Game news The 10 such Mario karts are worth seeing
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There are genres whose existence is based on such a strong license that it is difficult to come up with a generic name for them. If the Doom-Like has become “FPS” over time, the Mario-Kart-Like has not found any other names. Set in colorful universes where competitors use and abuse power-ups to slow their opponents down, these arcade racing games have animated many evenings with friends. We come back to the best Mario Kart clones, those eternal seconds that still deserve the detour.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Crash Team Racing was originally released on PlayStation in 1999 and returned in a shiny remake after a long pit stop with a brand new body. Originally developed by Naughty Dog and refreshed by Beenox in 2019, the game is sure to be one of the best Mario karts of all time. It’s extremely beautiful, colorful, and has 56 playable characters that you can meet on 40 tracks. A gigantic content that ensures a long service life, especially since in this version it is possible to personalize your kart. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is playable online or up to four locally and ticks all the boxes to meet every requirement for a game like this one.
Diddy Kong Racing
The English developer Rareware shone on Nintendo consoles by copying the productions of the Kyoto company, often with a certain genius. What is banjo kazooie if not some kind of Mario 64 with a piaf hidden in a bear pocket? Diddy Kong Racing, on the other hand, is a Mario Kart 64 in the rare hero universe. However, there is a real novelty: the possibility of participating in races with three different vehicle types.
Konami Krazy Racer
Before Mario Kart: Super Circuit hit the Game Boy Advance in July 2001, Konami took the lead and sent his own heroes onto the track in Konami Krazy Racers. Here we find everything that made Mario Kart so successful, with colorful graphics, cheeky music, coins to collect and various power-ups to collect to win.. Fun, easy to learn and with a progressive level of difficulty, Konami Krazy Racers offers 16 varied routes. You will understand that the Konami software provides very effective sensations for lack of originality.
The crazy people from the steering wheel
“This time they’re gone … crazy people behind the wheel“. Only the oldest among you may remember this cartoon drawn by Hanna and Barbera, in which a whole clique of happy drills gets out of hand in crazy races. In the early 2000s, Infogrames released a racing game featuring Satanas, Diabolo, and the entire team in one game that was released on Dreamcast, PC, and Game Boy. In addition to very original and numerous vehicles, the game offers a total of 4 game modes, which are certainly classic, but complete. The small originality of the software is based on the power-ups. Instead of picking them up on the street as in any good Mario Kart, the player switches his own devices on his vehicle with “Dingo tokens”. These bonuses are divided into three categories: Defense, Speed, and Attack. In short, Les Fous du Volant offers a definitely fun game that is far from simple and visually appealing thanks to the cel shading used, especially in vogue at the time of its release.
Toy Story Racer
Who would have thought that adapting a cinema license in this very special genre that is similar to Mario Kart could take risks? However, it did so with Toy Story Racer in 2001. The title of Traveller’s Tales gives the player the opportunity to take part in 80 challenges in 19 different races
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Inspired by the benchmark of multiplayer item racing games, Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed takes a place on HD machines when it first arrived in 2010. It contains twenty heroes, all from many Sega franchises with Sonic, Amigo, Beat, Ryo Hazuki or Alex Kidd. In total we have 24 plots that take place in levels from Sonic The Hedgehog, Billy Hatcher, Samba de Amigo, Jet Set Radio, House of the Dead and Super Monkey Ball. Racetracks that feature a design with multiple curves to make the spin technique roar. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing is fun, accessible to everyone, but one of the best Mario Kart clones out there for anyone who is a perfectionist.
LEGO racing driver
Despite its difficulty, LEGO Racers invites up to two players to take part in races that take place on 12 racetracks in 4 different LEGO universes from ancient Egypt to the forest of Sherwood. During the races there are 5 types of power-ups on the tracks to animate the meetings. The little originality of LEGO Racers comes from the ability to create your own pilot by drawing in a whole range of hats, heads, tops and bottoms. And although this does not affect the properties, it is also possible to build your own racing car with LEGO bricks.
Speed freaks
In the purest style of a Mario kart, Speed Freaks is not innovative, but uses the principle to its advantage. We therefore find up to four playable multiplayer, various crazy pilots at the start with their own parameters such as weight, speed, acceleration or even impact endurance and of course power-ups and slippage. Technically everything is fine for the time: the graphics are neat and quite detailed, the impression of speed is good and the soundtrack is dynamic.. Speaking of music: Jamiroquais Traveling Without Moving covers the introductory scene of the title. “Speed freak, faster than a racing bullet“.
ModNations Racer
ModNation Racers wanted to be to Sony consoles what Mario Kart is to Nintendo consoles: a fun and friendly racing game that is mainly played in multiplayer mode. However, if its profile suggests that it is a true clone of the Nintendo game, its mechanics and general balance are very different from those normally found in games of the genre.. Performance-enhancing power-ups and extensive driving gameplay make ModNations Racers a special app. But the greatest originality of the Sony San Diego title comes from its creative workshop. Whether it’s creating an avatar or even creating new paths, there are many tools available to the player to personalize their experience. Both fun and technical, simple and rich, ModNations Racers is a great alternative to Mario Kart.
Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour
Who says colorful worlds and characters that are cherished by adults and children, says Disney. As in 2000 with Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour, the American company that put its hand in the world of entertainment started with the Mario Kart. With its 13 tracks and just as many characters, the title developed by Crystal Dynamics leads us to the most important areas of Disney World, including Space Mountain, the hideout of the pirates of the Caribbean, the haunted house and that of the movie Dinosaurs.. The controlled runners that are very easy to execute and the accessibility of its universe make it a racing game perfectly designed for the youngest. It’s a shame that Tic and Tac are the only really well-known characters in the roster. It should be noted that the Game Boy version of the game is very successful.
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