Hey everyone, this game contains fairly intense flashing lights and patterns, so if you have issues with photo-sensitivity maybe steer clear. Also I just wanna link this song from the game's soundtrack because it's amazing: ruclips.net/video/ZwwunAYYZCA/видео.html Thanks for watching as usual :)
If he wants more unique racing games, he should try Carmageddon on MS Dos. It was originally supposed to be licensed game for either Mad Max Or the sequel to Deathrace 2000. But the Mad Max License dropped and the Death Race 2000 sequel never got made.
Imagine having this game having a complete modern remake with a few new racers, new tracks, 60 FPS locked, a track creator, a T180 creator, new Car-Fu attacks, and full online support...
That Wii version especially is seriously visually impressive, not just for the time, but in general. If some low-budget or indie game came out today looking that good, I would probably still comment on the impressive visuals. Extremely impressive they pulled that off and plays well to the Wii's strengths.
This is definitely one of those games that looks like and should for all intensive purposes be shovelware (like many Wii games were) but ends up being absolutely amazing in many ways. It's one of those games that if you were in the know you definitely should have bought when it hit the bargain bin. For $3 or $4 (or the equivalent in pounds) you could have a heck of a good time.
@@gloopaboopin I mean the movie is a big dumb fun thing that knew what it was. They could have completely ruined the game by trying to make it more technical or less arcade-y that would have been the worst decision they could have possibly made.
@@Road_to_Dawn I was thinking it would be sick if either they take the ip or make an og ip and take the car fu concept and make it online multiplayer. Just think lf how dope it would be if they had a competitive scene with 2v2 battles.
Speed Racer (2008) is one of my favorite movie of all time.. Sure it has chessy humor and so so acting, but the emotion this movie invoke.. the visual style.. it’s just well ahead of its time. I’m glad it got a good video game adaptation :)
Protip: when you're in that out-of-control spin you can move side to side on the track with the d-pad while you straighten out with the tilt steering :D
The car designs are very interesting. One really reminds me of the 2022 F1 car concept with the simple front wing and these wings over the front wheels and another one reminds me of the current FE car with the bodywork over the front wheels and these sharp sidepods. When I saw these speedracer memes that youtube recommended to me for some reason, i did not think that this franchise has a modern movie and some games about it.
Maaaaan...seeing this game after YEARS of forgetting about it is nostalgic as heck. I always remembered the very bright neon colors during the boosts. They still look pretty cool.
This actually makes me so mad. Speed Racer is one of my all-time favorite films, and every time I watched it as a kid, the DVD started with an ad for the PS2/Wii game, and I wanted it so badly, but I could never find it anywhere. Seeing it go here, I can tell that I would have absolutely loved it if I had it as a kid. Well, what are you gonna do? I mean, I still want it, so...
Pcsx2 on pc and download and iso for the game and you’ll be playing in about 5 minutes. It’s free and so so worth it. Literally just finished playing it
Finally someone talks about this game! I loved this game when I was a kid, it was one of the first games I completed to the 100%. And the movie is the best thing ever.
