In the game, players have to drive a yellow cab around fictitious cities (based very loosely on New York and San Francisco) against a strict time limit, picking up customers along the way and taking them to their desired destinations, all at pretty mental speeds.
It's been nearly four years since the hyperactive franchise last made an appearance (on the Game Boy Advance, no less), but this latest version looks set to be the most comprehensive incarnation yet. All of the cities that featured in the arcade and Dreamcast games will be available in Fare Wars, and the Crazy Box mode - a selection of ridiculously addictive mini-games to which this writer once lost eight consecutive hours - makes a return.
The multiplayer is almost certainly the most eye-catching new addition, and will see players nabbing customers from one another, apparently achieved by bumping in to your opponent's cab. The press release we received didn't elaborate on how many players could take part in the ad hoc option, but it all sounds enormously fun, regardless. Stay tuned for more, and don't forget the first six screenies in the Media Panel.
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