DreamWorks Super Star Kartz

DreamWorks Super Star Kartz is a kart racing game based on various DreamWorks characters, featuring characters from Shrek, Madagascar, Monsters vs Aliens and How to Train Your Dragon. It was developed by High Impact Games and published by Activision for the mh:awesomegames:Nintendo 3DS, mh:awesomegames:Nintendo DS, mh:awesomegames:PlayStation 3, mh:awesomegames:Wii, and mh:awesomegames:Xbox 360 platforms on November 15, 2011 in North America and November 18, 2011 in Europe.

It was originally going to be a remake of mh:awesomegames:Crash Team Racing and was meant to be part of the rebooted Crash Bandicoot franchise too, but for unknown reasons it was cancelled by Activision before the initial prototype was completed, resulting in the game being reworked into what it is now.

Why It's Not A Speeding Donkey

 * 1) Executive meddling: It was supposed to be a remake of Crash Team Racing, but it instead retooled into a racing game featuring DreamWorks characters that ends up being a rip-off of Crash Team Racing.
 * 2) The logo of the game makes the DreamWorks logo weirdly stick out.
 * 3) The intro is just random cuts of gameplay mashed with random scenes from DreamWorks movies.
 * 4) The menu in this game looks horrible. It's just orange text on a cloudy background from the DreamWorks logo.
 * 5) * The pause menu looks even more horrible than the main menu and there is no options button in the pause menu especially on the home console versions.
 * 6) There is not even a loading icon, to begin with, just text telling you to not turn off your console.
 * 7) Bad Roster: There are seven mh:greatestmovies:Madagascar characters (four of them are exclusive to the DS version, and one is exclusive to the console and 3DS version), three characters from mh:greatestmovies:Shrek, two from mh:greatestmovies:How to Train Your Dragon and only one from mh:greatestmovies:Monsters vs. Aliens.
 * 8) * To add more salt to it, there are 3 clone characters in the console and 3DS version which are Rite of Passage Alex, Sailor Skipper, and Knight Shrek
 * 9) In the character selection screen, Shrek looks like he can barely fit in his kart, and he doesn't feel happy to be here.
 * 10) There are no characters from mh:greatestmovies:Kung Fu Panda, mh:greatestmovies:Puss in Boots (both characters got their own films (mh:greatestmovies:Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots, respectively) in 2011), and there are no characters from Over the Hedge either. Not even from mh:greatestmovies:Megamind, Shark Tale, Chicken Run, Antz, or Flushed Away. Remember to keep in mind that many DreamWorks movies didn't exist at the time.
 * 11) It is also a terrible rehash of Madagascar Kartz on the DS version which is by the same developer.
 * 12) The stats have nothing to do with the characters. They're just random.
 * 13) There is such a small amount of items in this game, and most of them are either trash or too OP.
 * 14) The AI is way too dumb. It's nearly impossible to end the game under third place.
 * 15) The voice lines that characters say while racing gets annoying after a couple of times, and they're very unfunny. Plus they never shut up.
 * 16) The music in this game has nothing to do with DreamWorks or any movies/characters in this game.
 * 17) The 3DS version has some frame-rate issues.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) At least the maps are okay, but still not very good.
 * 2) Decent graphics.

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