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Eidos announces Wacky Races game for DS

Comedy cartoon racing with Dick Dastardly and co

Eidos announces Wacky Races game for DS

It might be a licence that's as old as the hills – well, as long as the hills in question are about 40 years old – but Wacky Races is a concept that can never age: 11 racers, each with their own unique ways of sabotaging one another's race and comedy booby traps to avoid. It was like Mario Kart before we even knew what Mario Kart was.

Whether Eidos's just-announced DS (and Wii) game Wacky Races: Crash & Dash will be as good as Mario Kart remains to be seen. It will however feature all of the characters and cars from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series – including old favourites Bullet Proof Bomb, Penelope Pitstop and Dick Dastardly – and 24 action-packed races.

As well as dodging traps, expect to be collecting 'Wacky Widgets' in order to gain 'Wacky Powers' and even super-special powers like the 'Way Out Wacky'. No, we're not making this up.

The game is due for release this June. In the meantime, you can get practising your best dirty Mutley laugh in preparation for dropping big boulders and sticks of comedy dynamite on rival racers.

Kath Brice
Kath Brice
Kath gave up a job working with animals five years ago to join the world of video game journalism, which now sees her running our DS section. With so many male work colleagues, many have asked if she notices any difference.