Crazy fun racers: You have to see these 11 Mario Kart clones
The incredible success of Mario Kart has spawned some weird copies. In this series of pictures we present you 11 crazy Mario Kart clones that you must have seen. You may have even played one or the other of these fun racers yourself.
Mario Kart is the undisputed king of fun racers! No other racer is so much fun with friends. That’s what they speak for 43 million units sold from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
No wonder then that the successful concept repeatedly adapted and copied.
In the following picture series we therefore present you the weirdest and most unbelievable ones Mario Kart alternatives that the video game cosmos has spawned. Have fun!
Platforms: PS2, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PSP and Nintendo DS
The successful movies about the green ogre Shrek have a whole video game series spawned. Including the fun racer Shrek Smash n’ Crash Racing from 2006.
However, it is not quite correct to speak of a kart game here, because in contrast to the great role model Mario Kart, Shrek and his friends do not compete in small cars, but on Fairy Tale Characters.
For example, the donkey rides a dragon and Shrek himself rides a swamp beast. In total 12 playable characters are available to you, but you have to unlock eight of them first.
Incidentally, the Fun Racer was not particularly well received by the trade press. The GameCube version was the best 59 percent on game rankings.
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Which is better: Pokemon or Digimon? A popular question in the anime world. But when it comes to fun racers, Digimon is clearly ahead.
Which is mainly due to the fact that there is no Pokémon racer, but also apart from that, Digimon Racing is for many a small pearl on the Game Boy Advance.
The game was released in 2004 and introduces you eleven Digimon to choose fromwhich follows on 15 courses deliver hot races. The special feature: The monsters can, as in the template, digitize during the race and thus become stronger creatures that can even attack their opponents with special attacks.
This almost unique mechanic increases the number of playable Digimon proud 40 drivers. And the trade press was not averse to it at the time either and awarded the racer solidly 62 percent on Metacritic.
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC
Also the voracious comic cat got his own racing game in 2019.
In Garfield Kart: Furious Racing you take on the role of eight figures from the Garfield universe, including dog Odie or owner Jon and then bombard you 16 routes with all sorts of objects.
The “Mario Kart” principle. You can play solo or online against players from all over the world.
Anyway, the game will be on Steam “Very positive” rated. A look at the user reviews suggests that the ratings are perhaps not meant to be taken seriously. For example, many comments contain only one word: Garfield.
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One and Switch
Compete in Nickelodeon Kart Racers legendary cartoon characters against each other, including Spongebob, the Rugrats or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
with whole 24 routes and eight arenas the game from 2018 is also quite extensively equipped.
Similar to Mario Kart, the karts of the individual characters can also be optically adapted to your own preferences.
But despite all the star power, the game didn’t go over well with critics. So the fun racer just barely reaches 49 percent on Xbox One. Which is the best version of the game according to Metacritic.
However, this did not detract from the success a successor was released in 2020.
Platforms: PC, Switch, iOS and Android
Ah, the grouse. There was a time when the iconic chicken a lot of hype generated and games were being made like crazy. Including a “Mario Kart” clone.
In the fun racer, the players could then eight routes with seven figures let off steam Not forgetting the obligatory power-ups.
The principle was (once again) successful and it became two successors thrown on the market. So in addition to what feels like 100 other Moorhuhn games. In 2019, Moorhuhn Kart was also released for iOS and Android, before the fun racer found its way to the Nintendo Switch in 2021.
Fun Fact: At least one Moorhuhn game has been released every year since 1999.
Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Switch and PC
When it comes to the topic of “racing”, then the blue hedgehog from Sega should of course not be missing. Since 2010, Sonic has had its own fun racer series.
It started with Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Then came 2012’s Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and finally we’ve arrived at 2019’s Team Sonic Racing.
In the latest offshoot, the player can choose from 15 figures select and then log in 16 items on the 21 routes fight properly.
The trade press thinks the game is good and forgives on average 73 percent on Metacritic.
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Sony can do what Nintendo can do, right? And so, in 2012, the Japanese company sent its little Sackboys and Sackgirls into the race for the “Fun Racer” throne.
As with the LittleBigPlanet series, this racer stands out because almost everything revolves around content that users have created. In LittleBigPlanet Karting it is possible to create entire routes yourself.
With that, the racer theoretically has infinite number of routes. However, the game never matched the success of Mario Kart and so the servers were shut down in 2016.
Good reviews didn’t help either: 73 percent on Metacritic.
Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS and 3DS
And also animation giant DreamWorks has its own brands assembled to turn it into a fun racer.
The result lives up to its name Super Star Kartz and combines, among other things, the characters from Shrek, Madagascar and How to Train Your Dragon.
All in all, you can look like this eight drivers choose, although there are still characters with alternative costumes, such as Shrek with a knight’s armor.
In addition, the Racer 12 routesfrom the New York Zoo to Shrek’s swamp, everything is included.
Platforms: PlayStation 1
Crash Bandicoot, the unofficial PlayStation mascot, also has his own Fun Racer lineup.
It all started with Crash Team Racing in 1999. In the racers, each other Crash and 14 other figures wild races.
Compared to other fun racers, Crash Team Racing even offers a solid story mode with cutscenes and crunchy boss fights, uh, races.
The press loved the game and forgave on average 88 percent on Metacritic. A remake for the current consoles was released in 2019.
Platforms: PS1, N64, Game Boy Color and PC
There is also a fun racer called Mario Kart in the Lego universe. However, the attraction here is that you can build your own figures and vehicles can. It’s Lego, after all.
Otherwise, the game principle consisting of races, power-ups and various routes is known.
Lego Racers was released in 1999, got good reviews (75 percent for the PC version on GameRankings) and received two sequels.
Platforms: PS2, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance and PC
Do you remember the Crazy Frog? The annoying frog was a real phenomenon in the early 2000s and as a result, among others two fun racers produced.
The first part was released in 2005 and the sequel in 2006. There really isn’t much to say about these two fun racers. Except that they didn’t go down particularly well with the press: 28 percent on average on GameRankings.
