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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This holiday, the arcade mega hit Cruis'n is back, exclusively for the Wii Console, with all new graphics, tracks, exotic locations and customizable licensed vehicles. Players will experience an adrenaline rush as they race opponents through iconic destinations using licensed turbo-charged cars, performing crazy stunts and catching big air. The race is fast and the tricks are insane, but the key objective always remains the same: win the race! | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 7.5 inches | | Product Width: | 5.75 inches | | Product Height: | 0.75 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.38 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.5 inches | | Package Width: | 5.4 inches | | Package Height: | 0.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.1 pounds | | Release Date: | November 12, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 16 reviews |
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| | Game Information | | Platform: | Nintendo Wii | | Media: | Video Game | | Item Quantity: | 1 |
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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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13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing Dec 10, 2007
By N. Durham
"Big Evil"
Anyone familiar with Midway's Cruis'n series in the arcades and the Nintendo 64 will find that Cruis'n for the Wii retains almost none of the fun gameplay elements that the previous games in the series possessed. Cruis'n bears little resemblance to the aforementioned games, as it features some incredibly dated graphics, a static interface, and above all, a barrage of technical issues. These technical issues range from long load times and a variety of bugs and glitches to be found among the boring and all-too similar race tracks that are featured here. What is also worth noting is that the Wii-mote controls aren't actually half-bad here and are pretty responsive overall, but they can't save Cruis'n from the fate that it's been given. All in all, Cruis'n may be worth a look or a rental for Wii owners looking for an arcade racer or fans of Midway's Cruis'n series, but everyone else can easily avoid it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Fun game, has feel of speed, one of the better controled games for the wii steering but has bugs/poor graphics May 29, 2008
By LanaFire
My favorite arcade driving games are Burnout 2 & 3 - you crash like real life, the point is to avoid hitting anything (except AI cars), 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 Need for Speed series which takes themselves too seriously & the performance upgrades can be a pain.
Other driving 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. "Look, ma, I'm flying, I'm FLYING!!!" 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 though if you flip, the camera flips with you like as if you were in the car. The cars fishtail a bit like real, you get to shoot at other cars by collecting real-life style (not cartoon style) weapons when go through orange rings or green rings for temporary boosts. The tacks are narrow w/many pitfalls or places to get stuck, your car reacts to all things in the road like dominoes, balls, markers, soap, etc. Graphics aren't bad for a wii. Does not let you get away with hitting things w/o being stopped & then have to fix yourself like 3 point turn like real life which adds true fair punishment for bad driving instead of easy plopping you back on track (though if you do a large fall, it will plop you back). Has different tracks, normal race, rampage, eliminator, tournament. Has even different levels of difficulty as you unlock more tracks, but even the first difficulty is hard enough.
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 other cars then the ones racing out on desert tracks). One mini game style of driving was totally reversed & made no sense which many game critics also criticized. Only behind the car camera. I still enjoyed the novelty of the tracks & it definitely captures the fun factor. On easy, even if you fall significantly behind, your car catches up very easily. Has quick race, eliminator, rampage (shoot down targets in allotted 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 this 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, much more then NFS series, but nowhere near like burnout. 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 & tight or loose control options. You have diff levels of tracks (of different areas of USA) such as easy, medium, hard & extreme & day or night settigns. 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. very simple upgrade style for easy quick plays. 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 because 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 poorly, sometiems after the close crash. There are great alternate paths (find yourself or see AI cars use) to take like going through skyscrapers floors & roofs of buildings.
Cons - too many bugs/glitches such as 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 good 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. The only major turn off are the bugs.
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Set gaming back 20 years Dec 16, 2007
By Stacie C. Buckland
"-cRaSh"
Midway's new version of Cruis'n set gaming back 20 years. With their corny cliches of hip hop style music with annoying evil laughs, and the stereotype that only men would be playing the game. At least give us the option of making the group of pixelated 8 bit women go away. Most of the game makers, at this point had discovered that women like to play the racing games too, and not just the games ending in the word "Kart". So minus a star for that.
Not only are the extra graphics of women unnecessary and poorly made, but they slow the game down, as does a lot of the extra graphics. The details are nice, but only if the game system can handle it. There are some other game glitches, but aren't so bad that it makes the game unplayable. They will just leave you wondering how your car jumped from one place to another. Minus another star for graphics and minor glitches.
Overall, the game concept is fun, once you get used to controlling it. So don't give up on your first few tries. It DOES get easier, and can become addictive. You get to unlock new tracks, and new cars when you reach your goals. And some of the stunts that learn to do are fun and challenging. Not so difficult that you don't play either. Choosing a car, the color, and customizing the car are nice features as well. From the first day placing 7th and 8th, to placing 1st and 2nd on the second day. There are levels of difficulty also. If you want to stick to easy until you get comfortable with the controls, that option is available.
If you can forget everything you remember and loved about the original Cruis'n games, and allow yourself to feel you are playing a brand new game, then you will be more satisfied with this game.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Cruis'n... the same? Jan 30, 2009
By M. Chavarria
"the mister m"
Wow! A new Cruis'n game with... hey, wait a sec'. Altough there are good well-known cars with upgrades and great graphics, it's just MORE OF THE SAME! Why 4-speed transmission? Why only three nitrous "cartidges"? Hey, programmers! Welcome to the 21st century! We use 5, 6 or 7-speed trans and advanced nitrous systems. And once again some girls wearing bikini appear, and about of this, remember that children may play the game. As you players can remember, in Cruis'n World, the "winning girl" can be turned off, and in Cruis'n Exotica, there was a 5-speed transmission.
Another issue is that the engine sound isn't so clear. Where's the engine? I can't hear it! I just hear a "brum brum" when you double-tap the "2" button for "turbo".
One more thing is when you reach the "goal", as the same as the previous Cruis'n games, there's an abrupt stop.
And I don't know when can I use the Nunchunk to shift or to steer (someone mentioned that), 'cause one day I plugged in, there was an on-screen message sayin' "Unplug the extension device".
So these are my ratings:
Sound 8,5/10. Altough good music, sound FX is not outstanding.
Gameplay 6/10. Once my brother played it, he "forgot it". And I want to use my f... nunchunk, please. I can't steer so well with moving the controller, cause sometimes it doesn't respond at time. Did the programmers also forget the GameCube controller compatibility?
Graphics 9/10. For me, graphics doesn't matter so much, but these ones are great.
Multiplayer 8/10. Not bad for a car racing game like this, but why some old and odd car racing games are situable for up to 4 players, and not this one?
Other secondary aspects 7/10. Too slow loading speed, "shine look" cars, suggestive themes (check it at the ESRB rating, and remember once again, children may play this game), and anything else I've forgotten.
My overall rating: 6.67/10, or a C-.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Nostalgic, but sub-par Jan 12, 2009
By V. Theriot
This game is exactly as I remember. The graphics were not at all superior, but it always had good racing action. However, the fact that you can only do 2 players at once, not 4, is a bit off-putting for my family. Also, it doesn't allow you to use any sort of add-on controller, and since I prefer using a classic one for car-racing games, that was a bother as well. I bought it for my 50-something dad, and he says it is hard to steer, so take that for what it's worth.
Overall, I would skip it.
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