That ps1 speed racer game is super nostalgic to me, it was like Ridge Racer but with all the trick from the Mach 5, the sad thing is that it only has 1 race track
This game is still great to play on ps2. Specially fun if you are with friends over. I love the visuals, they have aged quite well especially for those who haven’t watched the movie. If they did and like it, omg it’s a nostalgia blast
YESS! Thank you so much for doing this set of games justice! I have been playing this game ever since it was released alongside the movie, and it is honestly my favorite videogame ever! The movie is also my favorite of all time, and both games capture the racing energy and feel that was in the movie perfectly! Whenever a game comes out that is based on another piece of media, it's very easy to say the games makes you "feel like you're in the universe of the movie/show/comic", but most of the time it's simply not true. ("feel like batman" lol) This game is the exception. I really feel entranced and apart of the film's universe when I play this game, it truly is a masterpiece of immersion and adaptation to the videogame format! For the Wii game, the visuals are absolutely incredible, and I find myself staring at the awe-inspiring location art and detail, along with the scale of the tracks and locations. They captured the movie-tracks in the videogame with a lot of precision, and I find myself squealing with glee when I drive around the same part that Speed drove in the movie, like the loops in Fuji! The audio side is another story, like you mentioned, the soundtrack is really great! The composer, Winifred Phillips, really blew my mind with the soundtrack. She had (and still has) tons of experience with making music for videogames, so it was no surprise the soundtrack was so good! I want to mention a couple of things that I want to share for those who are curious. The PS2 version of the game features an extra track set in a fiery landscape called "Skorost", which also has it's own music and visual style. The PS2 version also has an extra racer, the monkey from the movie/show, Chim-Chim! Funny enough, he has the best car in the game stats-wise! Recently, I spoke with the lead designer and producer for the game, and he said they were working on a PS3 version, but they had to cancel it shortly after the movie was released. He also mentioned that everything in the game was what they were aiming to add, so nothing was 'cut', except for the extra content that made it to the PS2 version. The reason why the DS and Wii versions of the game are so different is because they are made by completely different developers. I'm sure they probably communicated about some things, but it's very obvious each game was made by a different team during different times. Some of the cars have major differences, even from the movie, in the DS game! Currently, the way I pay the game is through a Wii emulator on PC called Dolphin. The program allows you to run the game at higher resolutions beyond what the Wii ran the game at. At 1080p and above, the game looks absolutely stunning! Everything becomes clearer and the visibility brings a new life into the game. I suggest playing it through the emulator because the scale becomes even bigger and the game is more immersive. Anyway, I could talk all day and night about Speed Racer: The Videogame! It's my favorite videogame ever, and I am so glad you made this video! Thank you!
My little brother has absolutely obsessed with this game on the Wii for almost 10 years. He's bought like three copies over the years and has played it more times than I've played maybe any game ever. He also played the Cars games like crazy, so I feel like he'd fit right in here.
Just spent the past couple days playing this in Dolphin. I'm blown away. Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I never knew how much I wanted this type of racer, and it's now one of my favorite Wii games.
Drifting was the best part, you can hold loads of speed through corners if u do it and then therefore the ai become ez as hell, unless u use the secret super hard ai
I played this game a lot during my childhood before I moved on from the PS2 to play the latest consoles like the 3DS and Wii-U and so on from there. Recently I've been listening to the game's OST and now seeing this review really brings back good memories.
Thanks 4 reviewing this game. Saw ads for it years ago once. Didn't quite grab my attention due to there being lots of movie tie in games not having the best reputation in my opinion. Glad to see you had a good time with the Wii/PS2 versions. The car fu aspect sounds really fun.
When I was in first and second grade, I loved this game. Played it so much on my PS2 that the disc eventually got scratched to hell. That said, I haven’t really thought about it or played it in ages. This video really brought me back.
I remember watching speed racer in theaters, I was 5 ish and it felt like the movie went on forever. After the movie, my Dad and I went to a store and bought speed racer hot wheels. we bought the dvd for the movie and bought the speed racer wii game shortly after we got our wii in about 2009. We even started trying to build speed racer. we got it to a rolling chassis before we stopped the project about 2012 due to moving.
Always wanted to try both versions of these games, now I have even more reason to =D P.S. hearing minimme trying to pronounce Brazilian names just made my night
In defence of the drifting physics in this game: T-180s (the game's car type for those who aren't Speed Racer nuts) have 4 independent wheels and so can steer the car while its physically sideways, and in this game when you enter a spin, the car stops moving around the track, and starts moving along the track, with you in control of turning the car's angle. This makes sense because there's no real slip angle for a car that can steer itself when sideways. Not to mention the fact that drifting has the risk/reward in that it has the practical purpose of keeping you on trajectory in corners, but slows you down, so you either have to boost, or use it when you're already going fast. This adds a reward for learning the boost timing, how long speed up panels last, and (for me) improved my driving experience in the game a lot.
Missed this video on release, never knew this game existed but it does look really good game feel wise, entering the literal ETHER by going stupidly fast looks to be really really well done.
There is in fact a LOT of cut content for this game, you can tell from the soundtracks. There was an entirely cut mode called "Rival Battle" and characters/tracks that were entirely cut from the Wii game, only implemented in the PS2 version, for example Sam Storm (character) and Skorost (track). I believe this was because of the financial failure of the reboot movie itself, WB cut back the funding on this game and released it in an unfinished state, which is a shame because the game could have been so much more.
