After lately hailing New Super Mario Bros. Wii as a masterwork and counting the unique Excitebike in GameSpy's 50 Favorite Console Games of the '80s attribute, it might seem a little strange for me to release the WiiWare-exclusive Excitebike: World Rally as methodically mediocre. But that's the strange thing about nostalgia: The game I played on the NES back in 1987 was much fun...in 1987. Here, on the Wii, in 2009, it's nothing chiefly special. While Excitebike was certainly a great game in the '80s, it's far from timeless.

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