We wheelie hope this is true.

In Japan, the eShop will launch with Excitebike for free, and it seems the North American shop will follow.

Nintendo World Report claims the eShop will launch with a free 3D Classics version of the NES Excitebike, complete with a track editor and save space for 32 tracks.

Of course, Nintendo is yet to announce its launch line-up for the eShop, which will become available late Monday/early Tuesday next week, depending on your global location. We'll have all the eShop and E3 2011 news as it happens.

[source nintendoworldreport.com]