Need for Speed's stupid Wii ports

[@Matasuh]

I remember playing this on the 3ds. As a Wii game, this game absolutely sucks. As a 3ds game, it's not so bad, but you should still just play mario kart 7 instead.

[@lillexus5589]

Try playing NFS: Pro Street on the PSP if you ever get the chance. I remember it being even worse.

[@alejandroatencio8661]

The Game is not that Bad, the thing is, it's a portable console Game in a old gen tv console this Port could be better on the Wii

[@waterheart95]

⁠@@alejandroatencio8661Not really an excuse for mediocre portable racer when the psp got stuff like full fat versions of Midnight Club, Burnout, Flatout, and Split Second. PSP got a lot of great original and ports of various racing series. Only NFS was rather shit on the psp and ds for some reasons. 3DS is a more capable handheld in power and graphical power. This game is generally just boring on the 3ds and worst on the wii.

[@Blue_Y2K6167]

​@@waterheart95EA never cared to create decent handheld ports and adaptations from NFS games. Every time they put a low budget studio with low time to create the PSP and DS games, Prostreet was the only game which are similar to the console versions on DS.

[@supercrash131]

​@@waterheart95another game I would like to add to the list is Test Drive Unlimited, with its massive map size (around 1,5k+ km²/580+ mi²) and full online capabilities.

[@lukeisbored8607]

Just a thought. Black Box had to develop skate., Prostreet, Undercover, Skate 2, Skate 3, NFS World (and its updates) AND NFS The Run, with the team split up most of the time with horrid working conditions from 2007 to 2011. Yeah. And FireBrand didn’t have an easy time either, they had to develop Undercover, GRID, TrackMania DS, DiRT 2, TrackMania Turbo (2011) learn how to code for the 3DS, AND make NFS The Run from 2008 to 2011. Only on portables btw, I’m not talking about the Wii games they made on that timespan. More respect on their name please!

[@1793fuji]

I always hated it when KZbin recommended shitty low view count videos of small channels but for once it ended up being a great video ! Keep it up man, subscribed.

[@Swattii]

I'm happy they recommended this channel too as I like more analytical videos. When YT recommends a small channel, it's either gameplay with no commentary or gameplay with mindless speaking.

[@LeavesDecaying]

​@@SwattiiFor me it's mainly shoddy guitar players performing a barely recognizable "solo cover."

[@Dewm_]

Honestly, while you do get a lot of garbage, this is one of the few ways to get recommended some real gems of smaller channels. There's really no way to discover anything that isn't really popular otherwise... Which kinda sucks tbh, sometimes I want a new voice on a topic I like.

[@GurglingCrowd]

Fun fact: Mick Gordon wrote a chunk of the music for the port, including the NFS2 Menu remix. Humble beginnings I guess. And holy shit hearing Ferrari Challenge's menu music again... Nostalgia is a strong drug. The comic book story was also imo a nice touch in The Run.

[@lukeisbored8607]

Mick Gordon made most of the nfs world songs, lol. He was probably still under contract with EA and decided to remix some songs

[@dxni_05]

Gosh to be a kid again. I remember begging my dad to buy this for the Wii expecting it to be the same as the versions I saw on YT at the time. Still enjoyed and had fun as a kid regardless but not a very memorable story

[@JZUCF30]

Since I was raised in a household with no money for consoles, all I had was my DS. My best friend at the time had a wii so I got to experience both tragic worlds in the need for speed franchise. This video is wierdly relatable and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@thejuniormafia]

Sounds like we had a very similar experience! Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[@Vtoq]

Ferrari Challenge game on the Wii, Xcite Truck something something, and NFS Nitro..... memories unlocked!

[@youtubeaccountlol4942]

"eXcite: Truck!" is absolutely incredible. If you S Rank every race you get stars on your username 😂

[@Lewis_Treff97]

Thoroughly enjoyed Ferrari challenge with the wii wheel. Need to get it back out

[@astro837]

NFS Nitro was my first NFS.

