Kandagawa Jet Girls

When I first read about Marvelous and XSEED’s Kandagawa Jet Girls game, I shivered. The reason was simple, this game was created by the same people behind the Senran Kagura titles. I’ve had a brief experience with this franchise and oh boy I wish I hadn’t. Both games I played, Shinobi Refle and Peach Ball, can hardly be called games. They’re nothing more than blatant fanservice, featuring jailbait waifus with the bare minimum of interactivity and gameplay to be considered viable video...

Kandagawa Jet Girls is a solid but too easy arcade racer that doesn’t quite deliver on fan-service but still manages to offer a great collection of characters.

While Kandagawa Jet Girls is somewhat entertaining on the whole, its gameplay simply doesn’t excite like it should. Your jet ski isn’t particularly fast, even once it’s been upgraded, and combat feels rather passive; you just press a button and the game auto aims for you for the most part. And so, the gameplay found within Kandagawa Jet Girls isn’t broken, or bad – it’s just mildly entertaining. If you’re more interested in the game for its lively chests and ridiculous dialogues then it probably won’t matter to you too much, but those also expecting a solid racing experience alongside them may...

A beautiful anime racing title that has a lot of customization and mechanics to love. If you aren’t a big fan of high school type anime, this may not be the game for you.

Kandagawa Jet Girls follows the unfortunate pattern that many of HONEY∞PARADE GAMES latest titles have fallen victim to. There's style and charm galore, with sharp character visuals, fun music, and a charming anime-as-hell story mode. The actual gameplay, though, is rough at every possible edge, presenting a half-baked version of a truly interesting idea that simply wasn't executed on well. There's a lot to love with this game, but unfortunately, there's plenty to dislike as well.

Kandagawa Jet Girls delights with its boisterous, glowing presentation, cast of vibrant characters, and array of fun side-attractions. But the jet-ski action itself is mostly dull, struggling to offer a decent challenge or a genuine sense of speed. Jet Girls rides waves of goodwill thanks to its infectious personality, but this eventually gives way to tepid, monotonous gameplay, hampering what could have been one of Marvelous’ best releases yet.

There definitely aren't enough water-based racing games out there so throw in some anime girls and you have a promising formula.

Kandagawa Jet Girls is a multimedia project with an anime that was released in 2019 and now a videogame to accompany it. Don’t worry if you’re not familiar with the anime as the story is simple enough to get to grips with, it’s all about pairs of girls who are pursuing their dreams to be jet racers. Jet ski racing definitely seems like something that should be easy to make into a fun game but this attempt is just far too shallow.

Kandagawa Jet Girls completely misses the marks that this niche expects from its games. Even if the toned down fanservice is a ploy to bring in more general gamers, the weak racing mechanics aren’t going to keep them around for long. Give this one a pass.