Cartoon Network Racing

Infobox VG
title = Cartoon Network Racing


caption = PlayStation 2 version cover art
developer = Firebrand Games (NDS)
The Game Factory (PS2)
publisher = The Game Factory
engine = Octane Engine
released = USA November 30, 2006
genre = Racing
modes =
ratings = ESRB: E
platforms = Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2

"Cartoon Network Racing" is a creation of Cartoon Network Interactive, Eutechnyx, Firebrand Games and The Game Factory. It is for the Playstation 2 and the Nintendo DS.

PlayStation 2

Gameplay

There are 2 characters you must choose, a driver, who drives a custom kart, and a co-driver, who uses all weapons and has 2 Toon Powers. There are tournaments which players must race a series of races and win with the most points. Battle modes in arenas let two teams battle in different modes and Cartoon Eliminators are endurance races where last kart in each lap is eliminated. The carts have have three stats: accleration, speed and handling if chosen as driver. If co-driver, they have two Toon Powers that fall into four categories: Shield, Attack, Boost and Flight.

Characters

There are a total of 21 characters in the game in total, each coming from 7 shows on Cartoon Network.

Johnny Bravo

*Johnny Bravo
*Bunny Bravo
*Suzy
*Carl

Cow and Chicken

*Cow
*Chicken
*Flem
*Earl

Dexter's Laboratory

*Dexter
*DeeDee
*Dexter's Mom
*Dexter's Dad
*Mandark

The Powerpuff Girls

*The Powerpuff Girls
*Professor Utonium
*Mojo Jojo
*Him
*Fuzzy Lumpkins

I Am Weasel

*I.M. Weasel
*I.R. Baboon
*Red Guy

Courage the Cowardly Dog

*Courage
*Muriel
*Eustace

Tracks

There are a total of 6 tracks, 2 of them being custom-made tracks like a Toilet the Bathroom, a School and more. The other 4 tracks are cartoon-themed tracks themed in their respective cartoons. Each of the cartoon-themed tracks are based together on a single map with each track taking a different route on the map.

Show-Themed Tracks

*Cow and Chicken-Cow & Chicken's School
*I Am Weasel-Construction Site
*Johnny Bravo-Johnny's Neighboorhood
*Dexter's Laboratory-Dexter's Lab
*Power Puff Girls-Townsville
*Cougage the Cowardly Dog-Bagge House

Gallery

There is a gallery that has two cartoons for each show. The first cartoon can be unlocked by completing each cartoon-themed tournament while the other can be unlocked by winning the super tournement with the driver of the show you want to unlock.

Nintendo DS

Gameplay

There is one driver on their own kart. In the DS version, there are 15 characters, the Powerpuff Girls have separate karts. Their karts are similar to their PS2 karts. There are 16 courses. The characters each have one toon power. 1-8 players are available in this version.

Characters

There are a total of 15 characters in the game in total, each coming from 4 shows on Cartoon Network.

Johnny Bravo

*Johnny Bravo
*Bunny Bravo
*Suzy

Cow and Chicken

*Cow
*Chicken

Dexter's Laboratory

*Dexter
*DeeDee
*Mandark

The Powerpuff Girls

*Blossom
*Bubbles
*Buttercup

I Am Weasel

*I.M. Weasel
*I.R. Baboon

Courage the Cowardly Dog

* Courage
* Muriel

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received a 3.8 at GameSpot, and the DS version received a 6.3. Mostly all reviews of the game are bad. Aaron Thomas wrote an article Basically saying that "Cartoon Network Racing is a overall really bad game that gets really boring after a few weeks of buying said game". IGN gave the DS version 5.8/10 which is higher than PS2 version which is 3.4/10.