Excitebike World Rally heats up WiiWare Nov. 9, includes online multiplayer
by JC Fletcher 
{ Oct 26th 2009 at 12:50PM } 
There's also footage of Castlevania: The Adventure Rebirth! It looks fantastic. That comes pretty early in the show. The Excitebike reveal comes only after a Frag Doll appearance and a Scooby-Doo style fast-motion chase sequence. And a zombie grunting his way through a description of Zombies Ate My Neighbors.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
il_duce620 @ Oct 26th 2009 12:53PM
I haven't bought Excitebike yet for the VC, so color me "excited" (heh...) for this version. Day one for me.
Hydrophobicfish (PSN: HydrophobicFish) @ Oct 26th 2009 1:20PM
Minus 10 points for that pun.
Very disappointed!
Snake Robot Podium @ Oct 26th 2009 6:30PM
I think for it to be a pun, the word should sound similar but mean something else.
What he did was the comedic equivalent of rhyming a word with itself.
rooshma @ Oct 27th 2009 1:56AM
Who cares about semantics? I think we should all just agree that excitebike is the shit.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Oct 26th 2009 12:53PM
call me an idiot....but I'm getting this...now if I can only remember what my Wii Code is....DAMN YOU NINTENDO!!! Next Gen just let us have USERNAMES!!!
CheeziePotato @ Oct 26th 2009 1:01PM
Brawl didn't need friend codes, so maybe this won't.
bongoes Sector 2814 @ Oct 26th 2009 3:02PM
"Brawl didn't need friend codes"
Yes it did.
Ridgecity @ Oct 26th 2009 3:07PM
no it didn't unless you wanted to keep a match record for your friends.
And this is excellent news, finally Nintendo is bringing their IPs to the 21st century!
CheeziePotato @ Oct 26th 2009 1:00PM
Excitebike with multiplayer. FUCK YES!!!
Jim @ Oct 26th 2009 3:49PM
This is what I've been hoping for.. Nintendo to update the classic versions of their games, instead of just the virtual console clones of the original. Enhanced graphics, multiplayer, new levels, etc. They would squeeze much more money out of my wallet for those.
I want the original zelda with upgraded graphics, new quests, a level editor that lets you share/download levels, etc. Nintendo would make a killing on that. I doubt they'll ever do it though. :(
uncle jesse @ Oct 26th 2009 1:13PM
Sweet!
nintendolink007 @ Oct 26th 2009 1:29PM
Oh sweet i cant wait, perfect birthday present for me
Stevetrop @ Oct 26th 2009 1:32PM
Thats mighty sweet
Vrooooooooom
Nigeria: Charmy Bee DF @ Oct 26th 2009 1:32PM
Me only owning a single game on the NES meant I never managed to play this game, but I always got the impression it rather similar to Motocross Maniacs on the Game Boy. Now that game was awesome.
Also: did the original Excitebike have a level editor? - saving tracks and everything. That's amazing.
CheeziePotato @ Oct 26th 2009 1:48PM
Yeah Excitebike did have a level editor.
GewurztraminerX @ Oct 26th 2009 2:04PM
But saving was limited only to the Japanese Famicom. Sure would have been a nice feature on the NES, but that didn't stop me from playing around with it all the time.
NintendoJunkie @ Oct 26th 2009 3:22PM
You could create tracks but not save them. I believe that Zelda was first NES cart that had a battery backup. Excitebike was one of the first NES games I got w/ my NES Deluxe Set back in Christmas of '86. I loved creating so many ramps.
The "Programmable Series".
kevin @ Oct 26th 2009 1:35PM
Uhhhhh....yes.
Fernando Rocker @ Oct 26th 2009 1:47PM
Here is some footage of Excitebike:
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101730
And here is the Castlevania ReBirth first gameplay video:
http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=101727
Dante G @ Oct 26th 2009 1:59PM
I don't know about you guys, but me and my wife really like those little Nintendo Week shows. Yes, they're cheesy, but still enjoyable.
Cody @ Oct 26th 2009 2:14PM
I find them hilarious at times, and way overly cheesy, which adds to the humor.
My favorite skit was the one for the terrible Nerf game for Wii, where the male show host was "training" the female host how to beat the final boss LMAO
A good job, I thought, of masking what was otherwise a very very horrible game.
Dante G @ Oct 26th 2009 2:50PM
They showed a bit of footage of the Nerf game and it did look like ass. The training part and the psychologist parts of the show were pretty funny IMO.
Cody @ Oct 26th 2009 3:13PM
Also, the "Dark Gary" skits were good.
"What am I supposed to do with all these lightly starched hoodies?" LOL
rockman @ Oct 26th 2009 7:36PM
I like the "Rock n' roll, I'm sad." running gag that they keep doing! I know I shouldn't like the show but I'm tuning in every week now and have a mild interest in things like flipnote studio, touche Nintendo.
