MX Superfly

MX Superfly

North American Xbox cover art.
Developer(s) Pacific Coast Power & Light
Publisher(s) THQ
Platform(s) Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube
Release date(s) PlayStation 2
  • NA June 17, 2002
  • PAL October 11, 2002
GameCube
  • NA June 25, 2002
  • PAL October 4, 2002
Xbox
  • NA November 20, 2002
  • PAL March 21, 2003
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael, released as MX Super Fly in PAL regions, is a motorcross racing game developed by Pacific Coast Power & Light and published by THQ for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Nintendo GameCube.[1]

Gameplay

Career Mode

The main mode pits a user-created rider against the CPU riders. From the creation screen, there are two different career paths to take—a racing career, or a freestyle career.[1][2] The racing career consists of straightforward races against computer opponents, while the freestyle career consists of doing different tasks to get through to the next level.[1]

Multiplayer

The Xbox version of the game has Xbox Live download support, allowing users to download different soundtracks, riders, and bikes off of the service. There is no Xbox Live multiplayer support.[1] There is split screen multiplayer.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(PS2) 76.72%[3]
(GC) 75.86%[4]
(Xbox) 74.79%[5]
Metacritic(PS2) 76/100[6]
(GC) 76/100[7]
(Xbox) 74/100[8]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Electronic Gaming Monthly7.5/10[9]
Game Informer(PS2) 7.25/10[10]
(GC) 7/10[11]
GameSpot7.9/10[12][13][1]
GameSpy(GC) 83%[14]
(Xbox) [15]
(PS2) [16]
GameZone(Xbox) 8.7/10[17]
(GC) 7.8/10[18]
(PS2) 7.7/10[19]
IGN(GC) 8.5/10[2]
(PS2) 8.4/10[20]
(Xbox) 8.2/10[21]
Nintendo Power3.2/5[22]
Official PlayStation Magazine (US)[23]
Official Xbox Magazine7.4/10[24]
X-Play[25]

The game was met with positive to average reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 76.72% and 76 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version;[3][6] 75.86% and 76 out of 100 for the GameCube version;[4][7] and 74.79% and 74 out of 100 for the Xbox version.[5][8]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gerstmann, Jeff (December 3, 2002). "MX Superfly Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Casamassina, Matt (June 13, 2002). "MX Superfly (GCN)". IGN. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "MX Superfly for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "MX Superfly for GameCube". GameRankings. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "MX Superfly for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "MX Superfly for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "MX Superfly for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "MX Superfly for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  9. EGM staff (August 2002). "MX Superfly". Electronic Gaming Monthly: 126.
  10. Kato, Matthew (August 2002). "MX Superfly (PS2)". Game Informer (112): 79. Archived from the original on February 23, 2005. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  11. Kato, Matthew (September 2002). "MX Superfly (GC)". Game Informer (113): 85. Archived from the original on November 14, 2004. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  12. Gerstmann, Jeff (June 18, 2002). "MX Superfly Review (PS2)". GameSpot. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  13. Gerstmann, Jeff (June 18, 2002). "MX Superfly (GC)". GameSpot. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  14. Abarcar, Gabe (August 14, 2003). "MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael (GCN)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on January 12, 2005. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  15. Steinberg, Scott (February 2, 2003). "GameSpy: MX Superfly Featuring Ricky Carmichael (Xbox)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on December 25, 2005. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  16. Abarcar, Gabe (July 29, 2002). "GameSpy: MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael (PS2)". GameSpy. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  17. Valentino, Nick (December 26, 2002). "MX SuperFly - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  18. McElfish, Carlos (July 19, 2002). "MX SuperFly Review - GameCube". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  19. Romano, Natalie (July 7, 2002). "MX SuperFly - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  20. Casamassina, Matt (June 14, 2002). "MX Superfly (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  21. Casamassina, Matt (November 25, 2002). "MX Superfly (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  22. "MX Superfly". Nintendo Power 158: 148. July 2002.
  23. "MX Superfly". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 110. August 2002.
  24. "MX Superfly". Official Xbox Magazine: 71. February 2003.
  25. Fielder, Joe (December 4, 2002). "'MX Superfly' (Xbox) Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on December 16, 2002. Retrieved March 3, 2015.

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