History VideoGame / ChocoboRacing

See also ''VideoGame/RacingLagoon'', Square's darker take on their racing game genre before their merger with Enix.

A MascotRacer spinoff of the [[RunningGag tire-burningly popular]] ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, specifically one set in the same spinoff continuity as ''VideoGame/ChocobosDungeon''. It was released for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation in 1999.

* {{Bishonen}}: [[spoiler:Necroshell, the amethyst entity possessing Racing Hero X, is revealed to be an attractive young man in his true form.]]

** Bahamut's Mega Flare is powerful, cannot be deflected with Reflect, and Barrier won't save you from getting struck by it. However, it takes so long to recharge.

** Bahamut's Mega Flare is powerful, cannot be deflected with Reflect and Barrier won't save you from getting struck by it. However, it takes so long to recharge.

And in 2022, [[SequelGap they finally did]], with ''Chocobo GP'' releasing for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on March 10, 2022. While this release was better received from a mechanical standpoint, Square's decision to implement mobile-style microtransactions lead to very mixed reviews overall. Though by the game's second seasonal event, drastic changes were made to the system in response to the criticisms which severely reduced its presence on the paid store. It received five seasons' worth of additional content before Square Enix pulled the plug on official support.

** The Doom Magic Stone. It is more of a double edged sword. While good for players who can pass the countdown effect to other racers during the 10 seconds countdown so that you won't get stalled, it is impractical also because of the 10 seconds countdown because you won't know whether you it will be passed onto you again unless you got the passive Barrier ability on.

** The Barrier ability. It is passive, needing to operate only once and, excluding Mega Flare, it will protect you from all magic attacks including the Gunblade ability as well as able to prevent the Gobling from mugging the racer's Magic Stones. Having 3 Reflect Stones will give further protection. The only downside to this strategy is that players won't be able to take other Magic stones if they want to race defensively until the end.

** The Dash ability. Useful for most of the tracks. It functions like Haste 2.

** Squall's Gunblade. Its function is to lead you to 1st place as fast as possible and it will slice any racers along the way, basically like unlimited Haste 3 or Dash. However, it takes much longer than Mega Flare to charge and it will disappear when you get struck by offensive Level 3 Magic attacks and also Mega Flare.

** The S.S. Invincible is the fastest racer in the game, allowing you to dominate Cid's Race Track easily in seconds. However, it is too fast to the point that any other race tracks beyond that, it fails horribly even for the AI itself, worst performances in Fantasia due to lots of cliffs that racers can fall off of and F.F.VIII Circuit where there's lots of turning points.