Speed Racer is soo underrated, the franchise has a whole is imo like we should have a new anime out right now, speed racer can and is very modern. Great review also.
I played this game a bunch as a kid. The sliding spin maneuver is actually supposed to be how you turn. Slide spins preserve momentum, but you can't attack or defend while in it, which provides another risk-reward system that I spent way too much time trying to master
FINALLY SOMEONE SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON THIS GAME Ive played this game since i was a young boy. Ive always loved it even with its flaws, and I make it a goal to play it at least once a year
I owned this one the PS2, I personally loved the ally and rivalry system, the character dialog mid race, and the secret character at the end (won't spoil just in case). I don't know if you can still play it, but I also remember there being a Speed Racer game on pc that I used to play in elementary school that had one A to B style race with no respawns if you wrecked and an underwater shortcut that you could drive through if you activated the cockpit shield. Ah, youth...
You know,now thanks to you i know that a Speed Racer The Movie game exists.. looks good and plays good too,so yes,you're awesome,keep those videos coming!
Alrighty so a little explanation with the drifting physics. So in the movie the cars in the stadium tracks are classified as a T-180. Meaning that they can turn all 4 wheels 180 degrees so when they pass by turns and or corners they can do so without losing speed thanks to the 180 degree of motion. This is why spinning out of control feels so strange compared to any other racing game out there. One catch though is that unlike the movie the “drifting” in this game does tend to slow you down (at least if your not in the middle of using a boost or speed up). Another neat thing about the cars designs when it comes to its drifting capabilities is that if you intentionally put yourself into a spinning/drifting situation, do so when a sharp turn comes up like in tracks like Thunderhead. This can really help you not fly all over the place and possibly turn your car over upside down. And while drifting/spinning you can use the D pad to move your car left or right. This is called strafing. Usually useful if an opponent hits you and your going out of control and a speed up is coming up so you can position yourself towards it that way you don’t lose speed. I’ve played this game for years and these techniques really help out. Also also barrel roll jumping is really useful in the parts of tracks that look like a tunnel. Since it’s in a cylinder shape it helps sort of not have too much air time and land immediately. Also helps dodge obstacles. This was unnecessarily long to type but I thought I’d let you know. Once you master these sort of I guess evasive non car fu techniques then I can guarantee you that 1st place spot every time!
I have this on PS2 and DS and I LOVE both, despite the limited number of game modes. Time Trial is actually useful for practicing tracks you have just unlocked before competing on them in Championship mode. And although the DS version had the battle mode, it’s not quite as fun for me. Though there are a few game modes I would LOVE to see if someone were to remaster this game using their own software. I would have wanted to have a harder race mode where all the cars have twice as much health, but respawning is disabled meaning any car that explodes is eliminated and drivers can be knocked out of the race, just like in the film. It would be an optional mode and you would toggle it on/off in the Options menu. I also would have liked to be able to set the number of laps for a race. The other big game mode I would have wanted would be a Last one driving battle mode where everyone goes all out car-fu on any course with infinite laps and they all take each other out until only 1 car is left. The last car remaining wins. This would be equivalent to the Death Race mode from F-Zero X on the n64.
Thank god someone is shedding light on this game, I used to have this game on my wii back in the day and since then i've 100% the game on Dolphin Emulator. This game is just way to good man, With all the time i put into the game even after comepleting everything that needed to be completed i still found myself comming back to experience the insane rush that i don't get from any other game. Personally as much as i love f-zero I don't even think that even came close to insane speeds that you can reach in this game.
