After only one hour play the out of nowhere release of Excitebike: World Rally may be the Game of the Glut(TM) for the season. Nintendo was able to retain the simplistic gameplay and feel of the original while adding a few twists.
- You can play using the controller in Classic mode or Normal. Normal lets you tilt the remote to tilt the bike. Getting back on the bike quicker after a crash is done by waggling in both modes.
- You can pop a wheelie just before hitting someone and you’ll not crash.
- Cutting off another rider cools down your bike from overheating instantly. That new touch should prove for an interesting strategy.
- The camera can be isometric or sideways.
- There are letter rankings now on tracks just like in ExciteTruck and ExciteBots
- Unlockables.
- You can still create your own tracks and now share them via friendcodes (bleh!).
- 4-player online racing via friendcodes (bleh, again!)
- It’s $10.
I now have this crazy urge to get an “S” rating in all the tracks (set in various world locations—hence the name, World Rally)
I have no idea how I missed this until today, but between this post and Twitter, I’ve been hearing it quite a bit. Nothing like a little nostalgia to kick off the season.
Looks like 10 dollars well spent.