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    Excitebike World Rally

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Nov 09, 2009

    This retro-styled update to the original Excitebike shifts the game to an isometric perspective. This version allows you to save your created tracks and race up to three other people over Nintendo Wi-Fi.

    EXCITE BIKE WORLD RALLY...

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    Al3xand3r

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    #1  Edited By Al3xand3r

    ...HEADS TO WIIWARE :-D

    Video 50 seconds in. Looks like like the original but in 3D :-D

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    #2  Edited By SathingtonWaltz

    Oh Al3xand3r, how I look forward to your inevitable Wii game hype!

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    #3  Edited By Al3xand3r

    What? There are people who think Excitebike isn't worthy of hype? I don't want to know you then. Thanks for the contribution and bye.

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    #4  Edited By SathingtonWaltz
    @Al3xand3r: Lol I wasn't saying I'm not excited, I'm merely saying that you are the sole source of news coverage on the Wii for me.
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    #5  Edited By Meowayne

    I would be excited, but TrialsHD kinda perfected the essence of Excitebike.
     
    But then again, I only played the Gameboy-Excitebike.

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    #6  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Well okay then :-P

    @Meowayne said:

    " I would be excited, but TrialsHD kinda perfected the essence of Excitebike.  But then again, I only played the Gameboy-Excitebike. "


    Nah, to me it doesn't even feel like Trials (2, not HD for me, but it seems to be the same thing anyway) is racing...
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    #7  Edited By nanikore

    That's an ugly haircut.

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    #8  Edited By Linkyshinks

    Those two make me want to throw up... I hate these cringe worthy promotional videos Nintendo are making. 
     
    The game looks awesome, it should be a lot of fun. 

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    #9  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Pft, I think they're doing a good job promoting games the majority wouldn't glance at, like Castlevania Rebirth (see the other thread). What did you expect them, to hire someone like Jeff or something? The writers of their dialogue at least seem to know what they're talking about even if they present it in this casual friendly way, which personally I'm fine with as long as we also have footage.

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    #10  Edited By JJOR64

    That's awesome but, where is my Ice Climbers game?

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    #11  Edited By rallier
    @Linkyshinks said:
    " Those two make me want to throw up... I hate these cringe worthy promotional videos Nintendo are making.
    And how...
     
    The game looks great, online multiplayer was quite a surprise.
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    #12  Edited By Claude
    @Linkyshinks said:
    " Those two make me want to throw up... I hate these cringe worthy promotional videos Nintendo are making.  The game looks awesome, it should be a lot of fun.  "
    Yeah, besides the bad saccharine sweat announcing promotional team, the game looks great. The sound, that's Exitebike, track editor, check, online... check... What? Sounds like fun.
     
    Now if I could only get Excitebike made for the Wii, I would be real happy. Maybe this is a sign of things to come.
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    #13  Edited By Al3xand3r
    @Claude said:

    "Now if I could only get Excitebike made for the Wii, I would be real happy. Maybe this is a sign of things to come. "

    Eh? This is Excitebike for the Wii.
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    #14  Edited By Claude
    @Al3xand3r said:
    " @Claude said:

    "Now if I could only get Excitebike made for the Wii, I would be real happy. Maybe this is a sign of things to come. "

    Eh? This is Excitebike for the Wii. "
    This is Excitebike for WiiWare. I want Excitebike for my Wii... Wii. You know, like Excitebike 64.
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    #15  Edited By Linkyshinks

    I think he means something akin to Excite Truck or the earlier game on N64.

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    #16  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Oh. Well there's Excite Truck and Excitebots (still not in Europe the latter, WTF)...

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    #17  Edited By Meowayne
    @Claude said:
    Now if I could only get Excitebike made for the Wii

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    #18  Edited By Out_On_Bail

    Awesome, I can look forward to this. Excitebike was awesome in it's time, a new one would be great.

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    #19  Edited By Claude
    @Al3xand3r said:

    " Oh. Well there's Excite Truck and Excitebots (still not in Europe the latter, WTF)... "

    I played Excite Truck it was pretty cool and Excitebots seems fun as well. I can't believe Excitebots isn't in Europe.
     
    What's the price going to be for Excite Bike World Rally? 1000 Wii Points? This game does look like fun. I remember many hours being spent with Excite Bike on my NES, good times.
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    #20  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Well the max price seems to be 1500, this will probably be 1000 or more?

