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Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D
Posted by Jason Chen at 10:00 AM on July 19, 2008
Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D is a Mario Kart-like 3D racer with Crash Bandicoot at the wheel instead of the chubby Brooklyn plumber. You unlock new characters as you collect items, but the controls are pretty much standard for iPhone racing games. The one thing we noticed is that the default calibration is off, leading Crash to always veer left at the neutral point even when we started up the game with the phone on a desk. This means we needed to tilt the phone slightly to the right to go straight. For US$9.99, we expect better. [iTunes Link and iPhone App Review Marathon]
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92BuickLeSabre
Posted 10:29 AM 19/7/08
@OMG! Ponies!: As soon as I saw the beginning of your comment "Mario is not from Brooklyn" - I had the same thought. [gawker.com]
92BuickLeSabre
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 10:21 AM 19/7/08
Mario is not from Brooklyn. He says he is, but if he ever set foot in Bensonhurst, he'd be beaten within an inch of his life quicker than you can say "It's me! Mario!" He and his guido brother are from Staten Island which is presently at war with Belmar, NJ in what has to be the funniest case of a politician shooting his mouth off EVAH!
And no fun, puzzlish games on the iPhone for me. If Girlie sees Tetris and/or Scrabble on my iPhone, it will become her iPhone.*
*see my MacBook
OMG! Ponies!
Mike918
Posted 10:19 AM 19/7/08
Mario Kart can't be beated, but this one is kind of fun...nothing that will blow your mind but is OK.
Mike918
speakerwizard
Posted 10:19 AM 19/7/08
best iphone game yet in my opinion, very playable compared to monkeyball
speakerwizard
michaelwiggins
Posted 10:18 AM 19/7/08
I never had the veering problem. I think you guys just suck at Racing Games :P
michaelwiggins
CutePuppyz
Posted 10:16 AM 19/7/08
No Kart gaming could ever beat Mario Kart. NONE.
CutePuppyz
AZTriGuy
Posted 10:51 AM 19/7/08
Mine does the same thing as the review, so you've at least got one who can confirm. Very odd that ours drift like that while others don't?
AZTriGuy
mrsalty
Posted 10:44 AM 19/7/08
no problems here. I put my iphone on a desk, which i first check to see if it was level and it drove straight as an arrow. Are you sure you guys don't have one leg that is shorter the the other causing the drift?
mrsalty
banmojo
Posted 11:10 AM 19/7/08
I tried monkeyball today and wasn't impressed much
Maybe this racing game will be better
For ten bucks I expect something fun c real replay value
Btw typing on iPhone not as bad as people were bitching about
banmojo
MacTodd
Posted 11:35 AM 19/7/08
I know Mario. I'm friends with Mario. You sir are no Mario.
Seriously, I've met Mario, or at least Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario...and he's nothing like the character. He's tall (6.5 feet?) blond (white?) haired american dude. Got a picture with him at a Nintendo booth at CES a few years back. Google 'voice of Mario'.
MacTodd
CutePuppyz
Posted 12:04 PM 19/7/08
@MacTodd: Wow, Mario's a friggin midget compared to his voice. I wonder how big Mario's package is...actually not.
CutePuppyz
itchytooth
Posted 12:03 PM 19/7/08
The games all look very cute and are probably fun-ish but I just can't bring myself to pay for them when I've got a Wii that I haven't turned on in weeks.
itchytooth
Monty
Posted 11:53 AM 19/7/08
Fools, line on left - money, line on right.
Monty
Emiat
Posted 12:45 PM 19/7/08
Once again! Luigi has been left out of the spotlight. Why can't Luigi ever get a bit of attention?
Personally I have never liked Crash Bandicoot in any form, I always saw him as a poor mans Italian plumber.
Emiat
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
Posted 1:13 PM 19/7/08
@CutePuppyz: It's not like Peach will ever touch the dude. He's always scurrying into pipes, killing giant turtles.
Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!
SowndOfDeth
Posted 3:26 PM 19/7/08
Did you check if your table top is level? Just asking :)
SowndOfDeth
Inygo
Posted 3:20 PM 19/7/08
Another apple tag missing.
Inygo
Hanzo
Posted 12:01 AM 20/7/08
Is it possible that the gyroscope chip was mounted in an off-level orientation?
I don't know much about this hardware, but it seems plausible that the chip/board could be installed in such a fashion that it's just "slightly off"? It might be within tolerances for a bench or QA test, but just enough out of whack to cause a slight drift in this game.
Hanzo
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 5:34 AM 20/7/08
Perhaps you've discovered a flaw in your building and all the furniture within it are off level. Someone got some 'splaining to do.
BiZarRroBALlmeR
sidepocket
Posted 11:52 AM 20/7/08
I have the same problem with the veering except mine goes to the right. I honestly believe Hanzo was on to something when he speculated about the gyroscope being off.
sidepocket
femisapien
Posted 7:47 PM 19/7/08
is this game gonna be released in the UK or US only?
femisapien
Player4
Posted 3:13 AM 22/7/08
Actually, I just tested several apps: Crash Nitro Kart, Cro-Mag, iPint, and Cube Runner. The only one that wasn't off was Cro-Mag, and I think that was just because it was less sensitive. I have a feeling the iPhone/Touches are just off. Really before there were other apps, it only needed to be able to tell if it was horizontal or vertical, so being off a tiny bit wouldn't be a big deal at the time.
Player4
Player4
Posted 3:05 AM 22/7/08
I haven't noticed this problem with Crash Nitro Kart, but have noticed it in Cube Runner. I'm thinking that the iPod is just off. I'm amazed that you guys are so harsh on this game, but praise Cro-Mag Rally, which doesn't have circuits or anything. Cro-Mag is just do one race and back to the title screen. Crash actually has unlockables, drifting, circuits, and more Mario-Kart type features and weapons.
I'd say this is one of the best games on the phone right now. And I don't think it's even at the 1.0 release yet.
Player4