Chocobo GP Review - Ready, Set, Choco-go!

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Kart racers bring out the best and the worst in us. There’s a slippery slope from enjoyment to frenzied rage, and even if you are the best driver in the world, everything can be scuppered by a bout of bad luck. Trust me, that feeling of getting hit by a status effect inches from the finish line while some smug Chocobo sails past you to snipe first place is not one you will get over lightly.

I’m an overly competitive person by nature, so regardless of whether I’m up against AI or real players, I want to win. Naturally, this meant when playing Chocobo GP, I spent a ridiculous amount of time ensuring I placed first in every race, even if it came at the cost of a few late nights and some bad hand cramp.

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Launching Chocobo GP for Nintendo Switch puts it in direct competition with the king of kart racers — Mario Kart. If it had launched on any other platform, it would have at least given players a fresh kart racer without the worry of butting heads with the reigning champ in the genre. I doubt anyone is going to pick this up and expect it to steal first place from Mario Kart, so like me, you’re probably going to play because you’re a massive Final Fantasy fan, or you at least have a love of big yellow birds.

As far as kart racers go, you’ve got everything you need. A fair range of characters with unique abilities, kart upgrades, different power-ups, and a couple of difficulty levels. You’ve also got plenty of modes to pick from, you know, the usuals — Time Attack, Series Races, Custom Races, and Multiplayer options, including local co-op. There’s also a Chocobo GP mode where 64 players compete against each other online.

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