NASCAR Kart Racing pits on Wii

EA's stock car racing franchise breaks hiatus on Nintendo's platform with stylized installment on February 10.

In June, EA took the lid off of Wii All-Play, an initiative designed to customize the publisher's annualized sports titles to the tastes of the nontraditional gamer sect populating Nintendo's best-selling console. At that time, the publisher rattled off a number of its flagship sim sports franchises that would see custom installments, including Madden NFL, NCAA Football, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, NBA Live, and FIFA Soccer.

Kasey Kahne is a known snaker.

One franchise not included in that list was the publisher's NASCAR racing series, which has been absent from Nintendo's platforms since 2004's standout racer NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup. As it would turn out, EA in fact does have plans to pit NASCAR on Nintendo's console, and the final result won't be far off from the All-Play aesthetic.

The publisher today announced NASCAR Kart Racing, dubbed the "the first and only NASCAR title available for the Wii." The stylized racer features caricatures of 14 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, as well as 10 additional animated racers, each with its own custom attributes. The game accommodates up to four players in locale, head-to-head races.

True to EA's flagship NASCAR racer, the game Wii game will include a number of official tracks, including Daytona International Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, Dover International Speedway, and Bristol Motor Speedway. The kart racer also promises to transport gamers to a variety of exotic locales, ranging from deserts to freeways to junkyards.

NASCAR Kart Racing is currently slated to arrive for the Wii on February 10, five days before the 51st running of the Daytona 500. The full lineup of official NASCAR Drivers is listed below.

Jeff Burton
Kyle Busch
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Carl Edwards
Jeff Gordon
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Jimmie Johnson
Kasey Kahne
Matt Kenseth
Elliot Sadler
Tony Stewart
*Two Unlockable Mystery Drivers

60 Comments

  • Kris024

    Posted Apr 30, 2009 3:02 pm PT

    This looks like rubbish and it's not even rubbish PS3 and 360 owners can complain about. I mean 14 drivers. EA is ruining NASCAR games and they need to give the rights to maybe CODEMASTERS or someone else who knows how to make a decent racing game.

  • Kris024

    Posted Apr 30, 2009 2:52 pm PT

    NASCAR games have not been on Nintendo since 2004 and EA now makes a NASCAR game for only Nintendo. This is the first year in over ten years that a NASCAR game will not be on a Playstation console. Sounds like rubbish to me.
    But seriously, 14 drivers, come on EA step it up.

  • tequilero

    Posted Jan 8, 2009 4:18 pm PT

    Im going to add this one to my wishlist right away!

  • kfreakyk

    Posted Dec 8, 2008 11:30 am PT

    My ps3 definitely gets more play time than my Wii, but this game looks like a good one to play when your friends come over. Mario kart wii was a hit with my friends and I think this will be just as fun with a slightly different spin on it.

  • Raice

    Posted Dec 7, 2008 11:15 pm PT

    eaglesfan36 said:
    who ever thought that the best selling videogame console would be aimed at people who dont otherwise play videogames.

    Apparently nintendo did ^_^

  • nick15uk

    Posted Dec 7, 2008 5:55 am PT

    Love Mario Kart Wii but I've wanted a more serious karting game for so long! I hope this delivers.

  • hatieshorrer

    Posted Dec 6, 2008 8:01 pm PT

    I hate EA for buying major frachises and making them into generic games. I hate third-party developers for hashing out low-budgit games on the Wii. Now I have two reasons to not like EA.

  • ck02623

    Posted Dec 5, 2008 8:53 am PT

    14? lol

  • greg_g33

    Posted Dec 5, 2008 12:56 am PT

    There are reasons my Nintendo gets no action.

  • worldind913

    Posted Dec 5, 2008 12:05 am PT

    I'm not sure if 14 drivers would be passable on the PS2........seriously, and if it's like mario kart, i can't wait to get the Bud Light power-up, which will act as star power.......and the bullet to the front will be the fed-ex guy or something...

