Battle Cars: Difference between revisions

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{{quote| "Welcome. [[Spot of Tea|Shall we have tea]] before we race?" - [[Added Alliterative Appeal|Nomad Nathalmu]]}}

''Battle Cars'' is a [[Vehicular Combat]] racing game developed by [[Namco]] and released on the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It uses the same graphical setup of Mode-7 rendered levels and sprite-based cars as [[F Zero]], released two years earlier. It's almost as fast-paced as [[F Zero]], with the added bonus/challenge of [[Weaponized Car|Weaponized Cars.]]

''Battle Cars'' is a [[Vehicular Combat]] racing game developed by [[Namco]] and released on the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It uses the same graphical setup of Mode-7 rendered levels and sprite-based cars as [[F-Zero]], released two years earlier. It's almost as fast-paced as [[F-Zero]], with the added bonus/challenge of [[Weaponized Car|Weaponized Cars.]]

It's [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]. Overpopulation and environmental decay, followed by political [[The Scapegoat|finger-pointing]] and [[World War III|nuclear war]] have left humanity [[Crapsack World|crippled and living in city-states.]] The jaded remnants of humanity have created [[Blood Sport|a new sport]], a sport of [[Vehicular Combat]]: [[Title Drop|Battle Cars.]] The player takes the role of an up-and-coming racer on a quest to take home the gold. In your way are a variety of twisting tracks and nasty [[Boss Battle|bosses.]]

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* [[Bald of Evil]]: Buffed Bachmed, boss of Nuevo Vegas. He's not really evil so much as a [[Jerkass]], like most of the bosses.

* [[Death Mountain]]: Katmandu.

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]

* [[Expy]]: The gameplay is nearly identical to [[F Zero]], with the key difference being [[Weaponized Car|weapons.]]

* [[Expy]]: The gameplay is nearly identical to [[F-Zero]], with the key difference being [[Weaponized Car|weapons.]]

* [[The Faceless]]: Metalhead Mike, due to [[Mask Power|his mask,]] and Nomad Nathalmu thanks to [[In the Hood|his hood.]]

* [[Mookmobile]]: The three basic cars all show up as enemies in the levels. They also happen to be the three cars you can choose from. They have identical characteristics and come in a spectrum of colors.

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* [[Power-Up Letdown]]: So you've finally worked out the trick to using Grenades, and wow! They kill the [[Mooks]] in one shot! So you upgrade them, hoping to fully exploit your newfound power. Now they fly further, and you've just hit the tracks with shorter straights. Yay!

* [[Puny Earthlings]]: The last two bosses, aliens Fourarm Foxtherm and Foxwharmpit, don't like humans.

* [[Remilitarized Zone]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|The Zone]], a ruined city under constant shellfire. Home of Medfly Max.

* [[Remilitarized Zone]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Zone]], a ruined city under constant shellfire. Home of Medfly Max.

* [[Shifting Sand Land]]: Dakar, home of Nomad Nathalmu.

* [[Single Biome Planet]]: New Atlantis, host to the [[Final Boss]], is mostly ocean.

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* [[Wutai]]: Manaical Mariko's home region of Fuji looks to be a quiet temple retreat, in stark contrast to the other areas.

* [[Weaponized Car]]: [[Captain Obvious|Duh.]]

* [[We Will Spend Credits in ~~The~~ Future]]: However, we'll also spend "cash". They're separate in that credits are earned for finishing the [[Time Trial]] in a timely manner and are spent on upgrading weapons, while cash is earned from killing [[Mooks]] and spent on car upgrades. Both are earned only in the [[Time Trial]].

* [[We Will Spend Credits in the Future]]: However, we'll also spend "cash". They're separate in that credits are earned for finishing the [[Time Trial]] in a timely manner and are spent on upgrading weapons, while cash is earned from killing [[Mooks]] and spent on car upgrades. Both are earned only in the [[Time Trial]].

* [[Wretched Hive]]: New Troit, and most other cities if the [[Backstory]] is anything to go on.