[@polancoboomer]

Interestingly, Nitro was a Need for Speed experience made only for Nintendo consoles, as it was released both for the Wii and the DS. It was also released digitally on DSiWare under the title of Nitro-X. It falls in juxtaposition with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, a Grand Theft Auto experience made only for portables then ported into mobile.

[@TheGoombassador]

FlatOut for the Wii, not developed by the amazing developers who gave is FlatOut 1, 2, Ultimate Carnage, and Wreckfest.

[@ChaseMC215]

Wanna know something hilarious? Flatout on the Wii would be part of the bases for another terrible Flatout game, Flatout 3: Chaos and Destruction, a game that was once ranked as one of the worst games ever on Steam

[@thejuniormafia]

Can't even say I'm surprised really

[@Lynnfield3440]

The run on the Wii was so good bro.

the soundtrack from this game is absolute PERFECTION

[@completetechheads]

I had Need For Speed Carbon on the Wii and to this day it's one of my fave racing games. I vividly remember the vast customisation options blowing my mind when I was a kid haha

[@thejuniormafia]

NFS Carbon was definitely one of the better NFS games on the Wii!

[@completetechheads]

@@thejuniormafia The drifting was great!

[@siddiq069]

I HAD THAT FERRARI SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR YEARS. FINALLY IM NOT CRAZY.

[@blakegriplingph]

It was the 3DS version btw, not the DS.

[@thejuniormafia]

You're right! I'll put that one down to a slip of the tongue!

[@legendasdias]

What made Wii games terrible was the forced use of motion controls, I hated having to play my favorite titles with motion controls, Sonic Unl, Sonic riders and Mario kart

[@dreamydreary]

they definitely aren't forced in mario kart wii, dunno about sonic games tho

[@AccelDie]

All of those games are compatible with the gamecube controller my guy

[@theboganhuntersx3878]

1:21 is that the track barrier from NFSMW???

[@thejuniormafia]

They reused so many assets from most wanted, including the barriers and the menu sounds!

[@Mercenary1996]

I remember the times that games used to have barriers. Now they have world barriers we can free roam in the whole world. We just can't go past the barrier 😅

[@Laleere]

I wish your video gets millions of views because you have great content. Try running ads for your channel using some kind of system.

[@eihya4699]

i clicked on it since the run wii version was a game i grew up and i wanted to see what you had to say and i completely loved the video, the editing and the way you communicate its really amazing, even if it was a shit version i still love the game hahaha, keep up the good work bro, just subscribed to you!

[@gamedestroyer8219]

FireBrand: Hey, I need a menu/intro song for this shitty "simcade" port, no need to be all fancy Mick Gordon: Hold my beer

[@thejuniormafia]

Goated

[@Controldo]

Oh man thank you for covering this. I could never find the NFS game I played on my Wii and it drove me mad and convinced myself it wasn't actually an NFS game, yet here it is.

[@thejuniormafia]

Part of the reason I made this video was because I'd forgotten it had existed all-together, and after revisiting it I thought that other people might have the same thought too! Glad to hear I was right.

[@Sharpester-m4o]

That whipcrack sound effect was quite a nice touch as a nod to Johnny Test.

[@Fusion710]

having a Wii as a FIRST CONSOLE is WILD AF lmao

[@thejuniormafia]

No regrets!

[@ArtyIF]

i had the psp as the first (and only) console, so not that wild

[@saqibrazzak9697]

genuinely thought I was the one one that played Ferrari challenge, brought tears to my eyes

[@wellbergabrielsilveirabene8484]

I wasnt expecting to see such a amazing video from a soo small channel, Holy jesus, keep going bro!

[@thejuniormafia]

Much appreciated!

[@broitsmikey]

I actually loved the run, one of my favorite nfs titles. Just the idea of an illegal street race across the united states was so cool to me. And honestly it still is.

