Being an arcade racer on a Nintendo console is a less-than-enviable situation, given that you?re eventually going to be compared with the venerable Mario Kart Wii at some point. Fortunately, Need for Speed Nitro manages to hold its own against its heavyweight competitors. Nitro is EA Montreal?s re-envisioning of the Need For Speed franchise, and represents their first attempt at tailoring it specifically for the Wii, instead of adapting the usual multiplatform versions. The effort definitely shines through, as most of the numerous control schemes (including Wii Wheel, Wii Remote and Nunchuk, GameCube and Classic Controller) work very well, and the squished-looking stylized cars and colorful graphics play to the Wii?s strong points. Instead of half-heartedly attempting a realistic…

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