Madagascar Kartz

Go, leave! The experience of bizarre characters and unique locations from the movie Madagascar wrapped in the highest of the fun of racing karts, arcade-style. Put the pedal to the metal as a way to Madagascar kart crazy, wild tracks, tons of power-ups and crazy kart racing action!

Product Details

Amazon Sales Rank: #2088 in Video Games

Color: Game Only

Brand: Activision Publishing

Model: 76015

Published on: 2009-10

Released on: 2009-10-27

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Number of items: 1

Dimensions: .61" h x 5.22" w x 6.74" l, .30 pounds

Features

Launch into crazy kart action including high flying jumps, flips, rolls and stunts. Earn special rewards for crazy maneuvers.

Play as your favorite Madagascar characters: Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, the wacky King Julien and the crafty penguins, plus unlock bonus DreamWorks characters Shrek and B.O.B.

Tear across over 20 wild tracks based on your favorite movie scenes including the plane wreck, the New York City Zoo and the volcano, with bonus tracks unlockable from within the game.

Scramble for power-ups including: power boosts, mines, missiles and more all capturing the personality of the Madagascar movies.

Enjoy 2-4 racer support in head-to-head multiplayer with your friends, and post your fastest times on PlayStation Network.

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Product Description

Come on, let's move it! Fun for the whole family, Madagascar Kartz is a kart/racing game set against the backdrop of the popular DreamWorks animated franchise of the same name. Experience the zany characters and unique locations of the Madagascar movies wrapped in the over the top fun of arcade style kart racing. Put the pedal to the metal Madagascar style with wacky karts, wild tracks, tons of powerups and crazy kart racing action. Key Game Features Your Favorite Madagascar Characters - Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, the wacky King Julien and the crafty penguins, plus unlock bonus DreamWorks characters Shrek and B.O.B. 20 Track to Choose From - Over 20 wild tracks based on your favorite movie scenes including the plane wreck, the New York City Zoo and the volcano, with bonus tracks unlockable from within the game including: Shrek’s Swamp and the Mother Ship. Tons of Powerups - Power boosts, mines, missiles and more all capturing the personality of the Madagascar movies. Multiplayer Support - Enjoy 2-4 racer support in head-to-head multiplayer matches with your friends. Leaderboard Support - Post your fastest times on PlayStation Network and increase your trophy ranking for the game. Screenshots: Authentic kart racing. View larger. Madagascar wackiness. View larger. Split-screen multiplayer. View larger. All your movie favorites. View larger.

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Customer Reviews

Kind of fun but frustrating for little kids
We bought this game for our 5-year-old son for Christmas as his first game to play on our PS3. It's moderately fun for grown-ups but very challenging for the little ones --I have 2 major complaints with this game:

#1- There is no "free driving" mode where a kid can just have fun driving around and check out the tracks. It is NOT fun for a 5-year old to come in 6th place every time when he really just wants to drive around. This is his first racing game and we have to teach him about power-ups, tricks, turbo, and shortcuts and it's hard to do that in this game since it is set up to be hyper-competitive.

#2- On Multiplayer mode you cannot disable the computer characters. I'd love to be able to just play one on one with my son in order to teach him the tracks but again the computer players make this very difficult and I wind up with a frustrated 5-year old in 6th (or 5th if I hold back and just follow him around the track)place.

I've been playing games for about 20 years, we have a PS3 and a Wii at the house and play a lot of games. I understand the concept of racing games, but thought that one marketed solely at kids would be a bit-more kid-friendly. They already had the game built--would it have cost them anything to put in a free-race mode? We were hoping to be able to have this game that all three of us could play on the PS3 but actually my son is so frustrated we'll probably be putting this one away for 6 months to a year and get him back on some of my Wii games.

Great fun for the kids!
My kids (9 and 8) just got this for their new PS3...they are loving it! It's very similar to Nintendo's MarioKart which they have already on their DS's. It's a lot of fun, great family game for the PS3!

Great graphics!
If you were a fan of Mario Kart or Diddy Kong racing, this game is for you. The graphics are amazing. Loads of trophies and fun races. Very cute game.

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