Cartoon Network Speedway is a kart racing video game released for the Game Boy Advance

Game Boy Advance

The is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed, manufactured, and marketed by Nintendo. It is the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001; in North America on June 11, 2001; in Australia and Europe on June 22, 2001; and in the People's Republic of China...

 in 2003.

Characters

The following are characters in the game:

• Ed, Edd, and Eddy
  Ed, Edd n Eddy
  Ed, Edd n Eddy is an original animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999. Ed, Edd n Eddy was one of Cartoon Network's longest running and most successful franchises and the longest-running...
  
   (Races together)
• Courage
  Courage the Cowardly Dog
  Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network. Its central plot revolves around a somewhat anthropomorphic dog named Courage who lives with his owners, Muriel and Eustace Bagge, an elderly, married farming couple in the "Middle of...
  
  
• Sheep
  Sheep in the Big City
  Sheep in the Big City is an American animated television series which ran on Cartoon Network for two seasons, from November 4, 2000 to April 7, 2002....
  
  
• Johnny Bravo
  Johnny Bravo
  Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...
  
  
• Cow
• Chicken
• Jonny 2X4 (with Plank)
• Muriel
• Swanky
• Little Suzy
• Red Guy
• Supercow

Courses

The setting of these courses are overall self-explanatory with their names. They are based on the Cartoon Network series shows that the characters had come from. Many of them also feature shortcuts or objects to hampering the player's performance. The following are the courses in the game (in order of play):

• Big City
• Playground
• Bravo Brubs
• Edopolis
• Down on the Farm
• Farm Frolics
• Alpine Antics
• Hot Rod Johnny
• Desert Drive
• Scary Speedway
• Movie Mayhem
• Construction Derby

Power-Ups

Power-ups are pick-ups found on the course that are intended to either push the player ahead or slow down one or all (depending on the power-up) opponents, giving the player executing the power-up a short-term advantage in the race. There are a variety of pick-ups available, many being long-ranged shots fired at opponents (some with a homing ability), with some being mine-type power-ups that can be dropped on the course, and others being unique. The following are the power-ups featured in the game:

• Wiener Missile (1-3 per pick-up)
• Leader Missile
• Magnetizer
• Rocket Fuel (3 per pick-up)
• Homing Wiener (1-3 per pick-up)
• Custard Pie Mine (3 per pick-up)
• Mr. Kevin's Tonic
• Tornado Missile
• Thermo Bomb
• Phase Out

Reception

The game was poorly received by critics and gamers alike. On IGN

IGN

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, it received a 3 out of 10, reviewer Craig Harris stating "Cartoon Network Speedway is one of the sloppiest and most generic kart racers released on the Game Boy Advance." It currently has a 53% rating on Game Rankings

Game Rankings

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. It was also given a 65 out of 100 from Next Level Gaming, a 3 out of 5 from Nintendo Power

Nintendo Power

Nintendo Power magazine is a monthly news and strategy magazine formerly published in-house by Nintendo of America, but now run independently. As of issue #222 , Nintendo contracted publishing duties to Future US, the U.S. subsidiary of British publisher Future.The first issue published was...

, and 58 out of 100 from VG-Force. Complaints centered around bad and choppy graphics, the slow pace, that Dexter

Dexter's Laboratory

Dexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios . The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions...

 and The Powerpuff Girls

The Powerpuff Girls

The Powerpuff Girls is an American animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera for Cartoon Network...

were not available, and the lack of challenge.

External links

• GameFAQs