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A unique racing game experience developed for the Wii in part by the movie directing duo, the Wachowski brothers. The game is designed as a game that players can build their own racing track, and it also has a “choose-your-own-adventure” aspect that presents the experience as a series of choices that the player must make in gameplay.

In Speed Racer, players take on the role of the characters from the film, getting behind the wheels of each character’s signature vehicles to experience firsthand the film’s high adrenaline, combative racing style. The car-fu style of action within the game closely represents the action style designed by the Wachowski brothers for the film.

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Reviews:

NintendoWorldReport, 75/100
Speed Racer at its core is an amazing game, with great depth, control, and nice difficulty progression. Perhaps Sidhe Interactive will use this great engine (and maybe even the Speed Racer license) for another title with more inspired track design, better graphics, and a more fully-featured package overall.

GamePro, 75/100
For what it is, with voiceovers from the actors, what I imagine is probably movie soundtrack, and some excellent-looking, swift racing with seriously fun combat stunts, Speed Racer: The Videogame is awesome.

GameTap, 60/100Speed Racer is a decent racing game, but it never gets your adrenaline pumping. Even the movie connection doesn’t juice up the show. Also, unlike most racing for Nintendo systems, only two players can race in split screen mode, and there’s no online mode at all.