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* NintendoHard: Ludwig will tell you the only way to catch the Weasels is to [[EasyModeMockery play on Professional]], but good luck with that - the AI race nigh-perfectly aside from taking item hits, and are inherently as fast if not faster than you thanks to their optimized routing. You have to hit the starting boost, never lose speed, ''don't drift unless absolutely necessary'', and say goodbye to first place if you ever take a single hit.

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* NintendoHard: Ludwig will tell you the only way to catch the Weasels is to [[EasyModeMockery play on Professional]], Professional, but good luck with that - the AI race nigh-perfectly aside from taking item hits, and are inherently as fast if not faster than you thanks to their optimized routing. You have to hit the starting boost, never lose speed, ''don't drift unless absolutely necessary'', and say goodbye to first place if you ever take a single hit.

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* NintendoHard: The aptly named "Frantic Finale" cup which features two of the toughest tracks, Hawaii and Colorado. These tracks require you to do quick 90-degree turns to avoid falling off the course. LetsPlay/CrazyCommentaries took these on and one of the members described the final stage, Colorado, as ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' in a racing game.

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* NintendoHard: Ludwig will tell you the only way to catch the Weasels is to [[EasyModeMockery play on Professional]], but good luck with that - the AI race nigh-perfectly aside from taking item hits, and are inherently as fast if not faster than you thanks to their optimized routing. You have to hit the starting boost, never lose speed, ''don't drift unless absolutely necessary'', and say goodbye to first place if you ever take a single hit.
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The aptly named "Frantic Finale" cup which features two of the toughest tracks, Hawaii and Colorado. These tracks require you to do quick 90-degree turns to avoid falling off the course. LetsPlay/CrazyCommentaries took these on and one of the members described the final stage, Colorado, as ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' in a racing game.

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* DifficultButAwesome: [[spoiler:Ludwig]], who has the highest top speed but also has the worst handling and acceleration. One small mishap is all it takes to completely lose your speed, and it takes a while to accelerate back to that point. Mastering the drift is essentially required to succeed with this setup.



* FragileSpeedster: Minnie and Daisy have good acceleration and handling, but poor speed and light weight. [[spoiler:Dewey and Louie]] also have this stat spread with minor variations: the former has maxed-out acceleration while the latter has average speed and maxed-out handling.

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* FragileSpeedster: Minnie and Daisy have good acceleration accleration and handling, but poor speed and light weight. [[spoiler:Dewey and Louie]] also have this stat spread with minor variations: the former has maxed-out acceleration while the latter has average speed and maxed-out handling.

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* OffModel: Pete's fur is black during gameplay, but in the cutscenes and character icons, his fur is brown.

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Pete's fur is black during gameplay, but in the cutscenes and character icons, his fur is brown.brown.
** [[spoiler:Huey, Dewey and Louie]] all drive yellow karts with a vertical stripe of their color in the character select screen, but grey karts with two horizontal stripes of their color in gameplay.

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* FragileSpeedster: Minnie and Daisy have good acceleration and handling, but poor speed and light weight. [[spoiler:Dewey and Louie]] also this stat spread with minor variations: the former has maxed-out acceleration while the latter has average speed and maxed-out handling.

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* FragileSpeedster: Minnie and Daisy have good acceleration and handling, but poor speed and light weight. [[spoiler:Dewey and Louie]] also have this stat spread with minor variations: the former has maxed-out acceleration while the latter has average speed and maxed-out handling.



* OldSaveBonus: If you have a GBC copy of the game and a Game Transfer Pack, you can unlock [[spoiler:Huey]].

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* OldSaveBonus: If you have a GBC copy of the game and a Game Transfer Pack, Pak, you can unlock [[spoiler:Huey]].


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* RegionalBonus: As the Game Transfer Pak wasn't released in Japan, [[spoiler:Huey's]] unlock requirements were simplified to simply obtaining a time ghost token in the Time Trial mode. Doubles as DifficultyByRegion.

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* ExcusePlot: Mickey's dog, Pluto, has been kidnapped by the Weasels because of his diamond collar. [[spoiler:It's actually fake.]] Mickey calls his friends, and Pete, to help him track down Pluto...by racing in various parts of the United States.

