Need for speed - launch title?

Passport

Hi I can't find much info on need for speed for the wii,
wikipedia claims it is a launch title can anyone confirm this, why are there no reviews for it, and will it be 4 player?

Shred

Here a list of the European launch titles:

http://www.wiieurope.com/story-141.html

Nintendo has recently announced the 27 games that are going to be available for the Nintendo Wii from December 8th in the UK and Europe. The games are as follows

* Wii Sports Bundle (Including the Wii console and Wii Sports - Tennis, Golf, Boxing, Baseball and Bowling)
* The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess
* Wii Play (including Wii Remote)
* Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
* Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam(Activision)
* Madden NFL 07 (EA)
* Need For Speed Carbon (EA)
* Happy Feet (Midway Games)
* Rampage: Total Destruction (Midway Games)
* Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
* Gottlieb Pinball Classics (System 3)
* Super Fruit Fall (System 3)
* Disney/ Pixar Cars (THQ)
* Barnyard (THQ)
* Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (THQ)
* Blazing Angels Squadrons of WW II (Ubisoft)
* Far Cry Vengeance (Ubisoft)
* GT Pro Series (Ubisoft)
* Monster 4×4 World Circuit (Ubisoft)
* Open Season (Ubisoft)
* Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
* Red Steel (Ubisoft)
* Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft)

In addition to this WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Excite Truck will be available for the Wii from early next year.

Source: WiiSpin.com

Shred

Here's a vid of Need for Speed Carbon for the Wii btw, it's one of the developers showing what the Wii version can do etc

http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/media/837/837019/vids_1.html

Here's the official site also

http://www.ea.com/nfs/carbon/us/home.jsp

If you do a search for 'Need for speed wii' and you'll get loads more info

Passport

Shred wrote:

Here a list of the European launch titles:

http://www.wiieurope.com/story-141.html

Nintendo has recently announced the 27 games that are going to be available for the Nintendo Wii from December 8th in the UK and Europe. The games are as follows

* Wii Sports Bundle (Including the Wii console and Wii Sports - Tennis, Golf, Boxing, Baseball and Bowling)
* The Legend of Zelda : Twilight Princess
* Wii Play (including Wii Remote)
* Call of Duty 3 (Activision)
* Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Activision)
* Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam(Activision)
* Madden NFL 07 (EA)
* Need For Speed Carbon (EA)
* Happy Feet (Midway Games)
* Rampage: Total Destruction (Midway Games)
* Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz (Sega)
* Gottlieb Pinball Classics (System 3)
* Super Fruit Fall (System 3)
* Disney/ Pixar Cars (THQ)
* Barnyard (THQ)
* Spongebob Squarepants: Creature from the Krusty Krab (THQ)
* Blazing Angels Squadrons of WW II (Ubisoft)
* Far Cry Vengeance (Ubisoft)
* GT Pro Series (Ubisoft)
* Monster 4×4 World Circuit (Ubisoft)
* Open Season (Ubisoft)
* Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
* Red Steel (Ubisoft)
* Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent (Ubisoft)

In addition to this WarioWare: Smooth Moves and Excite Truck will be available for the Wii from early next year.

Source: WiiSpin.com

Cool thanks for that but that doesn't explain why there are no reviews for it has the finished game not been tested yet?, has it not been released @ launch un the Us?

Shred

Not sure tbh, I'm not really too much into driving games so I haven't been taking much notice of it in the first place. AFAIK it was a launch title in the US.

tvnutz

Damn,I was wondering why I couldn't find Excite Truck on play.com. It said it was a launch title but that must have only been the US. I have already ordered Zelda (which I have never played but heard is very good,is it?) and Call of Duty 3. I want a racing game as well though,excite truck looked like fun. I might have to settle for need for speed and get excite truck around my birthday

unless...will american wii games play on the european version or will they have annoying region coding like they do with dvds? I could buy it from amazon.com if it worked. anyone know?

Luluk

No Trauma Center, then. That's surprising. I was looking forward to that.

tvnutz

so does anyone know if american wii games would work on the european version?

Star Lord

This has been answered a number of times here, but no, they are region encoded. If you get a US Wii, you have to get US games and US Wii points cards too (if you want to use the virtual console)

DublinEvents

Damn when are they going to release a Star Wars title for the Wii so everybody can start having fascinating lightsaber duels in their living rooms?

Nietzschean

if you mean 2 players locally thats unlikely to work, the wii controllers would get far too inaccurate from not pointing at the light bar. Never mind the accuracy required to do it would be annoyingly high....playing while facing the tv/online would work though but not the same...