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''Need for Speed: Nitro'' is a {{racing game}} and the fourteenth title of the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' series. It was published by Creator/ElectronicArts for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS platforms. It is also one of only two games in the franchise to date (the other being the mobile ''No Limits'') to not be made for PC and the only game of the franchise to be released only for Nintendo consoles.

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''Need for Speed: Nitro'' is a {{racing game}} and the fourteenth title of the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' series. It was published by Creator/ElectronicArts for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Platform/{{Wii}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS Platform/NintendoDS platforms. It is also one of only two games in the franchise to date (the other being the mobile ''No Limits'') to not be made for PC and the only game of the franchise to be released only for Nintendo consoles.



The game was developed by EA Montreal, who have previous experience with Nintendo titles, while the DS version was developed separately by Firebrand Games' Florida studio. An [[UpdatedRerelease improved version]] of the DS edition of the game, ''Need for Speed: Nitro-X'', was released for UsefulNotes/DSiWare. It makes police cars available for players to use.

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The game was developed by EA Montreal, who have previous experience with Nintendo titles, while the DS version was developed separately by Firebrand Games' Florida studio. An [[UpdatedRerelease improved version]] of the DS edition of the game, ''Need for Speed: Nitro-X'', was released for UsefulNotes/DSiWare.Platform/DSiWare. It makes police cars available for players to use.
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* ArtisticLicenseCars: None of the aforementioned cities use Hummers, Shelby [=GT500s=] or Lancer Evolutions as their police cars in RealLife. In fact, none of them would actually have the funds to procure a sports car for a police unit. The sole exception is Dubai in which they have a fleet of police supercars, but only used for show.

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* ArtisticLicenseCars: None of the aforementioned cities use Hummers, Shelby [=GT500s=] or Lancer Evolutions as their police cars in RealLife. In fact, none of them would actually have the funds to procure a sports car for a police unit. The sole exception is Dubai in which they have a fleet of police supercars, but only used for show. Singapore used to have Subaru Impreza WRX in their police fleet, but that's it.
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* ArtisticLicenseCars: None of the aformentioned cities use Hummers, Shelby [=GT500s=] or Lancer Evolutions as their police cars in RealLife. In fact, none of them would actually have the funds to procure a sports car for a police unit. The sole exception is Dubai in which they have a fleet of police supercars, but only used for show.

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* ArtisticLicenseCars: None of the aformentioned aforementioned cities use Hummers, Shelby [=GT500s=] or Lancer Evolutions as their police cars in RealLife. In fact, none of them would actually have the funds to procure a sports car for a police unit. The sole exception is Dubai in which they have a fleet of police supercars, but only used for show.
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* ArtisticLicenseCars: None of the aformentioned cities use Hummers, Shelby [=GT500s=] or Lancer Evolutions as their police cars in RealLife. In fact, none of them would actually have the funds to procure a sports car for a police unit. The sole exception is Dubai in which they have a fleet of police supercars, but only used for show.


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* BossBonanza: Each of the Grands Prix has you, all five of the top racers and two normal opponents battle for the championship title.


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* MarathonLevel: Grand Prix has 5 races in 5 different cities.


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* AWinnerIsYou: Congratulations, you won the last Grand Prix of the Gold Cup. So where is the ending? [[WebVideo/CinemaSins Roll credits!]]
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* BenevolentArchitecture: When a racer leads the race, the surrounding landscapes, buildings and even lines on the road are textured with graffiti, the colors and the tag of the leader's car. Everything may change if another racer takes the lead.


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* FisherKing: When a racer leads the race, the surrounding landscapes, buildings and even lines on the road are textured with the graffiti, colors and tag of the leader's car. Everything may change if another racer takes the lead.

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* AscendedExtra: The Volkswagen Beetle, which was a traffic car in ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedII'', becomes a player-usable vehicle in this game.[[note]]The Beetle would later appear in ''Payback'' and ''Heat'', in which it's actually able to [[LethalJokeCharacter be turned into an exceptionally fast vehicle after being modded]].[[/note]]
* BenevolentArchitecture: When a racer leads the race, the surrounding landscapes, buildings and even lines on the road are textured with graffiti, the colors and the tag of the leader's car. Everything may change if another racer leads it.

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* AscendedExtra: The Volkswagen Beetle, which was a traffic car in ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedII'', becomes a player-usable vehicle in this game.[[note]]The Beetle would later appear in ''Payback'' ''Payback'', ''Heat'' and ''Heat'', ''Unbound'', in which it's actually able to [[LethalJokeCharacter be turned into an exceptionally fast vehicle after being modded]].[[/note]]
* BenevolentArchitecture: When a racer leads the race, the surrounding landscapes, buildings and even lines on the road are textured with graffiti, the colors and the tag of the leader's car. Everything may change if another racer leads it.takes the lead.


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* UnusableEnemyEquipment: As the boss cars are obtainable when you beat each of the Top Racers for each cup, Thiago's Dodge Challenger SRT-8 and Omar's Lamborghini Gallardo are the only boss cars that cannot.
* UpdatedReRelease: The DS exclusive ''Nitro-X'' which includes content from the original and police cars are available for players to use.
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It's possible to get arrested in this game, but watch out in Lap knockout!

