This conflicts with some of Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime's statements last year about how "Nintendo will not do any screening of ideas" on WiiWare. JV Games co-founder Vince Valenti recalls how they "had a little discussion with Nintendo and there were some angry parties." The two founders were shocked by Nintendo's reaction. As Valenti puts it, his company's use of the word "beer" was "just like you would hear in any movie or on TV." Co-founder Jag Jaeger said they "wanted to focus on the sport of beer pong, not the alcohol that’s associated with it."
The sport in question is a college drinking game staple and consists of a table with pyramids of cups laid out on each end. These cups are filled with beer and the goal of the game is to throw a ping pong ball into your opponent's cups until they are all gone. Whenever a cup is hit, the opponent has to drink the beer in the cup.
Frat Party Games – Pong Toss still includes almost everything that was in the original build of the game, including using the Wii Remote's motion sensing capabilities to throw the balls, and a crowd that "still says authentic college-ish things like 'Loser,' 'What was that?' and 'I’ve got the munchies.'" The only changes are in the name, the now-empty red plastic cups, and in the new throw power meter, now transformed into a bullet that merely resembles the glass of beer it's replaced.
JV Games hopes to have Frat Party Games – Pong Toss out for WiiWare sometime in July.
This does raise a bit of a question - who monitors M Rated game purchases through Digital Distribution? If I have my parental controls set to prevent Jr. from playing M rated games, does this also prevent him from buying them (if any were to exist?) even though he can't play them?
This basic game is already included in Midway's "Game Party" but it was simply "lame ball in cup Wiimote pointer game".
If I have my parental controls set to prevent Jr. from playing M rated games, does this also prevent him from buying them (if any were to exist?) even though he can't play them?
I wonder if XBL or PSN would allow the Beer-titled version of the game. It could be this generation's Mortal Kombat (hahhahaha...)
We haven't come across an M rated game on Wii Ware yet, but this doesn't set a good precedent. If the big N is getting all huffy puffy over the word Beer, I wouldn't hold my breath for Super Blood Bath:Gibs R Us in the near future.
You know what's better than a not quite Beer Pong Wii game, real Beer Pong! Now with 100% more drunkenness and fun.
Seems like the most idiotic idea for a game regardless. You'd have to be drunk to buy it.
Is my family weird? Do lots of people never drink alcohol in front of their kids and keep them completely sheltered from it to the point that the farmer in Harvest Moon drinking a beer instead of a "soda" is going to convince their kids to drink? I've never seen my parents drunk ever but I saw them drink when I was a kid.
Censorship is a bad decision for Nintendo because the censors never stop. They're like bullies. You have to stand your ground. If you give in once they'll expect to do it the next time and the next time.
Did you know that Metal Slug Anthology for the Wii is not arcade perfect while the PS2 version is and it's not because of the controls? Apparently their is some white flash that indicates something is taking damage that is intact on the PS2 but removed from the Wii version. Why? Because Nintendo let those incredibly stupid seizure bullies get their way. Nintendo asked them to compromise the Wii version because they were afraid the flash would cause seizures. Even though every Nintendo system has a big ass warning about seizures which should absolve them from all responsibility. That's not censorship of objectionable content but it's still someone else bossing around Nintendo. Nintendo has to be their own company, not some censor's.
Videogames are unjustly under attack and the industry has to have the balls to stand firm. Stuff like the ESRB giving in over the GTA hot coffee thing for example was a huge mistake. It showed the watchdogs that they can make stupid unreasonable demands and have them granted.
Well then these guys should be the ones standing up for what they believe! They should pull their game from WiiWare and release it on PC! Then they can do whatever they want! They can even put in drunk girls that flash you every time you score!
Well then these guys should be the ones standing up for what they believe! They should pull their game from WiiWare and release it on PC! Then they can do whatever they want! They can even put in drunk girls that flash you every time you score!
I played the Guy Game! ... uh... yeah... it had... one good, no GREAT, minigame?
Now if it was something like... Hideo Kojima's Beer Pong, then the conversation would probably go a bit differently.Hideo Kojima presents a Hideo Kojima game. Written and directed by Hideo Kojima at Kojima productions. Hideo Kojima's Beer Pong, as endorsed and played by Kojima productions writer and directer Hideo Kojima.
I don't think there's a light way to play. It's "Give each other SWINE Flu or Bust," all-or-nothing.
I'm extremely late to this conversation, but with all the news reports about viruses & sickness being spread thanks to Beer Pong, would playing it in videogame mode help stop the unnecessary spread of floor dirt flu and herpes simplex sloppy seconds?
It could be the preferred way to play in dorms & frat houses across the nations campuses.
