

The goal is to get the fastest overall time on the course, so you can beat the records set by your fellow smurfs. Time Challenge is more compelling than it initially sounds. If Turbo Smurfs displayed an extremely reduced number of items, Eden Games has corrected the situation in Smurfs Kart. In other words, you aren’t going to smurf through this more than once. It’s fun for a bit, but the fact that you can only have a minimum of four races means you might only use it as a makeshift way to practice your moves on tracks. It could stand to be more customizable, as your item selection only goes between everything, nothing, and speed boosts only. Free Race is exactly like Grand Prix but gives you more options to manipulate, including AI difficulty, number of races, and whether the track selection is randomized. The France-based studio has exclusively built simulation racers for well over a decade, but in their latest foray, they instead looked to the behemoth that is Mario Kart for inspiration. A Nintendo 3DS sequel was planned, but ultimately canceled, leading to a more than 20-year gap between the two main entries.The secret to both the successes and failures in the game come from its developer Eden Games’ storied history with the genre. Square Enix’s Chocobo kart racing series kicked off with Chocobo Racing for the original PlayStation in 1999. Square Enix assures Lite players that progress in that trial version of the game will carry over the full Chocobo GP. Kart-curious Final Fantasy fans can try out the experience for free with Chocobo GP Lite, a free-to-download version of the game that will include Chocobo GP’s story mode prologue and access to local and online multiplayer races - that is, if they’re playing with a friend who has the full version of the game.

Chocobo GP will feature a time attack mode and custom races, as well as a tournament-style contest for up to 64 players. Racers will use Magicite - famous Final Fantasy spells like Aero, Blizzard, Fire, and Thunder - to battle opponents in races that, yes, sure do look a lot like Mario Kart. The release of Chocobo GP will end a two-decade-long drought of racing as Final Fantasy’s famous bird species.Ĭhocobo GP will let players race as familiar faces from Final Fantasy (and the Chocobo spinoff games), including a Chocobo wearing inline skates, Cid, Terra Branford, Vivi, and Steiner, as well as summons Shiva, Titan, Gilgamesh, and Ifrit.

Square Enix’s Final Fantasy-flavored take on the kart racer, Chocobo GP, is coming to Nintendo Switch on March 10, 2022, the publisher announced Tuesday.
