Major League Eating crammed into WiiWare

by James Ransom-Wiley on Feb 29th 2008 4:30PM

Shovelware has graduated to the next level: irony. Turns out Mastiff plans to debut its coveted Major League Eating license on WiiWare, when the service launches May 12. Players will literally simulate the shoveling of food into their mouths using Nintendo's patented Waggletech®. You thought busted TVs were bad? Wait till someone swallows a Wiimote.

Major League Eating: The Game features two-player offline play, plus an online mode and leaderboards. Players will be taught to use various techniques -- like the cram, toss and typewriter -- while engaging opponents with an arsenal of 'gurgitatory' weaponry, including bites, burps, belches, mustard gas and jalapeño flames. Burp-offs and hot potato challenges are also con-firmed. This can't be ... Oh yes, it's real.

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Tags: major-league-eating, mastiff, mle, shovelware, Wii, wiiware

Reader Comments (42)

*slaps head*

the ratio of good software to complete garbage has to be the worst ever for this console..

I agree with this comment.
[also slaps Wong's forehead]

Seriously, though... the fact that a "Major League Eating" even EXISTS, much less a game based off of it, disgusts me.

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Nope, PS2 definitely has more. Can't believe the number of times I've walked into GAME and seen some "Big Rigs racing!" or similar titles sitting in the top 10 charts! Looking over the Wii stuff and it has Galaxy, Prime, Wii play and generally better games.

I can already count more better games on the Wii than the PS2, unless somehow the Wii has more games than the PS2 already?

SAUSAGE PARTY!

That Nintendo seal of Quality sure is something else.

Oh, wait...

February 29, 2008: Wii wins the console wars.

Oh man, look at those graphics! PS3, eat your heart out!

No, Timothy and El eat your heart out. PS3's not playing this!

Worst. Idea. Ever.

I firmly believe some idiot will break a tooth while doing the "cram, toss and typewriter"(?) motion.

Well, cant' say Wii Ware doesn't have diversity. Final Fantasy, Dr. Mario and Major League Eating. And plu, you get to train to one of the "nearly $350,000 in prize money" awarded by International Federation of Competitive Eating (I'm not making this up, it's on Wikipedia)

Really, I'm pretty impressive by how good WiiWare is shaping. Almost every WiiWare announced title looks very good, both graphical and gameplay side.

I'm proud of this developers, because they are peopel who actually wants to work, and actually wants to make good games.

Eternity's Child, World of Goo, Plattchen, Final Fantasy, Star Soldier R, Butterfly Garden, Lost Wind and a lot of other titles. And all the games at a bargain price.

This developers only need one chance... they don't have the resources to make a big game, but they are proving to be very creatives. Developers like Data Design Interactive should be ashame for their mediocre games and this game should be in the same category... mediocre.

By the way... look the new look of Castle Defender... nice! =p

http://www.xgenstudios.com/defend-your-castle/

you are pretty impressive?

*Impressed =p

As an aside, that new Castle Defender look is pretty sweet. Fernando, when you find stuff like that, send me a quick message on Live. i know you dig deeper than me to find stuff like this.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

He's a joker.

This is the average quality of a Wii game. Wiifail.

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WTF?

He was choking... you know... practicing for the game =p

Put it in ms word or note pad, you'll see

Bricks have been shat.

Nice

Dude swallowed his Wiimote practising for the banana eating contest

If you know what I mean

Well... at least they won't waste a DVD on it. I always feel bad burning a DVD that only takes up a fraction of its space.

Which is what this would clearly do otherwise.

Please let there be a Wii Fat peripheral to this.

"You thought busted TVs were bad? Wait till someone swallows a Wiimote."

I lol'd.

The guy on the left looks confused as to why he's even in this game...

The guy on the right looks like someone stole his eyes.

I believe the athlete on the left is responding to the result of the competition with an inquiry as to what the hell kind of shit this is.

heh, 'athlete'....

How am I supposed to 'troll' Wii post when the original article is pretty much a 'troll' in and of itself?

Because you've lost all creativity and descended into Troll mediocrity?

Come on, jsn up there came up with something, it wasn't much, but it was something

Wii Ware is exactly where this sort of thing belongs

A good sign for the future, more stuff like this will end up at the right price point for what you're getting, instead of a full-scale release

Its hard to work up much vitriol at 4 on a friday....

Ill give this post to 'Gavin'

Watch out, Joystiq writer: You don't want some MLE champion making a scorning letter and challenging you to a face to face meeting...like with "Deadliest Catch?"

Stop making fun and stop having fun already.

Only in America...

Skinny Asian guy FTW.

I have been gaming for 28 years. I honestly believe that this is the dumbest concept for a game I have ever heard of. What, exactly, is the target audience here?

That's it, I quit!

MSDF, here I come!

Just heard this song...could be the soundtrak to this game:::::http://www.thejawz.com

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Major League Eating crammed into WiiWare

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