Overview
- Number of Players
- 8
- Genre
- Release Date
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WiiWare
28th Sep 2009 — 800 points
31st Jul 2009 — 800 points
- Controller
Reviews
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Super Sprint and Super Off-Road had a baby and it's soooo cute!
If you were a gamer in the mid-late 80s you'll probably a couple of arcade games called Super Sprint and Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off-Road, both of which gave 1-3 players the chance to compete in a series of races against human or computer-controlled opponents...
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Driift Mania News
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Nintendo Art, Beasts, Cars, Paddles and Wars (US)
Catchup on the Wii, new games on the DSi.
Yes, it's that time again - time to release a few WiiWare and Virtual Console games Europe has already had for some time! The WiiWare side of things is quite decent, but most people will likely on this week's single new VC offering. DSiWare gets a certain anticipated strategy title from Square Enix and...
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Nintendo Driift Mania, The Three Musketeers, Monkey Island and Guitar Rock Tour (EU)
The Virtual Console takes a break after the Hanabi Festival.
After North America did not get any VC games the last two weeks some people were rightfully worried that Europe would also not get any new ones as soon as the Hanabi Festival was over. Those worries were well warranted, because as it turns out, indeed, there's not one new VC game tonight!...
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Interviews Driift Mania - Konami
Konami's European studio spill the beans about their WiiWare racer!
With the July 31st European release of Konami's WiiWare top-down racing game Driift Mania approaching fast, we thought that now might be a good time to get in touch with the developers behind it in order to find out a bit more about the game. Axel de Rougé, the...
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News Konami Announces WiiWare Plans for Europe
DRiiFT MANIA this month, Contra Rebirth in August.
Konami already released Gradius Rebirth in Europe yesterday, but that won't stop them from releasing another game this month! To top things off, next month they'll be releasing a completely new Contra game which Japan has already been enjoying for a while. DRiiFT MANIA, which will be released later...
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News Konami Announces Driift for WiiWare
Konami's fourth WiiWare game is an eight-player overhead racing game.
Driift seems to be similar to the classic top-down racer Super Off Road, featuring tracks which are only one screen big. The racers all compete for the number one spot and will not just have to use driving skills, but also items to help them achieve that. More from Konami's press...
About The Game
Viewed from above, Driift Mania is a fast-paced racer that allows up to eight players to race each other, using cartoon-style cars.
Featuring twelve different tracks based on four themed environments – cityscape, hills, snow and a desert oasis – players can also select one of 32 vehicles from four categories. Each category is tailored for use within the different environments, with variations of speed, acceleration and handling and grip levels making specific vehicles ideal for particular locations.
Driift Mania’s multi-player modes allow s to play using combinations of Wii Remotes, Nunchucks and Classic Controllers, and seven game modes are on offer. These range from the single-player and multi-player championships, and Team Race, wherein participants are divided into two teams, with the winner determined by those that accrue the most points. The VIP mode elects one player per team as a VIP vehicle, who must be protected at all costs from the opposition cars, with the removal of the VIP car resulting in a win for the attacking team.
Driift Mania also uses ‘Contamination’ where a player is marked contagious and must contaminate very other player within a set period, while the ‘Cold Potato’ mode charges the with collecting said vegetable and holding on to it for as long as possible! Finally, the ‘Meteorite’ option sees players embarking on a normal race, while trying to avoid a series of meteors as they fall from the sky.
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This looks like it could be pretty cool.
Looking forward to this. Offroad was great, so I hope this is too
look like it could be fun.
Don't really like Top-down racers. .
Looking good!
Looks alright but I want to know how you control. It says the controllers it s, but how do you actually do it? Maybe they'll use the pointer that'd be cool.
How can 8 players play on the same time??
Back in the day, I loved top down, single screen racers. I'm a little concerned thats there's only 12 tracks, although 'meteorite' mode sounds like it could add sommat extra to the mix
whoaaa its cool
hope it get wifi play
32 vehicles? Well, that alone shows promise since other racers have had a low selection of vehicles. 12 is a good number, IMO, when compared with say, HRS which had 6. Depends on the size, though.
Oh and I agree, Wi-Fi would be great.
"Don't really like Top-down racers."
Not even Micro Machines?
This doesn't really fo anything for me. Micro Machines V4 WAS pretty good though so I'll wait for the revw...
Looks like a remake of Super Sprint not Micro Machines
Yea also a remake of Super Off Road, I can't wait.
Can barely wait for this!! If it has Wi-Fi multiplayer it will be da poo!
Could we please also get the Arcade version of Super Off Road?
Looks like this game could be targeted for a July 31 release for the PAL regions.
Hey, this looks cool, even though the graphics could easily be done on an iPhone.
I love this kind of game! Super Sprint on the NES was great and this looks like it's going to be good too. I'm also glad someone else made a game with a double 'i' in the title, people are giving me crap for that all the time!
Hmm, Super Sprint meets Super Off Road..? Looks good but maybe a bit simple... Even though I love retro style games, will wait for a review of this one to see how it plays!
Looks alot like Super Off Road to me...which is a good thing.
Definatly getting this.
Circuit Breakers was amazing, whose with me?!
if it's online i might get this... is it online?
This game is pretty fun so far. I haven't had a chance to play it in multiplayer mode yet and that is where the real fun is supposed to be. The only thing I think that would make it better would be getting money for upgrades. As it is there are no upgrades, but you do choose your type of car based on weight so that adds some strategy to the game.
Will buy.
Wow I love this game! I every time I went into an arcade I would look for this game. Using the steering wheel was so fun. I grabbed the wheel and made it spin 20 times to make it turn the way I wanted it. The version I playing the most was the monster truck one. Can't wait to this game. Multiplayer is icing on the cake for me.
Does anyone know when this will be released for the US?
Haze how are you playing it already?
Bought this yesterday. I have to say I am disapointed, mayhaps my hopes were too high.
Cars are extremely small and the controls are awful to say the least.
Classic controller wasn't working for me, maybe controls will improve with it but I didn't have the chance to test it yet.
My advise: Think it twice before buying.
gonna get this along with water warfare
woot
OBJECTERONwere supposed to get this like next week i hope but im wondering if it is even gonna come out for na
**crosses fingers** US release today?
I just picked it up, some of the secret cars handle much nicer on the road.. dirt/ice.
Off-Road: 3 players? nice
Drift-Mania: 8-players? Friggin' awesome!
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