I meant to review Sushi Race last May when it released, but never did. So, it fell into the slush pile. Then I found it again on sale, and bought it and its DLC(released a little over a month later). How it is? Honestly, I liked it. It’s no Mario Kart, but for what it is, it’s good. Here is a video to show you that it is quality:
From the video of Sushi Race, you can tell we are dealing with a kart racer with sushi on roll wheels. There are items, all which should be familiar, like rockets, homing rockets, rockets that hit first place, boosts and walls that spin you out. The main thrust of the game is the Grand Prix, which can four, six or eight courses long. You start off with nine courses to choose from, with six from the DLC, for a total of fifteen. They all have you racing on a sushi conveyor around a sushi restaurant. Certain courses feature hazards, like hot water faucets and rolling sushi rolls.
In addition to Grand Prix there are two single player modes in Sushi Race: Time Attack and Free Race. Free Race is what it sounds like, a single race with the CPU cars. Time Attack is more interesting. It is you and a track, with no items. Try to get the quickest time. Surprisingly there are still people racing, almost six months later. I got sixth on a track for the week, meaning at least five other people are still racing!
Now what to score Sushi Race? It’s a little janky at times, but what else do you expect from a seven dollar game? Still, for your seven dollars(and extra four for the DLC if purchases separately), you get a surprisingly quality kart racer. I’ll give it a Must Play with a nine back-end score, for the same reason I gave Extreme Bike X a Must Play, the quality you are getting in relation to the value. Sat-Box has been hit or miss lately. Fortunately, Sushi Race is a bullseye.
Overall: Sushi Race is a quality kart racer for a budget price. It’s not Mario Kart, but not much else is.
Verdict: Must Play
| Release Date | 5/23/24 |
| Cost | $7.00 |
| Publisher | Sat-Box |
| ESRB Rating | E |
