Looney Tunes Racing Ships In US
Famous Looney Tunes characters go head-to-head in zany kart racing fun this holiday season.
Rev up your engines and wind up your pie-throwing arm. Infogrames, Inc. announced today that it is bringing Looney Tunes prank-pulling fun to life in Looney Tunes Racing, which heads to stores this week. The PlayStation game allows players to take control of the wildest bunch of cartoon characters in an all-out race to the finish line. Now, let's burn some rubber!
In the game, ACME Corporation, the corporate juggernaut behind such successful products as the ACME Falling Anvil, is sponsoring a number of races to see who is the wackiest racing champion. Players choose from eight popular Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Lola Bunny, Marvin The Martian, and Tasmanian Devil, plus additional bonus characters, all with their own custom karts and custom character animations. The characters are true to their rich identities and interact with each other as they would in a real Looney Tunes cartoon. Enhancing the experience are official Warner Bros. voice actors and an original interactive musical score inspired by classic Merrie Melodies, each bringing the characters and game to life.
'Looney Tunes Racing offers new depth to the kart-racing genre by providing licensed characters true to their cartoon heritage,' said Jeff Nuzzi, director of marketing for Infogrames' I-Stars Label. 'The fantastic characters, interactive track features, and hysterical power-ups will make players feel as though they are truly racing through a real Looney Tunes cartoon. Combining the wildly popular mass-market appeal of kart racing with the familiarity and humor of the Looney Tunes characters, the game results in an interactive racing adventure for all ages.'
Players will race their characters through more than 16 unique tracks, including many infamous locations made popular by the Looney Tunes cartoons, such as the Giant's Garden and Marvin The Martian's Planet X.
Each race features unique environmental gags and hilarious ACME devices players can activate, such as lightening strikes and homing cream pies to pummel opponents and slow them down.
Looney Tunes Racing also features two wild one-player racing modes as well as two-player split-screen mayhem in three hilarious multi-player modes. The two-player modes include Vs. mode, Battle mode, and Wacky mode, offering players a variety of different racing options to keep the racing challenge fresh and exciting. Vs. mode allows two players to compete against each other on a single track. Set in an arena, Battle mode's objective is not to race, but to survive the pranks and tricks employed by opponents and be the last man standing. Wacky mode is a two-player version of a party game, where three, five or nine level tournaments are set up at random, and players are challenged over a variety of terrain types and game styles. Because of the random generation of levels in Wacky mode, Looney Tunes Racing is never the same game twice, making gameplay virtually endless.
Developed by Infogrames' San Jose Label, Looney Tunes Racing is available at an estimated retail price of $19.99 and can be found at most major retail outlets.
In the game, ACME Corporation, the corporate juggernaut behind such successful products as the ACME Falling Anvil, is sponsoring a number of races to see who is the wackiest racing champion. Players choose from eight popular Looney Tunes characters, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Lola Bunny, Marvin The Martian, and Tasmanian Devil, plus additional bonus characters, all with their own custom karts and custom character animations. The characters are true to their rich identities and interact with each other as they would in a real Looney Tunes cartoon. Enhancing the experience are official Warner Bros. voice actors and an original interactive musical score inspired by classic Merrie Melodies, each bringing the characters and game to life.
'Looney Tunes Racing offers new depth to the kart-racing genre by providing licensed characters true to their cartoon heritage,' said Jeff Nuzzi, director of marketing for Infogrames' I-Stars Label. 'The fantastic characters, interactive track features, and hysterical power-ups will make players feel as though they are truly racing through a real Looney Tunes cartoon. Combining the wildly popular mass-market appeal of kart racing with the familiarity and humor of the Looney Tunes characters, the game results in an interactive racing adventure for all ages.'
Players will race their characters through more than 16 unique tracks, including many infamous locations made popular by the Looney Tunes cartoons, such as the Giant's Garden and Marvin The Martian's Planet X.
Each race features unique environmental gags and hilarious ACME devices players can activate, such as lightening strikes and homing cream pies to pummel opponents and slow them down.
Looney Tunes Racing also features two wild one-player racing modes as well as two-player split-screen mayhem in three hilarious multi-player modes. The two-player modes include Vs. mode, Battle mode, and Wacky mode, offering players a variety of different racing options to keep the racing challenge fresh and exciting. Vs. mode allows two players to compete against each other on a single track. Set in an arena, Battle mode's objective is not to race, but to survive the pranks and tricks employed by opponents and be the last man standing. Wacky mode is a two-player version of a party game, where three, five or nine level tournaments are set up at random, and players are challenged over a variety of terrain types and game styles. Because of the random generation of levels in Wacky mode, Looney Tunes Racing is never the same game twice, making gameplay virtually endless.
Developed by Infogrames' San Jose Label, Looney Tunes Racing is available at an estimated retail price of $19.99 and can be found at most major retail outlets.