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[TheChits]

Please please please let something come of this.

 

[Rösti]

Is this likely VC related? I'm still waiting for Excite Bots to come out. Did anything come of that Eternal Darkness trademark deadline?

Not yet. Deadline hasn't been met yet, will happen around the end of the year apparently.

 

[CharminUltra]

Hell y esssss

 

[AmyS]

Blah, give me Wave Race and maybe a new Pilotwings.

 

[AdamMPSP]

Oh man. A video I made reading Neogaf posts EXCITEd about Excitebots Trick Racing was how I finally got my neogaf account application approved 7 YEARS AGO. Memories, guys.

EXCITE!

 

[Space Medafighter X]

Alright alright, now I'm hype for the Switch.

 

[marc^o^]

Nothing came close to the hectic brutal arcade goodness that came from Excite Truck, MotorStorm 1 and 2.

Excitebots was spoiled by an useless motion gimmick that needs to be forgotten.

Bring back the arcade simplicity.

Bring back fucking Excite Truck.

 

[Glass Rebel]

YEAAA BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

 

[Semajer]

Not yet. Deadline hasn't been met yet, will happen around the end of the year apparently.

Do you know if something as simple as a Switch VC release enough to secure it? If so it could possibly be announced in the January Direct.

 

[DiscoShark]

Excitetruck was my jam. Excited to see what may come out of this.

 

[wild wild rice]

EU hadn't seen a trademark application regarding Wave Race since 1997, and that was only in Germany. That will remain in force until 2017-02-28 at least. Thus, there wasn't really anything to renew really, at least not something for all of EU.

The US trademark for Wave Race, US Serial Number 74246565, was renewed in 2012.

Interesting. Thanks!

 

[J@hranimo]

Do they trademark titles that appears on virtual consoles?

Someone needs to answer this.

 

[jholmes]

This is great news even if it just points to a Wii U re-release. Such a gem.

I had a lot of fun with Excite Truck back at the Wii's launch, would love to see it again or a sequel, really good sense of speed.

Spoiler

Please don't bring back Bots.

This guy gets it.

 

[GiantBreadbug]

Terrible opinion.

Excite Truck was the Wii's best launch game.

This is correct

 

[pixelation]

Bet it's a mobile title.

 

[_PsiFire_]

Amazing games...Bots was good just lacked something the first had.

Maybe it was the stopping to shake your Wiimote to get the bot to spin around a pole...that kinda thing sucked.

Tree Runs made the games!!!

 

[Plinko]

I would love this, but my guess is it probably is a mobile title like others have said.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Oh, fuck yes. Excite Truck was one of the best Wii games there ever was. Few things were better than going off of one of those huge jumps and flying so high in to the air that the soundtrack faded away.

 

[Toadthemushroom]

I hope this leads to something. Played through Excite Truck for the first time a couple of months ago and was seriously impressed, and I say that as someone who played the best racing games of last gen: Burnout Paradise, Criterion NFS games, Dirt 3, Split/Second, Motorstorm, Pure, Sega Rally Revo, FlatOut UC, Ridge Racer 6, Mario Kart DS/Wii etc...

Oh man. A video I made reading Neogaf posts EXCITEd about Excitebots Trick Racing was how I finally got my neogaf account application approved 7 YEARS AGO. Memories, guys.

EXCITE!

Woah, thanks for that video - I love it!!!

EXCIIITTEEEEEE!

 

[Deleted member 20415]

I'll go NUTS for Excite Truck, such a good game... but everyone skips over how awesome Excite Bots was - that game was just pure stupid, and a ton of fun.

 

[Timeless]

Nothing came close to the hectic brutal arcade goodness that came from Excite Truck, MotorStorm 1 and 2.

Excitebots was spoiled by an useless motion gimmick that needs to be forgotten.

Bring back the arcade simplicity.

Bring back fucking Excite Truck.

Did we play the same game? I get being mad that Bots might not be a "true sequel" to Truck, but it was amazing. One of the only games where the motion actually made sense.

If the motion was more accurate (Motion+?) it would be even better.

 

[meppi]

Fuck yeah! Still my favourite launch window game from the Wii.

Screw the haters!

 

[OG_Original Gamer]

I liked Excite Truck, but felt like the motion controls held it back, so a more fleshed out sequel with traditional controls would be awesome!

WTF!

 

[ramparter]

First Wave Race. Now Excite Truck. All they got to do now is whisper F-Zero GX.

I hope they are at least remasters with online and extra stuff if not new titles. But Id gladly take the former over the nothingness of the last 10-15 years.

 

[RedToad64]

Wave Race, now this? What's wrong with Nintendo? They are doing everything right!
Excite!!!

A new Wave Race and a new Excite Truck sounds waaaaay too good to be true.

Between this, Mario Kart, and a possible Wave Race reboot, portable racing is potentially about to get real good.

A trademark filing is not anything to get excited about, guys.

Spoiler

 

[Zubz]

Didn't some of the Switch rumors include N64-Wii Remasters? Excite Truck seems like a very easy one to throw in.

 

[Tripy73]

I hope is for the new game, Excite Truck Wii is really fun et nervous.

 

[Babymario26]

A POX ON THEE!

I AM READY FOR THE RETURN OF OUR EXCITE. TRUCK. OF EXCITE!!!

This one of the funnest wii games i played. I wish i owned it but blocl buster still was a thing back in the early wii days

 

[AColdDay]

HELL YEAH

 

[Turrican3]

Oh man. A video I made reading Neogaf posts EXCITEd about Excitebots Trick Racing was how I finally got my neogaf account application approved 7 YEARS AGO. Memories, guys.

