Madagascar Kartz

Madagascar Kartz is a racing game based on DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar. It was released on October 27, 2009 and the second game on Madagascar's spin-off series.

Released: 27 October 2009
Platforms: Nintendo DS PlayStation 3 Wii Xbox 360
Genres: Crossover Racing
Developers: Sidhe
Publishers: —
Series: Madagascar
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Comedy Kids
Country: New Zealand
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 3
Languages: English

About

Madagascar Kartz is a kart racing game developed by Sidhe and published by Activision. Based on DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar, It was released in 2009 for various consoles as the second game on Madagascar's spin-off series. The Nintendo DS version developed by Virtuos was re-released as a multicart that also includes Shrek's Carnival Craze Party Games.

Keywords

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based on - movie
achievements
time limit
drifting
talking animals
licensed game
anthropomorphism
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Media

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Gameplay

The game is a kart racing game, and the player can perform jumps, flips, and rolls. There are many different stages from scenes of the franchise. A Madagascar Kartz themed Wheel controller accessory was optionally bundled with the Wii version of the game.

Race types include Quick Race, Championship, Time Trial and Checkpoint race. A Championship race is one where the player collects mangoes and tries to finish first place in order to unlock higher speed classes (50cc, 100cc, 150cc, 200cc; the last one is raced in reverse direction/mirror mode), more karts and tracks. In Time Trial, players beat their own times and earn medals (gold, silver and bronze). In Checkpoint Race, players collect as many hourglasses as they can before the time runs out.

Reception

Madagascar Kartz received "mixed or average" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Nintendo Gamer gave the Wii version a score of 41%, seven months after the game's release.