Gamezone reviews Speed Racer (Wii)

Mike David reports:

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Whatever your opinion of the new Speed Racer movie is, you can admit that it makes lots of noise and many bright flashes that are reminiscent of a video game, which made the transition to the video-game medium a smooth one. And, for all the pandering and goings-on of how movie tie-in video games are always stinkers, we have a rare title here that manages to capture the frenetic pacing of an otherwise silly movie (with cool visuals) and the flashy excitement of racing a car in physics-defying situations.

Like other racing games for the Wii, Speed Racer has you looking from a fixed third-person perspective that has you rocketing around a series of really, really (really!) fast moving and incredibly dangerous tracks. Loops, corkscrews, ramps and speed boosts are par for the course as you race one of the many vehicles featured in the movie through a series of tournaments and part of a larger points system. Racing through these courses takes more than skill behind the wheel; the game has incorporated an ally system where you can assist and be assisted by other drivers for the greater good. Allies will run interference and engage in the aptly titled "car-fu" a series of attacks and jumps designed to attack and defend other cars.”