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You don't use the touch screen for gameplay. I was looking for a racing game on the Nintendo DS platform and this game is very exciting. I actually had the sensation like I was driving faster in this game than the F-Zero on Nintendo 64 and SNES. Gameplay is entirely through the buttons and keypad. As you advance, you unlock more drivers and courses. You drive through tunnels, jump ramps and do various stunts while racing.
The physics are realistic (you can even 'drift'), despite the fact that you don't sustain damage to your vehicle. Graphics are very good, and you get the effect of actually driving at super high speeds. Controls are simple to learn although there is a slight learning curve "Car-Fu". The sound effects are very good even though the music is not too exciting.There are only up to 5 competitors which is a little disappointing since I like more 'traffic' on the road. The speed bursts are fun and the special effects add more of a thrill to gameplay. You have the option of competing on 3 levels of difficulty, and playing by a race or 'career' mode.
The artificial intelligence of your competition is quite challenging.This is a very entertaining game and it satisfies my 'need for speed'.
I still can't believe I'm playing this game. It's very fun and you can do really nice triks with the cars.
The graphics are unbeleivable and give great credit to the makers of SPEED RACER THE VIDEOGAME. Go Speed Racer Go. I had ordered this game on AMAZON and got it for 20 bucks, and I'm glad it was only 20. As another reviewere mentioned The music and the menu aren't spectacular but aren't to annoying or hard to hear\listen to. Here are the pros and cons:Cons: Tracks look simlair(as another had said) and the music\menu aren't wow-outta-your-seats-like but they aren't horrid.Pros: Great GraphicsLots of racers and at least 3 paint jobs for each racerLots of fun tricks, and stunts as well as jumps( in which you do flips,etc while in the air) and are really addictive.Also you can do CAR-FU In which you when you are close enogh behind you will press the B button(which is also displayed when you are close wnough to your opponent and you will see a white circle with a B in it telling what button to press) and you play a so called "MiniGame" in which if you press X or Y depending on the top screen what it says and if you get better than your opponent or get into the middle or very vclose to it you will hit the X or Y button and if you are successful you will send your opponent flying an you will gain a fan in WRL mode or in single player you just move ahead of your opponent and gain a position(no matter what mode you're in). It is well worth the money, if it was 28 or more I would've questioned the AMAZON Sellers, but they did a great job grouping the price together and it paid off.
You can play multiplayer(I don't do that, and as the same reviewer said you have to have multiple catrs, and the back of the game case says that it can be played from 1-6 players), arcade(Single race, Battle(Trying to complete certain tricks and events in a limited time), and a few others). Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I'm a copier. If only they spent a couple more days on making it, it would've been perfect. OK, enough of that junk. Now onto the game. Also you can play WRL(WORLD RACING LEAGUE) in which you play at 3 different tracks, and by doing tricks, jumps, and stunts, you can gain more fans(With how many jumps, tricks, and stunts you do you gain more and more fans, and the more and more fans you get, you get to unlock different racers, tracks, events, and paint jobs) with it(You can't get fans to unlock things when you play single player quick race)and also you can read tutorials if you are lost(or look at the instruction booklet) and it will tell you how do do things.
If you aren't successful you will be in the dust and will be a deads ducky.Conclusion: Great game for all ages
My 7 year old son got this for Christmas along with a few other DS games. This was by far his favorite. He's played it constantly since receiving it.
This is one video game that is child friendly or for those tech game challenged. My 5 yr old loves it. No matter what he does he doesnt die, the game just keeps him playing.
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