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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: You can get busted by the police if you get unlucky enough. All that happens is you respawning none less than wear with the only penalty of losing a few seconds. Averted in Elimination mode, where getting Busted counts as [[NonStandardGameOver getting eliminated]].
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Unlike the sim-style ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift Shift]]'' released months earlier, the game is an arcade-like racer, with highly-stylized cartoonish graphics. It takes place in five exotic real-world cities: Rio de Janeiro, Cairo, Madrid, Singapore, and Dubai, with each city having a top racer and three tiers of cars. The DS version of the game also includes San Diego, but lacks top racers.

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Unlike the sim-style ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift Shift]]'' released months earlier, the game is an arcade-like racer, racer akin to ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnderground Underground]]'' games, combined with highly-stylized cartoonish graphics. It takes place in five exotic real-world cities: Rio de Janeiro, Cairo, Madrid, Singapore, and Dubai, with each city having a top racer and three tiers of cars. The DS version of the game also includes San Diego, but lacks top racers.

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* GreenAesop: The Tesla Roadster. It comes with a unique nitro backfire as it spits out electric tendrils from the rear. Ironic that the car in RealLife has no exhaust pipes.

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* GreenAesop: The games features the Tesla Roadster. Roadster, an electric car. It comes with a unique nitro backfire as it spits out electric tendrils from the rear. Ironic that rear, which is ironic since the car in RealLife has no exhaust pipes.

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* BenevolentArchitecture: When a racer leads the race, the surrounding landscapes, buildings and even lines on the road are textured with graffiti, the colors and the tag of the leader's car. Everything may change if another racer leads it.



* FragileSpeedster: Among the high-end supercars in the roster is the Pagani Zonda R. It has max stats in speed, accel, drift and handling, but extremely low in strength, meaning collisions can make you lose a chunk of your nitro bar easily, hindering from regenerating any nitro.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: The police in each city speaks in their respective languages. The police in Rio speaks Portuguese, Cairo and Dubai in Arabic, Madrid in Spanish and Singapore in English [[note]]It is one of the 4 official languages of the country, others being Chinese, Malay and Tamil.[[/note]]. Even the texts of some of the top racers' opening sequence are in its respective languages.
* GreenAesop: The Tesla Roadster. It comes with a unique nitro backfire as it spits out electric tendrils from the rear. Ironic that the car in RealLife has no exhaust pipes.



* MightyGlacier: Among the cars included in the game are the Volkswagen Type 2, Porsche Cayenne GTS, Hummer H2 SUT and Ford SVT Explorer Sport Trac Adrenaline.

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* MightyGlacier: Among the cars included in the game are the Volkswagen Type 2, Porsche Cayenne GTS, Hummer H2 SUT and Ford SVT Explorer Sport Trac Adrenaline. The have low performance stats, but are very durable allowing you to withstand impacts from opponents and police.
* NitroBoost: It won't be ''Nitro'' without the nitro, hence the name. It comes in two different nitro boosts, a small basic nitro by simply shaking the Wii remote and a powerful nitro (which depletes even more) by shaking the Wii remote twice.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Zarinah, the only female top racer of the five.
* WhatAPieceOfJunk: Some old-school cars are featured in the game, but also pack quite a punch and are customizable. Some examples are the Volkswagen Beetle and its Type 2, The Renault [=4L=] and a Nissan Cube.
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''Need for Speed: Nitro'' is a {{racing game}} and the fourteenth title of the ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed'' series. It was published by Creator/ElectronicArts for the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS platforms. It is also one of only two games in the franchise to date (the other being the mobile ''No Limits'') to not be made for PC and the only game of the franchise to be released only for Nintendo consoles.

Unlike the sim-style ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift Shift]]'' released months earlier, the game is an arcade-like racer, with highly-stylized cartoonish graphics. It takes place in five exotic real-world cities: Rio de Janeiro, Cairo, Madrid, Singapore, and Dubai, with each city having a top racer and three tiers of cars. The DS version of the game also includes San Diego, but lacks top racers.

The game was developed by EA Montreal, who have previous experience with Nintendo titles, while the DS version was developed separately by Firebrand Games' Florida studio. An [[UpdatedRerelease improved version]] of the DS edition of the game, ''Need for Speed: Nitro-X'', was released for UsefulNotes/DSiWare. It makes police cars available for players to use.
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* AscendedExtra: The Volkswagen Beetle, which was a traffic car in ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedII'', becomes a player-usable vehicle in this game.[[note]]The Beetle would later appear in ''Payback'' and ''Heat'', in which it's actually able to [[LethalJokeCharacter be turned into an exceptionally fast vehicle after being modded]].[[/note]]
* CelShading: The main graphic style in ''Nitro'' uses cel shading.
* DenserAndWackier: ''Nitro'' is definitely this in comparison with the rest of the franchise. While even the most arcade-style games strived for being somewhat realistic-looking, this one features cartoonish art styles ''and'' gameplay to boot.
* FinalBoss: Jawad, the Top Racer of Dubai, is the final racer to beat.
* LighterAndSofter: This game (alongside ''[[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedShift Shift]]'') is this in comparison to ''Undercover''. While ''Undercover'''s story mode was about infiltrating the criminal underworld, and ''Shift'' was about sanctioned track racing, this game is straight-up wacky races with wacky art styles.
* MightyGlacier: Among the cars included in the game are the Volkswagen Type 2, Porsche Cayenne GTS, Hummer H2 SUT and Ford SVT Explorer Sport Trac Adrenaline.
* WorldTour: ''Nitro'' explores five different cities (six in the DS version of the game) with different road conditions and a top racer in each: Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Cairo (Egypt), Madrid (Spain), Singapore, and Dubai (United Arab Emirates). The DS version also features San Diego, California, United States.
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