It is quite possibly the most successful of the adaptations, considering the first two note The New Adventures of Speed Racer and Speed Racer X were both canceled during their runs. If the stiff, Flash-animated characters look familiar, it's because Animation Collective, probably best known for animating the Nicktoons Network's first original series, Kappa Mikey, produced this series. Nicktoons Network aired the entire 26-episode first season from 2008 to 2009. Speed Racer: The Next Generation is the third consecutive television adaptation, a Revival created to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the entire franchise and in conjunction to the wide release of the live-action feature film, and a Sequel Reset taking place 40 years from the original storyline With his rebuilt Mach 6, unusual racing talent, and mysterious lineage, the man realizes for the first time in his life that he is Speed Racer's second-born long-lost son!
Then he discovers the remains of the one and only Mach 5 in a near-by junkyard. He immediately becomes the new guy - he's always picked on, makes only two friends, and arrives with no racing car of his own. When you throw in the cool sound and two player mode, you have all the makings of a delightful little racer.A young man, somewhere in a desert, anxiously awaits his first day at the Racing Academy to become a great car racer. The visual design work is also top notch, with an authentic look that captures the series perfectly and distinctly. The driving action itself is fast and furious, with some very cool levels to drive around at high speed and which provide a good level of challenge. It takes its source material and adapts it in a way that feels absolutely right and which does not disgrace its inspiration or use it in a ham fisted way. Speed Racer really is a cracking little driving game that provides a lot of fun. You can also take on another human player in two up mode, which adds significantly to the fun. All the main characters from the show are featured here, while the whole thing is presented as a sort of TV show itself, with the levels done up as episodes. These include the likes of a super jump, the ability to survive under water and so on. You take to the challenge in your legendary car, the Mach 5, which comes loaded with a whole range of useful gadgets.
There is a story here, which is unusual for a driving game and which sees the titular racer taking on seven campaign tracks which are just littered with obstacles, enemy drivers, deadly gaps and other such hazards. It captures the spirit of the show and turns it into an exciting racing game that is just as much fun as things like Outrun and Power Drift.
Fans of the classic American remake of the famous Japanese anime show will love this cracking little racing game.
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