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[thestopsign]

http://wii.ign.com/articles/745/745360p1.html

IGN checked to see if the rumors about Excite Truck having a custom sound track option were true, and sure enough it works.

 

[Wario64]

Good news cause the Excite Truck music SUCKS

There's a 100 mp3s limitation though, lame

How to Select Music Tracks
1. Insert your SD Card into the Wii console.

2. Begin or continue a game and enter any race. Before the race begins, press + on the Wii Remote to access the Sound Options screen.

3. Select the "SD Card" option.

4. Any MP3 files available on your SD Card will be displayed (100 songs maximum). To choose a specific song for the race you are about to enter, highlight that song. You can also choose to randomize all songs shown for that course. Highlighting "Default" will play the standard in-game music.

5. Press 1 to return to the Sound Options menu, then 1 again to return to the pre-race screen. You can also use the "Sound" command at any point during the race to change the current song.

 

[Chao]

So awesome.

 

[TekunoRobby]

Why else would there be an SD Card option in Excite Truck's sound options? Wasn't that obvious enough?

 

[Ronin]

Excite Truck still has that shitty buttrock?

 

[SolidSnakex]

Excite Truck still has that shitty buttrock?

Yes and its really really bad.

 

[ant1532]

Is this just ExciteTruck?

 

[Vaandaviii]

Wii custom lack of proper storage confirmed too.

 

[thestopsign]

Is this just ExciteTruck?

For now, the only game we know of is Excite Truck. Other games will probably be announced later on.

Hopefully Battalion Wars, Super Mario Strikers, Madden, and other games allow for custom sound tracks. Nintendo shouldn't be the only ones using this feature.

 

[Terrell]

Wii custom lack of proper storage confirmed too.

Using a solid-state hardware standard is a "lack of proper storage"? I just thought it was limited, but equally viable.

Keep talking like that, and we'll be going back to proprietary memory cards with the next console. Yeah... I went there.

 

[Mefisutoferesu]

What bitrate?

 

[TheGreatDave]

I'd love later firmwares to let this just be done from the home screen, so the music just carries on from VC games to Wii games.

 

[MrDaravon]

Why the heck haven't they mentioned this as a selling point?

 

[mug]

Badass, 100 songs is still better than nothing.

 

[Terrell]

Why the heck haven't they mentioned this as a selling point?

Because they don't want to promote features that are entirely specific to individual games?

 

[Danthrax]

"Good news, everyone!"

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Come on Matt, get a 4 GB SD card and see if it works. He's probably playing Zelda. I haven't seen that much bitching about getting the console late or whatever. Everybody got theirs today. He's been moaning about it for awhile. He was even bitching in the video where he got it.

'Nine whole days'

Give me a ****in break. Just be happy you have it.

 

[Fio]

Nice.
But only ExciteTruck ? Madden, TH, none of them ?

 

[fresquito]

Come on Matt, get a 4 GB SD card and see if it works. He's probably playing Zelda. I haven't seen that much bitching about getting the console late or whatever. Everybody got theirs today. He's been moaning about it for awhile. He was even bitching in the video where he got it.

'Nine whole days'

Give me a ****in break. Just be happy you have it.

Well, having nine days to review a pile of games is not enough reason to be happy, you know...

 

[AniHawk]

Whoa. I wasn't expecting custom soundtracks at all for Wii. That was my favorite plus from the Xbox, and I was disappointed that Wii probably wouldn't support it. I hope more games use this in the future though.

 

[SS4Gogita]

There's a 100 mp3s limitation though, lame

If you put 100 songs that you like onto an SD card, how often are you really going to change the list? Not often, that's how much.

 

[EBCubs03]

Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar

Perfect song to suit the game imo

 

[Slurpy]

Woah. Im so not used to Nintendo using standard formats such as SD cards and USB ports.

 

[fresquito]

I wonder if you can store them in the flash memory and listen them from there... having to plug in your sd card every now and then can be a pain in the ass, not to say that I don't have a sd card, but a MP3 player that works via USB

 

[Jiggy]

This better be supported in a lot of games, since it is probably the best thing Microsoft ever brought to the gaming table.
I'll now hope more than ever that WWE somehow wrestles (no pun intended) their license away from THQ, that they give the license to EA, and that EA turns development over to AKI. Custom soundtracks aren't suited to many things more than games where your characters have entrance themes.

 

[fresquito]

This better be supported in a lot of games, since it is probably the best thing Microsoft ever brought to the gaming table.
I'll now hope more than ever that WWE somehow wrestles (no pun intended) their license away from THQ, that they give the license to EA, and that EA turns development over to AKI. Custom soundtracks aren't suited to many things more than games where your characters have entrance themes.

