EA are pushing the boundaries by releasing a sports-based party game for the Wii. But get this: it features celebrities. Celebrities like these: American female singers and people I don’t know. You want a proper list? Alright then:
- Fergie
- Avril Lavigne
- LeAnn Rimes
- Keith Urban
- Nelly Furtado
- Paul Pierce
- Mia Hamm
- Kristi Yamaguchi
- Reggie Bush
- Sugar Ray Leonard
Anyone care to enlighten me on who most of those are? I don’t care enough to look myself. But you might as well have a list of events while I’m at it:
- Beach Volleyball
- Inner-Tubing
- Wild Water Canoeing
- Hurdle Derby
- Slalom Showdown
- Cliff Hangers
- Smash Badminton
- Rapid Fire Archery
- Joust Duel
- Curling
- Arena Dodgeball
- Air Racers
The game - Celebrity Sports Showdown, due in time for Christmas - is part of the EA SPORTS Freestyle sub-brand, for casual sports games.
I should think this is all unbearably awful, but do you know what? I’m half intrigued. The North American-centric celebrity line-up probably means it won’t be as a big a success in the UK as it might have been, but the idea of playing Smash Badminton against Avril Lavigne isn’t intrinsically unappealing. I know it should be, but it isn’t. So kill me.
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Mia Hamm has already had her own game. See!
http://www.amazon.com/South-Peak-Interactive-Hamm-Soccer/dp/B00002SVXZ
It was actually just Michael Owen’s Soccer re-branded for the US market.
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This could be the one chance to fulfill my life’s ambition of inner-tubing against Keith Urban.
I don’t know what inner-tubing entails (mending bicycle tyres?), or who Keith Urban is (the cousin of Bob Rural?) but it has always been a dream of mine..
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Hi Jake. Glad to note that the idea of your playing Smash Badminton against Avril Lavigne isn’t intrinsically unappealing. She is a very agile and energetic woman, and would be hard to beat on the badminton court.
Seniors For Avril
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