Need for Speed Undercover on the Wii is a Beautiful Mess

[@DustinEdenYT]

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[@flame_101]

The Run Wii version

[@jamesgames4553]

Need for Speed: The Run on 3DS and Wii - both were by Firebrand Games. Also Driver San Francisco on Wii is apparently a totally different game

[@3DWorldMan]

you should play the ps2 version of pro street, or if you can't get it to run well, the wii version

[@skaua__6922]

It's not a port but u should try a multiplayer server on MTA San Andreas (multiplayer GTA SA mod) called NFS:SA. It's basically NFS World with some other need for speed games but it happens entirely in San Andreas

[@markdebruyn1212]

You could check out the PSP version of Undercover and runs pretty well on an emulator

[@quadraforest]

Fun fact, many of the glitches are caused by the fact that the game is ran on an emulator. Many of the issues are missing when playing on real hardware, be it Wii or PS2. Rubberbanding still broken tho. Also the 911 GT2 livery is like this only on the Wii port. The PS2 port uses the normal livery.

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

Rubberbanding in this game could be on the same level with Underground, or even worse

[@lordeilluminati]

On the original hardware, the only technical issues it has is billboards flickering and the atrocious rubberbanding.

[@YT_timekiller001]

Yes, one shouldn't talk about game glitches while using an emulator, without checking whether they exist on real hardware or not... Still, the PS2/Wii ports of this game were very low budget so some issues will exist there....

[@mjf1z1cs34]

Also about livery. Porsche in Wii is really Cursed 🤣

[@FallenAngel2k02]

@@YT_timekiller001 The Wii version actually has this... Abomination of a livery slapped on to it

[@JinteiModding]

I quite honestly prefer this version over the ps3 version, despite being more broken and missing some songs and cars, handling is definetly better in the wii version

[@joebone3151]

Also wii had split screen ps3 did not

[@lordeilluminati]

I dont think the SD version is more broken. Unless you played on the 360 which was VERY SLIGHTLY more stable, the HD version is truly broken, it crashes all the time on the PS3 or PC

[@adlibbed2138]

and all coincidentally, there are 2 songs that are missing from next gen versions, and even unique cop cars like Ford Mustang, Lamborghini Gallardo, and Porsche 911 GT2 (996)

[@MrZRACER]

And there's more color, albeit lots of yellow.

[@adlibbed2138]

@oli gordon Electropumbao and Tricky - Coalition, both songs we're only present in PS2 versions

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

If I remember, when I was a kid I played the PS2 version and somehow kinda broke the mission where we had to help Carmen by destroying some of the enemy cars. I think it was that the enemy cars wasn't spawn, so somehow I just softlocked the mission (and Carmen just cruising around while me trying to think what should I do lol). But man, that mission really frustrates me (because after the enemy spawn cutscene the game puts my car really far from them, not to mention there are THREE of them)

[@DustinEdenYT]

Yes that mission is completely broken! I didn't include it in the video, but when I did it Carmen died in 5 seconds, before I could even reach her 🤣

[@kevvy_x]

bro this mission drove me insane as a kid. Literally stopped playing the game for like a year xD then when i came back i beat it first time. So inconsistent

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

@@DustinEdenYT I know right? In fact I remember that mission more in PS2 version than in PS3

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

@@kevvy_x I also stopped playing for quite a while because of that. Then I when played it again after a couple of tries I finally made it. Y'know actually, while I'm writing this I just remember some of other things when I played this as a kid

[@federicogori9888]

it happened to me that the guys who wanted to break her car never came and consequently the mission became infinite

[@real_Fabiot]

What's even more funny is the fact that after finishing a race, you can check every driver's top speed. The f*cked up AI will often go over 350 mph 😂

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

translate to kph please, the fastest car i've seen goes at 440 or 450 kph so, *what* is 350 mph?

[@YGVares]

@@LotsOfToubleUsuallySeriouslets say around 550kph lol

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

@@YGVares bruh

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

@@purwantiallan5089 ok, that's certainly broken

[@sesame4401]

@@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious tad entitled, don't you think? just multiply by 1.6 or google a converter.

[@nyanbonecrush]

I found a Money glitch for the wii: If you play the cop mode twice in a row, the Lancer at he end will spring back to life in the bust freeze frame. You can bust it and it will add to the cash payout

[@stylojp1385]

These videos are especially fun for me because I ONLY had a Wii back then so like... it's funny to hear people talk about the version of the game I'm used to as if it's strange

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

13:45 Actually in the PS2 version the livery was different. If I remember it was black and red (and looks much nicer too since it wasn't copying M3 GTR livery). But, one thing that pissed me when I played as a kid, it doesn't have a fricking nitrous

[@Graphite_LT1207]

Insert Most Wanted 2005 pursuit music.