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    #21  Edited By Godwind
    @Linkyshinks said:
    " Those two make me want to throw up... I hate these cringe worthy promotional videos Nintendo are making.  "
    I would disagree.  With their half-assed studio and low budget acting makes me laugh.
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    #22  Edited By bonbolapti

    it's about time
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    #23  Edited By Willy105
    @Claude said:

    " @Al3xand3r said:

    " @Claude said:

    "Now if I could only get Excitebike made for the Wii, I would be real happy. Maybe this is a sign of things to come. "

    Eh? This is Excitebike for the Wii. "
    This is Excitebike for WiiWare. I want Excitebike for my Wii... Wii. You know, like Excitebike 64. "
    Here you go:
     
     
     
    Same developer from Excitebike 64.
     
    Also, there is no difference in WiiWare and Wii games. Just file size and how they are distributed.
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    #24  Edited By nanikore
    @Willy105: Ninetendo used the word ass in one of its trailers?! You'd think they would make it E for everyone to make more dough.
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    #25  Edited By Linkyshinks
    @Willy105 said:
    " @Claude said:

    " @Al3xand3r said:

    " @Claude said:

    "Now if I could only get Excitebike made for the Wii, I would be real happy. Maybe this is a sign of things to come. "

    Eh? This is Excitebike for the Wii. "
    This is Excitebike for WiiWare. I want Excitebike for my Wii... Wii. You know, like Excitebike 64. "
    Here you go:
     
     
      Same developer from Excitebike 64.  Also, there is no difference in WiiWare and Wii games. Just file size and how they are distributed. "
     
     
    You say, "just the file size", like it's some trivial thing. You wont get the likes of Excitebike in it's last 3D incarnation with the meagre file sizes Nintendo allow developers to use on WiiWare. When Claude says he wants it on Wii, he means disc based on Wii, because a disc based game can only bring about the 3D game he wants. 
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    #26  Edited By Willy105
    @Linkyshinks said:

    " @Willy105 said:

    " @Claude said:

    " @Al3xand3r said:

    " @Claude said:

    "Now if I could only get Excitebike made for the Wii, I would be real happy. Maybe this is a sign of things to come. "

    Eh? This is Excitebike for the Wii. "
    This is Excitebike for WiiWare. I want Excitebike for my Wii... Wii. You know, like Excitebike 64. "
    Here you go:
     
     
      Same developer from Excitebike 64.  Also, there is no difference in WiiWare and Wii games. Just file size and how they are distributed. "
      You say, "just the file size", like it's some trivial thing. You wont get the likes of Excitebike in it's last 3D incarnation with the meagre file sizes Nintendo allow developers to use on WiiWare. When Claude says he wants it on Wii, he means disc based on Wii, because a disc based game can only bring about the 3D game he wants.  "
    File sizes ARE trivial things.
     
    Excitebike 64 was not larger than 40 MB, which I think is the size limit for WiiWare games. In fact, it was most likely about half of that. The things that make file sizes so ridiculously large are the pre-rendered cutscenes or videos or MP3 music. It it doesn't fit on a CD-ROM, then there's a lot of superflous things the developers added to make the game "impressive".
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    #27  Edited By Al3xand3r

    File size is not trivial. But anyway, a full-on game like a "proper" Excitebike 64 sequel (meh, go play Excite Truck/Bots dudes) couldn't be on WiWare because the effort it would take would warrant a $50 retail release rather than a $10 online release. So, does it matter if you get Excitebike 128 on WiiWare or on disc, as long as you actually get it? I heard Nitrobike is pretty bad.

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    #28  Edited By Drebin_893

    OH MY GOD CAPS.

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    #29  Edited By Al3xand3r
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    #30  Edited By Willy105

    For a game this simple, it's polish or bust.

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    #31  Edited By Claude

    You guys must have never played Excitebike 64. There were none of these crazy power ups and jumps and stuff. It was a straight up racer. Even the hill climb took patience and skill. Nitrobike, Excitebots and Excite Truck are all arcade racers. I never really compared Excitebike 64 to the NES version. 
     
    I do like this version though. It would be a nice addition to my small WiiWare collection.

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    #32  Edited By Al3xand3r

    There definitely were jumps, and the boost function with the temperature risk of overuse.

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    I do not approve of this isometric angle and I certainly do NOT approve of those two "people"
     
    I HAVE DRAWN THE LINE AND WILL NOT STEP OVER IT! DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK!

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    #34  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    I don't like the new angled perspective much from the video, but it looks like they have a classic perspective too, so that's good. I'm not too crazy about the whole Excite Truck style instant jump creator thing they got going on, but maybe it makes the game more exciting. Either way, it looks like a decent remake of the original. Kinda standard and basic, but it looks pretty true to the original just with new 3D graphics. I'd consider getting it, but if it really doesn't add much to the NES formula, then I don't think it should be priced over $5. Anyone know the price of this game?

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