I had the ps2 version of this game as a kid. Me and my brother would be up all night playing it on the weekends, and hearing the soundtrack again made my cry ;w; What I wouldn't do for a modern remake
I completely forgot about this game, i used to play the shit out of this game back when i was a kid, man good memories, i even had a paper with codes written on it :(
I remember playing this game once on the PS2 Version and I loved it. One thing for sure is that it took me a bit to get used to the colors, since my eyes were asking myself if I was in some type of trippy drug
8:47 one thing to note with the drifting is how important it is in the Ps2 game compared to the Wii game, It made be the more freedom in moving your care around but drifting in the Ps2 game is necessary to turn on a lot of corners, but the thing is it also feels alot better compared to the wii, in which the ps2 you can go into and out of drifts comfortably and smoothly
i remember playing this when i was quite young, but i dont remember the combat or health system at all. its so weird because the game looks different from how i remember. it always made me feel uneasy when i was a kid for some reason too, maybe because of how insane the tracks are? i also have a hot wheels gray ghost car on my desk to this day, the one from the movie/game. i used to always play him cause i thought he was the coolest character
I loved the Speed Racer movie. I like it when they take something ridiculous and go all-in with it, like the live action TMNT film from 1992 or whatever. Good stuff
I totally forgot how we got it but me and my siblings got Speedracer on the wii and I just gotta say,it’s badass.I loved that game bro,too bad I was a stupid kid that didn’t realize discs should be protected
Honestly if i had to name a game ive played for the longest amount of time itd be the ds version but as a kid i loved both and thought they were super impressive and unique games. Very well done for what the uninitiated would assume to be just shovel-ware
Hey everyone, this game contains fairly intense flashing lights and patterns, so if you have issues with photo-sensitivity maybe steer clear.
Also I just wanna link this song from the game's soundtrack because it's amazing: ruclips.net/video/ZwwunAYYZCA/видео.html
Thanks for watching as usual :)
I feel like having a seizure today 💖💖
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If he wants more unique racing games, he should try Carmageddon on MS Dos. It was originally supposed to be licensed game for either Mad Max Or the sequel to Deathrace 2000. But the Mad Max License dropped and the Death Race 2000 sequel never got made.
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Imagine having this game having a complete modern remake with a few new racers, new tracks, 60 FPS locked, a track creator, a T180 creator, new Car-Fu attacks, and full online support...
Hotwheels Unleashed is that game. Just without the combat. All of the physics are there though.
@@morganbrown392 ehhhh idk
When you land a car fu attack time slows down, how would that work miltiplayer?
@@GuitarOfTime0116 well I mean that didn't happen in splitscreen so 🤷
@@commandersarge6962 huh, well then.
That Wii version especially is seriously visually impressive, not just for the time, but in general. If some low-budget or indie game came out today looking that good, I would probably still comment on the impressive visuals. Extremely impressive they pulled that off and plays well to the Wii's strengths.
This is definitely one of those games that looks like and should for all intensive purposes be shovelware (like many Wii games were) but ends up being absolutely amazing in many ways. It's one of those games that if you were in the know you definitely should have bought when it hit the bargain bin. For $3 or $4 (or the equivalent in pounds) you could have a heck of a good time.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu It feels like its movie counterpart in that aspect xd.
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I mean the movie is a big dumb fun thing that knew what it was.
They could have completely ruined the game by trying to make it more technical or less arcade-y that would have been the worst decision they could have possibly made.
I was amazed by the graphics seeing as how it is a Wii game
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Interestingly enough this version appeared on both the Wii and PS2.
Though the PS2 version seems to be much harder to find now.
Vin Diesel probably kicking himself for not trademarking 'car-fu'
even im kicking my self at how perfect that is! and i am definitely not even vin deisel!
@@realchoodle how do we know for sure tho
vehicle melee vs car-fu
"Carate" is still up for grabs.
@@akungfupanda You're an actual genius.
Speed racer Wii and Ds : Aka "I can't believe it's not F- Zero"
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Had a lot of fun with the DS Speed Racer, too bad after a few minutes it became way too easy but still a lot of fun
@@battousaix4263 Makes me wish I got the wii version instead. But was still a sick game.
Sheesh is different like a f- zero
This is the kind of game the racing genre needs to refresh itself
If they brought back the IP and made a Speed Racer game series out of that, it’d be a freaking dream come true!
@@Road_to_Dawn I was thinking it would be sick if either they take the ip or make an og ip and take the car fu concept and make it online multiplayer. Just think lf how dope it would be if they had a competitive scene with 2v2 battles.
I was thinking the same thing, the closest we got was redout
bro you just unlocked a memory😭i played the game wayyyyyyy more than i watched the movie/show as a kid.