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

@@Graphite_LT1207 "Dispatch, we have a suspect flowing fast while listening to some kind of pursuit music. He's driving a BMW... wait, that's not BMW. That's a Porsche!"

[@FallenAngel2k02]

I never played that version but the livery is Rose's GT2. I have no idea what they were thinking here

[@сооке]

And ps2 version have last mission to chase back that Porsche

[@m.raihanammarfachrezixpplg7898]

@@сооке "Chase Chase Linh"

[@burrri]

bully ost at the back goes hard

[@PhantomDZ01]

The Porsche GT2 actually has the proper livery preset on the PS2 version, matches Porsche on the boxart (or basically Rose's GT2 on the main Undercover). Wii version messed up on its livery preset making it use the M3 GTR vinyl for some reason.

[@xavalintm]

I've actually enjoyed quite a lot this game (when I was more of a child...) but yeah, it's pretty broken. Rubberbanding is at stupidly high levels and pretty much stupid police AI. Also my disc was really scratched, so it had issues while loading some zones of the map. Best experience ever 😂

[@real_Fabiot]

Same bro, same. Yes, this game had a lot of issues, but MAN did I have fun playing it as a kid.

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

3:04 “The cops in this town are paid to bust street racers, not impatient soccer moms” Sleeper cars go brrrrr

[@DLGaming2002]

My first Need for Speed game ever, so many good memories.

[@farrellistyadiprayoga2239]

Fun fact, this port of undercover used Carbon engine and Most Wanted 2005 map, just rearranged. That explains why the GT2 has the M3 livery.

[@virusdumb]

Btw just realised, the nfs page on the ea site has undercover and the run but not most wanted or underground games.

[@nickgt1997]

I remember when i saw this game first time, my friend was playing it and i was- Is that a Most wanted 2?

[@DustinEdenYT]

I mean you weren't entirely wrong... 😂

[@nickgt1997]

@@DustinEdenYT Yeah))

[@StudioKuketo]

I discovered NFS on this Wii version. For me, it wasn't that bad. It was a mature game in an ocean of party games, it was appreciable. But years later, when I bought this game on the PC, I didn't recognize anything and I immediately dislike the real game. Years laters, again, I discovered NFS most wanted 2005 and I felt in love of it. I realized that undercover for old gen consoles was entirely based on it.

[@chsinger96]

0:19 this is how the expression "carbon copy" came into existence😂

[@colegrigsby9401]

I grew up playing this game on wii with the motion sensor wheel. Their was this one area of the map that you can jump to the edge of the world over a bridge and make cops crash. It was fun. That and also the physics engine if you had a heavy fast muscle car you could just plow through roadblocks.

[@xan1242]

This game is basically a NFS Carbon mod. You can load the Carbon map in this game (and this map in Carbon).

[@mosu95]

Considering that you ran it through an emulator this can bring its own bugs.. also if the original game was capped at 30 fps and you run it at 60 this can also bring issues as well.. i.e. i played breath of the wild and a boss would fly through walls bacause of the uncapped frames. But overall.. i enjoyedthis video alot.

[@Critical365]

8:01 it was in the normal Undercover too

[@Eggyteevee]

I was really expecting that Porsche to be just a joke but it's official

[@halesFG]

this and the ps2 version are some of my fav games honestly

[@karabancha]

I heard that undercover PS2/Wii is basically running on carbon engine but with MW05 map

[@Kacpa2]

You can use that hiding spot, you just need to hug the wall, but i agree 90% of hiding spots are haphazardly or illogicaly put around as afterthought xd Wii was earlier and has couple bugs compared to PS2 version, including Hero livery of M3 not beign replaced by proper texture for 911 GT2. PS2 has that and police van fixed. Wii has much better splitscreen tho as it can be up to 4 players.

