Pap the Disney Gamer's Highlights: Disney
Super Speedway
Developed by: Disney Digital Media Team
System: Browser, Apple iOS systems
Disney and racing has always shared a great deal of
harmony for many, many years. At the parks people can race other on
Tomorrowland's tracks, WDW guests can test the latest car models on
Test Track, while at Disneyland they can go through the world of
Pixar's Cars in Radiator Springs Racers. Even films like The Love
Bug and Wreck-It Ralph feature racing segments
extensively. Disney video games are no exception as Mickey and the
gang have raced through the United States of America in Mickey's
Speedway USA, while the very first game ever covered here on Gamer
Tuesday was a racing game all about Walt Disney World! Today's
article continues the Disney racing tradition, while also making it
the first time a browser and Apple iOS game has been featured here
on Gamer Tuesday: Disney's Super Speedway!

Whereas past Disney racing games
relied on the timeless legacy of the classic
Disney characters and films, Disney Super
Speedway is a game fueled by the current mass
appeal of today's modern day characters,
specifically those that appear on the Disney
Channel and sister channel Disney XD. The
massively popular characters from Phineas and
Ferb headline the game, along with locales and
characters from Fish Hooks, Kick Buttowski,
Gravity Falls, Motorcity, and Randy Cunningham:
9th Grade Ninja. The likeability of
these characters really depends on your
enjoyability of these modern day shows, but it
does serve for a racing roster that is unique
and varied.

Like many other kart racing
games, Disney Super Speedway borrows a lot from
the Mario Kart formula, specifically its cup and
tournament presentation. There are three cups of
varying degrees of difficult, each featuring
three race tracks for a total of nine tracks,
all locales pulled directly from the shows
featured here. In terms of characters, you only
start out with three: Phineas, Milo, and Kick.
As you progress, win races and earn coins, you
can buy the rest of the cast. And it wouldn't be
a kart racer without weapons and power ups! Each
one has also been suited to fit the personality
of the character. As it has become a tradition
in modern day gaming, players can also unlock
different achievements as they complete various
requirements throughout the game. In total there
are 38 achievements to obtain.

As has been stated at the start
of this article, Disney Super Speedway can be
played as a browser game at the
Disney XD site, but unfortunately it won't
allow you to save the progress. The Apple iOS
version, however, features a fuller gameplay
experience that not only lets you save your
progress, it allows you to buy in-game tokens
that help you unlock characters and other
features. The sound and graphical fidelity is
also much higher when played on an iPad. So the
best way to see it is that the browser version
serves a demo of the game that introduces
players to the basics before they are ready to
get into the full game.

The main drawback is that it
being an iPad/browser
game, it isn't as robust as a standard console/handheld racing game.
But it does allow for a fun diversion if you are really invested in
the recent Disney TV animated series output. It certainly will be a
great chance to see the Perry the Platypus race against Kick
Buttowski in the Fish Hooks world!