Emergency Heroes

 Wii
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: May 27, 2008
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Summary: Emergency Heroes is an open world rescue driving game. Young rescuers can jump into 16 different variations of next-generation rescue vehicles as a police officer, firefighter or EMT and navigate through the sprawling streets of San Alto, keeping citizens safe along the way. Drive the nextEmergency Heroes is an open world rescue driving game. Young rescuers can jump into 16 different variations of next-generation rescue vehicles as a police officer, firefighter or EMT and navigate through the sprawling streets of San Alto, keeping citizens safe along the way. Drive the next generation of rescue vehicles. Pilot and command numerous hi-tech rescue vehicles designed specifically for ultra-high-risk, high-speed navigation. Choose between police, fire and EMT vehicles. Explore and protect the entire city. As an emergency hero, your mission is to protect the peaceful city of San Alto. Drive through stunning free-roaming open environments, rescuing the city from imminent danger at every turn. Two Player Co-Op. Challenge your friends or combine forces to form the ultimate rescue hero team to protect your city. Making full use of the Wii Remote, everyone in the family can enjoy being an emergency hero. Take advantage of Hero Mode and play like you mean it – the faster you drive, the faster you rise and gain access to powers of invincibility. [Ubisoft]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 12
  3. Negative: 9 out of 12
  1. Official Nintendo Magazine UK
    62
    The game's instant appeal fades quickly. It's cheap but not particularly cheerful. [July 2008, p.86]
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  2. n-Revolution Magazine UK
    60
    More suited to a younger audience. It wears thin after a while, but cheap thrills can easily tempt you back. [Issue#25, p.77]
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  3. Eurogamer
    50
    If you're the parent of a five year-old boy, you can sit them in front of Emergency Heroes and leave the room, confident it's less graphically violent than an episode of The Archers. Just be aware that for anyone over five, it's also less thrilling.
  4. NintendoWorldReport
    40
    Emergency Heroes feels very rushed since there's just not much to it. The entire game took me approximately four hours from start to finish, and that’s four hours too many for something as generic and repetitive as this.
  5. PALGN
    40
    Emergency Heroes is a below average game that is ultimately far too dull to be enjoyable.
  6. 1UP
    33
    It's the wide-ranging lack of polish that really damns Emergency Heroes to a forgettable existence, as the player vehicles have all the floaty steering and shaky physics of a shovelware budget title (but with twice the price tag), and I even managed to crash the game by falling through the ground during one mission.
  7. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    20
    Are you a parent of a child who wants to be a fireman, rescuer or policeman and you don’t like it at all? Let him or her play Emergency Heroes and your problems become history. [Aug 2008]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. garretdratini
    Aug 30, 2018
    10
    loved this game as a kid. this was my childhood .all in all one of the best/only open world wii games
  2. carracer_gamer
    Oct 3, 2019
    10
    ABSOLUTELY love it and so good for a wii game at its time and the cars and free roam is so good
  4. RichardK.
    Jun 16, 2008
    9
    Not a bad game at all, from reading the press reviews it looks like they have failed to realize that the game is aimed at kids. I bought it Not a bad game at all, from reading the press reviews it looks like they have failed to realize that the game is aimed at kids. I bought it for my son after he read the review in Pokemon world magazine and he loves it. They gave it a 9/10. I'm gonna give it the same for the fun he has been having playing it.… Expand
  5. lanky78
    Apr 25, 2014
    7
    Had to leave a quick review for this game based on recent experience. It is definitely aimed at the younger generation so should be judged asHad to leave a quick review for this game based on recent experience. It is definitely aimed at the younger generation so should be judged as such. I (age 30+(!) played this over Easter with my Nephew (age 6) and we both loved it. While my usual gaming comes from the likes of Metal Gear, God of War, Halo and Resident Evil etc. I started gaming in the 80's so am also coming at this from a retro gaming perspective.

    It plays like a mix of Burnout Paradise for kids with lots of influence from Chase HQ and maybe some Roadblasters too. The voice acting is passable and comes across like a Saturday morning cartoon. The vehicles are chunky and nicely designed, they even have some variation in the handling rather than an arbitrary visual upgrade to the vehicle, so you do feel like you are progressing and 'levelling up'. Sure its a bit repetitive (have you played chase HQ??) its a bit easy and the handling is like steering an RC rather than a high powered emergency vehicle,but you know what? We BOTH had great fun playing it.

    I got it cheap (Wouldn't have been worth full price) but can be picked up sub £5 ($5) now and I can definitely recommend it at that price, or as a rental, to have some good fun with the younger member of the family (as it also has some multi-player modes which are fun, even if just for a quick 10 minute blast.    … Expand
  6. Inuit_Dude
    Apr 20, 2011
    5
    i didnt particularily like this game there is almost nothing to do once you beat the story line and it has an ending you can totally seei didnt particularily like this game there is almost nothing to do once you beat the story line and it has an ending you can totally see coming from a mile away and the other play modes arent even that fun even if you are playing with a friend i am glad i didnt waste money on this and i got it for free because you can beat it and be done with it in one sitting if you really want to but it is hard to do that because after a little bit you cant play anymore because it just becomes a chore. the controls are hard and the steering is crap this game was defenatly ment for the younger generation but im not even sure they would find it fun. if you really want to play this rent it dont waste money on it… Expand
  7. StephenM.
    Jun 26, 2008
    1
    I see hardly anything good in this game. Driving is hard because handling is horrible, and once you get the hand of it, it's over. I see hardly anything good in this game. Driving is hard because handling is horrible, and once you get the hand of it, it's over. It's a very short game.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#72 Most Discussed Wii Game of 2008