Major League Eating: The Game Coming to Wii

[Andy Chalk]

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 [http://www.nintendo.com] WiiWare downloadable game service.

The game will feature "the world's greatest gurgitory athletes," making extensive use of the Wii Remote [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Remote]to simulate a wide range of grotesque face-stuffing competitions. Bites, burps, belches, mustard gas and jalapeño 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 [http://www.mastiff-games.com/], 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."

Spike TV [http://www.majorleagueeating.com/]. 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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[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...

 

[xMacx]

Professional gurgitators?

Awesome. Fitting that it's on SpikeTV.

 

[LyonLee]

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.

 

[sammyfreak]

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?

 

[Hey Joe]

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'?

 

[bue519]

and the america wonders why the world thinks their a bunch of fattys

 

[thebobmaster_v1legacy]

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.)