Excitebots: Trick Racing
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| Developer(s) |
Monster Games Nintendo SPD Group No.3 |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Producer(s) | Kensuke Tanabe |
| Composer(s) | Masaru Tajima Shinji Ushiroda |
| Series | Excite |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 80.19% |
| Metacritic | 77/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 4/10 |
| GamePro | 7/10 |
| GameSpot | 8.0/10 |
| IGN | 8.4/10 |
| Nintendo Life |   |
| Nintendo Power | 8/10 |
| Nintendo World Report | 9/10 |
Excitebots: Trick Racing, known in Japan as Excite Mou Machine (エキサイト猛マシン?), is a racing video game published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. It was developed by Monster Games, is the fourth main game in the Excite series and is the sequel to Excite Truck. Excitebots was unveiled in a release list from Nintendo of America on February 26, 2009. It was released on April 20, 2009 in North America. Excitebots features animal-themed robot vehicles and short minigames during racing, such as pie throwing, bowling and soccer. The game could be bought packaged with or without the Wii Wheel.
Despite a positive reception from critics, the game was never released outside North America. Nintendo Australia's Managing Director, Rose Lappin has said that Excitebots will not be seeing an Australian release "due to lack of interest." However, Japanese Club Nintendo members were able to exchange points for a copy starting from over two years of the original release date.
Excitebots is controlled with the Wii Remote horizontally, optionally with the Wii Wheel. Most of the games are played on courses large in size with many opportunities to take meandering paths. The 25 different courses offered are modeled after real locations on Earth. Because of the size of each course, most races are two laps long and offer opportunities to gain massive altitude, perform various maneuvers, and obtain various items.
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