Wait! Come back! The motion controls sound okay! We know that you’re already groaning about the potential ruin of an NES classic with unwarranted waggle, but according to 1UP ’s preview of Excitebike: World Rally , the limited Wiimote motion sensing added to the traditional Excitebike control scheme actually improves the game. You still move with the D-pad and accelerate with a button, but you can now tilt the Wiimote to lean your rider and “affect the pitch of your bike.” “Jumping was always the trickiest part of Excitebike,” 1UP’s Jeremy Parish notes, “and the analog smoothness of the motion controls makes it intuitive — it became second nature before the end of the first track.” We’re curious enough about this sensible-sounding innovation that we’ll delay throwing …

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