GewurztraminerX @ Oct 26th 2009 2:07PM
Nice!
Though, I have to admit, I'm actually a little disappointed it's not headed to DSi Ware. The shop there is pretty sparse.
TwEE @ Oct 26th 2009 2:12PM
Excitebike looks really good. I hope there is as way to download user made levels.
Randy @ Oct 26th 2009 2:21PM
Yeah, I think Excitebike is going to be a first day purchase. I'm still on the fence about Castlevania Rebirth.
Phil @ Oct 26th 2009 2:49PM
The new Excitebike looks great.
Let's hope that it has multiplayer on par with Brawl, meaning no friend codes required and an easy way to find people online that you have played with before.
samfish [is sad there is no Gene in Tats v Cap =( ] @ Oct 26th 2009 2:58PM
Ok, that's TWICE now in this topic.
Brawl required Friend codes.
What game are you guys playing?
bongoes Sector 2814 @ Oct 26th 2009 3:06PM
They're playing Imaginary Bros. Brawl.
Mr Khan @ Oct 26th 2009 3:10PM
Some people (and i don't mean this to sound insulting) haven't grasped the idea that friend codes have very, very rarely been *required* in the sense of "you need to enter friend codes to play online at all," while every single WiFi Connection game requires friend codes in the vein of playing with friends.
Phil @ Oct 26th 2009 3:18PM
Ok, let me rephrase that.
I hope that it's multiplayer is as solid and stable as brawl with level sharing of the same caliber.
Add IN no need for friend codes and an easy way to find people you have played with before and it will be a win for Nintendo.
And you CAN play brawl online without knowing peoples friend codes. However you only have Basic and Team brawl available.
SoshiKitai @ Oct 26th 2009 4:54PM
As people have already said here, Brawl only required Friend Codes to play with FRIENDS.
And I actually liked that a lot better. It never bothered me once to plug in Friends' codes just to play with them online, as long as I could join a random game without the use of those codes.
However, it did bother me how long those codes took to go through... I swear, an entire week of trying to get a code to go through on MKWii was annoying.
TheOverlord#2 @ Oct 26th 2009 4:59PM
As long as they allow online friend vs. friend battles with custom tracks instead of the offline only stages of Brawl.
Also, "However you only have Laggy Brawl and Laggy Team Brawl available."
Mr Khan @ Oct 26th 2009 3:12PM
So this is the mystery game that IGN was talking about. Pretty awesome, though i kind of wish that, if they had to revive an NES classic, that it would have been Wrecking Crew.
Good to see Nintendo start using the Nintendo Channel to more of it's potential, though.
Dr. Ew @ Oct 26th 2009 3:40PM
When my bro, sis & I were kids we figured out if you stared "through" the game Magic Eye-style the ramps inverted to become valleys.
It'd kinda fuck you up.
Josh @ Oct 26th 2009 4:22PM
So is this the game IGN was talking about?
And what the hell is this Nintendo Week thing?
Danthok @ Oct 26th 2009 5:27PM
I'll never forget getting this as a present at my 6th birthday party at ShowBiz pizza (what Chuck E Cheese used to be).
Played this game a ridiculous amount, this revamp will make me dust off my Wii.
Fernando @ Oct 26th 2009 6:01PM
Dam it looks good for an Iphone game.
NintendoJunkie @ Oct 26th 2009 6:36PM
HAR HAR HAR
rockman @ Oct 26th 2009 7:32PM
Damn, you spelled damn wrong. Oh, and iphone, hmmm....C-
NForever @ Oct 26th 2009 7:23PM
Uh... what was wrong with the guy's left eye... it didn't seem, natural.
Jesus (PSN: Luttdawg) @ Oct 26th 2009 9:14PM
Defs one of the best on vc.
Platy @ Oct 26th 2009 9:56PM
TODAY me and some friends were discussing wich is better... trials hd or excitebike .. and we ended with "well ... we can't compare because the last excitebike was on the nes ..."
Awesome xD
Tony @ Oct 29th 2009 11:15AM
There's Excitebike 64.
Platy @ Oct 29th 2009 11:33AM
I'm talking about TRUE excitebikes =P
Big D. @ Oct 27th 2009 1:24AM
this will be my first Wii Ware purchase :)
r4 ds @ Oct 27th 2009 8:48AM
Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities noted that the Blu-ray disc required for Netflix playback on the PS3 may circumvent exclusivity clauses instituted by Microsoft.
(http://www.r4-ds-karte.at/)
Soiden @ Oct 27th 2009 4:54PM
Amazing, Day one purchase.
Also, there's hope we'll see Wrecking Crew, Ice Climber, Kung Fu and other games remade :D!