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Nintendo kunne for en uge siden præsentere deres udgivelsesliste over spil som vil udkomme i USA i anden kvartal 2009 og på den liste var Excitebots: Trick Racing at finde. Excitebots: Trick Racing bliver efterfølgeren til lanceringsspillet Excite Truck, men denne gang bliver det uden “trucks”, men med “robotter”. Udvikleren Monster Games har valgt at bruge robotter denne gang, da det så åbner op for endnu mere skøre tricks og stunts, end var muligt i Excite Truck.

The original Excite Truck stood out from the crowd because of the unlikeliness of trying crazy tricks with regular trucks that you might see every day. This time, we’re bringing every more insane stunts and tricks. However, when we raced the new tracks with the trucks, we felt that the two elements didn’t match up quite as well as we hoped, and we couldn’t get immersed int he game like we wanted to. So, we really wanted to create an offbeat, unconventional design that no one would find anywhere else and would fit with the wacky action. That’s how we came up with the robot critters.

Yderligere har magasinet Nintendo Power haft fat i Monster Games, hvilket følgende detaljer er kommet ud af, hvor man kan se at fans af Excite Truck næppe bliver skuffet:

- Monster Games confirmed to be working on the project
- Everything fans loved about the first game returns in Excitebots (except for bikes) and “has been taken to a new level”
- Rank determined by points earned from stunts + finishing position
- Timed boost can send you flying over a good portion of the track
- Execute Air Spins in clouds/drifting and smashing into other bots to earn more points
- Gameplay elements aren’t impacted by change to robots
- Insects + animals: Ladybug, beetle, grasshopper, bat, frog, turtle, mouse, mantis
- Each bot drives differently + have varied weights
- Bots can transform for a short time and run on to legs
- Hold Wii controller sideways, buttons facing up, tilt either side up or down to turn left or right
- Twist Wii remote towards/away from you to angle bot in midair

Og til sidst, så er der at finde 6 meget små screenshots fra spillet i vores galleri, men forhåbentligt bliver der snart udsendt nogle større.