Fake Excite Truck 2 screen

Excite Truck 2 (FAKE) on WiiWii

I’m disappointed. Before I had even read that there could’ve been an Excite Truck sequel on the imminent horizon, I find out that the whole messy thing was a big fake. Big sites like Joystiq, Games Press and GamesIndustry.biz all were caught out by an official press release that appeared online this morning despite the fact that it was riddled with awkward sentences and spelling mistakes.

The announcement promised that Excite Truck 2 would feature online multiplayer (up to six players) and mii functionality, so you can understand why everyone got, well, excited. I’ve no doubt that Wii owners will see another title in the Excite range at some point but certainly not as soon as this was promising. Read on after the jump for the full press release in all it’s glory. Don’t get your hopes up though, this has been confirmed to be FAKE.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

VANCOUVER, B.C., April 21, 2007 - Lack racing games on your Wii system ?

Excite Truck 2 is on the way.

As every multiplayer addict asked for it, Excite Truck 2 will have an online multiplayer mode : up to 6 players, with Mii dispay. According to Nintendo’s privacy policy, the “friend code” system will be applicated. A lot of online options will be available.

A bunch of new tracks will be playable with 8 environments, among which the brand new couple of tracks taking place on the Moon. Be sure that you will take a flight at low gravity !

The “Stars” system during the race is still there, and you will have to master two new tricks : frontflip and backflip. Those who already played Excite Truck can easily imagine the way they will be able to perform these tricks !

With your “Stars”, get some “Excite Points” to upgrade your truck to an amazing monster of steel an power !

The graphics will be improved, with better visual effects and shadows. We even implemented several ambiances to every track, like dawn or sunset.

The two screenshots linked below were taken from a beta version, but they already show the global quality of the game.

[WiiWii says: you can see one of the screenshots mentioned at the start of this post.]

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