  • FallenOneX

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 11:21 pm PT

    If it has Mario Kart styled controls with some real racing gameplay, I'll bite.

  • rangr

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 10:24 pm PT

    Yeah, this sounds lame to most of us. EA is just trying to appeal to the broad casual gamer demographic that seems to be gobbling up the Wii consoles. That is what most devs are doing when it comes to Nintendo's console. It makes good business sense for them to go after the broadest spectrum of perspective customers. We can complain about the lack of AAA titles for the Wii all we want. The truth is, the core gamer is a minority. They don't cater to us because we don't matter to them.

  • firehawk998

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 9:53 pm PT

    Lets see XBOX 360 users are getting FORZA and Project Gotham Racing PS3 users are getting Gran turismo. While both consoles enjoy the Burnout series and for the Wii users( I was one of them)EA is now making this watered down version of a already great racing franchise.

  • HAMMER261266

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 9:46 pm PT

    NFL Tour, FaceBreaker and now NASCAR Kart Racing...Peter Moore does it again!!! I just can't get enough of these D list titles!!!

  • HarlockJC

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 8:30 pm PT

    NO leon Fenrir....It was the fact that the Gamecube was not coming out with games that killed it. Not games like this one.

  • leon-fenrir

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 8:14 pm PT

    My god! It was games like this that killed the GameCube. And it will be games like this that kills the Wii. I remember when all the good games were on Nintendo's console. Nowadays, while awesome games like Fallout, Soul Calibur, Devil May Cry, etc are on PS3 and 360, poor Nintendo is stuck with Hello Kitty, High School Musical, and NASCAR Kart Racing while Mario, Link and the other 1st-party titles are virtually the only ones that are keeping the Wii from completely dying-out. Come on Nintendo, the Wii can use the GameCube controller and the Classic Controller, utilize the controllers to bring the big 3rd party titles in.

  • Khoo1992

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 8:12 pm PT

    This is ridiculous, just make a kart game!!!!

  • nini200

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 7:41 pm PT

    UGH!!!!

  • WllDan7

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 7:25 pm PT

    I see m&m's on one the cars. And as I recall a m&m kart racer is out for the wii and it is bad. So that pretty much tells you how this title will turn.

  • hatieshorrer

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 7:17 pm PT

    Heres a riddle on the N64 MarioKart64 was a huge success but MickyMouse Racers was a failure and why did this happen because MarioKart64 was good and MickyMouse Racers was a poor attempt to hash out a copy of MarioKart64 with a different franchise. Ten years latter the same thing is happening again.

    I wonder what EA will tell their stock holders when this game crashes and burns. "Wii owners arent buying Wii games accept CarnivalGames FireEmblemRadiantDawn MarioandSonicattheOlympics MarioGalaxy MarioKart(Wii) MarioParty8 MetroidPrime3 NoMoreHeros Okami RedSteel RaymenRavingRabbits ResidentEvil4WiiEdition SuperSmashBrosBrawl TheLegendofZeldaTwilightPrincess WarioWareSmoothMoves WiiFit WiiMusic WiiPlay WiiSports ZackandWiki"

  • ocdog45

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 6:49 pm PT

    this is dumb as hell, but at least i can use my wii wheel for something else. if i do play this game.

  • rasterror

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 6:18 pm PT

    And this is why my Wii is collecting dust. I'm surprised Nintendo doesn't have any more watered down games for the system. Instead of GTA you might get Petty Theft Foot Pursuit. I'm about to beat mine to death with the balance board and it would probably be the last great game on the system. Good Grief!

