News Room Contributor Posts: 4421 Joined: 12 Nov 2002 | Major League Eating: The Game Coming to Wii
The sports videogame genre has taken a new and disturbing step forward with the recent announcement of Major League Eating: The Game, coming in May to Nintendo's WiiWare downloadable game service.
The game will feature "the world's greatest gurgitory athletes," making extensive use of the Wii Remote to simulate a wide range of grotesque face-stuffing competitions. Bites, burps, belches, mustard gas and jalapeņo flames will be part of a player's arsenal of both offensive and defensive weapons, while eating techniques including the cram, the toss and the "typewriter" will need to be mastered as players vie for the crown of World Eating Champion.
"Watching Major League Eating is like watching poetry in motion," said Bill Swartz, CEO of Mastiff, the developer behind the game. "Professional gurgitators have the grace of ballerinas yet the brute strength, mental focus, and intestinal fortitude to push their bodies and minds as hard as athletes in any other extreme endurance sport. Victory is sweet and defeat can be, well, really, really messy. It's an experience we're proud to help bring into the home."
Major League Eating is an umbrella organization established by the International Federation of Competitive Eating to oversee all the top eating events in the U.S. and around the world, and is currently running a series of hour-long events featuring the world's best eaters on Spike TV. It's members include Japanese phenom Takeru Kobayashi and current world eating champion Joey Chestnut of the U.S. I am not making this up.
Major League Eating: The Game will be available on May 12 as part of the launch of Nintendo's new WiiWare launch.
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Muckraker Posts: 236 Joined: 14 Jan 2008 | I assumed that this was an April Fool's gag, but alas... it is not April 1st. This being a real game and all, it does make one wonder what the controls might be. Lifting the Wiimote to the mouth repeatedly? Pantomiming tearing a side of beef with the Nunchuk? Will players have to do the power-rock that the pro's do in order to burn a couple calories and continue stuffing their face? Yes, I've actually seen a competitive eating contest; pray for me... |
Muckraker Posts: 232 Joined: 24 Nov 2007 | Professional gurgitators?
Awesome. Fitting that it's on SpikeTV. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2881 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 | Wiifit + Wii eating championship = messed up children.
I told my Japanese teacher (whom is a Japanese gentlemen) this, and I'll say it here.... Japanese people are crazy... |
Copy Clerk Posts: 61 Joined: 30 Aug 2007 | m_jim:
I assumed that this was an April Fool's gag, but alas... it is not April 1st. This being a real game and all, it does make one wonder what the controls might be. Lifting the Wiimote to the mouth repeatedly? Pantomiming tearing a side of beef with the Nunchuk? Will players have to do the power-rock that the pro's do in order to burn a couple calories and continue stuffing their face? Yes, I've actually seen a competitive eating contest; pray for me...
That's the only thing I can think of for how to wield a wiimote for this game. Not that I'm interested in buying it, but I am interested to see it use a slightly more interesting method for interactivity. For crying out loud! The only reason this isn't simply a pie-eating contest is they have no idea how to use the system without the wiimote. How the hell do they expect to be able to sell this shlock? Maybe if the game was about a sewage-encrusted rapist... who eats a lot. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1537 Joined: 5 Dec 2007 | I cant help thinking this will have alot of apeal to the Wii's targeted casual audience. A virtual pie eating contest while drunk att a party doesnt sound bad does it? |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1231 Joined: 23 Dec 2007 | Yeah, I'm going to buy this game just to see how the Wii's remote handles it. What motion do you make for 'shove gob full o' pie'? |
Paperboy Posts: 31 Joined: 3 Oct 2007 | and the america wonders why the world thinks their a bunch of fattys |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 6360 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 | actually, the world record holding speed eater was Japanese, I believe, until he retired due to arthritis of the jaw. (note: I am completely serious.) |
Major League Eating: The Game Coming to Wii
The sports videogame genre has taken a new and disturbing step forward with the recent announcement of Major League Eating: The Game, coming in May to Nintendo's WiiWare downloadable game service.
The game will feature "the world's greatest gurgitory athletes," making extensive use of the Wii Remote to simulate a wide range of grotesque face-stuffing competitions. Bites, burps, belches, mustard gas and jalapeņo flames will be part of a player's arsenal of both offensive and defensive weapons, while eating techniques including the cram, the toss and the "typewriter" will need to be mastered as players vie for the crown of World Eating Champion.
"Watching Major League Eating is like watching poetry in motion," said Bill Swartz, CEO of Mastiff, the developer behind the game. "Professional gurgitators have the grace of ballerinas yet the brute strength, mental focus, and intestinal fortitude to push their bodies and minds as hard as athletes in any other extreme endurance sport. Victory is sweet and defeat can be, well, really, really messy. It's an experience we're proud to help bring into the home."
Major League Eating is an umbrella organization established by the International Federation of Competitive Eating to oversee all the top eating events in the U.S. and around the world, and is currently running a series of hour-long events featuring the world's best eaters on Spike TV. It's members include Japanese phenom Takeru Kobayashi and current world eating champion Joey Chestnut of the U.S. I am not making this up.
Major League Eating: The Game will be available on May 12 as part of the launch of Nintendo's new WiiWare launch.
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