{"id":18257,"date":"2018-09-17T00:01:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T00:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=18257"},"modified":"2018-09-08T14:21:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T14:21:02","slug":"chiki-chiki-boxy-racers-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/17\/chiki-chiki-boxy-racers-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At first glance, Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers may look like a typical top down racer like RC Pro-Am or Micro Machines, featuring blocky graphics straight out of Minecraft or Crossy Road.\u00a0 And it is.\u00a0 But this downloadable Switch title also ended up being a lot better than I thought it would be, thanks to solid controls and fun gameplay.<\/p>\n

I think the thing I like best about this game are the controls.\u00a0 Usually in these games, you can only control the cars like how you maneuver RC vehicles.\u00a0 Left and right make the cars go in those directions, but it\u2019s the car\u2019s left and right so you have to be mindful of that.\u00a0 And there is an option to play the game that way.\u00a0 But the default controls have you pressing the analog stick in the direction you want your car to go, which I like much better.\u00a0 It reminded me of another top down racer I played in an arcade a few times as a kid called F-1 Dream (by Capcom).<\/p>\n

There are two main modes of play: Race and Battle.\u00a0 In Race, you can choose three locations: City, Jungle, and Beach, and race on tracks in those areas.\u00a0 There are four tracks for each area, and when you beat them all, you can race all four in a GP mode.\u00a0 I guess one small problem with the game is that there are only 12 tracks.\u00a0 Be on the lookout for items on the track that can give you a turbo boost or make you impervious to road hazards temporarily.\u00a0 When you place first, you\u2019ll unlock a new car to drive.\u00a0 Each has different levels of handling and speed, and you can get all sorts of vehicles, from roadsters to F-1 racers, to tractors, bulldozers, and even a school bus!<\/p>\n

The other main mode is Battle.\u00a0 There are four mini-games you can play here.\u00a0 In Coins, you drive around a casino area trying to nab as many coins as possible, In Smash, you try to knock as many boxes off an island as you can, but in multiplayer mode you knock off other racers!\u00a0 In Paint, drive on a road and try to paint it with your color and cover as much as possible.\u00a0 Finally in Goal, play soccer with your cars.\u00a0 Move over, Rocket League!<\/p>\n

You can play the games in single player, or with other players, both local and online!\u00a0 You can choose to play on one screen with multiple Joy Cons, or each person can play on their own Switch.\u00a0 Up to 8 players can join in on the fun.\u00a0 The only problem is that if you are playing on one screen, there is no split screen mode so everyone is on the same screen.\u00a0 And if you fall behind, the game will warp you ahead to the other racers, so it\u2019s not a very fair competition.\u00a0 So it\u2019s really better if everyone has their own Switch and screen. But other than that, this is a surprisingly fun simple little racing game.<\/p>\n

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

Nothing too violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 You can bump into other cars and knock them into water, but they just disappear and reappear right back on the track.\u00a0 And that\u2019s as violent as it gets.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Even though some of the single player modes may be a little hard for young kids, the simple controls and graphics still make it a very accessible racer for the whole family.\u00a0 Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n

By the way, does anyone know what \u201cChiki Chiki\u201d means in Japanese?\u00a0 I\u2019ve heard it in other games like Capcom\u2019s Chiki Chiki Boys and I think the Japanese version of Wacky Races uses that in their title as well. \u00a0Let me know in the comments, thanks.\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At first glance, Chiki Chiki Boxy Racers may look like a typical top down racer like RC Pro-Am or Micro Machines, featuring blocky graphics straight out of Minecraft or Crossy Road.\u00a0 And it is.\u00a0 But this downloadable Switch title also ended up being a lot better than I thought it would be, thanks to solid […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18257","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=18257"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18259,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18257\/revisions\/18259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}