<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
on	O
May	O
2	O
,	O
2000	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
June	O
23	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
June	O
8	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Excite	O
series	O
,	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Excitebike	B-Application
on	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
3D	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
re-released	O
for	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
via	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
+	I-Application
Expansion	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Excite	B-Application
Truck	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
featured	O
is	O
an	O
emulated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Excitebike	B-Application
and	O
a	O
3D	O
remake	O
of	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
obstacles	O
called	O
Excite	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
several	O
other	O
mini	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
Stunt	O
Course	O
,	O
Hill	O
Climb	O
,	O
a	O
Soccer	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
giant	O
human	O
sized	O
soccer	O
ball	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
"	O
infinite	O
,	O
randomly	O
generated	O
"	O
Desert	O
Track	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
needs	O
to	O
put	O
out	O
ten	O
campfires	O
by	O
driving	O
over	O
them	O
,	O
which	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
called	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
coolest	O
concepts	O
ever	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
in	O
development	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
features	O
they	O
concentrated	O
on	O
were	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sense	O
of	O
speed	O
,	O
the	O
jumps	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
perform	O
tricks	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
taking	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
earlier	O
released	O
Wave	B-Application
Race	I-Application
64	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
recreate	O
the	O
riders	O
 '	O
movements	O
and	O
tricks	O
the	O
developers	O
used	O
a	O
technique	O
called	O
'	O
inverse	B-General_Concept
kinematics	I-General_Concept
 '	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
life	O
like	O
feel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
's	O
Rumble	O
Pak	O
allowed	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
feel	O
these	O
game	O
experiences	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
such	O
things	O
as	O
making	O
a	O
hard	O
landing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Desert	O
Track	O
was	O
fractally	B-Algorithm
generated	I-Algorithm
for	O
an	O
endless	O
desert	O
,	O
but	O
despite	O
the	O
random	O
building	O
of	O
its	O
dunes	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
keeps	O
the	O
current	O
configuration	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
memory	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
spot	O
that	O
they	O
once	O
left	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
,	O
just	O
two	O
points	O
shy	O
of	O
"	O
universal	O
acclaim	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
N64	B-Operating_System
Magazine	O
mentioned	O
the	O
low	O
quality	O
of	O
other	O
similar	O
games	O
released	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
and	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
After	O
the	O
lackluster	O
efforts	O
of	O
Jeremy	B-Application
McGrath	I-Application
and	O
Supercross	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
we	O
now	O
have	O
an	O
intelligent	O
racer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
problem	O
the	O
game	O
encountered	O
was	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
N64	B-Operating_System
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
having	O
been	O
released	O
there	O
over	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
than	O
the	O
Japan	O
and	O
U.S.	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
delay	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
struggle	O
to	O
keep	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
demand	O
for	O
the	O
games	O
Pokémon	B-Device
Stadium	I-Device
and	O
Perfect	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
.	O
</s>