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* ExcusePlot: Mickey's dog, Pluto, has been kidnapped by the Weasels because of his diamond collar. [[spoiler:It's actually fake.]] Mickey calls his friends, and Pete, to help him track down Pluto... by racing in various parts of the United States.States.
* FragileSpeedster: Minnie and Daisy have good acceleration and handling, but poor speed and light weight. [[spoiler:Dewey and Louie]] also this stat spread with minor variations: the former has maxed-out acceleration while the latter has average speed and maxed-out handling.



* JackOfAllStats: Mickey and Donald are perfectly balanced in speed, acceleration, handling and weight. [[spoiler:Huey]] has similar stats, but trades some acceleration for a higher top speed.
* MightyGlacier: Goofy and Pete have high speed and weight but poor acceleration and handling. [[spoiler:Ludwig]] takes it even further, having rock-bottom acceleration and handling but the absolute highest speed and weight of any character in the game.



* OldSaveBonus: If you have a GBC copy of the game and a Game Transfer Pack you unlock [[spoiler:Huey]].

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* OldSaveBonus: If you have a GBC copy of the game and a Game Transfer Pack Pack, you can unlock [[spoiler:Huey]].



* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler: Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Ludwig Von Drake.]]

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* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler: Huey, [[spoiler:Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Ludwig Von Drake.]]
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* {{Eagleland}}: Type 1. In the American version, the "'''USA'''" in the title is in a heavily stylized font full of stars and stripes. In the Japanese version, the "USA" is simply in a red font. For a game that takes place in (a fictional) United States, these tropes aren't surprising:

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* {{Eagleland}}: Type 1. In the American version, the "'''USA'''" in the title is in a heavily stylized font full of stars and stripes. In the Japanese version, the "USA" is simply in a red font. For a game that takes place in (a fictional) the United States, States (albeit a fictitious one), these tropes aren't surprising:
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* TheUnfought: The Weasels. Although Mickey and his friends try to track them down [[spoiler:and manage to get them arrested at the end]], you never get to race against them in-game.
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Creator/{{Disney}}'s answer to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', the game features Disney/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]]?

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Creator/{{Disney}}'s answer to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', the game features Disney/MickeyMouse WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save [[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]]?WesternAnimation/{{Pluto|ThePup}}?



* ExcusePlot: Mickey's dog, Pluto, has been kidnapped by the Weasels because of his diamond collar. [[spoiler: It's actually fake.]] Mickey calls his friends, and Pete, to help him track down Pluto...by racing in various parts of the United States.

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* ExcusePlot: Mickey's dog, Pluto, has been kidnapped by the Weasels because of his diamond collar. [[spoiler: It's [[spoiler:It's actually fake.]] Mickey calls his friends, and Pete, to help him track down Pluto...by racing in various parts of the United States.
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* NintendoHard: The aptly named "Frantic Finale" cup which features two of the toughest tracks, Hawaii and Colorado. These tracks require you to do quick 90-degree turns to avoid falling off the course. CrazyCommentaries took these on and one of the members described the final stage, Colorado, as ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' in a racing game.

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* NintendoHard: The aptly named "Frantic Finale" cup which features two of the toughest tracks, Hawaii and Colorado. These tracks require you to do quick 90-degree turns to avoid falling off the course. CrazyCommentaries LetsPlay/CrazyCommentaries took these on and one of the members described the final stage, Colorado, as ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' in a racing game.
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moved to YMMV subpage as it's a subjective, Just For Fun wick


* XMeetsY: ''Disney'' meets ''Mario Kart''.

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'''''Mickey's Speedway USA''''' is a MascotRacer game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. It was developed and published by Creator/{{Rare}}. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.

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'''''Mickey's Speedway USA''''' is a MascotRacer game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 and GameBoyColor UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. It was developed and published by Creator/{{Rare}}. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.



* AIBreaker: Colorado, the final and hardest race track, unsurprisingly gives even the A.I. racers a very hard time turning where they will fall off the track many times especially on Professional mode where they are the most difficult and their speed is the highest.



* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Most notable in Professional mode on the harder tracks where the opponents will have perfect drifting and handling on sharp turns without losing any speed.



* DelayedReaction: Because the characters aren't allowed to talk over one another, a character getting hit by an item may react about 5 seconds later and after 3 people have talked.



* MotorMouth: There is almost never a dull moment when the characters always find something to say every second.



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* TimeTrialTheThemeParkVersion: Essentially what all the race tracks are; simplified versions of U.S. locales.
* TimeTrial: As per tradition of racing games.
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* ContinuityNod: Each of the tournaments (except for Frantic Finale) are named (in whole or part) after [[ClassicDisneyShorts a Disney cartoon]]:

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* ContinuityNod: Each of the tournaments (except for Frantic Finale) are named (in whole or part) after [[ClassicDisneyShorts [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts a Disney cartoon]]:
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* OldSaveBonus: If you have a GBC copy of the game and a Game Transfer Pack you unlock [[spoiler:Huey]].
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'''Mickey's Speedway USA''' is a MascotRacer game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. It was developed and published by Creator/{{Rare}}. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.

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'''Mickey's '''''Mickey's Speedway USA''' USA''''' is a MascotRacer game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. It was developed and published by Creator/{{Rare}}. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.
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** DownOnTheFarm: Nebraska (Game Boy Color version only)
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Creator/{{Disney}}'s answer to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', the game features Disney/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save Pluto?

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Creator/{{Disney}}'s answer to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', the game features Disney/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save Pluto?[[WesternAnimation/PlutoThePup Pluto]]?

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* ContinuityNod: Each of the tournaments (except for Frantic Finale) are named (in whole or part) after [[ClassicDisneyShorts a Disney cartoon]]:
** Traffic Troubles (a black-and-white Mickey cartoon)
** Motorway Mania (after ''WesternAnimation/MotorMania'', a 1950 Goofy cartoon)
** Freeway Phobia (after ''Freewayphobia #1'', an [[EdutainmentShow educational short]] starring Goofy)
** Victory Vehicles (a WartimeCartoon starring Goofy)



* ShoutOut: Each of the tournaments (except for Frantic Finale) are named (in whole or part) after [[ClassicDisneyShorts a Disney cartoon]]:
** Traffic Troubles (a black-and-white Mickey cartoon)
** Motorway Mania (after ''WesternAnimation/MotorMania'', a 1950 Goofy cartoon)
** Freeway Phobia (after ''Freewayphobia #1'', an [[EdutainmentShow educational short]] starring Goofy)
** Victory Vehicles (a WartimeCartoon starring Goofy)


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* WickedWeasel: The main antagonists in the game.
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'''Mickey's Speedway USA''' is a racing game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. It was developed and published by Creator/{{Rare}}. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.

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'''Mickey's Speedway USA''' is a racing MascotRacer game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. It was developed and published by Creator/{{Rare}}. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.
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Creator/{{Disney}}'s answer to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', the game features Main/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save Pluto?

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Creator/{{Disney}}'s answer to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', the game features Main/MickeyMouse Disney/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save Pluto?
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* ShoutOut: Each of the tournaments (except for Frantic Finale) are named (in whole or part) after a Disney cartoon:

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* ShoutOut: Each of the tournaments (except for Frantic Finale) are named (in whole or part) after [[ClassicDisneyShorts a Disney cartoon:cartoon]]:

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* GoKartingWithBowser: Pete joins Mickey and friends to save Pluto.

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* GoKartingWithBowser: A literal example: Pete joins Mickey and friends to save Pluto.


