The Nintendo Switch is home to many fine kart racing games, including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled and Team Sonic Racing. On the other side of the coin, we have Race With Ryan, Hello Kitty Kruisers and the truly atrocious Garfield Kart Furious Racing.
Just when we thought our best Nintendo Switch Kart Racing games list would never need updating again, another little racer throws its hat into the ring. Perhaps you had a red plastic Bobby Car to scoot around your driveway when you were a kid? Well, soon you'll be able to relive the fun of your days as a toddler with BIG-Bobby-Car - The Big Race which will be speeding on to the Switch on 24th September for $29.99.
Here are a few details from the official PR:
Whiz across a world full of adventures in your BIG-Bobby-Car. Meet other BIG-Bobby-Cars, complete tricky missions and discover hidden treasures until the day comes when you win the annual Big Race and whoop it up on the winners podium as new champion.
- Experience the first game using the classic BIG-Bobby-Car and the new BIG-Bobby-Car models NEO and NEXT.
- Explore an open world game involving a wide variety of tasks.
- Complete over 40 missions with lots of challenges in the course of a story.
- Drive races against other cars in the BIG-Bobby-Car world and become the champion at the Big Race.
- Use the Character Editor to design your own BIG-Bobby-Car.
- All dialogs are spoken completely in English.
With Big Bobby's open world and 40 missions, it seems that this one may not be just a simple kart racer. How do you think this one will turn out? Let us know with a comment below.
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When i see games like this i always just hope that they're not too bad. Because if for whatever reason somebody is interested in this, i don't want them to feel like they wasted money or videogames aren't fun. But...i don't have high hopes
Story mode and open world? My first thought was "this looks naff" but it would be hard to accuse the developers of cloning Mario Kart with those features. I have no intention of getting it, but at least they've made an effort to differentiate themselves from other cheap karting knock-offs.
My Favorite Character! Big-Bobby-Car! I hope he makes it over to Smash!
The second picture with the black BIG-Bobby-Car covered in paint splats suggests a Splatoon crossover. Hopefully this will get its own Direct showcasing all the features.
I'm hosting a Switch game burning party. No one will need any other games once this comes out so we may as well put our old games to good use and have a huge bonfire.
I'm sure the Mario Kart developers will be playing this game with a paper and pencil taking lots and lots of notes.
The Switch eShop is basically giving console players the full experience of the Steam Store, low budget trash and all.
Can't wait for Nintendo Switch Early Access.
This feels looks like diddy kong racing to me with the open world aspect. I wish we could get a remake of diddy kong racing on switch now.
YOOOO BIG BOBBY CAR?!
All these copycat developers trying to replicate everything about Mario Kart except the quality.
@tonyp1987 Very interesting pfp Tony...
@Shamrock I would play $100 for this masterpiece.
@DockEllisD I wouldn't be surprised lol.
No hate @tonyp1987
Finally, a game for little Gavin Lane! 🤪
I see some Forza Horizon influence in there: open world with missions and off-road ramps lying around.
So, Bobby-car, is that a tv or book character?
@HotGoomba $100? Not before me you don't!!
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Have the almighty Scot Scullion review it, and if it's utter mince, he can call it BIG-JOBBY-CAR Racing.
That's it. That's the post.
I suddenly want to disinfect my screen after watching that. Irrespective of Covid-19 concerns.
I mean, it looks alright. If you're a kid growing up with this, you probably won't notice the relative trashiness of this one. I had much worse games that I absolutely cherished on SNES and 64.
Will this be a worth spiritual successor to Stunt Race FX we shall see.
@JimmySpades A crap game is a crap game. People shouldn't buy garbage for their kids like race with ryan just because the kids like the youtube show.
@JimmySpades To be fair, exactly where did Darren mock it?
this is dope, more on the next partner direct?
@TheFrenchiestFry
"The Switch eShop is basically giving console players the full experience of the Steam Store, low budget trash and all."
Trash?!
Really ?!
This Bobby Car game was a Hidden Diamond.
I will buy this Bobby Car and Racing with Ryan Deluxe Edition for both Cartoonish racing games.
Maybe for you it was a trash, but a hidden diamond for me.
@doctorhino
"People shouldn't buy garbage for their kids like race with ryan just because the kids like the youtube show."
I will buy that Racing with Ryan Deluxe Edition if you think it was a garbage.
Garbage for you but a hidden treasure for me. I will show you that nothing wrong to play those games.
I had one of those for real. 10/10
Watch out, Mario Kart. Watch out.
its a game aimed at little kids. and my little boy would enjoy it.
It looks decent enough for little kids, the target audience. I just hope the controls are decent.
@scully1888 The entirety of the article is mockery, and please don't insult your readers' intelligence by claiming otherwise. The purpose of bringing this game to their attention when they are not only obviously not the target audience but unlikely to even encounter it, let alone buy it, can only be to put low quality on display to achieve a reaction. It's like making sure that your buddy sees the ugly woman at the bar and then claiming innocence of whatever follows.
To paraphrase my earlier analysis, it's a click move.
As long as it's not shovelware level quality I may give it a go.
@JimmySpades Isn't comparing this game to an ugly girl at a bar doing the same thing you accuse them of? Haha, funny way of thinking about it though.
I find it informational. This would be like if someone was making radio flyer the game.
@JimmySpades Nintendo Life? Insulting their reader's intelligence?? Never!! 🤣
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