[@x7bsytchannel]

I remember playing The Run on the Wii and hearing the song of the proving grounds from NFS II at the end made me shed a tear... I wonder if the real The Run has such music at the end of the game...

[@MrFern21]

I absolutely loved playing this on my 3DS. I like how it's different to the main game

[@mx5jay891]

Man I had prostreet and undercover growing up and I loved every second of it even if it was for the Wii

[@TomDobo1992]

Its crazy you only have like 250 subs. I very much enjoyed this video.

[@AnntNoThaang]

I remeber growing up with this disaster on the wii along with the hot pursuit port and recently reflected on how out of touch these ports were, at least it kept me entertained for about a few weeks but damn was it horrible xD

[@EmberTheFlareon3579]

Honestly, I thought you were going to talk about Undercover. Lmao.

[@TheDragonSeb]

I remenber Hot Poursuit on my Wii and it was so good... Yes it was a strange mix between Mario kart and Need for Speed but that made it fit perfectly with the Wii

[@jano_142]

1:18 Does anyone remember/know the name of this Monster Jam game. I played it alot and have been on a retro kick recently

[@hMint]

Very well crafted video, I had the Wii and I also had a bit of an infatuation with the run as I saw gameplay of it during the early days of youtube. Glad I didn't try it on the Wii tho looks like a horror show lol. That ferrari challenge score is phenomenal, I wonder how many other obscure games are out there with one aspect that's needlessly good that are just lost in time

[@kupokinzyt]

Do more videos like this! This video took off on your channel and I can see why, you've really got a talent for these!

[@thejuniormafia]

Thanks for the support, would not have blown up without it! I have a another video currently in the works about an old Disney game 👀

[@lunalikesmetroidvanias]

i've never played a single NFS game past the ps1 but hell yeah

[@JinteiModding]

11:31 i still own the sequel (Ferrari The Race Experiences, although its more of a "complete edition" of Trofeo Pirelli, aka same exact game) on my Wii, I cant ever hate it 12:27 not Just the menu music, but all of the songs in this game (and FTRE) are fucking AMAZING, from maximo park to the chemical brothers, to a good amount of obscure shit that goes way too hard Edit: forgot one of the best features in this game, aside from the pretty good livery editor (for its time and platform), the card game Is insanely fun, Imagine It they made It as a proper TCG. Oh and like the livery editor/dealership/car menu, its where the Chemical Brothers menu song plays

[@Vtoq]

I was a little kid when I played Ferrari Challenge and I remember three things, The soundtrack was amazing, unlocking cars was hard, and the driving physics were hard

[@JinteiModding]

@Vtoq the physics have this floatiness that's insanely fun for some reason, you can throw cars around like its nothing, especially race cars like the F333SP. Compare It to something else Eutechnyx made, like Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift, and the handling Is night and day

[@thejuniormafia]

@@Vtoq Pretty much!

[@volo870]

I recently completed NFS: Undercover on my Wii. Damn, it is a funny grabbag of ideas! It is so bonkers, it is enjoyable!

[@thejuniormafia]

Most of the games are so bad they're good in a way. That's why I tried to look at the game not from a completely negative angle!

[@TajmirTheRandomFan]

Nfs the run is on the 3DS, not the standard DS, the standard DS wouldn't handle nfs the run's graphics on the 3DS. The graphics engine the 3DS version is powered by octane, Firebrands inhouse engine.

[@Dewm_]

Wonderful vid! I always found it fascinating how developers work around the Wii's... unique control scheme to say the least. There's so many hidden gems in there as a lot of them were able to go all out as they'd only be focusing on the Wii with it's limited capabilities, rather than having to develop for one of the big consoles or PC. That limited scope, and unique platform breeds a lot of cool experiences and experimentation, as there is no possible way to make a direct port (at least usually!). This however... why... why a DS game on a home console...

