''Cartoon Network Speedway'' is a
kart racing
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video game
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released for the
Game Boy Advance
The (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console developed, manufactured and marketed by Nintendo as the successor to the Game Boy Color. It was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, in North America on June 11, 2001, in the PAL region on June 22, ...
in 2003. Published by
Majesco Entertainment
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and developed by
DC Studios
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, the game features characters from
Cartoon Network's original animated television series; ''
Ed, Edd n Eddy
'' Ed, Edd n Eddy'' is a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series revolves around three friends named Ed, Edd (called "Double D" ...
'', ''
Johnny Bravo
''Johnny Bravo'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It is the second of the network's Cartoon Cartoons, which aired fr ...
'', ''
Courage the Cowardly Dog
''Courage the Cowardly Dog'' is an American animated comedy horror television series created by John R. Dilworth for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. It was produced by Dilworth's animation studio, Stretch Fil ...
'', ''
Cow and Chicken
''Cow and Chicken'' is an American animated comedy television series created by David Feiss for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It is the third of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. It follows the ...
'', and ''
Sheep in the Big City
''Sheep in the Big City'' is an American animated television series created by Mo Willems for Cartoon Network, and the 9th of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The series' pilot first premiered as part of Cartoon Network's "Cartoon Cartoon Summe ...
''.
Reception
The game received mixed reviews by critics and gamers alike. On ''
IGN
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'', it received a 3 out of 10, reviewer Craig Harris stating "''Cartoon Network Speedway'' is one of the sloppiest and most generic kart racers released on the Game Boy Advance."
It currently has a 53% rating on
GameRankings.
It was also given a 65 out of 100 from Next Level Gaming,
a 3 out of 5 from ''
Nintendo Power
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'', and 58 out of 100 from ''VG-Force''. Complaints centered on bad and choppy graphics, the slow pace, the fact that characters from ''
Dexter's Laboratory'' and ''
The Powerpuff Girls
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'' (both popular Cartoon Network franchises) were unavailable, and the lack of challenge.
References
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