Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Wheelie Breakers

[The Halloween Captain]

It's a licensed racing card game that came out today. I'm hoping that because it seems like a good license to make a videogame from it will be good, but my expectations aren't high. No reviews yet, so I can't guess how good it'll be yet.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/yugioh5dswheeliebreakers?q=wheelies

 

[POKE40]

I lol'd at the title

instead of f-zero for wii, why not play some messed up game called wheelie breakers!
lol, lets go on youtube and find vids :O

Here is a commerical for this game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKbB7mGoBKo

If any of you are interested, I got actual gameplay footage:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AZfqTTRzKY&feature=related

In the game play footage, it looks quite difficult to drive...due to the guy crashing a lot.

gah...they crash into each other like cheap toy cars...
what are the vehicles made out of? Plastic?

 

[The Halloween Captain]

I lol'd at the title

instead of f-zero for wii, why not play some messed up game called wheelie breakers!
lol, lets go on youtube and find vids :O

Here is a commerical for this game:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKbB7mGoBKo

If any of you are interested, I got actual gameplay footage:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AZfqTTRzKY&feature=related

In the game play footage, it looks quite difficult to drive...due to the guy crashing a lot.

I'm really hoping he's using the high-speed with no handling vehicle. Or that he isn't properly utilizing drift. Otherwise, the turning mechanic would be terrible.

 

[|RK|]

There are no attack animations. As one guy put it, this game is Mario Kart.

 

[Zero Beat]

Was this person on the gas the entire game? He can't seem to make a clean turn to save his life. I think the only thing that makes the game interesting is the cards.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

Was this person on the gas the entire game? He can't seem to make a clean turn to save his life. I think the only thing that makes the game interesting is the cards.

Agreed, kinda.

When you combine racing with complex, distracting tasks, you kind of expect the race courses to be simple enough that you don't drive intol a wall while engaging in said tasks. It does concern me that while the courses were simple with mostly wide turns(pro), the vehicles can't seem to take the turns very well anyway(con).

So as a racer, I don't really expect anything fun except when a strong emphasis on the cards makes it more interesting.

However, you can turn your vehicle around and drive backwards while attacking people behind you. Not very practical, but it sure looks awesome.

 

[Spire]

Where in the world is Yu-Gi-Oh going? Totally selling out as it seems.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

Where in the world is Yu-Gi-Oh going? Totally selling out as it seems.

?

How is it a sell out (or any more of one than any other licensed game)?

This is straight from the cartoon/anime, and it's actually pretty original - two months earlier and it would have beaten the Excitebot poker races to market.

 

[Spire]

?

How is it a sell out (or any more of one than any other licensed game)?

This is straight from the cartoon/anime, and it's actually pretty original - two months earlier and it would have beaten the Excitebot poker races to market.

Sorry, I don't watch the TV show. To me, Yu-Gi-Oh will always be that "slimmed down Magic the Gathering" for youngsters back in 2002-03, not some racing game.

 

[The Halloween Captain]

I wonder what's taking the reviews so long. I guess none of the sites got a copy in advanced?

Still, I would have expected metacritic to show at least one or two reviews by now. At least a user somment/rating.

 

[Zoids-Raven]

Will this game have wi-fi?

 

[Skrlx]

It actually looks kinda cool

 

[Numa Dude]

As an actual player of the card game I must say I hate the racing aspect of 5D's. It is the single element that prevents me from watching the show or buying this game. It's like yugioh was backed into a corner and ***** by F-Zero producing this ******** flipper baby of a concept. The card game is still fun to play and the synchros introduced by 5D's are a cool concept if a bit ridiculous at times (I mean really now Goyo Guardian and Dark Strike Fighter are ridiculous) but it is just ruined by the half ***** racing gimmick.