  • Echo_742

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 6:05 pm PT

    What a Mario Kart ripoff XD

  • doyd

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 6:01 pm PT

    this looks so stupid

  • kono11

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 5:53 pm PT

    Epic way to introduce NASCAR for kids!
    but i hope the real NASCAR 09 is on Wii...(although i don't have a Wii)

  • BobbyBobby85

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 5:26 pm PT

    Chalk up yet another kiddified wii version of a big name franchise. Now I get even more cartoony kids games to sift through when looking for a good wii game! >

  • Arclight_Blue

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 4:58 pm PT

    /facepalm

  • imperial_agent

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 4:32 pm PT

    I saw Jeff Gordon once in a restraunt in LA. He's a lot shorter than I ever imagined. I'm talking like, he's 5'5 or 5'4.

  • jrabbit99

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 4:24 pm PT

    interesting

  • ColdfireTrilogy

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 3:35 pm PT

    lol at shovelware .... im going to put the same comment every time the wii degrades our gaming another step ... its the truth.

  • systemfan1188

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 3:34 pm PT

    $20 says it's more realistic than NASCAR 09 for 360 or PS3. Seriously - way to go EA!! Must be nice to have all that money to purchase the rights to a sport and completley **** it's fan base. Just whip out the cash and give em the finger. Thankfully I'm not a Wii owner who's been waiting for a NASCAR game - or I'd be on my way to EA's studios to burn it down.

  • EdibleFood

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 3:33 pm PT

    When are we going to see a decent wii game???
    my wii hasnt been touched in over a year and all i see is shovelware coming to this system

  • Triton

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 3:33 pm PT

    More Wii rubbish. Anyone want to bet the unlockable drivers are plumbers...

    Sorry, my Wii will still remain not hooked up.

  • EdibleFood

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 3:32 pm PT

    wow fail

  • Megawizard1

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 2:29 pm PT

    What in the HELL were they thinking?

  • mjwickstrom1

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 2:26 pm PT

    This is the ultimte smack in the face by EA to all of it's NASCAR fans, especially those who only have a Wii.

  • AngelCage-2

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 2:13 pm PT

    @snarple_basic
    Wow this looks like it will be a fun game...this looks like it could be a real treat if EA doesn't rush it out.
    .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-..-.-.

    Errr.. "NASCAR Kart Racing is currently slated to arrive for the Wii on February 10" That looks like a big rush to me... The average wii development time (to the shovelware) seems to be about 4-6 months... so, EA have already rushed this thing.

  • da_chub

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 2:10 pm PT

    this is the kind of crap that everyone thinks the Wii is. There is some great games for Nintendo's console, but they keep making this shovelware.

  • xcollector

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 1:43 pm PT

    Only on the Wii would you see something like this.

  • dastud2007

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 1:38 pm PT

    omg sweet!! *ejaculates all over*

  • raahsnavj

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 1:34 pm PT

    Even in NASCAR doesn't get a real treatment in Wii world, instead it gets 'Karts'. I mean really. Make a NASCAR game or don't; just don't bucher it by putting bobble heads in small cars.

  • lamprey263

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 1:14 pm PT

    geez, I still haven't played Mario Kart

  • snarple_basic

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 1:05 pm PT

    Wow this looks like it will be a fun game, I know for wii gamers they might not get a real nascar game but this looks like it could be a real treat if EA doesn't rush it out.

  • HyruleanLink

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 1:03 pm PT

    Man, I haven't had a real NASCAR game since my GC. Sadly, all I have to look forward to is racing karts. I would like a REAL Nascar game for the Wii.

  • star77241

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 12:56 pm PT

    Oh. And no online is just a really stupid move.

  • PlasmaBeam44

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 12:34 pm PT

    Lemme guess, those two unlockable mystery drivers are Mario and Luigi.

  • ston3henge

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 12:26 pm PT

    People spouting ignorant assessments of NASCAR and questioning it's place as a sport... talk about a no-brainer. "God Forbid" you get to know what you're talking about before flap your maw.

  • Media_Mind

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 12:17 pm PT

    snooze fest

  • caketoo

    Posted Dec 4, 2008 12:11 pm PT

    I didnt think ea could ruin nascar games any worse than they already have

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