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Disney Pixar Cars 2 for Nintendo Wii
Disney Pixar Cars 2 for Nintendo Wii has Lightning McQueen, Mater and other characters from the film train for the C.H.R.O.M.E. spy organisation. You compete in races in locations inspired by places including London and Tokyo. The camera looks diagonally down at the track, letting you follow the cars and obstacles from above. This PSP release combines ordinary races with events where you collect weapons and fire at opponents. The talking cars and their voices keep the action close to the film's world.
You jump over obstacles and collect energy to drive faster or briefly block attacks. In Battle Race, you use items against other cars, whereas ordinary races do without those weapons. Other tasks have you reach checkpoints, avoid being eliminated in last place or hit as many enemy cars as possible. Medals reward your performance. The campaign unlocks more tasks and characters; outside that sequence, you can choose an individual race.
You play the C.H.R.O.M.E. assignments alone. You can also race against each other locally over wireless with two to four players. Each participant needs their own PSP with wireless networking and their own copy of Cars 2. The ad hoc connection works between nearby systems. No shared television screen or extra controller is needed; additional PSP systems and games are not included.
Region and language
Our Nintendo Wii games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
Disney Pixar Cars 2 for Nintendo Wii includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Disney Pixar Cars 2
Cars 2 came out in 2011 as the second cinema film about Lightning McQueen and Mater. Its story added international racing and an espionage plot to the world of the first film. The accompanying games also used that combination of speed and secret agents. Spanish studio Virtual Toys made a separate adaptation for Nintendo Wii. Sony Computer Entertainment España oversaw production, while Pixar remained involved in how the characters and their film world were portrayed.
Sony presented the project in July 2011 with comments from its Spanish production team and Pixar's Jay Ward. The developers combined racing with jumps and spy abilities. The PSP version arrived later that year on UMD and as a download. Compared with the version for home consoles, the handheld adaptation used a different camera and its own sequence of tasks. It is therefore not an identical presentation of the PlayStation 3 release on a smaller screen.
Within the PSP series, this game followed earlier Cars racers, but training at C.H.R.O.M.E. took it in another direction. Weapons, energy-powered bursts of speed and elimination events matched the second film's secret-agent theme. Local wireless races were part of the PSP release from its announcement. It remains a separate handheld game from 2011, with its own controls, racing format and progression built around the film characters.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
Cars: Race-O-Rama is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Disney Pixar Cars 2 centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Cars: Race-O-Rama to Disney Pixar Cars 2.
Cars: Mater-National Championship is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Disney Pixar Cars 2 centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Cars: Mater-National Championship to Disney Pixar Cars 2.
Mario Kart Wii is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Disney Pixar Cars 2 centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Mario Kart Wii to Disney Pixar Cars 2.
Speed Racer: The Videogame is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Disney Pixar Cars 2 centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Speed Racer: The Videogame to Disney Pixar Cars 2.
Madagascar Kartz is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Disney Pixar Cars 2 centres its own controls, campaign structure and rewards. Both ask you to learn their rules and spaces, but their goals and moment-to-moment decisions clearly differ. The comparison therefore helps define this specific release without assigning features from Madagascar Kartz to Disney Pixar Cars 2.
