MX Superfly

MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael, released as MX Super Fly in PAL regions, is a motocross racing game developed by Pacific Coast Power & Light and published by THQ for the Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube. It is the second installment of THQ's MX trilogy and a sequel to MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael,^[3] garnering professional motocross racer Ricky Carmichael's endorsement like its predecessor.

MX Superfly
North American Xbox cover art
Developer(s)	Pacific Coast Power & Light
Publisher(s)	THQ
Producer(s)	Dennis Harper
Composer(s)	Steve Kirk
Series	MX
Engine	RenderWare
Platform(s)	Xbox, PlayStation 2, and GameCube
Release	PlayStation 2 NA: June 18, 2002[1] PAL: October 11, 2002 GameCube NA: June 27, 2002[2] EU: October 4, 2002 AU: 2002 Xbox NA: November 20, 2002 PAL: March 21, 2003
Genre(s)	Sports, racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

THQ released a third MX game in 2004, titled MX Unleashed and developed by its newly acquired subsidiary Rainbow Studios, the eventual creator of the MX vs. ATV series that serves as a crossover with Sony's ATV Offroad Fury series.

Gameplay

Players are able to create a male or female MX rider of their own and play in either two modes: racing or freestyle.^[3][4] The former consists of races against opposing racers controlled by artificial intelligence, while the latter consists of levels taking place in various environments where the player must independently accomplish certain challenges.^[3] It is also possible to play with a friend in split screen multiplayer, and the Xbox version exclusively featured downloadable content consisting of extra soundtracks, riders and bikes that could be purchased from the Xbox Live service.^[3]

Development

The game had a marketing budget of $4 million.^[5]

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	GC	PS2	Xbox
Metacritic	76/100[6]	76/100[7]	74/100[8]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	GC	PS2	Xbox
Electronic Gaming Monthly	7.5/10[9]	7.5/10[9]	7.5/10[9]
Game Informer	7/10[10]	7.25/10[11]	N/A
GameSpot	7.9/10[12]	7.9/10[13]	7.9/10[3]
GameSpy	83%[14]	[15]	[16]
GameZone	7.8/10[17]	7.7/10[18]	8.7/10[19]
IGN	8.5/10[4]	8.4/10[20]	8.2/10[21]
Nintendo Power	3.2/5[22]	N/A	N/A
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	N/A	[23]	N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	N/A	7.4/10[24]
X-Play	N/A	N/A	[25]

Reception

The GameCube and PlayStation 2 versions received "generally favorable reviews", while the Xbox version received above-average reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[6][7][8]