The Failure of Excite Truck

[theRepublic]

mike_intellivision said:
I thought Malstrom was harsh on Excite Truck. The game was fun for what it was. You could change the music (I uploaded my own clips) so that should not be an issue. And it was challenging.

That being said, considering that Excite Truck was better reviewed than Red Steel and sold less, a case could be made for it not reaching potential. The fact that ExciteBots is even better reviewed and sales have been slow at best points to the fact that (a) no one knows about the game (Nintendo did not advertise it) and (b) no one is buying unknown games in this economic environment.

Mike from Morgantown

That sounds about right to me.  I liked it, and thought it was a lot of fun, but it definitely had a launch game vibe to it.

I'm one of those people who owns Excite Truck but not ExiteBots.  I don't plan on picking it up either.  There are too many great games I haven't bought yet to consider something similar to Excite Truck, especially since I already own it.  I could just play it again if I get the urge.