It's like F Zero GX but with bikes and you can murder your competitors. Equally as hard as well on the toughest levels. This game is an absolute blast to play, it's got an interesting soundtrack with a blend of electronic and rock music. There's some nice colorful commertary from the cast of competitors you race against, each of the aliens get their own personality and vibe.

You're racing on a super fast bike in space and it feels it, I especially love how the sound and music cuts out when you enter the vaccum of space on some levels. The tracks are all pretty solidly designed too, a good decent bit of variety.

The races work in tournaments that pay out points for where you place on the grid. During races you'll have unique optional challenges such as beating a certain rival (Or Destroying them!), destroying objects, or using certain items.

The balance is a little wonky, there's an item that takes time to build up that is just an instant kill which basically a laser sent from the heavens above that will annihilate whichever poor competitor happens to be in front of you. I've never seen the NPCS use this ability but it does take a long time to build up so going for this one is risky, you aren't using any other offensive or defensive item in the mean time (such as speed boosts, rockets, shields). Definitely give this one a shot if it seems interesting to you!

Reviewed on Mar 29, 2023


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I tend to see some debate over which is the better entry to stick with, this or XGIII. Regardless, both are in the middle of my GameCube backlog, and they've got more meat to them than something like Tube Slider (no disrespect, that game's cool too).