GameSpot writes: "Nitro might be built for the Wii, but it's coming to the Nintendo DS as well. The DS game is being developed by the folks at Firebrand Games who previously developed the TrackMania DS game. TrackMania's nutty influence is evidenced by the track design in Nitro for the DS--the last time we played the game, we drove one section of a race on a roller-coaster track, and the most recent time we played it, we were drifting through corners and taking sweet jumps on the moon, which pretty much answers anything you need to know about this version of the game".
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.
The Wii version looks like great fun but last time I saw the DS version it looked like garbage. Looked like a GBA game but Firebrand have a good "track" record so I'll stay open minded.