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* ShoutOut: Each of the tournaments (except for Frantic Finale) are named (in whole or part) after a Disney cartoon:
** Traffic Troubles (a black-and-white Mickey cartoon)
** Motorway Mania (after ''WesternAnimation/MotorMania'', a 1950 Goofy cartoon)
** Freeway Phobia (after ''Freewayphobia #1'', an [[EdutainmentShow educational short]] starring Goofy)
** Victory Vehicles (a WartimeCartoon starring Goofy)

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** Daisy - Blue

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** Daisy - Light Blue


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** [[spoiler:Dewey - Blue]]
** [[spoiler:Louie - Green]]
** [[spoiler:Huey - Red]]
** [[spoiler:Ludwig - Purple]]
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* CompetitiveMultiplayer: Up to 4 players.
* {{Eagleland}}: Type 1. In the American version, the "'''USA'''" in the title is in a heavily stylized font full of stars and stripes. In the Japanese version, the "USA" is simply in a red font. For a game that takes place in (a fictional) United States, these tropes aren't surprising:
** AlohaHawaii: Hawaii
** BigApplesauce: New York
** TheBigEasy: New Orleans
** EverythingIsBigInTexas: Texas
** VivaLasVegas: Las Vegas
** WildWilderness: Oregon
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* NintendoHard: The aptly named "Frantic Finale" cup which features two of the toughest tracks, Hawaii and Colorado. These tracks require you to do quick 90-degree turns to avoid falling off the course. CrazyCommentaries took these on and one of the members described the final stage, Colorado, as ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}}'' in a racing game.
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* ColorCodedCharacters:
** Mickey - Red
** Donald - Yellow
** Goofy - Green
** Minnie - Pink
** Daisy - Blue
** Pete - Orange


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* OffModel: Pete's fur is black during gameplay, but in the cutscenes and character icons, his fur is brown.


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* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler: Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Ludwig Von Drake.]]


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* TimeTrial
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* CheatedAngle: Mickey and Minnie's ears, as always.

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* CheatedAngle: Mickey and Minnie's ears, as always.ears.
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'''Mickey's Speedway USA''' is a racing game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.

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'''Mickey's Speedway USA''' is a racing game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. It was developed and published by Creator/{{Rare}}. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.

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[[caption-width-right:243:[[Creator/{{Rare}} From the creators]] that brought you a ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing clone]], comes...[[FollowTheLeader another Mario Kart clone.]]]]

'''Mickey's Speedway USA''' is a racing game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. The game features Main/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save Pluto?

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[[caption-width-right:243:[[Creator/{{Rare}} From the creators]] that brought you a ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing Mario Kart clone]], comes...[[FollowTheLeader another Mario Kart clone.]]]]

'''Mickey's Speedway USA''' is a racing game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. The Game Boy Color version of the game is a sequel to ''Mickey's Racing Adventure''.

Creator/{{Disney}}'s answer to ''VideoGame/MarioKart'', the
game features Main/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save Pluto?



* [[GoKartingWithBowser Go Karting With Pete]]: Pete joins Mickey and friends to save Pluto.
* XMeetsY: ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKart''.

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* [[GoKartingWithBowser Go Karting With Pete]]: AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: Chicago.
* AlwaysNight: Las Vegas, Seattle, and Chicago.
* CheatedAngle: Mickey and Minnie's ears, as always.
* ExcusePlot: Mickey's dog, Pluto, has been kidnapped by the Weasels because of his diamond collar. [[spoiler: It's actually fake.]] Mickey calls his friends, and Pete, to help him track down Pluto...by racing in various parts of the United States.
* GoKartingWithBowser:
Pete joins Mickey and friends to save Pluto.
* PalmTreePanic: Malibu and Hawaii.
* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Alaska and Colorado.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: Minnie Mouse and Daisy Duck. It's still better than [[TheSmurfettePrinciple only one female character]] in ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' (Peach) and ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' (Pipsy)
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XMeetsY: ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' ''Disney'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKart''.''Mario Kart''.
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[[caption-width-right:243:[[Creator/{{Rare}} From the creators]] that brought you a ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing clone]], comes...[[FollowTheLeader another Mario Kart clone.]]]]

'''Mickey's Speedway USA''' is a racing game released for the {{Nintendo 64}} and GameBoyColor in 2000 and 2001, respectively. The game features Main/MickeyMouse and his friends racing together across the United States to...save Pluto?
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* [[GoKartingWithBowser Go Karting With Pete]]: Pete joins Mickey and friends to save Pluto.
* XMeetsY: ''Creator/{{Disney}}'' meets ''VideoGame/MarioKart''.
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