Adrien: Global Marathon

Adrien: Global Marathon (Adrien：グローバルマラソン) is an upcoming platform video game distributed by Cartoon Network Interactive Games, developed by Konami, co-developed and published by THQ Nordic for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows PC currently set for release worldwide in late 2017. It will be the latest title in the Adrien the Cat series, returning to the more open ended, exploration-based gameplay previously featured in Adrien World and Adrien Elemental series.

Gameplay
Adrien: Global Marathon rivals Nintendo's newest Mario game Super Mario Odyssey. The game puts players in the role of Adrien the Cat as he travels across various lands related to the Raleighopolis. The game returns to the freeform, exploration-based level design previously featured in Adrien World and Mitchell Elemental series. The game also features levels inspired by real-world locations such as "Charlottesville", inspired by Charlotte, North Carolina. Adrien and his friends will ride on a ship named "Marondome". Adrien retains several of his classic platforming techniques, such as homing attack, dash, wall-jumping and ledge-grabbing. A new feature of the game is Adrien's ability to throw a portable spring, which he can use like a spring, allowing him to reach higher ledges or cross long gaps and Adrien's new ability to throw his own cap, which he can use like a cool boomerang.

Development
Adrien: Global Marathon was first teased when Cartoon Network released the announcement trailer for the Nintendo Switch on October 20, 2016. The game was fully announced at the E3 presentation on January 13, 2017, with series creator MITCHELL Project stating that the game would "go back to the roots", appealing to a more core demographic than the more recent "casual-friendly" iterations of the Adrien series. Shortly after, gameplay footage was provided at a Japanese presentation.

Further details and public demos will be unveiled at Nintendo's presentation at Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017 in June, where Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé stated that players would be allowed a "hands-on perspective" of the game.