Need for Speed Nitro rushes to retail in early November

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Oct 19th 2009 at 12:01PM }

Need for Speed Nitro, the graffiti-laced second entry in EA's "fresh" Need for Speed trio, has pulled out of the garage sooner than expected. Promising a mixture of "the franchise's trademark attitude, sense of speed and addictive gameplay," the colorful Nitro has gone gold, with both Wii and DS versions now set to ship on November 3 in North America and November 6 in Europe.

Capitalizing on its Unique Art Style, the game will drape in-game vehicles with skins designed by popular "lifestyle brands," including Upper Playground, tokidoki, and i am 8-bit. You'd be right in calling it a product of marketing, but it's preferable to the alternative conjured up by the Dante's Inferno promotional team: in-game vehicles draped in human skins.

Gallery: Need for Speed NITRO

Tags: ea, need-for-speed, need-for-speed-nitro, nitro, not-a-delay, racing, release-date

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

whylekat @ Oct 19th 2009 12:06PM

Is this like the poor mans Need for Speed: Shift ?

Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Oct 19th 2009 12:12PM

No, it's just a poor man's version in general.

SpyderTaco (PSN: Ar4chNova89) @ Oct 19th 2009 12:23PM

Need for Speed: Shift is the poor man's Need for Speed.

Back on topic, does that tree remind anyone else of Mario 64?

Anti-Villian @ Oct 20th 2009 8:35AM

Gotta love elitism, Hitler would have gotten nowhere without it.

Mr Khan @ Oct 19th 2009 12:13PM

Racing is one genre that really hasn't seen anything worthwhile on the Wii outside of Nintendo's own offerings, at least so far. Hopefully this could break that trend

Though i'm not seeing the hook, de Blob resemblance aside.

CFH GARZA @ Oct 19th 2009 12:19PM

wow....

Giroro @ Oct 19th 2009 12:20PM

Ew. Look at how pixelated those graphics are.

I'm pretty sure this is Photoshopped.

Shagittarius @ Oct 19th 2009 12:24PM

Is that the DS or Wii version pictured?

Traceur_Ryuk [All Digital until December] (PSN: Ryuk_shinigami) @ Oct 19th 2009 12:33PM

GBA

chriscanberg @ Oct 19th 2009 12:42PM

Okay I understand graphics aren't everything but come on. Those trees? Inexcusable.

Games like this scream at the top of their lungs "we don't care".

INNUENDO 64 @ Oct 19th 2009 2:02PM

I understand that the wii can't do hi def photorealistic visuals, and developers are compensating for that by focusing more on art direction, but ea's work on madden 10 for wii and now this is not the right way to do it.
That said, I congratulate ubisoft for taking the same approach and actually succeededing in making wii games that look attractive

Robert @ Oct 19th 2009 4:55PM

Ubisoft and good Wii games? wat

1251 @ Oct 19th 2009 2:40PM

Here's to hoping your Wii doesn't try to connect to PSN!

budboyy2k @ Oct 19th 2009 3:35PM

If i wanted to play with 'arty' cars i'd whip out some hot wheels.

imbrett @ Nov 23rd 2009 7:01PM

Glad to finally see a Need For Speed on Wii that feels like it was actually developed for Wii. While I’m not sure how much replay value this will have for me long-term, in the short-term it’s providing some great, thrill-a-minute fun…I love how intense the speed feels in this game and overall I just enjoy playing an arcadey style racing game better than a realistic sim. I only wish they would've included online play and pushed back the release date...but oh well, guess that's how they're going to get me to buy the next edition.

Also, props to EA for a great soundtrack, especially for the inclusion of Earl Greyhound’s “Oye Vaya” – it’s the ultimate driving song.