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Recently announced Wii title ExciteBots box art reveals all (Update) photo

When Nintendo announced ExciteBots: Trick Racing for the Wii last week, it didn't say much. What it did say was that it's in the Excite Truck and Excitebike family of games, and that it features mini-games, crazy tricks, and would support the Wii Wheel. 

The box art, on the other hand, reveals quite a bit. For one, the game will apparently support Nintendo Wi-Fi, which likely means you'll be racing against other players online. What will you be racing? Well, it looks like ... well ... wait, what the f**k is this? Are those vehicles that look like robotic animals? At the very least, you can spot a lady bug, a turtle, and what appears to be a yellow frog. I've gone blind at this point. You guys see anything else? 

The box art also shows the "E for Everyone" rating which conflicts with earlier reports that it would be like Death Race 3000. (Note: No one actually reported that.) The box also says "Wii" on top of it, which confirms what we already know -- you can play the game on the Wii. That also means it will likely be on a DVD, so there's that. 

We hope to see and hear more of ExciteBots: Trick Racing soon, because speculating on a game's content based on the box art, while fun, is kind of stupid.

[Via Gamekyo

[Update: Nintendo Power has some solid info on the game, which you can check out here, and in the latest issue which hits stands on March 17.]


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TheToiletDuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:03
TheToiletDuck
wow, consider me ExciteNeverGoingToBuyThat
atastysammich's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:05
atastysammich
Hoooooboy.
EternalDeathSlayer's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:15
EternalDeathSlayer
You know there's a problem when Nintendo's game covers start looking like they belong to some cheap 3rd party shovel-ware game. Seriously, it looks like a game based on some shitty Transformers rip-off toy.

If it didn't have the Nintendo logo on it I'd have thought it was made by THQ or D3.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:20
DaedHead8
I still consider Excite Truck to be the best game on the Wii so the possibility of a sequel is intriguing to me.
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:39
zombiekiller13
I love Excite Truck, and this announcement had me intrigued...until I saw that image. What...the...hell.
flamesofchaos's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:44
flamesofchaos
It could be a lot like diddy kong racing meets excite truck since you have a bunch of air vehicles and land vehicles where even one of them lacks wheels so it could be something very interesting.
Leathersoup's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:45
Leathersoup
Why wouldn't they have called it Stunt Race FX 2? :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunt_Race_FX
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:47
Holyetheline
I still think it was more fun than stupid, though. =)
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:52
Monodi
I was seriously expecting giant mechs or something similar to Blast Corps.

But oh well, even if the box art is horrendously kiddy as taken from a Happy Meal, this COULD be fun.
Drack48's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 10:52
Drack48
Nintendo better be showing off some real fucking games at E3. I'm so sick of this shit.
Hiltz's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 11:14
Hiltz
I'll admit that the concept is strange but I won't dismiss it until I've seen gameplay footage.

Besides, some of the best racing games have come from Nintendo from Mario Kart and F-Zero to ExciteTruc so there's a chance that this title may be good. On the otherhand, the fact that it has appeared out of no where and we know next to nothing about it isn't exactly a good sign that Nintendo cares about the quality and concept of this particular game.

Prove me wrong, Nintendo. Prove me wrong.
Rhoq's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 11:26
Rhoq
Too bad there aren't any weapons. This could have been like an updated S.C.A.R.S.
Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 11:29
Face
I hope you can build your own, or at least transform or something.
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 11:34
necrozen
It all sounds cool except for the minigames part. I was a fan of Excitetruck. I'm just hoping they don't screw it up.
Nitex's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 12:04
Nitex
I loved Stunt Race FX when I was a kid. If this is anything like that I will either love it or hate it. Got to remember your view on things as a 10 year old boy changes vastly for most people 13 years later.
BoBoTheChimp757's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 12:14
BoBoTheChimp757
Why don't they do a remake of Stunt Racer FX? That would be marvelous
Solgrim's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 12:23
Solgrim
Sounds pretty cool. I will check it out.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 13:41
Chronic Logic
They should make it Rated M for Money.
Cowboy TTop's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 15:07
Cowboy TTop
Come on, Nintendo. We all know this is old SNES game Stunt Race FX, in new clothes for the Wii.

Lack of need for an FX chip obviously tries to hide this fact, with a name change. I'd be surprised if I'm wrong.

If you were going to remix a SNES game, I'd rather see another Vortex game.

About time you tried a real racing game, Nintendo.
theredpepperofdoom's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2009 18:34
theredpepperofdoom
That...what...I...I don't...no. No no no no no no no.
No.

Fuck Nintendo.
That's all I have to say.
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