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The irony is that Excite Truck was a ground-breaking (at the time) use of motion control to steer the truck. It was easy to understand and surprisingly accurate. That's really all you needed!
OG_Original Gamer
Member
I need this Nintendo, make it happen.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
...Sorry to not be excited ? I should maybe have stayed quiet to not disturb your circlejerk ?
2009 memes > your ennui
U do know that pikmin is one of nintendos best franchises. I love wave race and 'excite' too but they pale in comparison.
User123456
Member
I seem to be in the minority here, but I thought the controls in both Excite Truck and Excitebots were beyond unplayably awful. I can't believe people would complain about Other M's or Star Fox Zero's controls but praise Excite Truck.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
FreedomFighter
Member
I never played ExciteTruck. Everyone I know who has swears by it though.
I'll grab it Switch VC.
I'll grab it Switch VC.
Better than Twilight Princess or you not counting that?
Toadthemushroom
Member
It's twilight princess, so easily
Suburban Thug
Member
That doesn't mean the controls were good
The controls were perfect though.
Toadthemushroom
Member
They are bloody good. Like I posted earlier in the thread, I played Excite Truck for the first time a few months ago, and was blown away by how natural the controls felt and how well they fit in with the game.
The drifting mechanic is entirely built around tilt controls, as is the driving model and the way your truck convincingly changes direction to match your tilt in a close-connected manner while feeling natural and not looking insane.
Other driving games that use tilt controls have their vehicles turn slowly to match where you've tilted, whereas with Excite Truck you've got that instant feedback while the actual driving itself never feels simplistic or uncharacteristic.
Controls weren't perfect for me. They were spot on 99% of the time, but occasionally would mess up inexplicably and interpret a hard left as a hard right and visa versa. Aside from these occasional problems, they worked pretty fantastically.
It happened pretty rarely (and was largely ironed out in Excitebots), but the option of using an analogue stick would have been nice, and I'd expect as much in any sequel/follow up.
It happened pretty rarely (and was largely ironed out in Excitebots), but the option of using an analogue stick would have been nice, and I'd expect as much in any sequel/follow up.
Screamapillar
Member
Could be an small eShop title, to coincide with launch. Or maybe it's a VC title.
I love this game, just watching a race makes me want to play:
https://youtu.be/XIB6Qe5Hvh4?t=499
https://youtu.be/XIB6Qe5Hvh4?t=499
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
NESpowerhouse
Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.
As long as this isn't Retro's game, I'm fine with it coming back.
gingerbeardman
Member
What a game. Even though the player got S rank in that video they made a lot of mistakes. Makes me want to play it to put in a competing score!
Here's a poor quality video of a great run I did back in the day on the final Canada level:
https://youtu.be/Fly-mUktBiw
You mean the huge jumps make your butt clench? I agree. Tense! Vertigo!
This.
Or this.
Toadthemushroom
Member
Ha ha no. I played through Excite Truck for the first time two months ago.