[@thejuniormafia]

Wow man, you did a better job at explaining it than I did! Amazing! Glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@BloomDevelop]

4:16 you may be wondering that fireband games (along with Nadeo) also made Trackmania Wii and DS despite they intentionally made author times almost impossible via code in DS version

[@thejuniormafia]

Yes! The only reason I didn't cover Trackmania was because I never actually played the Wii version. The first one i played was Nations Forever on PC.

[@aleblasco39]

I was thinking that the Wii version closely resembles the 3DS version of The Run that I did rent once from a videogame store just for trying it and without looking it up it looks like it's made by the same dev lol

[@Htw6048]

8:33 PRESS LEFT OR RIGHT ON THE CONTROL PAD TO PERFORM HEROIC STUNT

[@Mystic_Morgan]

This is a good video!, subscribed

[@podio_km4g532]

1) Ebla (the Ferrari game intro Song) goes so fucking hard I had to download it 15 years after playing that goddamn game as a kid 2) the physics of Ferrari challenge are actually pretty ok considering the hardware. ik it's not intuitive but those cars ARE boats. 1500kg on a 500hp car with street tires? You're basically asking for understeer on entry and oversteer on throttle, that's just how it works 3) great video, I basically played the same potato games as a kid and really enjoyed them (turned me into a simr*cist but whatever)

[@thejuniormafia]

I tried so hard to find a copy of Ferrari Challenge I could emulate but the footage in the video I had to pull from elsewhere cause I couldn't get hold of it. It's a shame really!

[@podio_km4g532]

@thejuniormafia I got mine from a site that Nintendo shut down recently... The ps2 version should be basically identical

[@joshmartyn7811]

I remember getting need for speed Hot pursuit and driver san Francisco for the wii and being so confused by them being completely different games to what I was expecting 😂 driver SF on the Wii was fun though

[@sonic1shadow1silver]

Wow man great video and great humour, I am subscribe to you now!!!

[@nathanstroud2223]

I had the Wii ports of both Hot Pursuit and The Run(s), but I definitely put more hours into the former than the latter. A lot of that had to do with Hot Pursuit having split screen, and I don't think The Run did iirc. I played Hot Pursuit a lot with my brother. He wasn't as into cars as I was, but of all the racing games we had growing up, Hot Pursuit for the Wii was probably the one that got the most buy-in from him, although Hot Pursuit 2 for PS2 happens to be in that conversation as well. His go-to car was the Koenigsegg CCXR, and I would normally choose a Zonda Cinque or Reventón from that same class to race him, but one time I finished ahead of him and his Koenigsegg in a Porsche Panamera around one of the Las Vegas tracks (didn't win overall, because the AI carset is determined by the highest car class selected by a player, and I wasn't beating *ALL* of those hypercars in a big luxury sedan), and that's an achievement I'm still proud of to this day. I also had Ferrari Challenge for the Wii *and* the DS, maybe even the PS3 version at some point, I don't remember. What I do remember from that game is that there was some artistic license taken with some of the real-world circuits. Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve had a different name, and they made the Fontana, California track a lot more forested than in real life. It looked more like northern California than southern California.

[@thejuniormafia]

I think it's great that I've been able to inspire some nostalgia from you, that was kind of the idea for the video from the outset. Thanks for sharing! Interesting you pointed that out about Ferrari Challenge too, it's something I never noticed as a kid.

[@TylerBonenfant]

man I beat nfs prostreet on wii with motion controls as a kid. I don't know why I did that to myself

[@possibly_ben]

installed it on my wii and played it just for shits and giggles not too long ago, it actually controls rather well ngl, the race day slideshow backgrounds are pretty funny tho

[@_obi_wan_kenobi_]

I always thought the titles were switched for HP and the Run on Wii. Just like Prostreet and Shift on DS.

[@shufflepuck64]

Feels like a friend of mine explaining how he remembers the game, feels familiar. Also, on point and entertaining review. +sub

[@CapKun4135]

12:41 i know that one, Ebla from E.S. Postumus. its a really good song form 2001.

