Speed Zone is a furiously fast and silky smooth futuristic racing game, running at a bar-raising 60 frames per second with terrains set on colorful planets, floating asteroids, and space stations. Speed Zone features three core game modes - Solo, Race, and Battle – each with multiple goals and a progressive, level-unlock structure.
The Wiire writes: "Speed Zone is an arcade racing title that focuses on, as all racing games should, speed. There are three different modes to the game, each having players racing, fighting, or blasting their way to first place. The game instantly throws players into the action, starting them out with a base amount of money, which is used to purchase a car. More money is made throughout the game by completing objectives or beating track times. These objectives are specified by each course. Once a selection is made, and a vehicle purchased, players will be able to choose from a range of courses in any of the three modes."
Wii's World writes: "The racing genre has seen its fair share of unique, thrilling, and innovative input. However, for every well-made, interesting racer there are ten bland, broken, and/or unvaried games. These try to inspire, try to copy, and try to break out of the wall of containment that keeps these games from being good. Unfortunately, they do not succeed. Speed Zone, developed by Awesome Play and published by Detn8, is another racer trying to be something, but ultimately comes sub-par to its potential. "
ZeroTolerance writes: Nintendo's motion-controlled console was built with racing games in mind. OK that may be an overstatement but think about this. When you play games with family and friends who are non-gamers, and you are partaking in racing endeavors what is the first thing a non-gamer will do? Tilt the controller left and right to steer correct? The Wii remote has finally allowed people to do just that to control their gaming experience, and I for one applaud Nintendo for this innovation. This brings me to the latest racing effort for the console Speed Zone. At first glance it appears to be a futuristic racer that will push the limits of speed and physics, but after careful examination what we end up with is an updated version of the classic Rush series with motion control.
