NDS ROM: 3952 - Speed Racer - Japan

forevolution 2009-07-06

It's a good racing game, you pick characters and the object is to get more fans (more fans unlock more races/cars/characters etc) via winning races and doing stunts. You can attack other racers by spinning into them or a mini-game called "Car Fu". Stunts are easy to do and land, you get a gauge which fills up when you do stunts, called the zone gauge.. you can use it like a nitrous burst, or fill it all the way up and use it to go temporarily invulnerable and auto-drive.



The tracks are pretty wipeout-ish in the way that you can't have a strategy for the upcoming corners etc, Because the track starts looping everywhere and split off mid-air. I Found drifting (i think the button is L to drift) into corners the easiest way to go through them, though the car i use doesn't have the best handling.



There are a few modes, including multiplayer and cup mode, i played cup mode on amateur and it's pretty decent so far, the racers aren't as easy as i expected and get a bit more challenging after a while, you have to get a strategy of timing your "zone" boosts and doing stunts if you want a big lead.



8/10 - Decent little fun racer

iluvgtavcs 2009-11-09

whats the difference theres already a USA version