Buzz! makes beeline for North American PS2

Alright, so the connection between Buzz! and bees is no more than a tenuous one meant to serve the purposes of a trite headline, but in our defense, it's entirely possible that Sony's quiz game may ask you a question about bees at some point. This seems especially likely in the one called "Junior Jungle Party" -- what is a garden if not a junior jungle?

After selling 18 gazillion copies in Europe (smart people live there!), Sony Computer Entertainment America has finally seen fit to bring the Buzz! franchise to North American PlayStation 2 owners, h@rdc0rez and casual alike, for the holidays. The series emulates a trivia-based game show, complete with creepy host and obnoxious huge-red-button-controller. If we're to believe David Amor, boss of developer Relentless Software, Buzz! is the perfect game to enjoy with those friend things we've heard so much about. "The Americans are ready for Buzz," he declares. "I think it's that time. Buzz! is real immediate social gameplay. It's perfect for inviting a group of friends around, whether they're into games or not."

Look for Buzz! The Mega Quiz and Buzz! Junior Jungle Party on store shelves tomorrow.

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Read -- America's Ready to Buzz! (Next-Generation)

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Wow, could there be a more blatant rip-off of Scene It 360?

Are you serious? =\

Scene it? came out in 2007, while Buzz has been out since 2005.

I'm not referring to the origin of the core game itself, just the video-game counterparts. I'm comparing the fact that Buzz PS2 will end up being exactly like Scene It 360. Sony is quickly becoming the "Me Too!" company. The Wii has motion controls....oh wait Sony does too! Well, the 360 will have a hit trivia game with unique controllers.....oh wait Sony will too...

Thats all I'm saying.

You guys took the bait. I believe he was seeing if he could hook some people with that response.

Nope I was wrong, he was really that clueless.

You do realize that this has been a big hit in the UK for like the last year (and SingStar) with those controllers and that Sony announced back in May that they were going to finally be bringing the game to the states , way before E3 and Microsoft press conference. It was one the biggest "how blantenly can you be" awards when Microsoft showed off the controllers which were literally the same ones that UK Sony had out for a year.

Really? Well, I stand corrected. And no, I was not aware of that...

No prob, its understandable... Sony added waggle which was also blanten. Everybody steal from everybody. And before anybody say the Wii is original needs to go look at all the light guns/$30 kid's arcade interactive games with the bats and steering wheels and such that was selling before the Wii. The Wii was smart enough to take from an untapped market vs looking at whats the hot thing from other people are doing and taking it from there.

Buzz has been around ages in Europe so I'm pretty sure that Buzz is not copying Scene-it but vice versa. I despise Sony but even I can admit that they may not have copied this unlike they did with motion controls and other things through the years.

Yea I remember when all the reports were laughing at the Scene It unveiling at E3 and were like "they blantenly copied the PS2 controller for the UK" Smart of 360 to get the Scene It name brand for there trivia game though, as it most known in the US. Of course you have to pay royalty fees to the "Scene It" name brand owner vs creating the IP concept in house.

It would be interesting to see how well these sell on the more "core" systems, especially the 360.

seems like a pretty cool game to play with friends. Though I think Scene it is going to be a bigger hit, mostly because it's Scene it.

Wake me up when You Don't Know Jack gets a next-gen port

Now that what I am talking about. That use to be the game back when I was in college...

Wake me up before you go-go! Don't leave me hangin' on like a yo-yo!

Buzz is a lot of fun when you are drunk and in the company of mates.

I can't believe that it hasn't been released in the US before.

That Muppet host still scares me.

Glad to see I'm not the only one to make this connection before...

http://www.beato.co.uk/uploads/images/Kermit%20Spaz.gif

Demented muppets indeed.

Apparently, it will work fully with the 60GB PS3. The controllers are connected to a USB hub-type box. There not wireless like the Scene It! for 360. I guess I'll pick it up for the family—looks fun.

The Buzz games all work on the PS3, but the Mega Quiz crashed after about 20 minutes last time we played it.

i've never heard of any of these trivia games until this last couple weeks from joystiq, so apparently they're not that well known

Man, if Sony wanted to make back some of the money they've been bleeding over the past 2 years, they should license this out for the Wii. No brainer, really.

Buzz! makes beeline for North American PS2

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