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{{short description|2003 video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}{{Infobox video game
| title = Go! Go! Hypergrind
| image = Ngc-GoGoHypergrind.jpg
| alt = 
| developer = Poponchi
| publisher = [[Atlus]]
| platforms = [[GameCube]]
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|November 18, 2003}}
| genre = [[Sports game|Sports]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| director = Kazuma Nishiwaki
| producer = Yoshinao Shimada<br>Kevin Kolde
| designer = Tadayuki Konno
| programmer = Tadashi Maki
| artist = Masaki Shimizu<br>Eddie Fitzgerald<br>Gabe Swarr<br>[[Jim Smith (animator)|Jim Smith]]
}}

'''''Go! Go! Hypergrind''''' is a 2003 [[skateboarding]] [[video game]] developed and published by [[Atlus]] for the [[GameCube]].<ref name="PressRelease">{{cite web |title=Go! Go! Hypergrind Ships |url=http://www.gamershell.com/news_10428.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328102511/http://www.gamershell.com/news_10428.html |archive-date=March 28, 2018 |access-date=November 16, 2016 |publisher=GamersHell}}</ref> It was released only in North America on November 18, 2003.<ref name="PressRelease" /> Development was led by Poponchi, a small group of developers at Atlus, with animation studio [[Spümcø]] of ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'' fame serving as a collaborative art design firm for the game, with founder [[John Kricfalusi]] acting as an executive producer. Despite being developed in Japan, it was never released in the region.

==Plot==
[[Spümcø]] is holding auditions in "Toon World" for a new skateboarding cartoon called ''Go! Go! Hypergrind''. In the Story mode, the player chooses one of the cartoon star hopefuls and attempts to impress Spümcø and pass the audition.

==Gameplay==
''Go! Go! Hypergrind'' allows players to select one of several wacky cartoon characters and skateboard through a variety of cel-shaded levels. The objective of the game is to steer characters into a variety of classic cartoon "mishaps", usually involving inflicting pain on the character in some way, and then chaining one mishap directly into another to create combos.

There is also a versus mode offering five different game types, which can be played with [[Multiplayer video game|two players]] or against the computer.

== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 67.03%<ref name="GRggh">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/915062-go-go-hypergrind/index.html|title=Go! Go! Hypergrind for GameCube|work=[[GameRankings]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|year=2008|access-date=2025-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302234205/http://www.gamerankings.com/gamecube/915062-go-go-hypergrind/index.html|archive-date=2009-03-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| MC = 67/100<ref name="MCggh">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/go!-go!-hypergrind|title=Go! Go! Hypergrind for GameCube Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|date=November 18, 2003|access-date=2025-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131122134509/http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/go!-go!-hypergrind|archive-date=2013-11-22|url-status=live}}</ref>
| EGM = 4.83/10<ref name="EGMggh">{{cite magazine|last1=Linn|first1=Demian|last2=Tsao|first2=Jennifer|last3=Byrnes|first3=Paul|url=https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-174-january-2004/page/160/mode/1up|title=Review Crew: Go! Go! Hypergrind|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=174|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=January 2004|page=160}} ([http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1386132,00.asp Transcription] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031222051632/http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1386132,00.asp|date=2003-12-22}}).</ref>
| GI = 7.75/10<ref name="GIggh">{{cite magazine|last1=Helgeson|first1=Matt|last2=Leeper|first2=Justin|url=https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-128-december-2003/page/159/mode/1up|title=Reviews: Go! Go! Hypergrind|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|issue=128|publisher=[[Sunrise Publications]]|date=December 2003|page=159}} ([http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/FE8F6EA1-2CE4-4CF7-A3F3-7271F26BDC5B.htm Transcription] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051118170214/http://www.gameinformer.com/NR/exeres/FE8F6EA1-2CE4-4CF7-A3F3-7271F26BDC5B.htm|date=2005-11-18}}).</ref>
| GSpot = 7.9/10<ref name="GSpotGGH">{{cite web|last=Navarro|first=Alex|url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/sports/gogohypergrind/review.html|title=Go! Go! Hypergrind Review for GameCube|work=[[GameSpot]]|publisher=[[CNET Networks]]|date=November 14, 2003|pages=1–2|access-date=2025-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031205104148/http://www.gamespot.com/gamecube/sports/gogohypergrind/review.html|archive-date=2003-12-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| GSpy = 3/5<ref name="GSpyGGH">{{cite web|last=Fischer|first=Russ|url=http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/november03/gghypergrindgcn/|title=Reviews: Go! Go! Hypergrind (GCN)|work=[[GameSpy]]|publisher=[[GameSpy Industries]]|date=November 27, 2003|pages=1–2|access-date=2025-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206070626/http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/november03/gghypergrindgcn/|archive-date=2003-12-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| IGN = 5.1/10<ref name="IGNggh">{{cite web|last=Irwin|first=Mary Jane|url=http://cube.ign.com/articles/440/440845p1.html|title=GameCube Review: Go! Go! Hypergrind|work=[[IGN]]|publisher=[[IGN Entertainment]]|date=November 17, 2003|pages=1–3|access-date=2025-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040414234824/http://cube.ign.com/articles/440/440845p1.html|archive-date=2004-04-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[GMR (magazine)|GMR]]''
| rev1Score = 6/10<ref name="GMRggh">{{cite magazine|last=Orlando|first=Greg|url=https://archive.org/details/GMR11Dec2003/page/n87/mode/1up|title=Now: Go! Go! Hypergrind|magazine=[[GMR (magazine)|GMR]]|issue=11|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=December 2003|page=88}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Play (US magazine)|Play]]''
| rev2Score = B-<ref name="PlayGGH">{{cite magazine|last=Halverson|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Halverson|url=https://archive.org/details/Play_024_Dec_2003/page/n86/mode/1up|title=Reviews: Go! Go! Hypergrind|magazine=[[Play (US magazine)|Play]]|issue=24|publisher=Fusion Publishing|date=April 2003|page=85}}</ref>
}}
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''Go! Go! Hypergrind'' received "mixed or average" reviews, holding a rating of 67.03% based on eleven reviews according to [[review aggregator]]s [[Metacritic]] and [[GameRankings]].<ref name="GRggh"/><ref name="MCggh"/>

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}
*{{moby game|id=/go-go-hypergrind}}

{{John Kricfalusi}}

[[Category:2003 video games]]
[[Category:Atlus games]]
[[Category:GameCube games]]
[[Category:GameCube-only games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
[[Category:Skateboarding video games]]
[[Category:Spümcø]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
[[Category:Video games scored by Yoshio Tsuru]]
[[Category:Video games with cel-shaded animation]]