Excite Truck (Wii)

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
Nintendo are readying a brand new race game for the Wii and it's not F-Zero, Mario Kart or anything you've ever seen before. Instead you'll believe a 4x4 can fly!

The lowdown:
Every console needs a goodly number of quality racing games if it wants to really succeed and that's not always been Nintendo's forte. Excite Truck though is an attempt to create a game that marries the all out fun of Mario Kart with something, not realistic but at least less obviously cartoonish. Yet again the Wii Remote is used in a completely different way, this time holding it horizontally and rotating it left and right as if it was a steering wheel. The only other controls are accelerate and brake on the '1' and '2' buttons, although you will land better if you tilt the controller up while you approach the ground. Despite this purposeful simplicity it's one of the better looking Wii games, with a huge draw distance and some impressive speed blur effects. It looks the part then, but more importantly it seems to play it too.

Most exciting moment:
A good lick of speed is always important in a racing game but this has got to be one of the fastest racers ever - and that's before you turn on the turbo boost. To make things even worse (better) picking up power-ups allows you to deform the terrain, creating enormous jumps out of thin air that send you flying for what seems like miles.

Since you ask:
The name Excite Truck is a reference to the NES game Excitebike and its N64 update Excitebike 64. Beyond the name and the fact that it is a racing game though the two titles do not appear to have anything else in common.

The bottom line:
Nintendo's first modern racer for years looks like a truck load of fun.-HARRISON DENT

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Customer reviews

review by: jamesst date: 2008-04-10 rating:
Good fun, comes to an abrupt ending
I seemed to enjoy this game more then my 7 year old! great game of deciding which truck is the best for which track etc but after its finished (which didn't take long) that's it-felt a bit cheated but a good game nevr the less.

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review by: date: 2008-02-11 rating:
Actually, really good.
Lots of fun. The tutorials get a bit tedious, but are worth doing.

Simple controls, good graphics, great playability. Still really enjoying it 6 months after purchase.

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review by: date: 2008-01-10 rating:
The best racing game on the Wii by far
The Wii is currently seeing a flood of rushed, poor quality, cheap racing games appearing. Do not be seduced by their price, you get what you pay for. Excite Truck is worth every penny and is great fun whether you're new to gaming with the Wii or a hardcore gamer who's been playing for years.

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review by: date: 2008-01-01 rating:
PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This game is just brilliant. I think how you have to move the Wii Remote to steer is much better than just hitting the left/right buttons, because it's more energetic. It's really hard to steer, but that makes it more fun! The best racing game I've ever played.


review by: date: 2007-12-26 rating:
So Much Fun
This is one you should buy even if you don't normally go for this type of game. I bought this for my partner who loves the more serious driving games and he is addicted to it. I've never enjoyed driving games but even I'm addicted to it because it asks you to do everything most other driving games don't do - enjoy, smash into things, leap over bridges of some obscure Scottish Castle, fly over glaciers, smash through forest etc and it rewards you the more havoc you cause.

There is no blood or gore, there is no commentating, no scantily clad bodies, no swearing and definitely no zillion options to complete before you start - you can just drive or if you want, take the very amusing tutorial.

Definitely worth the money.

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