Crash Nitro Kart for Xbox

Best kart racer on Xbox

Strengths: Fun kart racer with weapons!

Weakness: Not a real good sense of speed

From 37 year old dad: There's not many kart racers for Xbox but of the ones that are out there this seems to be the best. There's a decent variety of tracks, decent graphics and, most of all, it's fairly innocent for my 6-year-old. Sure there's weapons to blow other racers out of the sky, but it's not really violent. I'd definately recommend it for those looking for a title to have fun with the...
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From 37 year old dad:

There's not many kart racers for Xbox but of the ones that are out there this seems to be the best. There's a decent variety of tracks, decent graphics and, most of all, it's fairly innocent for my 6-year-old. Sure there's weapons to blow other racers out of the sky, but it's not really violent. I'd definately recommend it for those looking for a title to have fun with the kids with.

From the 6-year-old:

There is cool weapons that you can get. There's cool cars you can get. I really like it.

By sbelli - Feb 26, 2006

The Crash Bandicoot franchise has...

Strengths: Colorful graphics, 720p HDTV support

Weakness: Rudimentary gameplay, lackluster multiplayer, some dreadful voice-overs

The Crash Bandicoot franchise has been on a steady decline ever since developer Naughty Dog abandoned the poor bandicoot. Crash Nitro Kart didn't elevate the franchise much when it was released in 2003. In fact, it's a rather disappointing follow-up to the much-loved Crash Team Racing on the PlayStation. The storyline is forgettable, the gameplay is watered down, and even the multiplayer fails to...
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The Crash Bandicoot franchise has been on a steady decline ever since developer Naughty Dog abandoned the poor bandicoot. Crash Nitro Kart didn't elevate the franchise much when it was released in 2003. In fact, it's a rather disappointing follow-up to the much-loved Crash Team Racing on the PlayStation.

The storyline is forgettable, the gameplay is watered down, and even the multiplayer fails to excite (the four-player split screen is very sketchy). Most of the voice-overs are horrendous, with characters repeating the same trite phrase ad nauseam. At least the graphics are acceptable, as they are bursting with color and a real treat on an HDTV.

By Bullettime - Mar 20, 2005

Kart racing gameplay is done well...

Strengths: Good graphics and sounds, good single player and multiplayer modes, amusing characters and voice acting

Weakness: No system link or XBox Live play

Kart racing gameplay is done well in Crash Nitro Kart. The game controls as good and tight, making it easy to zip around the tracks. Multiple weapons are scattered throughout the course, and adds in some nice combat to the kart action. The play modes are a single player race, a multiplayer race, single player adventure mode. The graphics look good, though they're not pushing the XBox to its...
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Kart racing gameplay is done well in Crash Nitro Kart.

The game controls as good and tight, making it easy to zip around the tracks. Multiple weapons are scattered throughout the course, and adds in some nice combat to the kart action. The play modes are a single player race, a multiplayer race, single player adventure mode.

The graphics look good, though they're not pushing the XBox to its limits. The sound is equally good, with some pretty funny voice acting backing them up. The characters are an assortment from the other Crash Bandicoot games, and add in some funny moments.

There's no system link mode or XBox Live mode, so the multiplayer is split-screen. A minor annoyance, but nothing to pass on buying the game over.

For some good kart racing action, Crash Nitro Kart is one to pick up.

By shrike424242 - Nov 28, 2004

Crash Nitro Kart

Crash Nitro Kart receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 2.53 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #5,098 game of all time, #135 game of 2003 for the Xbox and #618 Xbox game of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 25 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the game ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other games ranked, click on the link...
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By TopTenREVIEWS.com - Mar 17, 2008

Crash Nitro Kart

With new generations of game consoles eventually come new versions of the older games. Just like the beautiful cycles of life in nature, older hits relive their previous lives with better graphics. Crash Nitro Kart takes this process to its PS one predecessor, Crash Team Racing, giving the older racer a spit shine and a couple new tricks. Other than that, there is nothing groundbreaking here and...
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By IGN.com - Nov 12, 2003