Cruis'n | 
| From: Midway Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
Buy New: $17.49
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 6943
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: Racing and Flying Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 19193
Model: 19193
UPC: 031719191932
EAN: 0031719191932
ASIN: B000SFK0T8
Release Date: November 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Drive Real Cars: Midway licensed the fastest street cars in the world to provide the ultimate street race experience. The 12 licensed cars include the '05 Nissan 350 Z, '05 Chevy Corvette C6, '98 Nissan Skyline GT-R34 and more. | | • | Vehicle Custom Upgrades: Trick out your ride with custom gear! Spoilers, engines, neon, tires, body kits, turbo and boost kits can all be added to build the ultimate Cruis'n machine. | | • | Twelve Different Locations: Cruis'n lets drivers kick up the octane through locations like you'd never be able to in real life, including Times Square, Central Park and downtown Hollywood. | | • | Wii Remote: Use the Wii Remote just like a steering wheel. Cruis'n also allows players to use the Nunchuk to steer and shift if they choose. |
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Product Description
An all new version of the classic Midway arcade racer, Cruis'n is coming exclusively to the Wii. Choose your ride from an impressive lineup of licensed cars and experience a rush of adrenaline as you race opponents through twelve different street circuits using the Wii Remote to steer and perform outrageous stunts. Win races and earn upgrades including: turbos, body kits, neon and nitrous, allowing you to create the ultimate ride.\
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Fun, but not the arcade game December 1, 2008
Cruis'n is fun to play, but it's not the arcade game. I also knock it one star down because the steering is very, very TOUCHY. Still, for the price, it's a fun throw-back to sit'n'race arcade style game.
Fun game! August 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like racing games and this one is great. The tracks are exactly like the "Fast & Furious" arcade game at the pizza place. After I bought this game, I was watching people play it and noticed the tracks are the same. There are probably other arcade games that use this same developer. This game has an arcade type feel to it. It has single player and simultaneous split-screen two-player modes. Buy it.
 Shame I can't give it zero stars June 14, 2008
Just Cruise over to MetaCritic to see how low of a rating this game received from both critics and players alike. Everything I loved about Cruis'n USA for N64 is completely gone to be replaced by terrible controls, terrible graphics, very long loading times, and a poor interface.
For some reason there are several good Amazon reviews (leading me to unfortunately buying this disaster), which you will see does not coincide at all with the plethora of negative reviews on MetaCritic.
Avoid at all costs. Buy yourself Cruis'n USA on WiiWare instead.
Fun game, has feel of speed, one of the better controled games for the wii steering May 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My favorite driving games are Burnout 2 & 3 - you crash like real life, the point is to avoid getting hit but celebrates your mistakes w/spectacular results so you don't mind. Crashing can happen a lot since there's always plenty of traffic to run into & they do have great AI traffic that try to get out of your way which can make you crash more. It's real, but it's intention is fun unlike NFS: carbon which takes themselves too seriously. I wish it would come out on wii w/steering, using a joystick for a driving game is way too easy.
I am a casual gamer, I like only arcade games as I don't have the patience for long games. I am nowhere near the best driver as I rarely play driving games. (My last system before this was the original NES.)
Other drving games I have rented: Excite truck, Hot wheels, Cars, NFS: Carbon & Emergency Heroes.
Excite truck - has better graphics, one of the best, great controls, but you spend 1/3 of the time in the AIR. It's an arcade, yes, but no truck can do 1080 spins in the air or be 500 ft. in the air & land w/o a problem. The driving while on the ground was superb though. Several camera angles. The mini game where you go through gates is the only time you're not constantly in the air & it's much more realistic. Has great speed feel & content feeling that you're going to crash any second. Also has invincible cards so you can drive through trees or pick things up to change the landscape so you can go into the air more & rings in the air. Definitely not a sim other then how the truck responds to the environment on the track or when hitting things.
Hot Wheels - easy to control once you get used to the tight controls in about 10 min, fun tracks, but only has the camera behind the car. The cars drive too similarly. One car that said it had the worst handling I had the easiest time controlling. Otherwise the cars fishtail a bit like real. You get to shoot at other cars by collecting weapons when go through rings after mild jumps or green rings for temporary speed boosts. The tacks are narrow w/many pitfalls or places to get stuck, your car reacs to all things in the road like dominios, balls, markers, soap, etc. Graphics could be much better. Does not let you get away with hitting things w/o being stopped & then have to fix yourself say like a time consuming 3 ponit turn which is more real then say the usual driving game that just plops you back on track (though if you fall into a large drop it will plop you back).
