Instead, you start as Crash, leaping around the main hub of a garish amusement park hued in various shades of garish primary colors not knowing what the hell you're supposed to be doing.Ī Double Dash of Innovation The controls are tight, the double-jumping (and triple-jumping) techniques ripped from the repertoire of a certain Italian plumber are all present and accounted for, including a belly bounce. This is all initially confusing, as the game name mentioned 'racing' on the box. This German-accented maniac imprisons Crash, and it's his job to retrieve these crystals while collecting enough coinage to enter races, purchase T-shirts, unlock vehicles, and interact with the denizens of the park. Through some admirably animated cutscenes, two announcer chickens with sport-caster dialog (and a sight gag your nephew will find hilarious) introduce you to an instantly forgettable plot involving lost crystals, kart racing, and Crash's previous adversaries all banding together in a 'kerazy' theme park run by a bulbous Teutonic head-on-legs named Von Clutch.

The racing aspect of Crash Tag Team Racing is only half the story, though this is just as much a platforming romp, through your usual assortment of colorful and clichéd amusement park worlds. While (and slightly ironically) anyone over the age of 10 - the game's intended demographic according to the ESRB rating - should have outgrown the limited depth each facet of the game brings, anyone younger is likely to be mesmerized for days. Tag Team: Back Again A mishmash and messy hybrid of game genres all leering at you through super-cute, overly saturated game environments first popularized by Moto Toon GP back in the mid '90s, Crash Tag Team Racing attempts to throw every pre-teen kid's fantasy game elements into the mix, with almost satisfying results.

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