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Extreme G and Iggy’s Reckin’ Balls are now live for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members

Joe

Joe

Member
Oct 25, 2017
8,653
Whoa shit! Unexpected! I vaguely remember both of these games!

Can we get Chameleon Twist next?

My memory of Iggy's Reckin' Balls is that one time my mom was going to the Family Video without me or my brother, but was sweet enough to ask if there was a game we wanted her to rent. We unanimously asked for Ico. But I guess they were out of copies so she got us Iggy's Reckin' Balls instead. Only getting older did I realize she probably just grabbed the next game off of the alphabetically organized shelf. Funny how sweet and meaningful the most minor things can be.
 
Grunty

Grunty

Member
Oct 28, 2017
7,414
Gruntilda’s Lair
That's two racing games back-to-back. Now continue that streak and finally give us Diddy Kong Racing next!

On-topic, never played either of those but remember seeing them in gaming magazines back in the day. Iggy in particular.
 
Fat4all

Fat4all

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Member
Oct 25, 2017
93,697
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i decided to search 'iggy's reckin balls deviantart'

its not nearly as fun as i hoped
 
Conrad Link

Conrad Link

Member
Oct 29, 2017
3,669
New Zealand
Random as lol, but a welcome random!

I was old enough to really appreciate the deep cut 'obscure' of the N64 at the time so it's a library I can actually appreciate these sorts of releases.
 
Dreavus

Dreavus

One Winged Slayer
The Fallen
Jan 12, 2018
1,737
Man, these were great rentals at the time. Although I owned Xtreme G lol.
 
blueredandgold

blueredandgold

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Oct 25, 2017
5,720
Fat4all said:
i was fucking joking about uniraces y'all
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RPG_Fanatic

RPG_Fanatic

Member
Oct 25, 2017
3,663
Wow, I would not have thought these 2 games would get added to NSO.

I will forever remember Extreme G from when ProtonJon streamed the game, glitched the game so his bike got stuck, and ended up winning the race since the game killed off all the other racers.
 
PucePikmin

PucePikmin

Member
Apr 26, 2018
3,801
BabyDontHurtMe said:
Some company named Throwback Entertainment bought all of the Akklaim IPs and is now remastering them and putting them on services like NSO which is kinda cool.
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Huh, interesting. I checked out their (very poorly designed) website and, apparently, they don't own all the Acclaim stuff, but they do have things like Aggresive Inline and Vexx. Bring it on!
 
delete12345

delete12345

One Winged Slayer
Member
Nov 17, 2017
19,777
Boston, MA
On my quest to listen to rad N64 music soundtracks, I recalled Iggy's Wrecking Balls have some nifty OSTs. I should try Extreme G's OSTs next time.
 
GulAtiCa

GulAtiCa

Community Resettler
Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
7,551
Never expected to see Extreme G come back. Such a good game. Hopefully we get Extreme G2.

Also, we really need all 3 Rush games! At the very least Rush 1 & Rush 2049
 
Crashman

Crashman

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,137
I remember seeing the cover art for Iggy's Ball Wreckers, or whatever, so much. I'm not sure if it as due to a lot of advertisements in Nintendo Power or it was just there at Blockbuster, or both.

How likely is it that the service could one day have the San Francisco Rush games on it? Or Beetle Adventure Racing?
 
MrSaturn99

MrSaturn99

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
11,514
I live in a giant bucket.
...huh, I was just wondering when the next third-party N64 games would arrive.

I rented Iggy's Reckin' Balls a couple times back in the day -- super weird! Not quite the N64 racer I wanted to see return -- that'd be the Snowboards Kids duo -- but I'll give it another go.
 
Zan

Zan

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,452
Probably the last games i'd thought i'd see on NSO. Hope we get Chamelleon Twist somehow next.
 
Uncle at Nintendo

Uncle at Nintendo

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Jan 3, 2018
8,613
Iggy's Wrecking Balls was infamous in my childhood friend group. We all rented it one weekend in the late 90s and fucking hated it.
 
Justin Iacobellis

Justin Iacobellis

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,328
United States
Crashman said:
I remember seeing the cover art for Iggy's Ball Wreckers, or whatever, so much. I'm not sure if it as due to a lot of advertisements in Nintendo Power or it was just there at Blockbuster, or both.

How likely is it that the service could one day have the San Francisco Rush games on it? Or Beetle Adventure Racing?
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This game finally being on a platform that isn't the N64 would be a sight to behold.
 
Tathanen

Tathanen

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,048
holy SHIT extreme g are you fuckin kidding me

no joke the acclaim n64 catalog is the holy grail I never thought we'd get
 
Het_Nkik

Het_Nkik

One Winged Slayer
Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,414
Iggy's Reckin' Balls was the headliner on IGN64 when I first discovered that site. That's the only reason I'm aware of the game at all.

EDIT: And I remember renting one of the Extreme G games, 'cause I remember the game would get quiet when you broke the sound barrier.
 
Ultimate Bear Cub

Ultimate Bear Cub

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Mar 30, 2019
9,111
To the smash requestors I hear you, but you know they are saving that for a rainy day. I swear with online matchups too. That would be like a Switch 2 feature or something.
 
Great Martinez Jr.

Great Martinez Jr.

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Feb 2, 2021
2,940
Mexico
I remember reading about Extreme G in magazines. Always wanted to play it but never could.

I must admit Nintendo is making increasingly tempting to update to their dumb Expansion Pass.
 
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