Crashed and quickly dashed (Wacky Races Crash & Dash (DS))

Member Name: xxHalesxx

Product:	Wacky Races Crash & Dash (DS)
Date:	22/09/09 (38 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Can entertaining for your a wacky races fan

Disadvantages: Simple mini games and awkward camera angle

I got wacky races crash & dash as a birthday present this year so I couldn't tell you the price which my sister paid for this although it is currently selling in game for £8.98.

When you first insert the game there is a very long introduction with all the licensing details from Eidos (the creators of the game) then it goes into a little cut scene of the cartoon itself which will keep repeating until you touch the screen. Once you have touched the screen you will see four sets of keys, these keys are your save points after you have selected what keys you would like and have touched the pedal with the tick you are taken to the main screen. On the main screen there are 3 categories and as always an option category.

The first category is 'wacky rally' in this category you select which character you would like to play as (you can be any of the characters from wacky races except for dick dastardly) Once you have chosen you will be taken to the select rally menu, when you first start there is only one rally track available, to unlock more tracks you have to try and reach the target points. You get points by completing a rally the higher the position you finish the more points you get. There is three races per rally making it quite easy to earn the required amount of points. The 'wacky rally' category is the most like the hit TV show including Dick Dastardly's evil tricks but unlike Mario kart ds where you use the a, b, x and y buttons you use your stylus which I have found can be quite difficult as you don't get the rear view as you do with Mario kart ds but more of an angled birds eye view.

The second category is 'single race' is much like the 'wacky rally' but you don't unlock any new tracks by trying to reach the target amount of points. You can only the rally's which you have unlocked but you do have the option to chose which track on that rally you would like to play. I find that this option is more of a practice run for the 'wacky rally'

The final category is called 'trap challenge' this category includes a series of mini games. When you choose this option you can play with up to 4 players (you can't do this wirelessly so if you wish to play these against a friend you have to share one ds.) The idea of the mini games is to escape from one of Dick Dastardly's evil plans the more you manage to escape the more rounds you will play. Personally I have only done two rounds but this was because I found them quite boring as they were quite simple for example the dot to dot so I couldn't tell you how many rounds there is in total.

All together I found this game somewhat boring because once you get use to the awkward camera angle it can be quite fun but that soon deteriorates as each race goes on.

Summary: Your better of with Mario kart