Wave Race 64: Kawasaki Jet Ski

Description

Wave Race 64 is a jet-ski racing game. The goal is to beat the other participants in the race by successfully navigating the jet-ski through courses marked by colored buoys. Red and yellow buoys must be passed on right and left side, respectively, in order to gain speed and ensure advantage in the race. Failure to pass the buoys, on the other hand, leads to decrease in speed and eventually disqualification.

Game modes include Warm Up (basically a training session in a course known as Dolphin Park); Time Trials, in which players race against time; Championship, in which players compete in a tournament, choosing one of the four available difficulty levels; and Stunt Mode, where performing various stunts awards players with point. A two-player split-screen versus mode is available as well. Players can customize their racers, modifying their parameters, which include grip, handling, acceleration, top speed and collision stability.

Alternate Titles

• "Wave Race 64" -- European title
• "Shindou Wave Race 64" -- Rumble Pack version
• "ウェーブレース64 振動パック対応版" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Advertising / Product tie-ins / Advergames
• Kawasaki licensees
• Wave Race series

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User Reviews

Does This Sequel To The 1992 Gameboy Title Hold Water?	Wii	So Hai (338)
Finally! An interesting racing game that isn't Mario Kart!	Nintendo 64	Pixelspeech (903)
The best physics i've ever seen in a video game!	Nintendo 64	Matthew Bailey (1147)

The Press Says

Entertainment Weekly	Nintendo 64	Nov 29, 1996	A	100
Retroage	Nintendo 64	Jan 30, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Nintendojo	Nintendo 64	May 26, 2003	9 out of 10	90
IGN	Wii	Aug 07, 2007	9 out of 10	90
GameSpot	Nintendo 64	Dec 01, 1996	8.6 out of 10	86
Jeuxvideo.com	Nintendo 64	Jan 29, 2010	17 out of 20	85
Nintendo Life	Wii	Aug 07, 2007		80
Le Geek	Nintendo 64	Jan, 2008	4 out of 5	80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Aug 17, 2007	8 out of 10	80
GameCola.net	Nintendo 64	Jun, 2004	5.8 out of 10	58

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Trivia

In the Virtual Console release, Nintendo has slipped in advertisements for the Wii and Nintendo DS along the racing wall sidelines to replace the Kawasaki ads. This is due to the Kawasaki license no longer existing for the game.