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Here's That Wii Curling Sim Starring Fergie You Were Asking About

If I may pass some early judgment here, this is the dumbest thing I've heard of (today).

MTV has the world exclusive on a hot new game coming to the Wii from Electronic Arts this holiday season!

It's Celebrity Sports Showdown, a Wii Sports-like minigame compilation from the team that brought you EA Playground. It's got all your favorite sports, like curling!

...?

It'll also have some skiing, a little badminton, dodgeball, volleyball, and more. Here's the video:

  


...oh yeah, the catch is that it's full of totally awesome celebrities that everyone who owns a Wii obviously loves, like Fergie (THE DUTCHESS!!!!!!), LeAnn Rimes (NOT THE DUTCHESS!!!!!!), Nelly Furtado, Keith Urban, Sugar Ray Leonard, and more.

The sad part is that the volleyball actually looks pretty good. Too bad it got weighed down with a bunch of dopey "names" that ensure that I'll never ever feel good about playing it, but then, I'm hardly the target audience for weird stuff like this, right? If I was, this game would have Ice Cube, Edward Norton, and Sid Meier in it instead.

Go read MTV's story for the actual full story, instead of me just riling myself up by thinking about how awesome a volleyball game starring Sid Meier would be.

(NOTE: Like all other videos on MTV.com, apparently this is only viewable from inside the US.)
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Definitely the stupidest thing announced for Wii so far. First, how about some better sports? Curling? Badminton? Volleyball? How about some football or boxing? I would love to beat the crap of Fergie. That would make the game worth buying. And another thing, who the hell is LeAnn Rimes and Kristi Yamaguchi? The only celebrity that sounds promising is Sugar Ray Leonard.

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vid works for me in New Zealand

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vid works for me in New Zealand

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I won't be getting this.

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Don't dis Curling.  We had a Curling club down the block from me.  It was a big long metal building with a couple of rinks inside.



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The last thing I want to see is A) Another minigame compilation on the Wii and B) celebrities in video games. This has both.

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The character models look like The Celebrity Deathmatch game models,......which sucks.......

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Kristi Yamaguchi? We have a winner.

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Wow. At first I really thought this was going to be a game that had you holding the WiiMote in your hand horizontally and doing some concentration curls in front of the TV screen. Thank god this is not the sad reality we've come to.

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The game looks like utter crap.

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They missed a potential audience by not making this a Chuck Norris based mini-game collection.

Fergie...who?
Leann...what?
Nelly Furtado's gay?
Keith Urban? he some kind of inner city plumber?
and i think i've heard of Sugar Ray Leonard, mentioned in some kind of 80's movie or something.

Yeah, totally not into celebrities, guitar hero managed by having good music, didn't need to shoehorn in celebrities, would have totally failed if it was "Pop Star Guitar Chart Topper"

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50 Cent vs. Kanye at dodgeball. Yes, please.

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Oooooh, celebrities, I love celebrities and they certainly don't make enough money as it is!
I'll buy it, even though I don't own a wii, need to support those poor people.

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That actually looks good, but celebrities are just annoying in general.

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I hate you EA.

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This has got to be the most random game I've ever seen.

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It's all good though since EA is done making crappy licensed games. They're going to start getting a lot more focused and creative with future endeavors.

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And another Wii title for prepubertal teens and soccermoms. No wonder Nintendo didn't have anything to show at the E3 keynote.

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Crap, I wanna see the video from the UK. :(

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haha. awesomely written Jeff. Now I got to laugh today aswell. Volleyball with Sid Meier. I swear, sometimes you still surprise me.

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Already got it preordered

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The Skiing and Volleyball looked like fun, but yeah. What is the demographic they're looking for with these "celebrities"?
Take out the celebrities and give me this game with Mii support and I'd buy it day one.

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It actually doesn't look that bad, except for the celebrities. It's like Wii sports with a bunch of senseless name dropping. It would be good without them.

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I LOVES THE DUTCHESS!!!!!

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Finally the mini-game compilation we've all been waiting for!  </sarcasm>

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The volleyball looks fun... kinda.

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how can they do that if they are always on drugs??? ah hollywood............

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Smash I'm in ottawa and it's working just fine.  The video doesn't work because you probably don't have the right flash player or something like that. The fact that you're in canada has nothing to do with it.

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Fergie = Little girls and confused little boys.
Nintendo = Little girls and confused little boys.

If you ask me, this is a genius idea. Guaranteed to sell.
*Goes back to playing Braid*

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Video works fine for me (Germany) but the game looks no fun.

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Game of the year anyone?

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For the love of God...why?

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Mtv has really gone downhill. Someone shut that crap factory down please.

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Yep. It doesn't surprise me that MTV would try to make a game in order to make more money off their products like "Fergie" and "LeAnn Rimes", ooh I hear they've got some hot new plans for their "Nelly Furtado" product line aswell! Lets all go out and buy their shit!

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Ice Cube would be better than ANY of the characters in that game. 90's Ice that is.

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Wow, that totally makes sense...

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Wow, that's totally random. Good to see a curling game though, fits perfect for the Wii.

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Wow. This is unbelievably stupid.

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I'm totally embarrassed and ashamed for having bought a Wii shortly after its release.  It truly is the McDonald's of gaming. 

I only bought the Wii for Zelda, and it wasn't that great, either.  :(

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lol Sid Meier Volleyball

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This would be way cooler if it was just shuffleboard and it was a 5 dollar game. :)

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I saw 'Sugar Ray' and wet myself. I then saw 'Leonard' on the next line and sadly went to the bathroom to clean up.

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im from estonia, europe and i can see the video. i wish i hadnt tho :D

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If it didn't say that was fergie I would have never known.

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If it didnt have the celebrities, It would just be an updated version of wiisports. Which I would find myself buying. But seriously curling.

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Bah, screw MTV, can't see the vid.  >_>

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Guess EA's new strategy doesn't apply to the Wii then...

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@ Hef: He might be in Quebec. I'm in Montreal and can't watch and my Flash player is up to date. 

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I like how everybody is complaining about a game that is obviously not targeted at us, the core gamers. Good job acting like the industry belongs entirely to us.

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....this is why the wii is dissed so much.