This was posted on IGN this morning. http://wii.ign.com/articles/961/961798p1.html

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March 12, 2009 - Every so often the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) takes the liberty of announcing new projects via its website before publishers can actually do so. On Thursday, the organization posted a rating and description for an upcoming Wii game, a title called Rock 'N Roll Climber. According to the ESRB, the project is published by Nintendo.

Interest piqued? Want more details? Thankfully, the ESRB was kind enough to provide those, too.

"This is a rock climbing game in which players must climb up various formations within a time limit. Players navigate rocks and walls by navigating divots and ridges and positioning themselves to ensure they do not fall off." Thanks, ESRB -- that's handy info!

The game is developed by a company called Vetei, led by Giles Goddard, best known as the man behind such titles as 1080 Snowboarding. Based on an interview with the website Cubed3, Goddard confirmed that the studio's next project is in fact for WiiWare and will make use of the Wii balance board. It seems likely that Rock 'N Roll Climber is the title referenced.

We've included screen grabs of the official posting below, just in case you doubt us -- which you never should.

Sounds stupid honestly.

If they made it cool, it could work. Something like trackmania's time trial focus except you jump around maps platform game style. That's a relatively popular past time in various PC FPS games using custom maps and scripts. There was a HL2 mod that focused on that but I forget its name. You might have seen the so called "trick" maps in other DM stuff which make players focus on reaching certain points. I don't think they could do rock climbing in a realistic manner well so that's why I imagine it will boil down to jumping. But hey, maybe it will surprise us.