[@SykoCookii]

The soundtrack was decent at least.

[@inkco420]

what the actual F is that menu music... damnnn hahahahahaah nice video- I like the structure and the execution.

[@leepic1103]

I never knew this existed, my god how blessed I was to have a PS3 instead.

[@segaplaystation]

played the hell out of this on the 3ds 😭 my life was changed when i finally got to experience it on ps3

[@FadeWrld]

honestly thoroughly enjoyed the wii version of the run

[@veksu777]

"Anyone remember Need for Speed: The Run?" Yeah! 😀 "I didn't think so" Oh... :(

[@Balc0ra]

The Run still have my favorite race out of all of them... The avelance race, well on 360 at least

[@jelmarcios.b2445]

Loved playing the run on the wii, didnt know we got the budget version😂

[@Lynnfield3440]

7:35 you're going about it wrong. You just need more points. Accelerate and break, that's how I won most races. You get out of range of the cops and your team gets awarded points for it.

[@gamingcujo9443]

2:10 I resent that statement because yes I remember the run and I LOVED IT, it was just too short

[@フランクランドン]

Same here

[@its_Clxudy]

Only need for speed I played on the Wii was Nitro and my god that game was interesting to say the least

[@norbooo344]

what was the game at 11:26? I played that around 2015ish, and i forgot its name Thanks for helping me.

[@rotarydude9737]

Honestly the Run for what it is, it's a lot of fun. Sadly Black box was bogged down by EA and they didn't get the send off they deserved or wanted, RIP.

[@thejuniormafia]

RIP indeed

[@ulisseslopez3738]

THIS was hilarious. I had Hot Pursuit and Nitro on the Wii, and thought HP's port was good for what it was, though I knew it wasn't the real thing. For what it was, it was decent. I'd give it another try.

[@provincialnoob8649]

nitro is not a port

[@ulisseslopez3738]

@provincialnoob8649 I know it wasn't, I'll edit the comment to say it wasn't

[@ArtyIF]

there's no way the 3ds/wii version took 3 years to make. but the actual version, sure

[@teunfaassen]

I dont know how but i finished that game when i was about 8 and now i cant even do gt4 propperly

[@ОсликИа-я2ы]

Meanwhile Juiced 2 and other non-EA games get almost full PC/console versions on PSP :D

[@mr.wilder796]

1:25 SEGAs Jambo Safari! An exlusive hidden gem on the Wii.

[@isaaclewis8572]

what is the song that you used at the beginning of the video? i recognize it as one of the Mario kart credit songs.

[@thejuniormafia]

It is!

[@kelly_uy]

NFS the run on 3ds was my first nfs game. As a lil girl I thought the ps3 game would be playable on 3ds, then i got flash banged, by the shit the wii version had to offer.

[@possibly_ben]

still got my copies of the run for 3ds and ferrari challenge for ps3

[@Lulnateee]

I had NFS HP for the Wii & just 100% Ferrari Challenge on my ps3

[@BillieLaurenHindle]

The 3DS version was decent. It was basically a portable version of the Wii one.

[@Idiot505Yes]

Undercover was the first nfs game I ever played

[@soyezql]

Thank God KZbin Recommended Me Your Video!!!!!!!

[@phoenixyeungyin]

What game is it at 1:00 ¿

[@jonytube]

GT Pro Series

[@DarkAmir99]

12:44 ah man, gran turismo 4 vibes

[@RiC3R69]

Was Ferrari Challenge Wii a good sounding game ?

[@thejuniormafia]

It wasn't too bad actually, it was about as good as you'd expect it to be on the Wii I guess.

[@RiC3R69]

@thejuniormafia i just checked It sounds good enough

[@no-hadaceur]

Ah yes a disaster version just like the hot pursuit wii.

[@vexi_boi_alt]

Watching this im like, dayum this is a good video! Whats the view cou---- THE FUCK?????