[@PoisonIvory088]

Can we have Wii? Mom: we have Wii at home Wii at home: Yuu

[@StudentDriverBR]

I played the PS2 version and I liked it a lot, I did the campaign several times with different cars, while my mom was cleaning my room she dropped the game cover and the support that held the disc was broken so when it fell the disc was damaged, when I bought it another copy (all my PS2 games were pirated lol) the new one had a lot of bugs when rendering the map and sometimes the cutscenes broke completely, all the other copies I bought had the same problems, years later I found out that the game is really broken like that, apparently the person who pirated the NFS Undercover I had played for the first time had fixed most of the bugs

[@re_negado]

6:38 Yeah, this game features the most extreme implementation of rubberbanding I've ever seen. The game seems to make a dome-shaped barrier around your car the rival can't get out of no matter what until it decides it's time to release the throttle thus let you win. Even Criterion's _Most Wanted_ is more subtle, and I'm talking about a game where I've had rival cars slam my butt at easily 500 km/h because I didn't bother to look back to make them pretend fair, and where I've seen cars drive a corner at triple the possible speed, then get into my eyesight, engage their _Disguise Mode_ and fly towards an invisible wall three meters above the road. And yes, I know _Most Wanted_ also does the dome trick, both in All-in and Disguised rubberbanding, but still. Also, the Disguised dome is much broader.

[@tacticalturtle2549]

I looked up undercover because this game was my life as a younger kid, really wanted the nostalgia of this game on the wii

[@NotSponsoredByEA]

13:55 the ps2 version had the right livery lol

[@sk_dede8635]

man need for speed undercover on the wii was my shit back in the day haha, this vid brought back so many memories.

[@benjamincamp9608]

I remember when I played this game on Wii as a kid, there would be moments where the game would freeze up and it made this extremely irritating noise. This was definitely a sign of the broken state of this version of the game.

[@kwsths499]

As a guy who has finished both prostreet and undercover in the Wii, I agree with the title

[@pineapplepizzaenjoyer2227]

it took me so damn long to realize that porsche at the end of the game has the same design as the m3 from most wanted and i have played nfsu on the wii yearly since 2012 LOL

[@Kacpa2]

Rubberband is only problem with it. Rest is lack of polish from 6 months development time that Exient had. Game also gets confused and makes you win when ai gets ahead with extreme rubberband sometimes

[@thevalorousdong7675]

Wii Prostreet, Undercover, etc all are childhood gold imo

[@aviationlba747]

I played this a ton when I was younger before I switched to Xbox, along with the Wii ports of Carbon and The Run.

[@aaaoooosoveryeepy_あい]

my wii trinity were undercover, prostreet and nitro. the run got me glued to the couch and excited for every little "cutscene".. but the finale was so..eh, i remember just staring at the tv with my nunchuck and going "..that's it..?"

[@aviationlba747]

@@aaaoooosoveryeepy_あい Ha, can’t argue with that!

[@josephcrispe7554]

Love the bullworth theme music!

[@TheBruMan]

BROO This was my childhood on the wii playing this game. I never ever remember the names of the old games I used to play but I finally found this one. One of my favourites

[@yuko5987]

Bully song in the start of the vídeo... Noice

[@NeXXuss__]

This game is pure nostalgia for me, its THE game that got me in to cars, love to see it back 16 years later

[@UndercoverBoy833YT]

13:40 Edna, the bugged cutscene is actually an issue when you're playing on OpenGL rendered. I noticed this issue today when starting to play NFS Nitro. After changing to Direct11, it works fine

[@lordmegatron65]

I actually prefered the Wii and PS2 versions of Undercover! Used the Most Wanted and Carbon engine which I loved at the time! 😊👍

[@dfsstuff6572]

Main version also uses that engine

[@aftdawn]

​@@dfsstuff6572it uses the prostreet engine

[@TheJoker.07]

Came for the Wii version, got hooked with that sweet Persona 5 music, and stayed for both ♥️ great vid!

[@podio_km4g532]

Kaneshiro's palace music is surprisingly decent on this game

[@valentinecobain9341]

I love the WII version. I played it as a kid so much and I loved every second. It's my favorite part, even better then heat or unbound. So sad it's not available on new gen as a remake

[@PatrickisStupid]

The strip club was also in the black box version in the sunset hills town

[@leonardo-x1g]

i remember playing this non stop as a kid, i just ran around in my camaro not doing missions escaping from the police, this game is the goat for me no discussions

[@MatheusSSales-io2zu]

Loved the Bully soundtrack in the video dude👍

[@the_happykodiak2421]

I loved this game. The issues I hit with it at the end was I didnt know how to make more money after the story races were done. The cops were also insane in this game. I was parked up at an intersection once and made my away across and a cop flew by going like 180 and tboned me, wasting me and also starting a police chase

[@HOTROD9002]

The PS2 version is the one I played, so seeing the PC version feels like a way different game, but it's cool seeing the Wii version look like the one I'm familiar with. I never knew that the 7th gen consoles were the same as the PC version, and I thought the Wii version was way worse due to previous ports

[@TheDisneyPixar]

Really liked the voice over narrative, tied everything nicely together

[@mrbrisket1261]

Loving the use of Persona and Rayman 3 music!

