Split-screen: "Ever since the 'rearrangement' of Black Box, developers of the infamous and much maligned Need for Speed Undercover, NFS has been on a reinvention trip. First there's Need for Speed Shift, which aims to return the focus to the professional street racing scene of Underground, Most Wanted and Pro Street. Then we have Nitro, EA's so-called "arcade" side of Need for Speed releasing exclusively for the Wii. A new trailer has emerged, with the game looking strictly decent at this point. If you squint hard enough, you'll notice pop-up and what appears to be textures emerging as you the scenery gets closer (!)."
SPC writes, "Sunday is this week's kickoff of SuperPhillip Central content, and with it we see a retro review. The announcement of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to the Nintendo Switch saw the site developing a vested interest in arcade racing games. Last week, we took a look at Pac-Man World Rally, a kart racer. Now, we look at a different kind of racer with this retro review of the Wii version of Need for Speed: Nitro."
Is Need For Speed: NItro-X as good as the Wii version of the game? Not quite, but it's still cheap racing fun.
Had Nitro been given online capabilities the score would have been higher just on merit. But the lack of it, coupled with the "meh" presentation and production values makes this Need for Speed a hot rod with nothing impressive under the hood.
Looks really good for a Wii game. I don't understand the disappointment. It still have some time to polish so the minimal pop-in will disappear with a bit of work.