I genuinely didn’t know that this was a movie tie-in game until like two years ago
Speed Racer (2008) is one of my favorite movie of all time.. Sure it has chessy humor and so so acting, but the emotion this movie invoke.. the visual style.. it’s just well ahead of its time. I’m glad it got a good video game adaptation :)
It's intentionally corny. That's literally what the show was like.
Fully agree
I never expect this movie to considered a live action anime.
Protip: when you're in that out-of-control spin you can move side to side on the track with the d-pad while you straighten out with the tilt steering :D
I'm not gonna lie, the combat sounds really engaging and quickly hooked me. I wanna check this title out now...
The car designs are very interesting.
One really reminds me of the 2022 F1 car concept with the simple front wing and these wings over the front wheels and another one reminds me of the current FE car with the bodywork over the front wheels and these sharp sidepods.
When I saw these speedracer memes that youtube recommended to me for some reason, i did not think that this franchise has a modern movie and some games about it.
I loved speed racer (show and movie) as a kid and played this game so much on the Wii. Thank you for covering it. It truly is a great game.
Thanks for this. As someone who's country has gone insane, this video was just what I needed to de-stress.
Thank you for talking about this game, it really is one of the best racing games I've ever played, but is criminally underrated.
I'm glad this game is getting the recognition it deserves. Great review btw
Just searched up the soundtrack and it slaps
Fully agree
Maaaaan...seeing this game after YEARS of forgetting about it is nostalgic as heck.
I always remembered the very bright neon colors during the boosts. They still look pretty cool.
This actually makes me so mad. Speed Racer is one of my all-time favorite films, and every time I watched it as a kid, the DVD started with an ad for the PS2/Wii game, and I wanted it so badly, but I could never find it anywhere. Seeing it go here, I can tell that I would have absolutely loved it if I had it as a kid. Well, what are you gonna do?
I mean, I still want it, so...
Pcsx2 on pc and download and iso for the game and you’ll be playing in about 5 minutes. It’s free and so so worth it. Literally just finished playing it
Finally someone talks about this game! I loved this game when I was a kid, it was one of the first games I completed to the 100%. And the movie is the best thing ever.
I player this a lot during my childhood, extremely underrated
Me: I wish there was a new *F-Zero* game.
My mom: _We have one at home._
F-Zero at home:
I see no problem here.
the adobe flash game based on the show was really good
Adobe Flash™.
"I know car fu" -Neo
"Race me"-Morpheus
Now there's a game I put hours into way back when.
This reminds me of Hot Wheels Stunt Track Challenge in look and stunts and such. You should play it.
That ps1 speed racer game is super nostalgic to me, it was like Ridge Racer but with all the trick from the Mach 5, the sad thing is that it only has 1 race track
I’ve been playing this game religiously since 2012 THANK YOU for covering this!
This game is still great to play on ps2. Specially fun if you are with friends over. I love the visuals, they have aged quite well especially for those who haven’t watched the movie. If they did and like it, omg it’s a nostalgia blast
YESS! Thank you so much for doing this set of games justice! I have been playing this game ever since it was released alongside the movie, and it is honestly my favorite videogame ever! The movie is also my favorite of all time, and both games capture the racing energy and feel that was in the movie perfectly! Whenever a game comes out that is based on another piece of media, it's very easy to say the games makes you "feel like you're in the universe of the movie/show/comic", but most of the time it's simply not true. ("feel like batman" lol) This game is the exception. I really feel entranced and apart of the film's universe when I play this game, it truly is a masterpiece of immersion and adaptation to the videogame format! For the Wii game, the visuals are absolutely incredible, and I find myself staring at the awe-inspiring location art and detail, along with the scale of the tracks and locations. They captured the movie-tracks in the videogame with a lot of precision, and I find myself squealing with glee when I drive around the same part that Speed drove in the movie, like the loops in Fuji! The audio side is another story, like you mentioned, the soundtrack is really great! The composer, Winifred Phillips, really blew my mind with the soundtrack. She had (and still has) tons of experience with making music for videogames, so it was no surprise the soundtrack was so good!
