Motocross Maniacs Advance
- March 22, 2002 00:00 AM PST
Are you a maniac? If so, is motocross what you are maniacal for? If so, would you classify yourself as (choose one) a beginner, an intermediate, or an advanced maniac for motocross?
File this one under �Inexplicably Fun.� In this silly 2D cross between Mario Kart and the ol� 8-bit NES classic Excitebike, you�re an anime character (you know that because the menu says so) on a bike, racing against three other anime-lookin� characters through a series of Mario Kart�style circuits. Basically, you just hold down A and zip forward on your motorbike, occasionally pressing B to get enough of a speed boost to vault you off a ramp, through a loop, or past an exploding cartoon penguin. Every now and then, you have to press left or right in mid-air to rotate your bike and make sure you don�t land on your head, or shoot a missile at a foe�and that�s about it. Nope, you�re right�not much to it.Simple gameplay, simple graphics (and tiny ones, too, even by GBA standards), simple sounds, and simple laws of physics that seem like they were written in erasable crayon�but simple, in this case, still means fun, and you might find yourself saying, �just one more race� more times than you�d imagine. Maybe the hyper-simplicity is made up for by the urgent sense of speed, fun fantasy courses, and the nice variety of mini-games to play. Or maybe it�s just the unknowable, secret octopus of whim�s furtive cosmic fate.
