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A lovely game.
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The music is absolutely fantastic. The gameplay is pretty cool too, with the Car and Plane having ways to increase Max Top speed.
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Thought it was way more fun than Mario Kart 64. Liked the idea of an overworld in a racing game.
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Wish this series continued
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bumpo
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5/5
Probably the best kart racing game ever.

4. There were 2 better kart games at its time.
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Blue_Target posted...

4. There were 2 better kart games at its time.

Which were?
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4

Twas the better option between Mario Kart in terms of a single player experience.
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BlazinBlue88 posted...

Blue_Target posted...

4. There were 2 better kart games at its time.

Which were?

I'd assume Mario Kart 64 and Crash Team Racing?
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3

it having adventure mode was pretty neat, but the game didn't feel very nice to control and the weapon system was not that good

actually now that I wrote that and thought about this I want to change that to a 2 but I've already voted :/
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I remember very little about it but I liked a lot as a kid so 5.

weaponized nostalgia
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Kastrada posted...

BlazinBlue88 posted...

Blue_Target posted...

4. There were 2 better kart games at its time.

Which were?

I'd assume Mario Kart 64 and Crash Team Racing?

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Unquestionably the best single player mode of a kart game from those times.

I remember that being a really fun game with some great music, there were probably bits in there that annoyed me a little, so a 4 for this
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the story mode was cool, but the fun factor did not compare to mariokart imo
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Kastrada posted...

BlazinBlue88 posted...

Blue_Target posted...

4. There were 2 better kart games at its time.

Which were?

I'd assume Mario Kart 64 and Crash Team Racing?

Si
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I actually beat this game 100%

Beat wizpig and got all the balloons, then did it again in adventure 2
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Diddy is still the best racer
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Tiptup da god
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SSJGrimReaper posted...

Tiptup da god

Tiptup is only good at accelerating, but his top speed is shit

No amount of bananas will save him
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My friends and I played this way more than Mario Kart 64.

Very solid 4.

Lordgold666 posted...

SSJGrimReaper posted...

Tiptup da god

Tiptup is only good at accelerating, but his top speed is shit

No amount of bananas will save him

who was the worst
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I laugh when the genie comes down and gives you a balloon
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TroutPaste posted...

I laugh when the genie comes down and gives you a balloon

DIS IS FOR YEW
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5 out of 5. Awesome game.

I've a lot of fond memories coming home after school to play this with my neighbour.
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last bump
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SSJGrimReaper posted...

Lordgold666 posted...

SSJGrimReaper posted...

Tiptup da god

Tiptup is only good at accelerating, but his top speed is shit

No amount of bananas will save him

who was the worst

That would be krunch, obv bc of his heavy weight and poor handling

Yeah, he has a high top speed, but his handling makes him absolutely awful and a waste of a character choice
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