Take a Drive on the Wild Side with Excitebots: Trick Racing for Wii

High-Octane Stunts, Unexpected Twists and Online Competition Highlight New
Motion-Controlled Racing Game

REDMOND, Wash.--(Business Wire)--
Not even the craziest morning commute can compare to the outrageous
behind-the-wheel action of Excitebots™: Trick Racing, launching today
exclusively for Nintendo`s top-selling Wii™ console. Combining high-speed racing
thrills with gravity-defying stunts and support for online action via Nintendo®
Wi-Fi Connection, the game pushes the full-throttle fun of the Excite franchise
into the red.

Expanding upon the fast-paced action of Excite Truck™, Excitebots™: Trick Racing
puts players in command of wild robotic vehicles styled to look like animals and
insects. Players must drive, sprint and fly around the track to earn stars,
performing wild stunts to boost their score while racing with an incredible
burst of speed. The game puts the built-in wireless features of the Wii system
to use, allowing as many as six friends to compete online using Nintendo Wi-Fi
Connection. Players can also trade ghost data via WiiConnect24™ and challenge
each other to outdo their most dazzling tricks. Excitebots: Trick Racing uses
the Wii Wheel™ accessory to let drivers pick up and play with ease, combining
familiar steering motions with unique special moves such as turbo bursts, power
slides and huge jumps.

As if tearing around the track wasn`t entertaining enough, Excitebots: Trick
Racing also engages players in a set of wild in-race mini-games. Drivers may
find themselves smashing through a set of bowling pins, hitting a clown in the
face with a pie, hitting a baseball or assembling a sandwich by twisting the Wii
Wheel to maneuver their racer through a series of specific ingredients - all
while navigating the track and trading paint with opponents for position. For
longtime gamers and newcomers alike, these unexpected twists help to distinguish
Excitebots: Trick Racing from other racing titles and extend the game`s replay
value well beyond the finish line.

"Excitebots: Trick Racing offers a perfect blend of action and imagination,"
said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America`s executive vice president of Sales &
Marketing. "The fast-paced game play and competitive challenges will satisfy
racing fans, while the unique vehicle designs and unexpected mini-games make it
unlike any other driving game."

Wii owners without a Wii Wheel accessory can play Excitebots: Trick Racing using
a standard Wii Remote™ controller. Broadband access is required for online play.

Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the content
their children can access. For more information about this and other Wii
features, visit Wii.com. For more information about Nintendo, visit
www.Nintendo.com.

About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive
entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets
hardware and software for its Wii™ and Nintendo DS™ systems. Since 1983, when it
launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 2.8
billion video games and more than 485 million hardware units globally, including
the current-generation Wii and Nintendo DS, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy
Advance, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™ and Nintendo GameCube™. It has also created
industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™,
Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo
of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo`s
operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit
the company`s Web site at www.nintendo.com.

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