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 North American box art for the Wii version featuring aNissan Z (foreground) and aPontiac GTO (background) | |
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| Designer(s) | Eugene Jarvis |
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| Platform(s) | Arcade,Wii |
| Release | Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player,multiplayer |
Cruis'n is aracing game developed byJust Games Interactive and published byMidway Games for theWii. It is a modified version ofRaw Thrills'The Fast and the Furious, which was released in arcades in 2004 and was based on theFast & Furious franchise. The Wii version used theCruis'n brand owned byNintendo.
The Raw Thrills development team, led byEugene Jarvis, was composed of former Midway employees who worked on theCruis'n series. The game has similargameplay to previous titles in the series. Despite this, the game was panned by critics.[3]
There are 12 tracks in total and 16 cars to choose from. Players race in point-to-point races on courses based on real-life locations while avoiding various road hazards such as oncoming traffic and construction zones. Players can gain a limited temporary boost in speed by usingnitrous oxide, otherwise known asN2O or simplyNitrous.
The game allows players to customize and upgrade their cars' features, such asspoilers,decals,neon lights,ground effects, andengines, which they must purchase with money earned from races. The arcade version uses a PIN entered on a built-in numeric keypad to recall player data, including in-game money earned from previous game sessions, allowing them to keep car upgrades previously purchased.
The Fast and the Furious was the second title released by Raw Thrills, which had been founded in 2002 by a group of former Midway employees after that company left the arcade market in late 2001. The game's lead developer was Eugene Jarvis, who had overseen the development of the originalCruis'n arcade games while at Midway.
In 2006, Midway announced plans to port the arcade game to home consoles. DevelopersJust Games Interactive were hired to port the game for the Wii.[4][5] After being refused theF&F license (as the home console rights were already held byan unrelated game published byNamco Bandai) Midway decided to brand the game as part of theCruis'n series under license fromNintendo, with whom they collaborated on previous games in the series in arcades. The port was released on November 27, 2007, in North America, inAustralasia on February 14, 2008, and inEurope on March 27.
In 2023,Arcade1Up released a replica of the stand-up version of the game including the original game and the first sequel.[6][7]
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| Metacritic | 25/100[8] |
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| Eurogamer | 1/10[9] |
| GameSpot | 2.5/10[5] |
| GamesRadar+ |   [10] |
| IGN | 3/10[4] |
| VideoGamer.com | 2/10[11] |
Cruis'n for the Wii fared poorly in reception. The game had an average score of 25 out of 100 on thereview aggregatorMetacritic.[8]
Reviewing the Arcade1Up version forPopular Mechanics, Hunter Fenollol praised the unit's faithfulness to the arcade original's graphics, sound, and gameplay, and the inclusion of the seven additional tracks fromDrift, but expressed disappointment that the selection of cars available was more limited because of licensing issues, and that one could not access all the tracks at the same time.[12]
In 2006, Raw Thrills released an arcade motorcycle racing game,The Fast and the Furious: Super Bikes.[13] The game uses theF&F name but has no other connection; its sequels omit theF&F name.[14][15]
The following year, Raw Thrills released an updated edition of the original arcade game,The Fast and the Furious: Drift, partly based on thethird film, which featured a new car line-up and added seven new tracks set in Japan.[16]
In 2011, a second update to the arcade game,Fast & Furious: SuperCars, was released. It upgraded the game to high-definition graphics, introduced 10 different cars, and added tracks fromSuper Bikes.[17] Both updated editions were available as new units or as upgrades to existingF&F arcade units. After Raw Thrills'Fast & Furious license expired, a revision of the game removed the branding, renaming the game to simplySuperCars.
In 2017, Raw Thrills released an all-new arcade game in theCruis'n series,Cruis'n Blast, under license from Nintendo, which retained the rights to the series name. The game received a port to theNintendo Switch in 2021.
Raw Thrills later regained theF&F license, and a new gameFast & Furious Arcade was released on October 7, 2022. Incorporating elements of the later films, it features mission-based gameplay.[18]
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