Cat when archery: That's behind the crazy Google Doodle

Anyone who has already used Google is once again encountered a special feature: Google's logo looks changed. From the current occasion, Google has a new doodle parate. But what does a bow shooting cat have to do with it?

to Olympia: Google launches Old-School Game Per Doodle

Whether classic in the web browser, via app or in discover - whatever your Google uses, you certainly have encountered the latest doodle of the search engine today. Colorful symbols, a cat in the battle suit and the Google lettering, everything suddenly pixels as if it had landed for 30 years in the past. Behind it is a easier and fun - reason: The beginning of the Olympic Games in Tokyo has led to an interactive doodle for playing:

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You control the cat Hero Lucky at your adventures on the "island of Champions" - how to call the associated game. She explores the island and take on competitions in seven Olympic disciplines part, including, for example, table tennis, climbing and archery. The first part of the story, your trip to the island of the Champions, you can see in the video trailer:

The aim of your efforts is to find the champions in the disciplines to beat in their field and as even to the legend of the island. On the way, there should be many sidelets and new characters that Google will gradually publish over the next weeks . You connect to your way to the top in teams, with which you can climb the leaderboards (Source: Google). There are other actions such as Livestreams around the Games and Japan as an alignment country for Google and YouTube.

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According to their own information, the will be the most extensive doodle game from Google so far. The entertaining game was developed graphically to the good old early days of Pokémon and Co. in cooperation with the Japanese Animestudio Studio 4 ° C. So a game was created that corresponds to the current occasion of the games and referenced many motives of Japanese culture.

The real Olympic games in Tokyo, who officially start today, are still held in the course of the pandemic under special editions. So no visitors are admitted. Google's island of the Champions also offers a welcome way to be otherwise part of the sporting event.