Monster Jam on the Nintendo Wii is a poor racing game with unworkable controls and level design that serves to frustrate the player rather than provide any sort of challenge. Based on the Monster Jam monster truck racing series from the United States,...
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June 29, 2008
Emergency Mayhem (Wii) Review
Emergency Mayhem is a fast and frantic take on the arcade racing genre that is unfortunately let down by too much repetition, rushed design and great ideas that don’t seem to have been fully explored. Inspired by the classic Crazy Taxi formula o...
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June 23, 2008
Speed Racer (Wii) Review
Another major motion picture release, another video game tie-in. However, this time the game is a breath of fresh air. Speed Racer hits the Wii and shows developers that video games based on licensed movie properties can be good. Read on to find out w...
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April 28, 2008
Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (Wii) Review
At its core, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is a poor racing game which needed a whole lot more testing and quality control before it was released. Shoddy controls, momentum breaking special abilities and unbalanced gameplay conspire to ruin what could ha...
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April 26, 2008
Mario Kart Wii Review
With every generation of consoles that come and go the Nintendo gamer can be assured a couple of things. There will always be a new Mario title that will push the boundaries of what to expect . There is also a slew of sport titles that feature of fat ...
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December 20, 2007
Hot Wheels: Beat That! (Wii) Review
A racing game based on miniature vehicles racing around real world locations such as bedrooms, kitchen tables, and so forth is not a new idea. I remember way back when Micro Machines graced the Sega Mega Drive. It may not be a new idea, but it is cert...
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October 14, 2007
G1 Jockey (Wii) Review
The G1 Jockey series has a long pedigree during the lifetime of the PS2 as one of the best horse racing simulations, admittedly it's a very niche market and not many people care for it or the only interest they have is having a go picking horses colo...
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February 26, 2007
Excite Truck (Wii) Review
Excite Truck is to the Wii as Mario Kart was to the Nintendo 64. A fun fast paced racer that didnt take itself too seriously and delivered hours upon hours of gaming bliss. In this technical day and age with High Definiti...
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February 12, 2007
Need for Speed Pro Street (Wii)
Need for Speed ProStreet is EAs latest game in the widely-known Need For Speed franchise, with ProStreet being the second NFS Title released on Wii. Need For Speed: Carbon featured an expansive city, where if you were speeding outside of a Race, youd ...
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February 9, 2007
Diddy Kong Racing DS Review
Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64 came out during the glory days of Rare, at a time when they could do little wrong. And while in some respects Diddy Kong Racing was superior than Mario Kart 64, some aspects prevented it from being better overall....
