Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Lifespeed, developed and published by Wee Man Studios for the New3DS in 2017 on the eShop
"Lifespeed is the ultimate race for survival. Battle your galactic opponents while flying at high speed through exciting tunnels. Your planet needs you! One thousand years ago, a Great War threatened to engulf the galaxy. The United Government was formed to stop the impending Armageddon. Now there is a new threat called Lifespeed. Instead of war, disputes about resources and survival are settled on the track. Each rider is forced to compete for their planet’s survival and for the chance to become Archon. You are Cypher Reid."
This was a good tunnel racer for the then New3DS. The New3DS was (mis)treated to a lot of eshop shovel ware which thankfully this is not and is up there with top five exclusive games for the system.
The 3D effect works really well and I've just shown a few tracks here in the video to try and show it off. For a £5 digital download the game comes with plenty of content shaming many other downloads at this price.
The game does feature a story mode which is well presented with comic book narration between levels. Single and championship modes are also present with multiple choice of characters with slightly different ship stats. There are 8 tracks spread over four world. Similar to games like Wipeout you can pick up weapons to try and slow down or destroy opponents.
What stops the game being 'Great' though is the controls can be frustrating with a slight movement able to through you of course as the track changes in all dimensions. The opponent racers are also fiercely aggressive making every race a fight to the finish and should you get knocked around there is no way you'll be taking 1st place. Sure there are differing difficulty levels but its no fun being forced to play rookie for a chance to win.
Gameplay recorded in Citra. There maybe some audio stutter but other than that it plays like on my actual New3ds.
00:00:00 Titles
00:02:40 Race 1
Lifespeed, developed and published by Wee Man Studios for the New3DS in 2017 on the eShop
"Lifespeed is the ultimate race for survival. Battle your galactic opponents while flying at high speed through exciting tunnels. Your planet needs you! One thousand years ago, a Great War threatened to engulf the galaxy. The United Government was formed to stop the impending Armageddon. Now there is a new threat called Lifespeed. Instead of war, disputes about resources and survival are settled on the track. Each rider is forced to compete for their planet’s survival and for the chance to become Archon. You are Cypher Reid."
This was a good tunnel racer for the then New3DS. The New3DS was (mis)treated to a lot of eshop shovel ware which thankfully this is not and is up there with top five exclusive games for the system.
The 3D effect works really well and I've just shown a few tracks here in the video to try and show it off. For a £5 digital download the game comes with plenty of content shaming many other downloads at this price.
The game does feature a story mode which is well presented with comic book narration between levels. Single and championship modes are also present with multiple choice of characters with slightly different ship stats. There are 8 tracks spread over four world. Similar to games like Wipeout you can pick up weapons to try and slow down or destroy opponents.
What stops the game being 'Great' though is the controls can be frustrating with a slight movement able to through you of course as the track changes in all dimensions. The opponent racers are also fiercely aggressive making every race a fight to the finish and should you get knocked around there is no way you'll be taking 1st place. Sure there are differing difficulty levels but its no fun being forced to play rookie for a chance to win.
Gameplay recorded in Citra. There maybe some audio stutter but other than that it plays like on my actual New3ds.
00:00:00 Titles
00:02:40 Race 1