[@CharlemagneAkira]

Yup, thus explains why it was recommended on my feed

[@jacjaw1731]

I remember playing need for speed the run in fact it was and still is my favourite need for speed game however, I played it on Xbox Which is a much better version than the wii version

[@charl-e]

i like ProStreet on the Wii very cool video!

[@MrScottyTay]

The main version of The Run is in my opinion the most underrated racing game. It's not the best NFS but it is not the heap of shit everyone says it is. Some of my favourite set pieces in all racing games are from the main The Run. It's a crying shame we never got another game like it. It really is unique in a genre that is getting more and more homogenous as time goes on.

[@Lolwutfordawin]

I replayed it recently, was wholly unimpressed. Driving felt terrible and boils down to press drift button to turn, the story is a cringey mess, and the shoe horned quick time events ripped you right back out of the game whenever you started getting into it. The original most wanted, carbon and underground 2 still feel amazing to play though.

[@MrScottyTay]

@@Lolwutfordawin drift turning can be pretty fun, like in the Hot Pursuit remake. The PS2 era was definitely amazing and the peak of the series but I still think the criterion/black box games were also fantastic, just for different reasons. We don't really get set pieces in racing anymore, even Forza Horizon turned theirs down a big notch over the years and their's were never the likes of The Run, Split/Second or Motorstorm Apocalypse to begin with That final leg of the race in The Run is unforgettable.

[@givre59]

played it again some years ago and was shocked by the shitty graphics thaht i found realistic when i was a kid lmaoo but the cartoon type cutscenes and ther storei was really cool, the Boss 302 is what made my taste of cars go from luxury sports car to muscle cars

[@Sugarhil1Adot]

We need more videos bro 😭🙏🏾

[@soren_prod]

15 years later I own a 30 year old shitbox Honda civic just like I wanted when I was 5. I have won :)

[@yxrackman2397]

Definition of shovelware for a buck

[@wydua]

2:10 i played it once this year twice last year once year before once in 2014 i love nfs the run i love it so much

[@No-vq1iv]

Even for a console named after urine this is wack.

[@latronx]

The run for wii is a masterpiece if you compare with hot pursuit... most like hot shit

[@KingLich451]

good video man

[@kingzombie951]

The multiplayer was pretty fun though

[@thejuniormafia]

Playing split screen was some of the best memories I had on the game, mainly because if you didn't take it too seriously you could make your own fun out of it!

[@shinposting]

where exactly did you get the idea that the game was in active development for 3 whole years? 3 years between Undercover and The Run doesn't mean they were working on it from the moment Undercover came out. There's also the fact that Blackbox were working on multiple games at once (like during Undercover's development.)

[@thejuniormafia]

Blackbox developing many other titles is something I actually found out after I dropped the video (couldn't stop myself from researching still) and it's something I wish I'd covered. It does add a little more perspective. I guess my wording for the development window was a little off. Shortly after Undercover, Blackbox had developed the core ideas for The Run and then outsourced the IP, so Firebrand did have close to 3 years to work on the game, and also explains stuff like the continuity problems with the different storylines etc. Other than that you're absolutely right, I would've liked to have gotten the exact dates.

[@shinposting]

@thejuniormafia Thank you for acknowledging that! I wish you'd give hot pursuit 2010 wii a try as it has a gamemode that's similar to premise of the run, where you have to pass 100 people in one race.

[@thejuniormafia]

@@shinposting I actually never played hot pursuit on the wii, I'll look into it!

[@JaretGrinds]

good vid buddy

[@TGOjohnnyY6492]

the uh Wonders of 2010s EA

[@thejuniormafia]

Tell me about it man

[@arghagaming631]

Nfs the run is underrated

[@sometf2player752]

5:28 hop off crazy taxi

[@TheLostPhoenixOfTheSkies]

wow youtube actually recommended me a good low view count channel for once !