''Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - The Official Video Game'' is an

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developed and published by

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. The game was originally released in Japan for the

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and

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on July 24, 2019. However, due to the

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delaying the start of the

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in Tokyo, the game was not released outside of Japan and East Asia until June 2021, when it also released for

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, and

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. The game features 80 national teams and 18 events.

Disciplines

The following events are in the game: four additional sports were added to the game as updates. : Later added as

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. The game features 80 playable nations, making it the most playable nations that have ever been in a Olympics video game.

Playable nations

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Reception

The Switch version received 80% from ''Digitally Downloaded'', who said that "one of the areas that Tokyo 2020 immediately stands out is that it has a good range of different sports represented, and they all play differently." They went on to praise the presentation and the customisation, adding that "as a single player game it's a little lonely and limited."

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