I want to mention a couple of things that I want to share for those who are curious. The PS2 version of the game features an extra track set in a fiery landscape called "Skorost", which also has it's own music and visual style. The PS2 version also has an extra racer, the monkey from the movie/show, Chim-Chim! Funny enough, he has the best car in the game stats-wise!
Recently, I spoke with the lead designer and producer for the game, and he said they were working on a PS3 version, but they had to cancel it shortly after the movie was released. He also mentioned that everything in the game was what they were aiming to add, so nothing was 'cut', except for the extra content that made it to the PS2 version. The reason why the DS and Wii versions of the game are so different is because they are made by completely different developers. I'm sure they probably communicated about some things, but it's very obvious each game was made by a different team during different times. Some of the cars have major differences, even from the movie, in the DS game!
Currently, the way I pay the game is through a Wii emulator on PC called Dolphin. The program allows you to run the game at higher resolutions beyond what the Wii ran the game at. At 1080p and above, the game looks absolutely stunning! Everything becomes clearer and the visibility brings a new life into the game. I suggest playing it through the emulator because the scale becomes even bigger and the game is more immersive.
Anyway, I could talk all day and night about Speed Racer: The Videogame! It's my favorite videogame ever, and I am so glad you made this video! Thank you!
That's awesome that you talked to people who worked on the game.
My little brother has absolutely obsessed with this game on the Wii for almost 10 years. He's bought like three copies over the years and has played it more times than I've played maybe any game ever. He also played the Cars games like crazy, so I feel like he'd fit right in here.
Just spent the past couple days playing this in Dolphin. I'm blown away. Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I never knew how much I wanted this type of racer, and it's now one of my favorite Wii games.
Drifting was the best part, you can hold loads of speed through corners if u do it and then therefore the ai become ez as hell, unless u use the secret super hard ai
This show was way darker than I remember
The Speed Racer DS was my jam back in the day! I still remember racing and doing tricks all over the track
The BEST reviews! The passion makes these reviews so much more awesome. I get nostalgia from games I haven't even played. GREAT JOB!
I have awaited this day for years. Soon, I will have all versions of the speed racers after I obtain the ps2 version. THEN I SHALL RULE THE WORLD!!!!
I loved playing the ps2 version when I was a kid. I t was one of miy favorite games. Just downright fun
I played this game a lot during my childhood before I moved on from the PS2 to play the latest consoles like the 3DS and Wii-U and so on from there. Recently I've been listening to the game's OST and now seeing this review really brings back good memories.
Thanks 4 reviewing this game. Saw ads for it years ago once. Didn't quite grab my attention due to there being lots of movie tie in games not having the best reputation in my opinion. Glad to see you had a good time with the Wii/PS2 versions. The car fu aspect sounds really fun.
When I was in first and second grade, I loved this game. Played it so much on my PS2 that the disc eventually got scratched to hell. That said, I haven’t really thought about it or played it in ages. This video really brought me back.
loved this game as a child, still love it as an adult. good game
I remember watching speed racer in theaters, I was 5 ish and it felt like the movie went on forever. After the movie, my Dad and I went to a store and bought speed racer hot wheels. we bought the dvd for the movie and bought the speed racer wii game shortly after we got our wii in about 2009. We even started trying to build speed racer. we got it to a rolling chassis before we stopped the project about 2012 due to moving.
I never watched the show but as a kid I had so many good memories with the speedracer game.
Always wanted to try both versions of these games, now I have even more reason to =D
P.S. hearing minimme trying to pronounce Brazilian names just made my night
Played this on one of the gameboys and loved it, captured car fu perfectly and made it fun and easy
In defence of the drifting physics in this game:
T-180s (the game's car type for those who aren't Speed Racer nuts) have 4 independent wheels and so can steer the car while its physically sideways, and in this game when you enter a spin, the car stops moving around the track, and starts moving along the track, with you in control of turning the car's angle. This makes sense because there's no real slip angle for a car that can steer itself when sideways.
Not to mention the fact that drifting has the risk/reward in that it has the practical purpose of keeping you on trajectory in corners, but slows you down, so you either have to boost, or use it when you're already going fast. This adds a reward for learning the boost timing, how long speed up panels last, and (for me) improved my driving experience in the game a lot.
