NWR writes: In the Nintendo Booth I was given a quick one race demo of the upcoming Need for Speed: Nitro which is being built exclusively for Wii.
I played the game with only the Wii Remote, one of the many options for control. Unlike Mario Kart and Excitebots, I held the Remote pointed forward and twisted my wrist left and right to turn. Regardless of the awkward setup the game controlled quite well. Being that I have played most racing games with the Wheel or seesaw controls, this scheme felt very fresh."
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.
