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2009's best under-the-radar games (Feature)

27 Nov 2009

It's a rare occurrence nowadays, but every once in a while, a game you’ve never even heard of comes along and absolutely blows you away. Sometimes it's a little indie gem that didn't get enough promotion. Other times, what appears to be a quick cash-in turns out to be an awesome game. ...

GameStop offers free Wii game of your choice with purchase of Wii (News)

22 Jul 2009

GameStop.com just kicked-off a great offer for the Nintendo Wii. GameStop is offering a free Wii game selection of your choice with the purchase of a Wii system. The games you can select from include:

Animal Crossing: City Folk
Don King Boxing
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
ExciteBots: Trick Racing
MadWorld
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
My Fitness Coach
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip
Sonic Unleashed
Wario Land: Shake It!
Wii Music

The offer is good until July 26th.

Rumour: Excitebots cancelled in Europe (News)

19 May 2009

TGS writes: "Excitebots didn't exactly go down a storm in the US when it launched almost a month ago and it looks like the game will be staying in the US."

Wii's Excitebots Sells Just 13,000 In The U.S. (News)

15 May 2009

Despite message board buzz and strong reviews, the Wii-exclusive Excitebots: Trick Racing sold just 13,000 units in the U.S. for its April debut, research firm NPD Group told Gamasutra on Friday.

The Nintendo-published game launched in the latter half of NPD's retail calendar on April 20, so the game has yet to reach even a full month of availability on store shelves. (NPD's retail calendar for April ended on May 2.)

But the amount of units sold is still low, considering the popularity of the game's predecessor, Excite Truck, the strong reviews, and the buzz amongst the press and hardcore fans.

NPD said the game wasn't even able to crack the top 100 games by unit sales during the month of April.

Critical Reception: Nintendo/Monster Games' Excitebots: Trick Racing (News)

29 Apr 2009

This week's edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to Monster Games' Excite Truck sequel Excitebots: Trick Racing for Wii, which reviews describe as "an engaging, exciting blast." Excitebots currently earns a score of 80 out of 100 at Metacritic.com.

IGN's Matt Casamassina rates Excitebots at 8.4 out of 10. "It's been nearly three years since Nintendo released the Monster Games-developed Excite Truck for Wii and in so doing surprised racing fans with a compelling, if not thrilling title that took the neglected franchise into a new high-flying direction," he says.

Excitebots: Trick Racing (Review)

24 Apr 2009

When so many modern racing games favor hyper-realism and street cred over playfulness and accessibility, it’s nice to see one that kicks all that macho nonsense in the teeth every once in a while. There’s nothing even remotely serious about piloting a transformable robot animal-vehicle (frog, mantis, ladybug, bat and more) at breakneck speeds through steep, mountainous courses. ...

New video game releases for week of 4/19/09 (News)

18 Apr 2009

This week's new video game releases include:

Xbox 360-
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2

PLAYSTATION 3-
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2

Wii-
ExciteBots: Trick Racing
ExciteBots: Trick Racing with Wii Wheel
Wii Rayman Raving Rabbids Dual Charger

DS & DSi-
101-in-1 Explosive Megamix
I Love Horses

PSP-
no new releases

Excitebots – the WTF-iest game of 2009 (Feature)

13 Apr 2009

Excitebots had an uphill struggle from the moment it was announced. The name betrays the fact it’s a re-skinned version of 2006’s all-motion racer Excite Truck, now loaded with robotic insects and animals instead of diesel-gulping vehicles. Kinda hard to get worked up about a remix of a years-old game that didn’t make a big splash the first time around ...

Excitebots: Trick Racing - Insane-o music (Video)

13 Apr 2009

This Excite Truck reboot successfully improves the original formula by dropping in giant robo-bugs, humorous antics, and new play modes.

Excitebots: Trick Racing - WTF racing (Video)

13 Apr 2009

This Excite Truck reboot successfully improves the original formula by dropping in giant robo-bugs, humorous antics, and new play modes.

Excitebots: Trick Racing (Screenshots)

13 Apr 2009

Wii: The Games of April '09 (News)

3 Apr 2009

Nintendeals writes:

"When comparing the big three consoles, the Nintendo Wii takes the crown for the quantity of releases for the month of April. Lets be frank though... quality vs. quality has always been a bit of a challenge for the Wii. With that being said, we are starting to see the results of developers/publishers re-focused efforts due to the success of the Wii platform.

Highlights for the month of April 2009 include ExciteBots: Trick Racing, Samurai Shodown Anthology, and Gravity.

What titles are you looking forward to?

Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the month of April 2009 on Nintendo Wii! As always, release dates are subject to change, slip, slide, and be fairly unpredictable."

Developers of Excitebots explain why trucks were ditched (News)

9 Mar 2009

The developers of Excitebots: Trick Racing have explained why they opted not to include trucks in the game.

ExciteBots: Trick Racing Bot FAQ (FAQ)

27 May 2009

Go to GamesRadar to see the FAQ ...

New Player Icons for Purchase (Unlockable)

27 Apr 2009