This game will completly eliminate your doubts about the Wii!

Let's just face the facts: the Wii is slowly losing it's charm for many, many people. After getting quickly bored with WarioWare and Super Paper Mario, beating Zelda and Trauma Center (which was very short), I felt the Wii didn't have to offer anything else until I got my hands on Excite Truck.

Now, I know it's just one game, but trust me... it's one heck of a game. It's insanely addicting and simple enough that anyone pick it up-- all you gotta is hit the accelerator button and tilt the wiimote to turn; simple and perfect. You can easily put 40+ hours into the game and even more if you want to get S-ranking on the races which helps unlock tracks, trucks, and new modes. I was never a big fan of racing games, but this game instantly got me hooked! I thoroughly believe this to be the best Wii game. No exaggeration, no joke.

But what I think truly makes the game great is that you can add your own music with an SD Card. It adds a completly different feel to the game and as weird as it sounds... it can definetly get some adrenaline pumping. (See Excite Truck videos and you'll see why) My personal favorite song to play is One Winged Angel from Final Fantasy Advent Children, it gives me goosebumps just thinking about it!

I'm not trying to say that Excite Truck doesn't have any flaws, I'd be lying. For example multiplayer is a bit dissapointing, its 2 players but only head to head, no AI or anything(my brother, friends and I have much more funcompleting single player together)The graphics are simple, but in some courses they look good. If you're still unsure, check out the trailers.

This game truly ensured myself that I made a great descision to purchase the Wii. What game did it for you guys?


Man, all this talk got me in the mood for some Excite Truck.

Meh, it's an average game. I agree with Gamespot when they say it's a tech demo, not a true game. They should've released it at budget price and it would have been a must buy.

If you're trying to make people keep their Wiis, just say things like MP3, SMG, BWii, SSBB, Zak and Wiki, Mario Kart Wii, etc. and they will never think about selling their console again.

Meh, it's an average game. I agree with Gamespot when they say it's a tech demo, not a true game. They should've released it at budget price and it would have been a must buy.

If you're trying to make people keep their Wiis, just say things like MP3, SMG, BWii, SSBB, Zak and Wiki, Mario Kart Wii, etc. and they will never think about selling their console again.

ParkCarsHere

I see games that are worse off than this game and are full price. Gauging by them this game is worth full price.

i agree, excite truck is a hell of a game. the controls -at least for me - redefine how racing games should be played. thanks to excite truck, i didn't even hesitate a second before trading in my 360 copy of nfs carbon for the wii version. sure i lost a bit in the graphics department...but atleast now, almost all my friends that come over now really enjoy playing it using the wiimote's tilt function vs when they had to use analog on my 360. using the tilting as steering, i feel total control, precision of where im goin and how fast im turning its great. gameplay wise....who doesn't love high speed offroad racing?

but as u ask, "which game really did it for you?" i would have to say redsteel. i first played it over at a freinds house after the wii's launch (day or two after) and i immediately fell in love with the controls. in halo's dual analog im pretty good, not the best at picking off headshots...but im decent. when i played redsteel, all of a sudden i felt like a pro. the precision and accuracy from the wiimote's pointer made gun fights a breeze - i found myself pulling off headshots from far and wasting little to no ammo on misses. we then played some 4 player splitscreen (my friend+2 cousins + me)on the restuarant level. i must say, as a halo lover, i was impressed. (well im not that big of a halo lover, i mostly enjoy splitscreen when friends come over. online i played a few time..but there were to many cheaters so i quit w/ online, stupid mods.) the level was huge, had destructible objects, many places to take cover/run, and the aiming was still as good even with a smaller portion of the screen (but we did play on a large plasma). so longer story short:

Redsteel is the reason why i bought a wii. thanks to this game i saw potential in fps games, i then played excite truck and i also bought it, then i knew carbon was gonna rock....nect thing u know, i have 15 wii games! (not all at once but to date thats how many i have - not counting vc games).

the said part is....if i want to buy the other 9 games that interest me and are coming out this year, im gonna have to dish out another $600+. oh well its worth it.

I didn't say Excite Truck was the WORST game ever made, I just said that it definately wasn't a system seller as the TC seems to be selling it as. It's a simplified game that was designed to show the Wii's controls in a racing game. There will be better soon enough. Excite Truck is definately not a reason to keep the Wii....ParkCarsHere

I agree with that, but don't agree that it's a tech demo. If anything is a tech demo, it's Warioware.

I didn't say Excite Truck was the WORST game ever made, I just said that it definately wasn't a system seller as the TC seems to be selling it as. It's a simplified game that was designed to show the Wii's controls in a racing game. There will be better soon enough. Excite Truck is definately not a reason to keep the Wii....ParkCarsHere

It doesnt need to be a fifty dollar game though. Look forward to: Strikers Charged, Battalion Wars 2, Metroid 3, Brawl, Manhunt 2, Galaxy, RE: UC, Soul Calibur Legends. That should help revitalize those losing the charm. LProjektST

Like Duckman5 said, compared to other $50 games, this one is worth it. I mean just look at the other $50 games like WarioWare, Marvel Alliance, Pirates, or Alien Syndrome (I think it's $50).