Missed this video on release, never knew this game existed but it does look really good game feel wise, entering the literal ETHER by going stupidly fast looks to be really really well done.
Love this game, I used to play it so much with my younger brother, we had so much fun together on the ps2
This was the first wii game I bought as a kid and I have countless great memories playing with my dad growing up, I love this game!
There is in fact a LOT of cut content for this game, you can tell from the soundtracks. There was an entirely cut mode called "Rival Battle" and characters/tracks that were entirely cut from the Wii game, only implemented in the PS2 version, for example Sam Storm (character) and Skorost (track).
I believe this was because of the financial failure of the reboot movie itself, WB cut back the funding on this game and released it in an unfinished state, which is a shame because the game could have been so much more.
The Wii version came out like this because it had to coincide with the release date of the movie, the PS2 and NDS version came out a little later.
Speed Racer is soo underrated, the franchise has a whole is imo like we should have a new anime out right now, speed racer can and is very modern. Great review also.
I vaguuueeeellllyyyy remember a friend of a family member having this game on like... the wii or something... and playing it... once?
I remember playing that game so much, I had a wii and played a few games but that one was one of the ones I played the most
This game was a staple of my childhood, along with the film of course
I played this game a bunch as a kid. The sliding spin maneuver is actually supposed to be how you turn. Slide spins preserve momentum, but you can't attack or defend while in it, which provides another risk-reward system that I spent way too much time trying to master
The main DS theme is still stuck in my head years later
the thumbnail is SENDING me to a new realm.
FINALLY SOMEONE SHEDS SOME LIGHT ON THIS GAME
Ive played this game since i was a young boy. Ive always loved it even with its flaws, and I make it a goal to play it at least once a year
I owned this one the PS2, I personally loved the ally and rivalry system, the character dialog mid race, and the secret character at the end (won't spoil just in case). I don't know if you can still play it, but I also remember there being a Speed Racer game on pc that I used to play in elementary school that had one A to B style race with no respawns if you wrecked and an underwater shortcut that you could drive through if you activated the cockpit shield. Ah, youth...
I was waiting for this, one of my favorite games from childhood
I still have the DS version from when I was kid. Played the hell out of it. It's still so fun.
You know,now thanks to you i know that a Speed Racer The Movie game exists.. looks good and plays good too,so yes,you're awesome,keep those videos coming!
Alrighty so a little explanation with the drifting physics. So in the movie the cars in the stadium tracks are classified as a T-180. Meaning that they can turn all 4 wheels 180 degrees so when they pass by turns and or corners they can do so without losing speed thanks to the 180 degree of motion. This is why spinning out of control feels so strange compared to any other racing game out there. One catch though is that unlike the movie the “drifting” in this game does tend to slow you down (at least if your not in the middle of using a boost or speed up). Another neat thing about the cars designs when it comes to its drifting capabilities is that if you intentionally put yourself into a spinning/drifting situation, do so when a sharp turn comes up like in tracks like Thunderhead. This can really help you not fly all over the place and possibly turn your car over upside down. And while drifting/spinning you can use the D pad to move your car left or right. This is called strafing. Usually useful if an opponent hits you and your going out of control and a speed up is coming up so you can position yourself towards it that way you don’t lose speed. I’ve played this game for years and these techniques really help out. Also also barrel roll jumping is really useful in the parts of tracks that look like a tunnel. Since it’s in a cylinder shape it helps sort of not have too much air time and land immediately. Also helps dodge obstacles. This was unnecessarily long to type but I thought I’d let you know. Once you master these sort of I guess evasive non car fu techniques then I can guarantee you that 1st place spot every time!
Me and my brother played the Wii game a lot when we were kids, loved it.
