Videogamer writes: "You can't just port your 360/PS3 game to Wii these days and expect to get away with it. Wii-owners simply won't have it. So, EA is developing Need For Speed Nitro from the ground up for the Wii, dumping the sim racing of SHIFT in favour of arcade-style racing, stylised visuals and an easy to learn control system. While still months from release we came away from our time with Nitro fairly pleased with the direction EA is heading."
SPC writes, "Sunday is this week's kickoff of SuperPhillip Central content, and with it we see a retro review. The announcement of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to the Nintendo Switch saw the site developing a vested interest in arcade racing games. Last week, we took a look at Pac-Man World Rally, a kart racer. Now, we look at a different kind of racer with this retro review of the Wii version of Need for Speed: Nitro."
Is Need For Speed: NItro-X as good as the Wii version of the game? Not quite, but it's still cheap racing fun.
Had Nitro been given online capabilities the score would have been higher just on merit. But the lack of it, coupled with the "meh" presentation and production values makes this Need for Speed a hot rod with nothing impressive under the hood.
