EA makes NASCAR-T cute for Wii in February

Awwe, will you look at that? Little Kasey Kahne went and got himself a booboo. Electronic Arts announced that when it brings its long-held NASCAR license to the Wii early next year, it will be shorter, cuter and full of "cartoon mischief." Billed as a family-friendly take on motorsports, the Wii-exclusive NASCAR Kart Racing ("NASKART!") will feature a roster of 14 licensed NASCAR drivers (listed after the break) and 10 others that EA dreamed up, each with different capabilities to help them and a teammate reach the checkered flag first.

Up to four racers will be able to compete head-to-head, though players will have to be satisfied with sharing the screen. Wacky races will be spread out across 24 different tracks, from real world courses to junkyards and freeways. NASCAR Kart Racing will pull up to the retail starting line on February 10th, in time for the Daytona 500 and the official start of the 2009 NASCAR season. Until then ... gentlemen, start your engines! No, wait, it's that cord on the back there. Yea, just give it a good tug. There, you got it.

NASCAR Kart Racing

"Licensed" drivers:

Jeff Burton
Kyle Busch
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Carl Edwards
Jeff Gordon
Denny Hamlin
Kevin Harvick
Jimmie Johnson
Kasey Kahne
Matt Kenseth
Elliot Sadler
Tony Stewart
Two Unlockable Mystery Drivers

Reader Comments (41)

Finally, a cute game about rednecks driving 500 times in a circle!

Watkins Glen International

Infinion Raceway

FAIL.

Oval

No.

Am I alone in this, or are NASCAR games boring as shit?! The only fun I ever had in the two that I've ever played was driving the wrong way for a few laps then ramming head on top speed into any Chevy that gets in the way of my Ford!!

yeesh.

The world does need more kart racers, but not like this

...is his car bleeding?

Awweseome!

Yet another Mario Kart clone!

Where are the ones for 360? :(

Rare, Banjo Kart Racing please!!!

EA version of re-imagining games for the wii is beating them down with a stick until they are retarded and then throwing a bucket of water and the crap that survived..... Sadly it will probably work.

It's not so much what they do as it is how they do it that really wrecks their Wii efforts. Like making chibi versions of professional sports players (or in this case, professional racers) and trying to pitch it as such

Certainly this concept would be a lot easier to swallow if they made a Diddy Kong Racing-esque stable of animal characters and had them racing around colorful worlds instead of debasing NASCAR racers

nascar can't get any worse..or can it?

Hahaha my Nephew's going to love this.

wont the right turns throw everybody off?

You do realize Nascar also has road racing, right?

i seeeeee. well, a quick half assed search seems to show it as an newish addition and rare event in any case and that feed back from the ovoid lovers posting is that it's not particularly loved.

Gag.

Regarding auto racing - I highly recommend this documentary:
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/dirtydriving/index.html

It is amazing...

Haha, nice! NASCAR: Neutered for the Wii.

No really, this is about the only NASCAR I can get into except for the NASCAR's greatest wrecks on Youtube. :)

How is Nascar not family friendly? Were all the other Nascar games rated M?

The other Nascar games included Klan rallys, inbreeding, chugging Bud(read pisswater), and chewin' tobacky.

Oh, dear...

"shorter, cuter and full of cartoon mischief."

Isn't that all the Wii is capable of? I mean that's pretty much the modus operandi for this console.

Will it involve right turns?

I for one hope there are right turns.

Makes me want to buy a Wii...ahahahahahaha sorry I just can't say that without laughing!

Well, this is sure to make us hardcore gamers rethink the whole "kids and old ladies" image that the Wii has attatched to it!

Agreed.

I laughed at the crazy Wii naysayers, but it's fast becoming the joke they predicted. Which sucks.

It can be like mario kart and have a ghost, except it would be Dale senior........

What's funny is that it will probably be more fun than Nascar '09 on the 360....

The video of the game doesn't look half bad. I think there is a bit too much Wii-hate going on, let it go and smile :). You might find you enjoy some of the games if you didn't hate them before ever playing them, or if you tried the variety of games available (and if you don't think there is a variety available...take another look, educate, open your mind!)

The aforementioned video: http://kartracing.easports.com/videos.action

If I wanted to partake in something involving cars and going to the left for 500 miles, I'd drive through Europe.

Sorry, if I can't race as Dick Trickle, I'm not buyin.

You never know, Dick could be one of the "mystery drivers"!

Really?

I need a new F-Zero game. NO WAGGLE!!!

GIT R DUN!

I want to like and it does look fun, but couldn't have EA tried to do something new?

The video shows some major copying of MarioKart going on.

And Peter Moore wonders why nobody buys EA Sports games on the Wii (except Woods). Its this kind of bullshit.

I see no reason Moore feels the need to "compete with Wii Sports". I haven't meet a single person who only plays Wii Sports and other Nintendo games. I wonder how long it'll take him to realize that no one is "satisfied" with Wii Sports, which is why people actually buy Tiger Woods, even though Wii Sports has a golf game. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for making games accessible, primarily because I feel any game that requires a tutorial longer than 4 minutes must've been developed by someone with a brain tumor the size of Australia.

Im gonna call my shot and say this game won't even outsell Ninjabread Man.

Dear EA,
Blow me.

P.S. Bejeweled 2 on my phone is the only game I will own from your company.

Seriously though, this game might be fun, but there isn't any hunger to rush out and own it.

I feel sorry for those still clinging to the idea that the Wii is a great system for gamers.

Is there a reason kids can't enjoy real NASCAR? Or all the other sports games, for that matter (they're all rated E as far as I know)?

I know they're attempting to target the Wii's audience, but I'd bet money that kids think the real versions are "cooler" anyway.

EA makes NASCAR-T cute for Wii in February

NASCAR Kart Racing

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