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Need for Speed: The Run for Nintendo Wii
Need for Speed: The Run for Nintendo Wii follows Jack Rourke in an illegal race from San Francisco to New York. In trouble with criminals, he hopes to save his life with the prize money. The journey crosses cities, desert and snowy mountains. This is not a free road trip across a complete map of America: the adventure consists of successive stages with a defined objective. Traffic, other racers and police make finding space on the road difficult.
One objective asks you to overtake rivals, another to make up time or win a direct duel. Wet asphalt and ice change grip, so a fast car does not respond in the same way everywhere. You use nitrous when you can take advantage of the available space. Short scenes outside the car require button actions during escapes. These remain defined story moments; there is no separate adventure in which Jack walks freely through cities.
Alongside the story, the game contains a Challenge Series with separate racing challenges. You play the offline races alone; official online services, including network competition and Autolog, ended on 31 August 2021. This description concerns the original 2011 PS3 game. Limited Edition content, separate downloadable packs and the differently structured Wii and Nintendo 3DS releases are not automatically attributed to this standard version.
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
Need for Speed: The Run 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 Need for Speed: The Run
Black Box developed Need for Speed: The Run, and Electronic Arts released it in 2011. The studio had previously made several Need for Speed games, including Undercover. The Run shifted the focus to one continuous competition across the United States. Recognisable cities connected the journey, but the stretches between them also had a clear role. Desert, mountain roads and plains were intended to convey that Jack genuinely encountered different terrain and conditions along the way.
For the PS3 game, the team used Frostbite 2, DICE technology also employed in Battlefield 3. Black Box worked with DICE on combining the engine with motor racing. The story scenes used acting performances, with Sean Faris as Jack and Christina Hendricks as Sam. That cinematic approach continued through chases and short button-driven escapes. The developers saw these sections as a way to let players participate in the story, while driving remained the main part of the adventure.
Autolog connected the original release to other players’ times. That was part of its online design at the time, not a service this disc guarantees today: EA ended online services on 31 August 2021. The story and offline challenges remain the relevant foundation. Above all, this PS3 version preserves a distinctive idea within the series: a prearranged journey with a beginning, a destination and changing obstacles between them.
Similar games for Nintendo Wii
Need for Speed: Nitro is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Need for Speed: The Run 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 Need for Speed: Nitro to Need for Speed: The Run.
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Need for Speed: The Run 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 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit to Need for Speed: The Run.
Need for Speed: Carbon is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Need for Speed: The Run 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 Need for Speed: Carbon to Need for Speed: The Run.
Driver: San Francisco is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Need for Speed: The Run 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 Driver: San Francisco to Need for Speed: The Run.
Excite Truck is a useful comparison on Nintendo Wii within a related genre. It places a different emphasis on pace, routes, opponents and progression, while Need for Speed: The Run 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 Excite Truck to Need for Speed: The Run.
