At the time I write this review the "original" Wii console has been out for at least 10 years which technically makes it outdated in terms of graphics.. however I've noticed that a number of younger players out there, surprisingly enough, don't mind the older graphics as long as the gameplay is entertaining and fun much to my surprise (this is definitely the case with my munchkins and I've noticed this trend with other younger gamers too).
So if you find yourself buying a used Wii console (make sure your young ones have a chance to play it first, maybe at someone else's house to make sure they're interested before wasting your money! As any parent knows all kids are different.. or if buying for yourself same thing play at a buddy's house first if possible) definitely add Excitebots to your collection... there are several online resources which describe it as a great game that was sadly overlooked in the face of other video games that were launched at the same time as it's release... to date it's still the most fun racing game I've placed despite it's aged (by modern day standards) graphics... my wife is not a huge video game fan and even she loved playing it, kids and I adored it way back years ago when we got our first Wii.. then my son purchased an old Wii to hack and we ended up getting Excitebots again and still love it many years later !
Online reviews of the game as well as youtube videos will give you a better idea of how the game itself looks and plays but basically it's an insane racing game where you drive various "bots" that at various points in the game grow legs and stomp right through trees and other objects that would normally result in a crash, fly up in the air and pop bubbles to rescue butterflies trapped in them, assemble a sandwich by running into the various ingredients and assembling them, launch yourself at bars suspended in the air and turn the wii controller in circles to make the bot go faster and faster until it bursts away from the bar towards the ground launching itself back onto the racecourse (definitely purchase a wii wheel to go with this ! You can get a non-official Nintendo wheel cheap from overseas if you're willing to wait for it to arrive in the mail and we've found those work just fine) , you can steer into pies and launch the pie into a clown's face ... it even give you bonus points or stars when you crash with the words " Nice crash ! " appearing in big letters (could never tell if the game was trying to make fun of me or not :P ) ...
On top of that you can get a used version of this game very cheaply nowadays... don't worry about the instruction manual being included you won't need it, the game has a tutorial built right into it that teaches you the basics and shows you on-screen what do to in other situations too (the bar thing in the air I mentioned for example).
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