Waku Waku Ski Wonder Spur
10% of 1080Genre: racing - vehicle combat
Publisher: Human Entertainment
Year: 1995
System: SFC
Gameplay Score: 2
Gameplay Notes:
It's not a total trainwreck, but the sum of its parts don't add up to much. It's a Mode 7 racer in the mold of Mario Kart due to a few powerups which theoretically can be used to attack or defend. However, the unbelievably floaty controls negate any ability to collect these or any way to effectively use them. This game objectively impossible on anything but the lowest difficulty setting. And even then you'll be wiping out, crashing, and struggling to stay on the track the entire time. Your opponents never mess up, naturally. The best you can hope for is a track with no turns because making a turn is a mess. There's no button press to help make tight turn either. You simply have ot lay off the gas and hope that your dude will eventually go far enough in that direction. It's not a complete trainwreck, but I'll never come back to this oddity.
Level Design Score: 3
Level Design Notes:
There are 12 tracks and their designs aren't terrible. There are a bunch of hazards, most which knock you on your butt or make you fall into a pit. Some have branching paths which only last for a few seconds. Each track is about 60 seconds long, if you can get to the bottom, that is. There are only three modes: your standard Cup with three races per cup and 8 racers. Then there's a one-on-one race, and finally a trial mode.
Theme Score: 3
Theme Notes:
I like the cute racers. About half are humans while the others are robots, rabbits, and star people. It looks like a Sunsoft roster.
Art Style Score: 3
Art Style Notes:
Again, the best word I can use for the graphics is cute. There's your typical mode 7 floor, but the backgrounds are huge and well drawn. It looks like a Dr Seuss book. However, you cna only see a very short distance in front of you, making the gameplay even more difficult to deal with. And the enemies don't scale well as you approach them.
Audio Score: 4
Audio Notes:
Some nice tunes which again give me Sunsoft vibes
Overall Score: 52
Review ID: 1951
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