While the February 9 Nintendo Direct didn’t drop any hints about the next installment in the Mario Kart series, fans of chibi racing still have Chocobo GP to look forward to. Square Enix’s cute racing game makes no illusions about its influences, adapting many of Mario Kart’s fun design choices and pairing them with a recognizable cast of Final Fantasy characters. Here are all the Chocobo GP characters confirmed so far.
Asura, Terra, and MaduinFinal Fantasy VI has a very eclectic selection of characters, and Chocobo GP opens with at least three of them on the roster. Asura‘s ability lets her temporarily summon a powerful tidal wave and ride it forward through the track, steering automatically and knocking other players out of the way. Her father, Maduin, has a similar ability called Chaos Wave, though he doesn’t go on auto-pilot when using it. For her part, Terra comes with the Magitek Missile ability, which summons homing rockets in front of her to target and knock out up to five other players.
Atla and Racing Hero XThere are at least two Moogles on the cast of Chocobo GP. While Racing Hero X is a new addition made specifically for this game, Atla was a minor character in Final Fantasy IX.
CidCid is in basically every Final Fantasy entry in the series, and he is also playable in Chocobo GP. His ability Three-shot Burst can target other cars to spin them out, and can be manually aimed.
Clair, Chocobo, Mecha-Chocobo, Camilla, and Camilla’s PaNaturally, Chocobo GP’s cast is packed with big chickens. Clair, Camilla, Camilla’s Pa, and the titular Chocobo are all playable characters. The most unique Chocobo in the group is the robot Mecha-Chocobo. When using its Berserk ability,Mecha-Chocobo unleashes its artillery,
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