"Fishing: A staple of any good racing game"

When it was revealed that Monster Games had a new Wii project, I don’t think anything could have prepared me for what it would be. Sure, I had my share of speculation, but this was something that nobody in their right mind would guess. How many people figured the logical progression in the Excite series would be bikes, trucks and finally robot animal cars? I have the feeling it wasn’t many.

To make matters even stranger, the game boasted to revolutionize the racing genre by having you participate in countless minigames during the race. When I first read about that, I was very turned off. Luckily, I decided to give Monster Games the benefit of the doubt, already being a fan of ExciteTruck, and I’m glad I did.

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"I just died and went to racing heaven"

This is a little belated as far as news goes, but Monster Games, the team that made Excite Truck, is “nearly complete” on their next Wii game. Apparently it’s been in the works for about 2 years already. Their new project is under quite the “hush hush”, as they are dimming their monitors down when the water guy comes to drop off his latest batch of life juice. The obvious answer would be Excite Truck 2, but would that really require such secrecy? Seeing as how the company only seems to have racing games under its belt, speculation (and another year old rumor) points to Monster possibly working on a new F-Zero game.

As my bio page shows, F-Zero GX is my favorite racing game of all time. Also, I’m a huge fan of the series as a whole. In fact, the only F-Zero game I haven’t played is the add-on for the 64DD. I have even played F-Zero AX (Arcade), F-Zero 2 (Satellaview SNES add-on) and F-Zero Climax (Japan Only GBA). Because I hold the series in such high regard, the development possibly being in Monster’s hands, despite actually really liking Excite Truck, leaves me with some mixed feelings.

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