Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally

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Template:Infobox Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (ファミコングランプリII　スリーディーホットラリー) is a racing video game released in Japan for the Family Computer Disk System. It is the sequel to Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race, although the two games are very different. The game play is similar to that of Rad Racer, which was released before it. Like its predecessor, it too was subject of a tournament which was held from April 14 to May 31, 1988. The top 100 players of each class of car received a trophy in the form of a gold car of their class encased in quartz crystal with their name and rank on the base. Thus, there are 300 such trophies. They and thousands of runners-up and raffle winners received a "Pretty Mini", which is a yellow stationery set in the form of Diskun, the FDS mascot. It is similar to a white stationery set that was sold in stores.[1][2] They also received mock driver's licenses.[3]

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally marks the first time that Luigi appears taller and thinner than Mario on a game's box art, though this design was established in official artwork for Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels such as its tie-in film Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!.

This game, along with its predecessor, is a possible ancestor to the Mario Kart series, most likely due to the fact that it features Mario and possesses similar 2D racing mechanics, which was later carried on to Super Mario Kart.

Mario and Luigi are playable characters in the game and they can ride one of three cars:

Characters

Playable
Obstacles

Development

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally was shown to Nintendo of America, who heavily criticized the game, particularly the "cute" design of the vehicles, and stated it would not sell. This reaction made director Kazunobu Shimizu furious and was one of the drivers behind the graphical style of F-Zero[4].

This game is one of eight that is compatible with the Famicom 3D System. The flyer for the tournament advertised this system.[5]

References in later games

Gallery

Screenshots

  • Title Screen

    Title Screen

  • Screenshot showing the Monster

    Screenshot showing the Monster

  • Screenshot showing the Yonque

    Screenshot showing the Yonque

  • Course 1 map

    Course 1 map

  • Course 2 map

    Course 2 map

  • Course 3 map

    Course 3 map

Artwork

  • The game's logo

    The game's logo

  • Mario and Luigi

    Mario and Luigi

  • Mario holding a tire

    Mario holding a tire

  • A tired Mario and Luigi, resting

    A tired Mario and Luigi, resting

  • Mario, running and pointing

    Mario, running and pointing

  • Mario with a steering wheel

    Mario with a steering wheel

  • Mario driving, with passenger Luigi

    Mario driving, with passenger Luigi

  • Mario and Luigi posed next to the Yonque

    Mario and Luigi posed next to the Yonque

  • Mario popping champagne

    Mario popping champagne

  • Mario popping champagne in front of Luigi

    Mario popping champagne in front of Luigi

  • Kattobi

    Kattobi

  • Monster

    Monster

  • Yonque

    Yonque

  • Mario and Luigi riding in the Monster

    Mario and Luigi riding in the Monster

  • 3DHR obstacles.png

    The obstacles

  • Cover artwork

    Cover artwork

  • FDS 3D Hot Rally Disk.jpg

    Blue disk

  • Promotional Flyer

    Promotional Flyer

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Staff

Main article: List of Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally staff

References

Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally coverage on other NIWA wikis:
  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Types of Pretty Mini stationery sets
  3. ^ Video of the prizes
  4. ^ Nintendo (September 19, 2017). F-Zero developer interviewer. Retrieved September 20, 2017
  5. ^ Tournament flyer
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Nintendo Entertainment System / Family Computer games
Super Mario franchise Donkey Kong (1983) • Mario Bros. (1983) • Pinball (1984) • Golf (1984) • Family BASIC V3† (1985) • Wrecking Crew (1985) • Super Mario Bros. (1985) • Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) • Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988) • Dr. Mario (1990) • NES Open Tournament Golf (1991) • Mario is Missing!* (1993) • Mario's Time Machine* (1994)
Donkey Kong franchise Donkey Kong (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. + Jr. Sansū Lesson† (1983) • Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1983) • Donkey Kong 3 (1984) • Donkey Kong Classics* (1988)
Yoshi franchise Yoshi (1991) • Yoshi's Cookie (1992)
Wario franchise Wario's Woods (1994)
Family Computer Disk System Golf (1986) • Super Mario Bros. (1986) • Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels (1986) • I am a teacher: Super Mario Sweater (1986) • All Night Nippon: Super Mario Bros. (1986) • Golf: Japan Course (1987) • Golf: U.S. Course (1987) • Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic (1987) • Famicom Grand Prix: F1 Race (1987) • Donkey Kong‡ (1988) • Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally (1988) • Donkey Kong Jr.‡ (1988) • Kaettekita Mario Bros.‡ (1988) • Wrecking Crew‡ (1989) • Pinball‡ (1989)
Miscellaneous Nintendo World Championships 1990* (1990) • Nintendo Campus Challenge* (1990)
* NES only
† Famicom only
‡ Disk Writer only
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