IGN writes: "Electronic Arts recently stopped by IGN's Beverly Hills' office to showcase the latest playable version of Need for Speed Nitro, a Wii-exclusive racer that embraces the fast and frenetic nature of arcade speedsters like Burnout. If you fancy yourself a simulation junkie, this is probably not the title for you, but if you prefer Criterion's series to others, you'll probably like Nitro, too -- and incidentally, since Burnout has never appeared on Wii before, this offering definitely fills a gap".
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.
