Mario Kart is very good. M&M’s, they’re not Smarties, but they’re pretty good too. Blend the two together and you can imagine how great the outcome is.
That’s right. Damned awful.
Carl Williams writes, "Licensing is a staple of gaming. It has been since the Atari 2600 days. Licensing is going nowhere as companies realize they can halfheartedly work on a game, slap a license on it, and expect to at least make back their investment if not a tidy profit to boot. I have collected five licensed games here that completely missed the mark in some way. As a bonus, I mention what they should have gone with for each license."
Video game tie-ins to TV shows and franchises have always been hit and miss but recently there's been a resurgence in the worst example of tie-ins: The Kart Racer. Ruaidhri counts down the Top 5 Most Shameful Kart Racing Games.
Triverse pulls three kart racing titles that probably should have never been made (one may not be, who knows).
Yeah. But hasn't every genre? Isn't that why we're getting weird, genre-melting games like Catherine? Anyway - if you don't like it, don't buy it.
I agree with you Jackson, that is why I don't support a lot of newer titles with purchases. Just not my cup of tea so to speak. The purpose of the article was just to point out a few wild licensed kart games.
