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Added by Jeff on Aug. 7, 2008 105 comments
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.)

106 Comments

Origina1Penguin
on Aug. 7, 2008
Yea, that looks uhhh...pretty lame.

breton
on Aug. 7, 2008
The volleyball looks like tennis, except more volleyball.

nasie
on Aug. 7, 2008
They forgot P.diddy :(  

SmAsH
on Aug. 7, 2008
Hey Jeff, I don't know if it is because I am not from the USA or what, but it says Video Not Accessible? So I'm guessing it's because I'm Canadian. : |  Is there a video viewable from youtube? or could you upload it elsewhere. Thanks in advance.

TreyoftheDead
on Aug. 7, 2008
Wow. And here I was thinking I'd have only Animal Crossing this holiday season...

PicklesOnParade
on Aug. 7, 2008
Show me the celebrity curb stomping mini game, and I'll be all over it.

piecat
on Aug. 7, 2008
BEST GAME EVER. I'll take 10 copies please.

FernBern
on Aug. 7, 2008
wtf is this shit. It looks so great.

BlazingWookie
on Aug. 7, 2008
Sweet Yamaguchi, finally!

PabloDiablo
on Aug. 7, 2008
MTV really seems to have figured out their audience

sociald1077
on Aug. 7, 2008
I don't get it. Developers can make interesting fun games for the Wii (No More Heroes, Boom Blox and the up coming Mushroom Men), but so many still put out shit like this.

Stokes
on Aug. 7, 2008

Whoa, Fergie is in it.  Well, looks like I need to find a Wii.


FLStyle
on Aug. 7, 2008
That sounds really bad, I'd be ashamed to be part of the team that puts that together, and what's up with MTV videos being accessible only in the U.S?

Dj
on Aug. 7, 2008
Just when I thought EA was cool they throw it all away with stupid celebrity sport games.

thedez
on Aug. 7, 2008
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little.

faustyn
on Aug. 7, 2008
is this a joke?! also i'm from europe and unfortunately i can watch the video ;)

bucky
on Aug. 7, 2008
...wait what???

Acid_Muffin
on Aug. 7, 2008
<__<

>__>
volleyball actually looked decent. I still wouldn't touch this game with a 10 foot pole, though.

SuperJoe
on Aug. 7, 2008
yo, keith urban gots mad hops, son

SoSerious
on Aug. 7, 2008
The volleyball and skiing look pretty decent if they didn't have those celebrities.



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