This was promising at first, there are 4 courses to select with 4 tracks each, and I like the character roster a lot. I thought there would be 16 unique tracks, but they re-use the settings and themes so there's more like 8 tracks with 8 variants.
The lack of different themes and environments was very disappointing. once all four courses are unlocked that's it, getting first on Hard doesn't do anything, there's no cool secret course to unlock, just having 1 new level theme to unlock that wasn't used yet would have made playing through this worth it.
The closest comparison to this game is Mario Kart Super Circuit, and that game has more content, more varied course layouts, and more movement options like drifting.
Despite having less KKR does feel good to control, just racing and doing time trials can be fun at times.
There's also a trial mode that has unique objectives like beating a certain time or doing a course backwards, this added some needed variety and game time to single player.
It was cumbersome and awkward to drift in (2D) Mario Kart but at least it was in the game, in KKR you have to nearly come to a complete stop on some turns, meanwhile the computer players cheat and don't have to slow down at all, while always catching up instantly.
The worst thing about this game is the collision detection, it's terrible.
I'd try to make jumps over pits or cut corners over water and the hitbox appears to be larger that the tile it's on, so it looks like I'd be on land but I'd still fall in, sometimes multiple times in a row since the turning is so bad, the ice level was miserable to play as the edge tiles would count as water and are all over and they are easy to slide into.
hitting walls is not lenient at all just barely touching a wall or obstacle will make the kart come to a near stop, it's ridiculous.
Boosting on a jump and doing a really hard turn to skip part of the level will instantly put the player in last place.
I understand not letting players skip half the track, but even just a little skp saving maybe 1/2 a second is still punished, sometimes I'd even do one by accident and have to start over.
Any kind of creative or fun shortcuts are just not possible here, I don't see any good reason why they did this, it just makes the game even less enjoyable and punishing.
Good character roster, nice remixed music themes from other games, and shadow moses from Metal Gear Solid as a track setting is the best thing this game has, there's also some unlockable characters, and at least they all feel different to play.
I have mixed feelings on this game
It's worth trying for the crossover but it's not as replayable as some other racing games on Advance.
The lack of different themes and environments was very disappointing. once all four courses are unlocked that's it, getting first on Hard doesn't do anything, there's no cool secret course to unlock, just having 1 new level theme to unlock that wasn't used yet would have made playing through this worth it.
The closest comparison to this game is Mario Kart Super Circuit, and that game has more content, more varied course layouts, and more movement options like drifting.
Despite having less KKR does feel good to control, just racing and doing time trials can be fun at times.
There's also a trial mode that has unique objectives like beating a certain time or doing a course backwards, this added some needed variety and game time to single player.
It was cumbersome and awkward to drift in (2D) Mario Kart but at least it was in the game, in KKR you have to nearly come to a complete stop on some turns, meanwhile the computer players cheat and don't have to slow down at all, while always catching up instantly.
The worst thing about this game is the collision detection, it's terrible.
I'd try to make jumps over pits or cut corners over water and the hitbox appears to be larger that the tile it's on, so it looks like I'd be on land but I'd still fall in, sometimes multiple times in a row since the turning is so bad, the ice level was miserable to play as the edge tiles would count as water and are all over and they are easy to slide into.
hitting walls is not lenient at all just barely touching a wall or obstacle will make the kart come to a near stop, it's ridiculous.
Boosting on a jump and doing a really hard turn to skip part of the level will instantly put the player in last place.
I understand not letting players skip half the track, but even just a little skp saving maybe 1/2 a second is still punished, sometimes I'd even do one by accident and have to start over.
Any kind of creative or fun shortcuts are just not possible here, I don't see any good reason why they did this, it just makes the game even less enjoyable and punishing.
Good character roster, nice remixed music themes from other games, and shadow moses from Metal Gear Solid as a track setting is the best thing this game has, there's also some unlockable characters, and at least they all feel different to play.
I have mixed feelings on this game
It's worth trying for the crossover but it's not as replayable as some other racing games on Advance.