Long before Excite Truck for Wii, there was Excitebike for NES; a wheelie-poppin’, mud-flingin’, side-scrollin’ motocross masterpiece. Roar across the dirt and take down rival riders to claim victory in the main event, or design your own monster motocross track to race on!
Choose to either play alone and practise your techniques, or race against computer-controlled rivals in a thrilling Challenge race to qualify for the prestigious Excitebike Championship.
Hit the turbo just before a jump to send your bike soaring, but make sure you adjust your landing angle or you’ll end up eating dirt. If opponents get in your way, sideswipe them with your back wheel to make them spin out. Excitebike’s high-octane racing and high-flying hurdles make it an enduring, crowd-pleasing classic.
1. Shrapnel09
20 Feb 2007, 10:40 GMT
Really there is a track editor? Hmm i played this game a little bit a few years ago and was considering buying it, i guess that seals the deal..... Once it comes out in the US that is
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2. Dazza
20 Feb 2007, 15:49 GMT
We kid you not, the saving grace of this otherwise short lived game is the track editor feature. It was ahead of it's time really.
3. Al
20 Feb 2007, 19:09 GMT
this is a good game, gets good when its two player, although 1 player is still fun
4. Sean
27 Feb 2007, 22:40 GMT
I know fickle legal issues keep this stuff from being released simultaneously in Europe and Stateside, but it's Excitebike, not Final Fantasy - which I'd rather have for the VC than on my DS, but Nintendo obviously stands to make more money in keeping franchises like that exclusive to one platform. Oh well.
5. Evan
19 Mar 2007, 20:35 GMT
A must have for all of those people who have ExciteTruck! I loved this game on Animal Crossing!!!
6. Jadelouise
19 Mar 2007, 23:49 GMT
I have the NES version and love the track editor. If i had a wii id download this. Ducktales, Chip and Dale are still great games and need to come to the Wii VC but the licence rubbish is going to get in the way as Capcom need to get together with Disney like Konami did with Ubisoft for TMNT 89.
7. Jeremy
20 Mar 2007, 02:50 GMT
Not buying because it's on Animal Crossing, but this game is worth a buy if you don't have AC - it's very fun and lasts longer than a lot of other NES games.
8. Masuyo
20 Mar 2007, 03:02 GMT
i have the NES cart... i don't know if it'll be worth the download since there's no real reason accept the track editor. There's no tournaments or anything its just a couple different tracks and u can make your own. It's an amazing game but it gets old so fast for me for some reason. get it if u have a friend or family member to play with you! definitely
9. dualj
21 Mar 2007, 15:19 GMT
Its all good fun here. I liked this game alot. The opening music presented was used for a lot of nintendo spoofs and parodys.
10. Frank
25 Mar 2007, 18:51 GMT
When it comes to classic NES games like this you really have no reason to not pay the $5 fee. I don't care how many versions you already have. The convenience of having all these great games on the Wii's internal memory will sell me everytime. What's $5, ya know?
11. Sektor
25 Mar 2007, 22:09 GMT
this is amazing!
you can't acctually complete it but it has tons of replay value.
well worth 500 points
12. Johannes
31 Mar 2007, 20:01 GMT
I love this!
The best NES Game on the VC at the moment.
13. Manaman
15 Apr 2007, 18:10 GMT
I always found this game pretty 'meh' to be honest, even back in the day. I also have this on Animal Crossing so I find it hard to justify wasting 500 points on this.
14. mario/zelda_fan
23 Apr 2007, 01:45 GMT
Yeah I'm going with everyone here this is a great game easily a 4 star ( nes ) game. But I also have this game on Animal Crossing, so I'm not downloading it. But If I didn't have it on Animal Crossing I would still not get it, 500 points is too much for this game.
15. DK
01 May 2007, 21:18 GMT
I owned this back in the days of the NES and I can't bring myself to download this game for 500 points. Maybe I would for 100 points. It's a fun game for a couple of hours but quickly loses its sparkle. There are better reasons to spend 500 points on the VC, but if money is not an issue and you've already purchased the other VC gems - download it!
16. SKTTR
11 Jun 2007, 11:09 GMT
Yeah, 4 Stars is what it deserves!
But I already own it on Excitebike 64 and Animal Crossing.
And played it hours and weeks. That's enough for now.
I am a bit confused about the people here who say they play it with two players. This game has no multiplayer which is the reason it don't get five stars. It's a classic nonetheless.
17. usmc2003
22 Oct 2007, 19:20 GMT
Sweet game.
I did not know there was a 2 player option on it though.
18. darthmix
02 Nov 2007, 17:57 GMT
It was fun in its day, but it's got that very-early-NES feel and aside from the track editor the game itself just doesn't have enough to recommend it. The N64 sequel was awesome, though.
19. Link O' Fett
19 Nov 2007, 20:55 GMT
A great game from my childhood and one that's still fun today. The track creator is out dated but still ok and knocking your opponents of the road is still a blast. Classic.
20. Jogurt the Yogurt
06 Dec 2007, 18:20 GMT
A great game in its day (I used to play it all the time on my 31-in-1 multicart), but nowadays even the wonderful track editor doesn't do much to salvage replay value. If the editor's the only saving grace, why not edit better stuff with a better editor in a better game? This one would have been a solid 3 stars back in 1990 or so.
21. learn japanese ds
09 Jan 2008, 02:38 GMT
Tons of nostalgia value in this one for sure, I remember just using the track editor to make the biggest jump after the biggest jump. Wish excite truck had a level editor...
22. The shoemaker
26 Jan 2008, 05:29 GMT
Well I have the game on animal crossing so. BUT the level dessin kind of makes me want it.
23. yeeat
14 Feb 2008, 03:06 GMT
my additiction when i had the sega
Still in awesome game! however, the question is would you care to spend 500 points for it?
24. Manicfatty
14 Feb 2008, 18:38 GMT
Go go track editor!!!! Replay value GET! Why don't more games involve you in the creation of your gaming experience?
25. Roo
28 Feb 2008, 17:14 GMT
A great game you should add to your collection. That is all I need to say.
26. GameGod3008
01 Apr 2008, 13:09 GMT
Come on Nintendo, give us the N64 Version
27. TheDudeAbides
21 Apr 2008, 17:13 GMT
I deleted this game soon after I downloaded it. I just don't think it has aged well. Now, please give me Megaman. NOW.
28. Mr. Cheez
28 Jun 2008, 22:34 GMT
another NES game I still have on my e-reader. I enjoy it quite a lot, and I might download it since this version lets you save custom levels.
I wonder if excitebike 64 will ever appear at the shop. If it did I'd so download it, especially since this is included as a bonus!
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