[@LotsOfToubleUsuallySerious]

3:48 idk if i'm tripping here but i remember that the game on Wii was less yellow and had a more natural look to it. The emulated game looks a little different besides the higher resolution, maybe it is something to do with the ISO or the emulator settings The animations are actually bad even running the game on a Wii, but the AI doesn't brake in the middle of a race as shown in the video, and it also doesn't rubberband as much as in 13:29 but it is still a lot of rubberband, after getting stuck they catch up in some 3 seconds Now the beeg thing is that the game is similar to Mario's Missing, where the weaker console has the best version, exactly because the game is more limited

[@samuelhogg9027]

I had the Wii version of this game and I actually loved it. The only thing I hated about it was that when I would put certain body kits on certain cars, it would cause the game to freeze. That was the only thing I didn’t like. Nonetheless, this is an awesome game.

[@kaitospence18]

8:26 it's also in the ps3, xbox 360 and pc versions of nfs undercover(if you visit sunset hills) and nfs world (near century square in downtown rockport)

[@swampfish5912]

6:39 average nfs mw 2012 moment if your opponent is back after a crash

[@feamtortress2]

I played this when I was far too young. Kept on restarting my save file because I wanted to play the opening race with the Lamborghini over and over again. What could’ve been.

[@BrunoSCV]

Has anyone else noticed that the 911 GT2 on the Wii menu has the M3 GTR vinyl?

[@YOEL_44]

Wii and PS2 received mostly the same version, coincidentally these where my last consoles before I invested on a PC. So back in the day I couldn't understand why people said this was a bad game, I really enjoyed it, obviously. EDIT: I don't know if it's the emulation or the version differences, but I have never experienced any of those weird things, other than the excessive rubberbanding.

[@kuro9410_ilust]

Most of the issues other than rubberbanding are emulator's fault

[@youtubeaccountlol4942]

editors note: you dont need "the" before "November of 2008" as November is an article in addition to a proper noun. awesome video tho, love ur content

[@copodauga9431]

I legit played more that 100 hours of this game on wii (some years ago), i completed every mission and farmed the police thing until i had money to buy the best cars (i bought most of them)

[@danieleduardovaladezmartin8004]

I haven't seen the video yet But I played this game when it was new and LOVED IT. Everything, music, graphics, story, handling. I was 11 years old

[@EXTIINCT_]

The original MW Pepega Edition

[@Dar3D45]

I remember playing this and found a glitch to go over 600mph in reverse if you could keep your car straight long enough

[@aidansky55]

I remember playing the PS2 version so much. I played so much split-screen with my dad,.

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

9:04 This was a thing on PS2 as well. You start with the Mustang, but can also unlock a Gallardo and 911-GT2

[@nieleda2561]

You can have a viper too, i got it, it was so much faster than the normal one it didn't make any sense

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

I know about that one, but never unlocked it. In the off chance I get my PS2 running again, how do I unlock it?

[@smallworld_bigheart]

Feels like you added 100 modes to MW 2005 😂

[@lunavulnona9994]

Fun fact, this game loves to crash if you have 2 save files on an actual Wii, like you go to customize section and the game just dies lol

[@r.a.6459]

November 2008. My brother bought this game and began playing it in his PS2. Then I saw this kind of HUD, despite knowing that it has the teal-ish HUD. Only years later I learned that the PS2 version is different than the PC version.

[@re_negado]

8:24 And this is an example of what the game's graphics could've been like if there was enough dev time.

[@UndercoverBoy833YT]

I once tried the PS2 and Wii version of Undercover, but then I've stopped playing it since my laptop is not powerful enough to play on an emulator. Also there's a mobile version of the game that I have played it on my iPad when I was a kid. keep up. 13:47 M3 GTR livery on a Porsche is cursed looking.

[@TheLPN05Fan]

I got a Wii and 1-2 months ago replayed it. Really fun, since it basically is Most Wanted but with wonderful Lensflare. Also on the Wii other than Explosions and Pursuitbrakers no Slow downs whatsoever. Cops though are broken. And not to mention Rubberband in Highway and Outrun. Damn, gona start this up today again. I played a TON of Carbon on the Wii when I was young, had also Hot Pursuit and 100% both multiple times, just like Undercover. The thing with Undercover on the Wii is that it's a fun, different take of Most Wanted in a nicer looking seeting. I just love Lensflare and such. The game gives me massive 2Fast2Furious vibes.

[@EmberTheFlareon3579]

10:16 This is Outrun. Your opponent has to keep up with you and there is no distinct track. You can go wherever you want as you try to meet the required distance between you and your opponent. 14:23 I actually like how it looks honestly. Sure it's not on there right, but I still think it's pretty nice.

