Basic, shallow and sickeningly cute, New International Track & Field is fine for a five-minute blast. Just don't expect to stay entertained for too long.
Genre: Sports Release date:
Jun 22, 2008
Published by: Konami Developed by: Sumo Digital
Track & Field was a great though shallow game when it burst through the ticker-tape in 1983, and to be honest, the basic concept hasn’t changed much in 25 years. Now, instead of mashing buttons to make your on-screen athletes achieve Olympic glory, you furiously scrub the stylus across the bottom of the touchscreen. Moves such as jumping hurdles, lobbing the discus and so on are handled either by tapping a separate area of the ...
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Oct 18, 2007
This is ostensibly an update of eons-old button-masher Track & Field - the one with the odd mustachioed athletes. But really we think NIT&F is the spiritual successor to Konami Krazy Racers - the Konami-soaked GBA launch game. Dave Cox of Sumo Digital speaks…
Did it take a while to settle on the controls?
Dave Cox: Yes. One thing we learned is that everyone has a different take on how to play, so users can configure the controls how they want in the final game - if you ...
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ESRB Rating
New International Track & Field is rated: Everyone 10+
Animated Blood, Comic Mischief, Language, Mild Cartoon Violence, Mild Suggestive Themes