I'm so happy someone remembers this game. I put so much time into the DS game
I have this on PS2 and DS and I LOVE both, despite the limited number of game modes. Time Trial is actually useful for practicing tracks you have just unlocked before competing on them in Championship mode. And although the DS version had the battle mode, it’s not quite as fun for me. Though there are a few game modes I would LOVE to see if someone were to remaster this game using their own software. I would have wanted to have a harder race mode where all the cars have twice as much health, but respawning is disabled meaning any car that explodes is eliminated and drivers can be knocked out of the race, just like in the film. It would be an optional mode and you would toggle it on/off in the Options menu. I also would have liked to be able to set the number of laps for a race. The other big game mode I would have wanted would be a Last one driving battle mode where everyone goes all out car-fu on any course with infinite laps and they all take each other out until only 1 car is left. The last car remaining wins. This would be equivalent to the Death Race mode from F-Zero X on the n64.
Thank god someone is shedding light on this game, I used to have this game on my wii back in the day and since then i've 100% the game on Dolphin Emulator. This game is just way to good man, With all the time i put into the game even after comepleting everything that needed to be completed i still found myself comming back to experience the insane rush that i don't get from any other game. Personally as much as i love f-zero I don't even think that even came close to insane speeds that you can reach in this game.
Honestly if a concept like this came back in the format of an online competitive title, I could see it reaching esports with a bit more fleshing out.
Getting 4 boosts was always the most satisfying feeling ever
Oh my God I had this game as a kid!
I'm just happy that other people know how good this game is
Man I loved this on the Wii as a kid. For me it stood equal with MK Wii as my favorite funracers back then
I wish this game can get remaster even online multiplayer if that was the case this game would make more huge community
I’m glad I’m not the only one who loved this movie AND this game!
I still have this for my PS2! I had a blast playing this lmao.
Played the Wii game to bits when I was a kid, pretty neat to see this here
This game looks pretty impressive. I have to say my favourite movie car game is the Pixar Cars game, I was very impressed by it as a young teenager.
I actually remember playing this game when I was a kid, it was a whole lot of fun
I had the ps2 version of this game as a kid. Me and my brother would be up all night playing it on the weekends, and hearing the soundtrack again made my cry ;w;
What I wouldn't do for a modern remake
I need a Steam port of this with an online competitive mode
I completely forgot about this game, i used to play the shit out of this game back when i was a kid, man good memories, i even had a paper with codes written on it :(
Great video man! keep doing what you're doing
I remember playing this game once on the PS2 Version and I loved it. One thing for sure is that it took me a bit to get used to the colors, since my eyes were asking myself if I was in some type of trippy drug
The constant risk reward calculation and lack of game modes in the console version reminds me of a lot of fighting games.
8:47 one thing to note with the drifting is how important it is in the Ps2 game compared to the Wii game, It made be the more freedom in moving your care around but drifting in the Ps2 game is necessary to turn on a lot of corners, but the thing is it also feels alot better compared to the wii, in which the ps2 you can go into and out of drifts comfortably and smoothly
One of the few times the thumbnail actually looks legit
A dev studio NEEDS to pick this concept up
Good to see this game getting the love it deserves.
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I like this.
I remember playing this with my little brother back in the PS2 days
i remember playing this when i was quite young, but i dont remember the combat or health system at all. its so weird because the game looks different from how i remember. it always made me feel uneasy when i was a kid for some reason too, maybe because of how insane the tracks are?
i also have a hot wheels gray ghost car on my desk to this day, the one from the movie/game. i used to always play him cause i thought he was the coolest character
This was one of my childhood's games. I used to play it in the DS and on the PS2 on repeat!
The colors feels so bright
I loved the Speed Racer movie. I like it when they take something ridiculous and go all-in with it, like the live action TMNT film from 1992 or whatever. Good stuff
There was also a candy car based speed racer movie crossover pc game that was free I used to play.
You should do Stuart Little 3: Big Photo Adventure, actually had a blast playing that game during my childhood!
Finally someone is talking about this game
Oh man, I had that DS version growing up and I loved it, haven't thought of it in years.
About time someone talked about this, I used to play it on Wii and ds all the time (ds the most because my Wii ver. Got scratched up)
I totally forgot how we got it but me and my siblings got Speedracer on the wii and I just gotta say,it’s badass.I loved that game bro,too bad I was a stupid kid that didn’t realize discs should be protected
Honestly if i had to name a game ive played for the longest amount of time itd be the ds version but as a kid i loved both and thought they were super impressive and unique games. Very well done for what the uninitiated would assume to be just shovel-ware