EXCITE!

That was brilliant.

I can still laugh just thinking about it, not to mention actually watching it.

Back on topic, a brand new EXCITE TRUCK game would be a fantastic launch companion... let's hope it turns out as fun as the original Wii game.

 

[gingerbeardman]

Yessssss. Give me some HD 60fps Excite Truck goodness on the go, and I'd want for nothing.

I will buy the shit out of this whatever it is

Oh man. A video I made reading Neogaf posts EXCITEd about Excitebots Trick Racing was how I finally got my neogaf account application approved 7 YEARS AGO. Memories, guys.

EXCITE!

Mother truckin' EXCITE!

I'm in.

 

[AzaK]

I loved, Loved, LOVED Excite Truck. I'd certainly be interested in a new one of these.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

I remember Excite Truck being slightly better than the first Steel Diver. The not-as-good launch game.

Well, you have a poor memory then, as Excite Truck was and is a great game. Steel Diver doesn't deserve to be uttered in the same breath.

 

[marc^o^]

Oh man. A video I made reading Neogaf posts EXCITEd about Excitebots Trick Racing was how I finally got my neogaf account application approved 7 YEARS AGO. Memories, guys.

EXCITE!

I remember your video, it was one of the best thing I saw on GAF. Bravo !

Now as someone said, it doesn't mean we are guaranteed to havd Excite back. It would be cruel to do that to us though.

If Nintendo wants to be relevant again, they need these kinds of cool arcade games. It'd be a stupid management decision to greenlight Pikmin, or a Mario party... before Wave Race, Exite or 1080. The Switch needs to be attractive again to gamers. This is how you do it from a first party point of view.

 

[Diprosalic]

this would be my megaton.

fuck Breath of the Wild, give me this and i'll be happy forever.

i've been repping Excite Trucks every opportunity i got.

 

[tesqui]

Not sure how that game holds up now, but I remember really liking it as a early Wii game.

Edit: Oh and that reminds me I've never played ExciteBots. Kind of want to check that out now.

 

[marc^o^]

Not sure how that game holds up now, but I remember really liking it as a early Wii game.

Play it on Dolphin if you have a PC. It's just as good as it was back then. The turbo in air, just before you land on top of a hill to be propulsed again... I can't think of a more exhilarating gameplay move in a racer.

 

[AColdDay]

Truck >>>>> bots

EXACTLY. I liked Bots, but it was too....delicate, I guess? I remembered Excitetruck having this frantic, kinetic energy, while Bots was more slow paced with music notes and lame slower-paced flying sections.

You definitely should be able to blast some custom music as well. Nothing beat doing awesome 360 spins on Mars while the guitar solo of Freebird was blasting as the background music.

 

[jholmes]

EXACTLY. I liked Bots, but it was too....delicate, I guess? I remembered Excitetruck having this frantic, kinetic energy, while Bots was more slow paced with music notes and lame slower-paced flying sections.

Bots also had this ridiculous gimmick wedged in where you had to stop racing, grip the controller and spin the thing in a circle for like 30 seconds before you could race again. How the hell do people defend that?

I don't mean to get so excited about this issue but ugh, what a disappointing game that was.

 

[marc^o^]

Bots also had this ridiculous gimmick wedged in where you had to stop racing, grip the controller and spin the thing in a circle for like 30 seconds before you could race again. How the hell do people defend that?

I don't mean to get so excited about this issue but ugh, what a disappointing game that was.

Yes, these pauses were a game breaking flaw. What bots had for it was online. I remember being part of an IGN video, it was pretty cool. Excite Truck back to basics, in HD with online races would be a hell of a game.

 

[timetokill]

Excite Truck was legitimately one of the 20 best games released that gen.

 

[ramparter]

Yes, these pauses were a game breaking flaw. What bots had for it was online. I remember being part of an IGN video, it was pretty cool. Excite Truck back to basics, in HD with online races would be a hell of a game.

The worst thing about Wii was the constant enforcement of motion controls when not needed...

 

[AColdDay]

Play it on Dolphin if you have a PC. It's just as good as it was back then. The turbo in air, just before you land on top of a hill go be propulsed again... I can't think of a more exhilarating gameplay move in a racer.

For all of you guys looking at this thread, wondering if the people excited about this are being ironic or not, this post succinctly spells out what made this game special.

It was this exhilarating experience at high level play, I've never experienced a racer that had those kind of mechanics. If you are good at the game, you are pretty much trying to spend the entire race in a boost state and hitting those spins or perfectly nailing a landing would be such a thrill.

 

[djplaeskool]

Excite Truck was fun as hell on Wii.

 

[Moor-Angol]

Waverace
Excite Trucks
1080
F-Zero

Gimme those games and I'm in with the Switch, I said a couple of months ago


Seems like I should start saving money for spring/summer 2017

 

[Trevelyan]

I wonder if they do an ExciteRacing type of game? Maybe bunch in Excite Trucks, Bikes and WaveRace into one tidy little package.

 

[Sadist]

EXCITE

 

[sinxtanx]

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★
★ Excite ★ Mother ★ Fucking ★ Truck ★
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

 

[wenis]

I'm more interested in a truck stick.

 

[BGBW]

Meh. Not the most exciting IP I would like to see make a comeback. Unless it's just for the Wii U eShop ?

In 2009 the first post would have been "EXCITE!"

But in this miserable world of 2016 full of miserable GAFers we get this.

The times are indeed sad.