True, true you could wait for those games, but why wait when you can already get an epic one now?:D

It didn't look all that great to me. When I saw that the trucks didn't handle well and ALWAYS went off course, it really annoyed me.

I'll probably pick it up when the price drops, though.

Meh, it's an average game. I agree with Gamespot when they say it's a tech demo, not a true game. They should've released it at budget price and it would have been a must buy.

ParkCarsHere

It didn't look all that great to me. When I saw that the trucks didn't handle well and ALWAYS went off course, it really annoyed me.LOLhahaDEAD

I don't have it :(Superman2010

It's not too late! Don't wait for the big three to come out, buy this game and buy the big three! Heck, you got time... ;)

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Meh, it's an average game. I agree with Gamespot when they say it's a tech demo, not a true game. They should've released it at budget price and it would have been a must buy.

JLAudio7

Also, for everybody saying this is a tech demo... don't let that GS review manipulate you. You could hardly call it demo. It's a pretty lengthy game with three modes, each having atleast 25 tracks. Granted that the tracks are the same for the first two mode, it's still 25 tracks... that's one hell of a demo.

give me a break-SiiLeNCE-

You just said in another thread that you dont have a wii... the topic starter said that you have to get your hands on it. Try the game before you say something like that.

Dear TC,

How are the controls? Are they as pathetic as Red Steels controls (meaning you have no control over anything, driving you to the brink of murdering your Wii)? Is it anything like smugglers run, you know that old GC game we all loved?

Meh, it's an average game. I agree with Gamespot when they say it's a tech demo, not a true game. They should've released it at budget price and it would have been a must buy.

If you're trying to make people keep their Wiis, just say things like MP3, SMG, BWii, SSBB, Zak and Wiki, Mario Kart Wii, etc. and they will never think about selling their console again.

ParkCarsHere

We have said that, and i still see Used Wiis for sale on Ebay.

Excite Truck was a surprise for me too, i got it cheap off ebay as well. Funny thing is everyone only compliments the single player. Me, on the other hand, enjoy duking it out with my housemate. Fun as hell. Although half-baked, it was what kept me going in Excite Truck.

Its also fun looking at first timers trying to get the hang of the game but ended up doing spectacular crashes into trees or deep water.

Dear TC,

How are the controls? Are they as pathetic as Red Steels controls (meaning you have no control over anything, driving you to the brink of murdering your Wii)? Is it anything like smugglers run, you know that old GC game we all loved?Constant-Ra1n

This game utilizes the wiimote perfectly. The motion sensing is very smooth like playing an arcade racing game. I never played smugglers run, but there's no doubt when you try this game, you'll realize the motion sensing is perfect. I played a lot of arcade racing games, so I was able to adapt to this real quickly.

I traded in Motorstorm for Exite truck and i have no regrets about doing it. :)JustWiicredible

thats cause motorstorm sucks ass

i mean sure there are nice graphix and cool car......but only 8 tracks.....and there alllllllll in the desert,

excite truck may lack deepth, but at least theres varaity.....and cmon......you can race in canada!

[QUOTE="JustWiicredible"]I traded in Motorstorm for Exite truck and i have no regrets about doing it. :)lackey375

thats cause motorstorm sucks ass

i mean sure there are nice graphix and cool car......but only 8 tracks.....and there alllllllll in the desert,

excite truck may lack deepth, but at least theres varaity.....and cmon......you can race in canada!

You can race in Canada, Finland, China, Mexico and a couple other countries... including outer space! Why travel the world when you got Excite Truck? Want to go to space? Pop the game in!

Excite Truck is easily one of the better purchase for my Wii, heck... it's the best game I bought for it (even if it was worth $50). If you guys really complain about the price, buy a used copy. You can't regret it.

excite truck is ok no more heroes is gonna pwn its teh gta on teh wii with uber blood and violence,dont beleive me youtube it.

and wii isnt slowly dieing what!!! hey man its still sold out every where, the only way to get one still is to camp,or go to gamestop and get 1of the 20 used ones that they have.

excite truck is ok no more heroes is gonna pwn its teh gta on teh wii with uber blood and violence,dont beleive me youtube it.

and wii isnt slowly dieing what!!! hey man its still sold out every where, the only way to get one still is to camp,or go to gamestop and get 1of the 20 used ones that they have.

merch

don't compare a racing game to a.....well No More Heroes (Can't think of it's genre) compare it to Mariokart which will kick it's ass.

and wii isnt slowly dieing what!!! hey man its still sold out every where, the only way to get one still is to camp,or go to gamestop and get 1of the 20 used ones that they have.

merch

The TC isn't claiming that the Wii is slowly dying out everywhere, he's merely stating that others including himself are getting Buyer's Remorse Syndrome. It's when you start doubting whether you wasted your money on a purchase or not. On top of my head, I can name three games on top of my head that gave me BRS: Sonic, Warioware, PBR, Marvel Alliance, and in a way Wii Play... oh wait that was five.

I keep hearing that it is a good game... I'll have to pick it up.l8bitz

i'd agree that its an average game but it needs depth

yeah I have it, it's really fun :)