Madagascar Kartz

Madagascar Kartz is a racing game based on DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar. It was released in 2009 and the second game on Madagascar 's spin-off series. The Nintendo DS version was re-released in a bundle cart with Shrek's Carnival Craze Party Games.

Gameplay
The game is a basic kart racing game, and the player can perform jumps, flips, and rolls. There are many different stages from scenes of the franchise. The Madagascar Kartz Wheel is bundled with the Wii version of the game. This wheel is optional. This wheel's look is different from that of the Wii Wheel from Mario Kart Wii.

Playable characters include Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, Gloria the Hippotamus, The Penguins, The Chimps, and King Julien from the Madagascar films. Three characters from other movies are included alongside the Madagascar characters, Shrek from Shrek, Dusk and Dawn from Dusk and Dawn, and B.O.B. from Monsters vs. Aliens, all DreamWorks Animation franchises. Race types include Quick Race, Championship, Time Trial and Checkpoint race. A Championship race is one where the player collects mangoes and tries to finish first place in order to unlock higher speed classes (50cc, 100cc, 150cc, 200cc, the last one is raced in reverse direction/mirror mode), more karts and tracks. In Time Trial, players beat their own times and earn medals (gold, silver and bronze). In Checkpoint Race, players collect as many hourglasses as they can before the time runs out. There are several tracks in the game, most of which have 2 shortcuts. "I Like to Move It", sung by Reel 2 Real, is the menu theme.

Cast

 * Wally Wingert as Alex the Lion
 * Phil LaMarr as Marty and Maurice
 * Bettina Bush as Gloria the Hippotamus
 * Stephen Stanton as Melman
 * Danny Jacobs as King Julien
 * Conrad Vernon as Mason
 * Tom McGrath as Skipper
 * Michael Gough as Shrek
 * Crispin Freeman as Dusk
 * Kari Wahlgren as Dawn
 * Dave B. Mitchell as B.O.B.

Reception
Madagascar Kartz received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Nintendo Gamer gave the Wii version a score of 41%, seven months after the game's release.