

Monster Games have prepared for this and in an attempt to not step on any toes, you have the option to use the original way of controlling your bike in the air if you prefer. It works perfectly, but it feels pretty odd for someone that has is used to the old controls.

One of the biggest news is that you can use your Wiimote to balance your motorcross during the biggest jumps.

Because of this Excitebike: World Rally is more or less a pure remake of the original title, with added online support and small tweaks that won't upset even the most fanatical Excitebike puritan. Sadly, Nintendo never managed to trump the original, but with Excitebike: World Rally they are trying to go back to the basics after experimenting with more realistic games like Excitebike 64, Excite Truck and Excitebots: Trick Racing.Įven if they weren't bad games as such, none of them managed to become as classic as the first Excitebike. With that feature, Excitebike longevity became more or less infinite and you could set the difficulty exactly as you wanted it. It had perfect controls, was ridiciously Nintendo-easy but still so challenging that I still play it a couple of times every year to shave a few seconds from my best laps.Įven though it had a career mode, the coolest feature was that you could build your own levels. It was originally released in 1984 in Japan and Nintendo made exactly everything work in a motorcross game that even those that normally have zero interest in motorsports fell in love with it. One of my favorite games from the 80's is the classic Excitebike for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