Well, I'd say they're suited for almost every arcade out there. Playing Monkey Ball without having to stand the techno-like music would be a bless (not to talk about playing F-Zero GX with the F-Zero X soundtrack )

 

[Scenester]

Excite Truck still has that shitty buttrock?

Buttrock? Im not sure what that is but Im assuming it will test my butt tolerance.

 

[EphemeralDream]

"Taste the blood
Taste your fate
Swallow your pride
With your hate"

You guys didn't like this after hearing it a 1000 times? Strange.

 

[..pakbeka..]

Buttrock? Im not sure what that is but Im assuming it will test my butt tolerance.

it's probably better than the stuff you're used to

 

[ThirstyFly]

I can't wait to fill my Excite Truck with cussing.

Time to go get a memory card reader for my computer to transfer songs. I can't seem to do it through my digicam.

 

[pilonv1]

There's a 100 mp3s limitation though, lame

If you select a folder with more an 100 songs on a 360 it will only play 100. But at least you can store more than that.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

Erik Clapton's Cocaine

I don't know why, but this is the perfect Excite Truck song.

 

[sprsk]

You really couldn't even call the music in EXCITE TRUCK!! butt rock. It's a kin to shit you find on those liscense free sounds websites. Thank god for this option.

 

[Widfara]

Metallica - Whiskey in the Jar

Perfect song to suit the game imo

the dubliners and the pogues- whiskey in the jar

even better

 

[TheGreatDave]

This news has forced me to buy a 2gb SD card. Bastards.

 

[Battersea Power Station]

the dubliners and the pogues- whiskey in the jar

even better

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar

even bester

 

[Dahbomb]

"Taste the blood
Taste your fate
Swallow your pride
With your hate"

You guys didn't like this after hearing it a 1000 times? Strange.

This is exactly why Custom Soundtracks should be an option for ALL next-gen games... :lol

 

[ant1532]

Not built into system... eh.

 

[AdmiralViscen]

This shit works, right?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6965581&st=sd+card&type=product&id=1099385493537

 

[Lobster]

Hamster Dance and Peanut Butter Jelly Time will do good.

 

[Space Kimchi]

This shit works, right?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6965581&st=sd+card&type=product&id=1099385493537

Yes but that price positively blows. Try newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211309
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220074
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820183031
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820208042
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820233017

and one that is $8 after rebate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820214213

 

[AdmiralViscen]

Yes but that price positively blows. Try newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211309
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220074
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820183031
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820208042
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820233017

and one that is $8 after rebate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820214213

Thanks.

What sort of adapter is necessary for me to transfer music files from my PC to the card for EXCITE TRUCK? Are those cheap?

 

[alistairw]

You could probably just copy them onto a card in a digital camera, if you've got one that uses SD. I assume this would work.

I am going to be listening to nothing but Loretta Lynn while playing Excite Truck.

 

[JDSN]

Thanks.

What sort of adapter is necessary for me to transfer music files from my PC to the card for EXCITE TRUCK? Are those cheap?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820300903
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820162614
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820223071
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820163406

 

[Space Kimchi]

Thanks.

What sort of adapter is necessary for me to transfer music files from my PC to the card for EXCITE TRUCK? Are those cheap?

Extremely. Cheaper than the cards.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820223068

There's a ton more, too:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...d+reader&Submit=ENE&N=0&Ntk=all&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

 

[AdmiralViscen]

Cool stuff, thanks a lot.

 

[Drensch]

Thanks.

What sort of adapter is necessary for me to transfer music files from my PC to the card for EXCITE TRUCK? Are those cheap?

Surplus computers have a ton of different mem card readers, all cheap.
I have: http://www.surpluscomputers.com/store/main.aspx?p=ItemDetail&item=DRV10867

8.99 shipped.

 

[bengraven]

I suppose the ProDuo cards wouldn't work? I have a few laying around that I don't want anymore; would be nice to put them to use.

 

[NotWii]

Why the heck haven't they mentioned this as a selling point?

Nintendo has a way of not showing the best side to their games/systems.

Like when they hid the GameCube Zelda trailer this E3, not promoting Metroid Prime at all, etc. etc.

 

[dock]

Does anyone know whether the Wii can take 4gb or 8gb SD cards? I would like to pick one up for stuff like this, and transferring stuff to my Wii, but I'm not sure whether it is compatible with the high capacity cards.