Post by: Jonnyboy117 on November 02, 2006, 09:37:38 AM
Over the years, Comedy Central's South Park has included several video game references. Episodes have featured Dreamcast, PSP, World of Warcraft, Chinpokomon, and of course, the Okama GameSphere.
This week's new episode involves Cartman's obsession with the upcoming Wii launch. After a sleepless night of anticipation, he decides to freeze himself in the Rocky Mountains for three weeks until the console's release date. However, an avalanche covers his cryogenically frozen body so that Butters can't find it to dig him out. Things get pretty strange from there, as the ensuing events involve a war between atheist factions and highly evolved sea otters, set five hundred years in the future.
South Park episodes repeat several times throughout the week on Comedy Central, so check the network's website for the next showing. New episodes also frequently turn up on YouTube within a day or two of the original airing. This episode ends in a cliffhanger, so next week's episode (debuting Wednesday night) is also likely to mention Wii and its "motion control controller".
Post by: TJ Spyke on November 02, 2006, 09:59:37 AM
Being on South Park has been a kiss of death for game systems though. The Dreamcast is dead, the PSP is only doing so-so, the Xbox 360 is basically dead in Japan and struggling in Europe.
Post by: Klapaucius on November 02, 2006, 10:43:45 AM
Post by: Viewtiful mario on November 02, 2006, 11:27:23 AM
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Things get pretty strange from there, as the ensuing events involve a war between atheist factions and highly evolved sea otters, set five hundred years in the future.
yep, that's south park alright.
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Being on South Park has been a kiss of death for game systems though.
I say give it 3 chances, that's the amount of times I let something happen before I count it as something that'll happen regularly. I gave Konami 3 chances to make a good 3-D ninja turtles game and they blew it.
If the Wii fails then we can say South park has a kiss of death.
Post by: BlkPaladin on November 02, 2006, 03:44:37 PM
Post by: Rize on November 02, 2006, 10:59:26 PM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 02, 2006, 11:09:04 PM
QuoteI said the same thing in the thread on this very topic in the Wii section
Originally posted by: Rize
The amount of purely positive Wii exposure in the episode is remarkable. However, knowing south park, I wouldn't be surprised if cartman finally gets his hands on it in the follow up and loathes it (or something of that sort).
Post by: odifiend on November 03, 2006, 06:03:53 AM
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Post by: UncleBob on November 03, 2006, 06:14:48 AM
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 03, 2006, 07:03:56 AM
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Originally posted by: UncleBob
I would be thrilled if he that happened... except when he gets sent back in time, they send him too far back and he ends up in line for the NES.
Now that sounds funny enough to hope that that is what happens.
Post by: Avinash_Tyagi on November 03, 2006, 07:49:15 PM
