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Speed Racer

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7.6 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Developer: Sidhe Interactive

Genre(s): Racing, Action

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: May 6, 2008

Summary

Players take on the role of the characters from the Speed Racer film, getting behind the wheels of each character’s signature vehicles to experience first hand the film’s high adrenaline, combative racing style. The car-fu style of action within the game closely represent the action style designed by the Wachowski brothers for the film itself as they lend direction and assets to the development team directly from their Berlin set. Written and directed by the Wachowski brothers and produced by Joel Silver, Speed Racer is based on the classic series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida. Speed Racer follows the young race car driver Speed in his quest for glory on and off the track in his thundering Mach 5. The film features other characters that fans of the show remember, including Speed's family and his mysterious arch-rival, Racer X. [Warner Bros.]

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What The Critics Said

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GameShark

It is unfortunate that the movie performed as poorly as it did, as the game is one of the better arcade-style racing games that have come out in a long time.

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Play.tm

Unlike the vast majority of videogame adaptations designed to further boost Hollywood's already bulging coffers, Speed Racer doesn't overreach by trying to justify its existence with masses of unnecessary gameplay fluff, convoluted storylines and flashy worthless extras. Instead it keeps its focus solely on fun-filled Car-Fu racing, not needing to swamp the gameplay with star likenesses and vocal performances in an effort to paper over any developmental shortcomings.

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GamingXP

Speed Racer is a good racing game. The key to the success of the game is its simplicity, so it is suitable for beginners and pros.

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Games Radar (in-house)

You won't find an epic amount of unique content here (perhaps throwing the full price tag into question for some), but while it lasts, Speed Racer: The Videogame is a thrilling, futuristic race experience that succeeds with stylish visuals, incredible speed, and addictive combat.

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NintendoWorldReport

Speed Racer at its core is an amazing game, with great depth, control, and nice difficulty progression. Perhaps Sidhe Interactive will use this great engine (and maybe even the Speed Racer license) for another title with more inspired track design, better graphics, and a more fully-featured package overall.

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GamePro

For what it is, with voiceovers from the actors, what I imagine is probably movie soundtrack, and some excellent-looking, swift racing with seriously fun combat stunts, Speed Racer: The Videogame is awesome.

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NZGamer

Speed Racer: The Videogame excels at multiplayer, allowing two people to play split screen across a variety of Championship races.

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Gaming Age

Not a bad portable racer by any means, but there has been better. I'd suggest this one more for the younger crowd, due to the simplified controls if for no other reason.

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PTGamers

Races are frantic and the controls are a pleasure, and the only regret is that there isn't much in the way of track diversity.

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Worth Playing

Quite simply, Speed Racer works while it lasts. It is not an exceptionally long or difficult game, but while it lasts, it is unusually awesome, managing to distill many of the greatest elements of the original "Speed Racer" series and movie into one manic whole.

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GameZone

I was pleasantly surprised and then challenged at how well a game based on a movie was playing; good controls and level design make this a good find.

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Console Monster

Despite having some great gameplay, SR: TVG is ultimately let down by its serious lack of depth.

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N-Europe

And so Speed Racer: The Videogame offers a solid, if unremarkable experience.

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AceGamez

Speed Racer the Videogame, much like the movie it's based upon, is a resounding victory of style over substance.

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Jolt Online Gaming UK

Overall, Speed Racer is a very solid F-Zero clone with a few niggles dragging it down. Mainly, it’s the lack of a real sense of speed that disappointed us, which is something we adored about the F-Zero series.

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GameDaily

It's a novel idea that works, yet despite the fun racing action, Speed Racer suffers from limited tracks, a short Championship Mode and no online play. It's worth a few hours of your time, but don't spend $49.99 for it.

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VideoGamer

Speed Racer is a movie that assaults your eyes with colour and the game does its best to bring that to gamers.

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IGN

A surprisingly adept and entertaining racing game. The fundamental gameplay mechanics are strong, the control well done, and the visual presentation more or less perfectly in tune with the film.

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PALGN

Speed Racer is a very solid movie game tie in that does justice to the film. In fact, it's easily the best movie game tie in of the year, aside from the lack of content the game is a lot of fun and makes every other racing game feel slow.

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DarkStation

If you are a fan of the Speed Racer label then you will have a good reason to go check out Speed Racer: The Videogame.

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Cynamite

Excite Truck meets F-Zero – entertaining future-racer, but too short.

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WonderwallWeb

If you are a fan of racers and are looking for something other than Mario Kart then this is certainly a game worth looking at.

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Gamer's Hell

When all is said and done, Speed Racer: The Videogame is a licensed title that is actually a fun game, but it's just not complete.

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Nintendojo

Speed Racer is definitely a rental unless you're a fan of the television series or the newly released movie.

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Gamestyle

While it represents a modest improvement over Enter The Matrix, it still shares a vital similarity in that it feels unfinished and rushed to market to meet a deadline.

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GameTap

Speed Racer is a decent racing game, but it never gets your adrenaline pumping. Even the movie connection doesn't juice up the show. Also, unlike most racing for Nintendo systems, only two players can race in split screen mode, and there's no online mode at all.

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Eurogamer

If you should spot Speed Racer in a bargain bin, and fancy a few hours of simple, entertaining arcade racing, it's worth a look.

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Cheat Code Central

It has lackluster graphics, awkward controls, and just doesn't make a memorable or worthwhile game experience.

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NGamer UK

The flimsy core betrays a bevy of neat ideas nabbed straight from the film. [Aug 2008, p.63]

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ZTGameDomain

It is fun ripping around in two player mode trying to trash or out pace each other in your favorite ride, which is probably the best time to be had in the game. However, all this can't really justify putting up with the horrible AI ramblings, poor graphics and awkward controls that make this game so frustrating and monotonous at times.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes

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Brent G. gave it a10:
This is the ultimate Wii racing game. From the incredible graphics to the fantastic music to the wide variety of race courses and all of the "Car Fu" action, it is our families favorite Wii game from our 5 year old to Dad. The game really brings the car racing concept of the movie to life. This one game made the Wii worth owning and we are still playing it enthusiastically months later.

Rocky M. gave it an8:
Hey this is a must buy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hey hey hey i know it comes only a week after kart! but woah (my bad keanu lol) for a game i am sure none of us expected anything from(being a movie tie in and all)wow this game delivers lets call it a combination of f-zero gx burnout with a slight dash of mario kart thrown in, the voice overs from the real actors is fun and a great touch, the car fu is natural once u get the hang, the speed ....well like i said f-zero on the wii comes to mind , the control is really good the soundtrack nice , i cant say enough even if the w bros. jack the movie up at least wb interactive gave us the best speed racer game to date , on a final note on a system that lacks an f-zero or a wave race(to long time nintendo franchises)this is a needed and welcomed arcade addition to the wii, finally a third party racing game not from the big n that is worth the price of admission, o btw the graphics are decent for a wii game no seriously they are lol.

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