Continuing our exclusive look at upcoming WiiWare physics-racer MotoHeroz from Trials HD developer RedLynx, we have a look at the cars you'll be racing around in when the game launches on WiiWare this summer.
Be sure to read our previous articles: The World of MotoHeroz, The Characters of MotoHeroz and The Power-Ups of MotoHeroz.
The Arachnocar.
The Vehicles of MotoHeroz
MotoHeroz features fourteen different vehicles, all of which are available for use in the Party Rally, the two-to-four player local multiplayer game mode.
However they are not all available right away — in order to unlock new vehicles for multiplayer, you must purchase them from the Garage. Your purchases can be made using Coins you have gathered on the maps during the single player Story Adventure mode.
Some of the vehicles are tied to the main characters, such as Gene McQuick's Herocart Mark I or Spider O'Rally's Arachnocar.
Others buggies are driven by some of the game's more curious characters, such as Ice Monkeys or the Loonies, who pilot the dubious "Unidentified Driving Objects." There's even one vehicle driven by a Blowfish, which resembles an aquarium on wheels.
The cutesy Booboo Buggy.
Each of the fourteen different vehicles sports its own unique 3D model, and each vehicle also plays quite differently. Because MotoHeroz is using a real physics model, the different car models means each vehicle handles and plays differently too.
Each vehicle is rated for Horsepower, Weight and Grip on a five star scale, giving them unique handling characteristics and a different feel when driven.
Smaller, lighter cars move more quickly and are more nimble, but can also more easily be pushed around. Heavy cars can be a bit slower and miss some of the tighter squeezes, but they are also solid on the driving line. Many of the vehicles are medium sized, providing a good balance between the two extremes.
A very Sloppy Jalopy.
Of course, none of this is to say the vehicles are too radically different from each other — a lot of effort has gone into making them balanced, and a player's skill is almost always going to be the deciding factor in who wins the most races over time.
Look for MotoHeroz to release in late June / early July.
Next: The Game Modes of MotoHeroz.
Comments (7)
You have been teasing me with this game for to long do want!
the pace for good wiiware games is picking up Fast out may 30th, motoheroz between june & july. awesome
I'm in the "can't wait" bucket on this one as well
I really don't expect it before fall though.
As long as it doesn't suddenly decide not to go to the Wii I will be happy...and impatiently waiting.
Man these little previews are torchure,can wait for game
why is it taking so long?!
Dope and indeed whats keeping the release..
I thought it was confirmed that it would be released in June?
If not, I hope they release it soon, cuz I may very well forget about this one. I seem to do that nowadays with so many games being released every month... even with awesome-looking games like this.
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