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Excite Truck

In the grand and classic racing tradition of Excitebike, get ready for a big-air experience like no other! Players rocket their trucks across dynamically changing terrain in this nitrous-injected, high-flying…

80 19 November 2006

Excite Truck is a racing developed by Monster Games, released 19 November 2006 on Wii.

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What Excite Truck is

Excite Truck is a racing game developed by Monster Games and released in 2006. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Excite Truck is a 2006 racing video game developed by Monster Games and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It features malleable environments and tilt-based motion controls. The game was one of the Wii launch titles in North America. It is the third main game in the Excite series and the first to feature vehicles other than motorbikes.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and non-fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Excite series

Excite Truck is the ninth of 20 entries we hold in the Excite series. It arrived 3 years after Classic NES Series: Excitebike. The next entry was Excitebots: Trick Racing in 2009. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 80. The highest-rated entry is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 93.

See all 20 Excite games in release order →

How it was received

Excite Truck holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 71% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Excite Truck launched on 19 November 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War and Guitar Hero II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Gears of War, Medieval II: Total War, Guitar Hero II.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Excite Truck — frequently asked questions

When did Excite Truck come out?
Excite Truck was released on 19 November 2006 for Wii.
Does Excite Truck have multiplayer?
Yes. Excite Truck supports multiplayer.

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