Cartoon Network Racing

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Cartoon Network Racing
Image:Cartoon Network Racing.gif
PlayStation 2 version cover art
Developer(s) Firebrand Games
Publisher(s) The Game Factory
Engine Octane Engine
Platform(s) Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2
Release date Flag of the United States United States November 30, 2006
Genre(s) Racing
Rating(s) ESRB: E

Cartoon Network Racing is a creation of Cartoon Network Interactive, Eutechnyx and The Game Factory. It is for the Playstation 2 and the Nintendo DS.

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[edit] PlayStation 2

[edit] Gameplay

There are 2 characters you must choose, a driver, who drives a custom kart, and a co-driver, who uses all weapons and has 2 Toon Powers. There are tournaments which players must race a series of races and win with the most points. Battle modes in arenas let two teams battle in different modes and Cartoon Eliminators are endurance races where last kart in each lap is eliminated. The carts have have three stats: accleration, speed and handling if chosen as driver. If co-driver, they have two Toon Powers that fall into four categories: Shield, Attack, Boost and Flight.

[edit] Characters

There are a total of 24 characters in the game in total, each coming from 6 shows on Cartoon Network.

Johnny Bravo

  • Johnny Bravo
  • Bunny Bravo
  • Suzy
  • Carl

Cow and Chicken

  • Cow
  • Chicken
  • Flem
  • Earl

Dexter's Laboratory

  • Dexter
  • Dee Dee
  • Mandark
  • Dexter's Mom
  • Dexter's Dad

The Powerpuff Girls

  • The Powerpuff Girls
  • Prof. Utonium
  • Mojo Jojo
  • Him
  • Fuzzy Lumpkins

I Am Weasel

  • I.M. Weasel
  • I.R. Baboon
  • Red Guy

Courage the Cowardly Dog

  • Courage
  • Muriel
  • Eustace

[edit] Tracks

There are a total of 24 tracks, 12 of them being custom-made tracks like a Haunted Mansion, the Wild Wild West, a pinball machine and more. The other 12 tracks are cartoon-themed tracks themed in their respective cartoons. Each of the cartoon-themed tracks are based together on a single map with each track taking a different route on the map.

Show-Themed Tracks

  • Courage the Cowardly Dog-The Bagge Farm and Residence
  • Cow and Chicken-Cow & Chicken's School
  • I Am Weasel-Town and Construction Site
  • Johnny Bravo-Johnny's Neighboorhood
  • The Powerpuff Girls-The City of Townsville
  • Dexter's Laboratory-Dexter's Lab

[edit] Gallery

There is a gallery that has two cartoons for each show. The first cartoon can be unlocked by completing each cartoon-themed tournument while the other can be unlocked by winning the super tournement with the driver of the show you want to unlock.

[edit] Nintendo DS

[edit] Gameplay

There is one driver on their own kart. In the DS version, there are 20 characters, the Powerpuff Girls have separate karts. Their karts are similar to their PS2 karts. There are 16 courses. The characters each have one toon power. 1-8 players are available in this version.

[edit] Characters

There are a total of 20 characters in the game in total, each coming from 6 shows on Cartoon Network.

Johnny Bravo

  • Johnny Bravo
  • Bunny Bravo
  • Suzy

Cow and Chicken

  • Cow
  • Chicken

Dexter's Laboratory

  • Dexter
  • DeeDee
  • Mandark

The Powerpuff Girls

  • Blossom
  • Bubbles
  • Buttercup
  • Prof. Utonium
  • Mojo Jojo
  • Him
  • My but

I Am Weasel

  • I.M. Weasel
  • I.R. Baboon
  • Red Guy

Courage the Cowardly Dog

  • Courage
  • Muriel
  • Eustace

[edit] Reception

This game receives a poor 3.8/10 at gamespot. Mostly all reviews of the game are bad. Aaron Thomas wrote an article Basically saying that "Cartoon Network Racing is a overall really bad game that gets really boring after a few weeks of buying said game". IGN gave the DS version 5.8/10 which is higher than PS2 version which is 3.4/10.

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