[@Aiello_]

i remember really enjoying the cop mode even though it's not super well made, it would be fun to have that in new games

[@ryosuketheberserker7701]

14:32 list of those who should be dead

[@Moerfel]

I loved this game back in the day because I never knew the PS3/X360 versions and I really played it to death. Unfortunately it started crashing when I tried to change the car and came across the Mitsubishi eclipse

[@cbeasy1995]

The game was glitchy as all hell, but if you replayed a certain mission after playing the Pursuit Mustang mission several times, you COULD manage to swap out the Mustang model with the Civic Pursuit Cruiser and it was SUPER trippy. I think I still have my save data, I just gotta get my Wii running and get a copy of NFS UC.

[@The_Unpunished]

I've enjoyed playing this game quite a lot on PCSX2 (I actually made it work pretty smoothly) couple of years ago and on PS2 back in the day, and actually enjoyed it a lot. I was shocked at how blatently cheating the AI was (especially being a kid not knowing what rubberband was), and I also don't remember some bugs occuring on original hardware, but those might be my kid's rose colored glasses. Also, I think there is a bug with some cars being purple and also I don't remember that GT2 Porsche looking like that on PS2 version, might be someone at Exient doing a tee-hee moment.

[@xletzyy]

Yeah I've also been replaying on the PCXS2 for game play and I realized how shitty the rubber banding is. I've had times where I'm 160 in 1st place and the AI will pass me on the last turn🤣

[@DamtDE]

i waited so long for u to make this video

[@mrdwgaming5139]

I remember when I played the game on my wii. that police truck was green instead of orange and I thought it was some kind of money truck I had to destroy

[@TEKI07]

The memory is a bit hazy, but I remember you could basically make the wheels domes. Idk why I thought it looked cool but I rocked the dome wheels on my eclipse 😂

[@cheeto-cdt]

just started playing the game again and bro the ai just gets to you if you slow down for 3 seconds

[@MrGarryGrey]

It was really just a big Most Wanted mod. Wish they had more time to finish it. DS version of Undercover still has the worst rubberband imo, you either win in 10-20 seconds (if AI hits the traffic at the start and you burn all your Nitro right away) or you lose.

[@DustinEdenYT]

The rubberband of Undercover DS will never be beaten.. 😅

[@TigerChamp99]

Awesome video Eden!

[@Noobplayzyt]

Nfs undercover on wii was my childhood from 4-8 year old me

[@Duckingheights]

3:29 it's like Exient made technology that predated ReShade's reflection preset. 😂

[@Blade-hf9po]

This is the version I played. It wasn't a great game by any means but I did enjoy it enough. idr all these glitches though. Wait, 6:39 that one did happen, often. I do remember the hideout placements were a bit off, but not by that much. Then again I didn't use those all that much, much more fun for me to outgun the cops properly.

[@jimmy-the-hedgehog1169]

So... My first ever personal Need For Speed was this one, so i have a lot of fond memories.

[@whichwasher2007]

the rubber banding and the ' auto pilot' were also broken in the original ps2 NFS most wanted.

[@f4stvp]

I respect you because Carbon and Prostreet are my favorite racing games for the DS aswell

[@Pupp3tCl0wn]

I once ordered an Undercover for PS3 on ebay. The seller made a mistake (I think) and there was a disc with the PS2 version inside. I decided to check what this version looks like. I didn't send the seller a complaint and kept it, this port is so stupidly fun

[@danielzwanink7714]

This was my first ever need for speed game. I absolutely loved the game and still do to this day. No regrets

[@sonc07]

Something I noticed, the Cars game came out on everything except the PS3, while your example shows a PS3 version

[@kh-uiryamu4901]

Persona 5 Kaneshiro's palace theme in the background...A Man of culture i see...

[@captaindreadnought212]

I played through undercover on my ps2 as a kid and honestly had a great time with it

[@lvkas5064]

It's like taking NFS Carbon and modifying it by adding a new map, new cars, and changing the story. Well, for Wii and PS2 it actually worked.

[@vantattv]

Love the bully theme in the background

[@igorjki534]

I had this game as a lil kid who didnt know eng back then. And this game was fucking broken. There was a mission where you had to drive a porsche and you couldnt damage it and ALWAYS the end of the mission, when you had to jump over the bridge, mine porsche was getting destroyed and the mission failed EVERY SINGLE TIME. At the end I sold this game.

[@Amortized]

The game is those kind of games the have 3 categories that make it weirdly enjoyable, the are the good the bad and the ugly 😂