, and one of those updates included the addition of judo.

Test Your Judo Skills

Are your judo skills as good on the screen as on the tatami? You can find out by playing the Tokyo 2020 video game. Players fight one-on-one against opponents. When the opponent’s back falls onto the tatami mat, you win. You can use the team gauge to perform special grab techniques and use combos to tackle various throwing techniques.

The most notable sportsperson to be added in the judo category of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game is Kosei Inoue, who won the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in the under 100 kg class. Another notable judoka featured in the game is Shinichi Shinohara, who is most well-known for winning gold at the 1999 World Judo Championship and obviously his extravagant and funny appearance.