Madagascar Kartz (2009) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Madagascar Kartz

Madagascar Kartz is a racing game based on DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar. It was released on October 27, 2009 and the second game on Madagascar's spin-off series. The game is a basic kart racing game, and…

30 27 October 2009

What Madagascar Kartz is

Madagascar Kartz is a racing game developed by Sidhe Interactive and released in 2009. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Madagascar Kartz is a racing game based on DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar. It was released on October 27, 2009 and the second game on Madagascar's spin-off series. The game is a basic kart racing game, and the player can perform jumps, flips, rolls. There are many different stages from scenes of the franchise. Playable characters include Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, King Julien, Mason and Phil, or all four of the penguins. The Madagascar Kartz Wheel is bundled with the Wii version of the game. This wheel is optional. This wheel's look is different from that of the Wii Wheel from Mario Kart Wii. Playable characters include Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are comedy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Shrek series

Madagascar Kartz is the 37th of 53 entries we hold in the Shrek series. The next entry was Madagascar Kartz in 2009. Its critic score of 30 is 28 points below the series average of 58. The highest-rated entry is Puss in Boots at 80.

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How it was received

Madagascar Kartz holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 37 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Madagascar Kartz launched on 27 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins and Left 4 Dead 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Assassin's Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2.

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