{"id":13718,"date":"2015-07-31T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T00:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=13718"},"modified":"2015-07-15T00:03:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T00:03:38","slug":"formula-cartoon-all-stars-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/31\/formula-cartoon-all-stars-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula Cartoon All-Stars (iPad)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CARTOON_BOX\"<\/a>Race as and against your favorite Cartoon Network characters in this top-down viewed kart game, downloadable on iOS and Android devices (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 Actually they look more like four-wheelers than karts, but whatever.\u00a0 You\u2019ll play as characters from Cartoon Network\u2019s large history of characters and shows, like Clarence, Steven Universe, Johnny Bravo, PowerPuff Girls, Flapjack, Adventure Time, Gumball, Regular Show, Uncle Grandpa, Ben 10, Dexter\u2019s Laboratory, and even some I don\u2019t recognize!\u00a0 I\u2019m a little disappointed that Foster\u2019s Home for Imaginary Friends and Samurai Jack weren\u2019t represented, but that\u2019s still a lot of characters!<\/p>\n

Races are viewed in a top down fashion.\u00a0 You steer and turn by moving a steering wheel icon with your thumb on the right bottom corner of the screen.\u00a0 On the left side you can activate a turbo boost once per track.\u00a0 Run over presents and you can tap on the left side to use power-ups as well.\u00a0 These include weapons that freeze your opponents or trap them in bubbles, tomato mines, shields, and a magnet for collecting goodies on the track.\u00a0 Coins and diamonds are scattered on the track for you to get, and you use them to buy new parts, racers, and to upgrade your stats.\u00a0 Place high on each track to earn more stars, which unlock new cups and tracks for you to race on (and you\u2019ll earn more coins and diamonds, too).\u00a0 Compete in online tournaments or play through tracks in cups in single player mode.<\/p>\n

Use coins to buy new parts for your car, like chassis, tires, and engines.\u00a0 These parts are purely cosmetic and don\u2019t improve your stats in any way.\u00a0 You also use coins to buy racers.\u00a0 Diamonds are harder to come by, but they are used to upgrade your acceleration, top speed, and turbo boost.\u00a0 You can also use diamonds to unlock tracks early.\u00a0 Only problem is that coins and diamonds are slow to come by, and you\u2019ll have to race on tracks multiple times to earn enough to buy what you want.\u00a0 That wouldn\u2019t be a problem if the game were loads of fun, but it\u2019s not that great.\u00a0 Play control isn\u2019t bad, but it\u2019s not all that good either.\u00a0 And the graphics look like they could\u2019ve been done on the N64.\u00a0 And the tracks aren\u2019t that interesting either.\u00a0 They just want you to use real money to buy more coins and diamonds via in-game purchases.\u00a0 I think the only people who would truly enjoy this game are die-hard fans of Cartoon Network\u2019s shows.<\/p>\n

\"CARTOON_SCREEN\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Violence is minimal and very cartoony.\u00a0 You can turn racers into ice cubes or trap them in bubbles, but that\u2019s about it.\u00a0 If you\u2019re OK with your kids watching Cartoon Network, they\u2019ll be OK with this game, too.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text and instructions, and parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Race as and against your favorite Cartoon Network characters in this top-down viewed kart game, downloadable on iOS and Android devices (reviewed on iPad here).\u00a0 Actually they look more like four-wheelers than karts, but whatever.\u00a0 You\u2019ll play as characters from Cartoon Network\u2019s large history of characters and shows, like Clarence, Steven Universe, Johnny Bravo, PowerPuff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews","category-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13718"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13721,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13718\/revisions\/13721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}