Wave Race 64: Kawasaki Jet Ski (Wii)

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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.

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There are no Wii screenshots for this game.

There are 4 other screenshots on file for other versions of this game.

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

User Reviews

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The Press Says

IGN	Aug 07, 2007	9 out of 10	90
Official Nintendo Magazine	Jan 10, 2008	90 out of 100	90
Nintendo Life	Aug 07, 2007		80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Aug 17, 2007	8 out of 10	80
Mag'64	Nov 10, 2010	5.75 out of 10	58

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The N64 version of Wave Race 64 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Advertisements

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.

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Wave Race 64 Kawasaki Jet Ski (Information about Wave Race 64 Kawasaki Jet Ski at Wikipedia)