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Crash Bandicoot Nitro Cart 3D Video Review

6 Responses (Add) | Saturday, July 19th, 2008 at 11:36pm


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Yes, it’s Crash Bandicoot Nitro Cart 3D, which is available in the App Store for about $10.00… if you have an iPhone, of course. I have heard a lot about this, so I had to check it out. This app has been sponsored by Matt. Thanks to all of you for the iTunes gift cards!

Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D is a Mario Kart-like 3D racer with Crash Bandicoot at the wheel instead of the chubby Brooklyn plumber. You unlock new characters as you collect items, but the controls are pretty much standard for iPhone racing games. The default calibration is off, leading Crash to always veer left at the neutral point even when we started up the game with the phone on a desk. This means you need to tilt the phone slightly to the right to go straight.

One thing that strikes me as really good about this game is the accelerometer option. You can adjust the sensitivity, which I did. I tend to over-steer at times. You can adjust the sounds and/or music if you wish. You can choose your player, once you unlock them. The game loads quickly.

The game is fun, but there’s still optimization that needs to happen. It’s dropping some frames, but not horribly. I don’t miss having a joystick, believe it or not. It’s very simple to steer and control the game characters. If you’re familiar with this type of game, I think you’ll fall in love with it.

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ThermionicEmissions

July 22nd, 2008
at 3:46am

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Dillon Hall

July 20th, 2008
at 11:17pm

I tried the game out on my friends iPod touch and was pretty slick I had to say! I really liked how, from the get-go, it was on full throttle and you only had to worry about steering. on other motion sensitive games like that, you had to tilt the dang thing forward to get it to go which got annoying when you were focusing on steering. I gave the game a 4/5 from the short experience I had.

Justintrumpet21

July 22nd, 2008
at 12:47am

This looks like a really fun game and it has a great price tag on it. However, I think I’ll wait just a little longer to buy it.

Crash Bandicoot Nitro Cart 3D Review — My Awesome Blog

July 24th, 2008
at 10:53am

[...] Chris Pirillo reviews Crash Bandicoot Nitro Cart 3D for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This game costs $9.99 and was developed by Vivendi Games Mobile.  You can adjust the accelerometer sensitivity in case you are over steering.  This app can be played in multiple languages – English, French, Italian or German.  Right away this looks a bit like a clone of Nintendo’s Mario Kart.  The game still needs to be optimized a bit, but is still worth ten bucks.  Read his full review here. [...]

Jazmin

November 27th, 2008
at 4:53pm

Hi! Great review! I’ve really been enjoying this game. I’ve been able to unlock all the characters except yaya. Do you or any of your readers have any advice? Thanks!

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