| Product: |
Konami Krazy Racers (GBA) |
| Date: |
03/08/01 (221 review reads) |
| Rating: |
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{:-Intro-:}
I have to open on this line Konami Krazy Racers is a Mario Kart clone, but how ever an extremly good Mario Kart clone indeed. Mario has dominated the Go-Karting scene for years now and Konami Krazy Racers has finally broken it as no one else has tried to take on Nintendo. The game itself plays just the same has a Mario Kart game but with the Characters from Konami games. The ones you would most know are the Ninga from Metal gear solid and the Dracula from Castlevania. Wow I hear you all say.
{:-Graphics-:}
Wow these graphics are mind blowing for such a small machine, you can now see why the Gameboy Advance was compared with the Playstation 1. That is how most of them are...however they are in great detail and do show some power of the GBA. The level of detail on the characters is amazing and I found myself looking at Mario Kart64 to see which looked better. However the game took a kiddie look...in the sense of the characters. Dracula looks like Papa Smurf meets Santa Claus and looks like a blue, happy, red eyed, white bearded, pointy eared guy. The Ninja even looks like a little plush doll instead of a deadly killer. The Levels/Tracks are great apart from some are copied straight from Mario Kart take Dracula stage for instant it is just like Bowsers castle with lava Pits and all.
{:-Gameplay-:}
Make sure you don’t make any Mistakes otherwise you will know go crashing into a wall. The tracks are really fun and tight, the game is really good. Some of the boosters which are on the tracks are hard to hit but apart from that the tracks are perfect. The characters are really good looking and the main characters are Goemon, Dracula, and the Ninja from metal gear solid. I think it would be better for Konami to but in more characters that we would know for a European release. The characters all have there own characteristics for instance:
Heavy Weight – Dracula, Moai
Dracula
Top Speed 5
Ac
celeration 2
Grip 2
Middle Weight – Goemon, Pastel
Top Speed 3
Acceleration 4
Grip 3
Light Weight – Nyami, Ninja
Top Speed 3
Acceleration 5
Grip 2
Feather Weight – Pawapuro-Kun, Takosuke
Top Speed 2
Acceleration 3
Grip 5
The single player mode consists of GT circuits, time trials, free play, and a few fun mini games (Bomb your opponents!). There are 4 GT circuits that require licenses to play. For example, don't expect to play the A Circuit until you have passed the A license test. You can't even take the A license test until you have completed all the B circuits.
The mini games are great. There is a game where you play “it or tag” and another one where you play chicken where you have to races over 400m and stop as close to the line as you can, its not easy. You can only use the brake once.
There are plenty of weapon power ups there great, here is a list and what they do.
Turbo – Turbo Power
Eye Wrap – You become invisible for some time.
Time Bomber – Explodes 3 seconds after you launch it.
Scooper Drill – Drills holes in the ground for rivals to fall in.
Barrier – A barrier for protection
Blue Missile – 3 missiles that fire straight ahead
Red Missile – Heat seeker missile almost hits it target every time.
Ice Crash – Pillars of ice rise up and rivals hit them.
Electric Battery – Electrical charge it’s the enemies making them crash
Pigs – The best weapon in the game turns all the enemies into little pigs
Ally Spark – Friends of the characters appear like Ninja gets a helicopter from Metal Gear Solid.
{:-Music and Sound-:}
The music and sound in Krazy Racers is great, when you switch on the game at the title screen you'll here the amusing 'Wai Wai Racing' theme tune, with vocals too, believe
me, its great! During the game its all good especially the themes from the Castlevania and Metal Gear Solid. Just like the Graphics the sound is cool with themed music.
{:-Final Word-:}
The game itself is Great, it will take Months to complete, there are plenty of hidden extras which you will find out and you will be “Ooohhhh-ing and Aaahhhhing” over it for Ages. The sound is great so is the Ghraphics. Mario is not out yet and Mario will have a Hard time beating this. The only Problem is you may not know some of the characters. But that’s a small problem.
Chris
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