Cars - VERY loose controls, you really spin the remote to turn which feels more realistic, but it's too easy to win even on normal mode, not kiddie easy mode. When hitting other cars, they only call you rude or other horribly corny remarks. Too corny/sweet & the track is very dull (there's no otehr cars then the ones racing out on desert tracks). One mini game style of driving was totally reversed & made no sense wich many game critics also criticized. Only behind the car camera. I still enjoyed the novelty of the tracks & it definitly captures the fun factor. On easy, even if you fall significantly behind, your car catches up very easily. Has quickrace, eliminator, rampage (shoot down targets in alloted time) & tournament (4 different races in one game) type games each for the two different type tracks in each of the five sections on each level.
NFS: Carbon - It's all at night which means no traffic, controls can be tight or loose, I used tight & I still couldn't navigate the very windy roads in the challenge races area. (Another friend had trouble even on four lane highways though I did not.) You can tell thhis game is a port from PS2/3 title & the wii tilt is tacked on unlike Hot Wheels, Excite Truck & Cruis'n. Uses the A button for "over steering" so you actually have a chance in ... of making turns. Several camera angles, more realistic of how a car drives w/fishtails, etc. Great graphics. But w/o traffic, with only 4 other cars it felt dull. NFS also has ALWAYS taken itself VERY seriously. It's intentions doesn't feel as like it's for fun as it is more a simulation for car/racing enthusiasts only. You can hit bus stands, paper stands, garbage containers, light poles, police cruisers, police car blocks & still keep going like you went over a soda can. Carbon is very serious/complicated simulation in regards to upgrades, etc. Carbon specifically uses helpers such as a blocker, scout & drafter that you can use one at a time which critics said none really did not help.
Emergency Heroes - I reviewed it on that game's listings. Suffice to say it had great wii tilt controls, good traffic on the parkways w/decent AI but no physical damage shown. COns are there are no other camera angles, boring gameplay except the pursuit mode, irritating, over the top narration/character acting & had too many bugs.
Cruis'n - ok, it's graphics feel from the 1990s, but it's still 3d which some textures on all the city, parkway, country roads. There is some traffic, but you can tell there would be more if there was more time & effort put into it. The feeling of fun & speed when you get over 80 IS there which is important & feels great. You have 3 different camera angles including hood like excite truck or carbon. Night & day times, tight or loose control options. You have diff levels of tracks (of different areas of USA) such as easy, medium, hard & extreme. About 12 diff cars? That show you speed, acceleration (how many seconds takes to get 0-60), traction & charge. You can upgrade by simply choosing "spoiler" for speed, "engine" for acceleration, "Nos" for nitrous (only allowed to use 3x max, "lights" for under board lights (gives more points when in air), "tires" for traction, etc. A good pick up & play w/o commitment game unlike Carbon. It's 1 player for Circuit mode to unlock tracks & upgrade cars for getting $ for how well you do. Arcade for 1 or 2 player & still earn $ to upgrade cars. I found it VERY easy for easy, medium tracks in cars that had decent traction which is most of them. Wii tilt is very responsive & taking turns was too easy becasue you rarely fishtail which is unrealistic. The speed when going 130-150 mph was a great, you could barely see what was coming up next like real life & almost too late. There is a woman's voice for beginning & to tell you to "WATCH OUT!" but it's cued in either too late or even after the fact. There are great alternate paths (find yourself or see AI cars use) to take like going through skyscrapers floors & roofs of buildings. There's a decent amount of traffic to hit. The cons are that you can sometimes go through solid objects like bridge foundations like it was nothing & you flip in the air when hitting a car head-on which is silly. This is more a great fun game while still w/realistic tracks. A great casual pick up & drive game w/o a lot of deep thinking career modes, videos or storyline or commitment (it has none).
If you just want to drive on somewhat realistic tracks w/silly & fun play, w/o investment or take it too serious, get this. If you are a serious racer who loves NFS style, don't. If you like a more unrealistic arcade feel of doing other stuff, get Excite truck. This is great for kids as well.
Great Product January 7, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a nice game. It is just kind of difficult to operate the car properly. The price was great. I even bought a steering wheel and still had problems. Hopefully with practice I will overcome these issues.
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