This game holds up surprisingly well. While it has a lot of jank in the physics and collisions it feels extremely satisfying to drift around and nail turns. The game still looks alright despite very dated character animations, and speaking of characters this roster of characters outdoes Transformed and then does laps around it. Maybe we didn't need Big, but Transformed has way more useless characters and completely removed half of the uniqueness of the roster. In terms of the course designs, they're very fun! My favorite are the Monkey Ball courses because its a lot of fun nailing the 90 and 180 degree turns. In terms of Single player content, there's a lot to do, I estimated 8 hours of single player content with lots to unlock and challenges to complete. The mission mode is pretty fun, although the variance in difficulty is not very pleasent. Specifically the Bonanza Bros. challenge where you need to run through all the rings for points was obnoxious. This game also has the easiest Time Trials and Staff Ghosts I've ever experienced, for better or worse, although I really like how this game handles time trials on a one lap basis. Also the multiplayer modes are very fun and varied, even if you can't play online in this version for some dumb reason. The game still holds up, although I'd suggest playing Transformed over this game any day still.

Reviewed on Aug 14, 2022


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