Let's play ... Spot the Real Wii or DS Game 2!

by Justin McElroy { Sep 18th 2009 at 4:00PM }

The hit of February has returned courtesy of the Nintendo holiday release list: It's Spot the Real Wii or DS Game Vol. 2. You heard the game on this week's podcast, now you can play along at home! Just check the list, make your guess and then highlight the titles to see which are real and which are fake. Remember, you don't get a point unless you properly identify all the games in the question. The lighting round questions are worth two a piece.

So gather up some friends, hit the jump and let us know in the comments how you fared.

0-5 -- You're a Nintendolt
6-10 -- You did NintendOK
11-15 -- You Nintendidit!

Warm Up (one fake):

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan: Super Game Day

Dr. Medicine: Get Healthy! FAKE!

Buck Fever

Animalia (one fake):

Panda Card Party: Euchre-lyptis FAKE!

Madagascar Kartz

Chicken Riot

Party Time (two fakes):

Family Party: 30 Great Games™ Outdoor Fun

Party Designer

Dino Party: Velociraptorz FAKE!

Ghost Mansion Party

Our House: Party!

Baiden Baiden: Shine Party Star FAKE!

Potporri (two fakes):

Sudoku Ball Detective

I Can Move: Fun Hanger FAKE!

Bermuda Triangle: Saving the Coral

Smart Series Presents: JaJa' Adventure

Captain Underpants: Poopypants Reckoning FAKE!

Smart Kid (one fake):

Smart Boy's Gameroom 2®

Smart Girl's Playhouse 2®

Smart Kid: Make the Grade FAKE!

Smart Kid's Mega Game Mix™

WiiWare (one fake):

You, Me, and the Cubes

Eco Shooter: Plant 530

Fast Freddy's Sandwich Hunt FAKE!

The Amazing Brain Train

Generic DS Fantasy (two fakes):

Fighting Fantasy™: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient Temple

Battle of Giants™: Dragons

Crystal Quest: Sword of Destiny FAKE!

Wizard School: A is for Alchemy FAKE!
!

FINAL ROUND: DESTINEER

1. Alien Monster Bowling League REAL!

2. Marines: Modern Urban Combat REAL!

3. Satisfashion REAL!

4. Rec Room REAL!

5. We Wish You A Merry Christmas REAL!

Tags: nintendo, spot-the-real-wii-or-ds-game

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Mr Khan @ Sep 18th 2009 4:06PM

I aced WiiWare, Party Time, and Generic DS Fantasy, but bombed all the rest.

There's really a game called Madagascar Kartz? Really?

[ArchiGamer] @ Sep 18th 2009 4:11PM

I got 7, and that's only because all these games are almost too absurd to not be real.

captainprotonx @ Sep 18th 2009 4:11PM

Like the rising sun and the setting moon, the shitware cycle continues unabated.

ShadowflareXIII @ Sep 19th 2009 3:54AM

Man..that's really sad...

Oh well, In their eyes, money is money. If you can shovel sh*t and make sheep eat it, then more power to ya I guess.

The only thing that annoys me is having to sift through all the very same sh*t to find things that are actually worth something.

(Deja Vu Monster Hunter)

Mal F4cti0n @ Sep 18th 2009 4:15PM

What the hell is Buck Fever? I thought that was the fake one......I stopped when I got the warmup wrong. = (

I have a Wii, but don't consider myself a Wii owner because it never gets played. Sometimes, I forget I have it.

Who wants to buy a Wii with four Wiimotes, two nunchucks, and six games? $100?

Dante G @ Sep 18th 2009 4:21PM

You could get $200 easily with that.

Mal F4cti0n @ Sep 18th 2009 4:30PM

Sold!

That is a binding contract, sir! ; )

deaftly @ Sep 18th 2009 4:37PM

Hell, I sold mine with 2 wiimotes/nunchucks and a plus and classic controller for $250.

Cheesus(Crust) @ Sep 18th 2009 4:45PM

I sold mine with extra Wiimote/Nunchuck and gamecube controller after being used for 9 months for $240.

ToadStoolPorridge (PSN: tennispro_99) @ Sep 18th 2009 5:16PM

I want to sell mine and maybe put the money towards my new Xbox I want to get, but I just can't part with it. I haven't played it in quite a while, but I feel like I want to keep it just so I'll have it later on in life. Maybe it will be seen as a failed experiment for a motion-controlled console in 15 years. Maybe it will end up reaching some extraordinary potential by the end of it's lifecycle and people will kill to have one in 20-30 years. Either way, I just want to hold onto it :)

Mal F4cti0n @ Sep 18th 2009 7:29PM

I should sell it....$200 (or $250) would cover my video game costs for about two years at the slow rate I buy games.

Thanks, guys!

aristokrat @ Sep 18th 2009 8:54PM

I've been trying to figure out how to sell my Wii, but it's modded and no auction sites allow that. I guess it'll continue to collect dust.

Triscuit @ Sep 18th 2009 11:27PM

If you're actually willing to go for 100, I would buy it. I don't own one, I want one, I would buy it. Seriously. I want to buy it.

bow2luis @ Sep 20th 2009 11:14AM

Ill buy that $hit of you! u got an ebay!1

Mal F4cti0n @ Sep 20th 2009 4:57PM

I don't have an ebay....

I will probably list it on Craigslist. I am in the Washington, D.C. area if you are close

eNrique @ Sep 18th 2009 4:15PM

That list of games makes me put Nintendo in my list of "the saddest things that happened to gaming".

Mr Khan @ Sep 18th 2009 4:58PM

Because Nintendo published most or all of these games. Or moneyhatted the publishers to get them on their platforms

RAVE Master 2.0 @ Sep 18th 2009 4:16PM

Goodness Gracious! O.O

"Alien Monster Bowling League"??? -.-

I just don't know, man....

Dante G @ Sep 18th 2009 4:22PM

Oops, I Nintendidit again.

Jimbo @ Sep 18th 2009 4:31PM

That final round really fucked with my head.

There is no hope. The industry's over. I'm going home.

Mike @ Sep 18th 2009 4:34PM

We Wish You a Merry Christmas: The Game

TRON.dll @ Sep 18th 2009 5:24PM

I just lost the game.

Triscuit @ Sep 18th 2009 11:29PM

EFF YOU, TRON!

Courtney @ Sep 18th 2009 4:37PM

The first game of this had my favorite moment ever in the podcast, Justin laughing at Chris and Ludwig's guesses. I actually tried to make an audio bump out of it for the 'cast:

http://shoestringtheory.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/totw.mp3

Warlock @ Sep 18th 2009 4:53PM

This news topic can do nothing but give Ubisoft more terrible game ideas.. way to go... :P

Rein [Prime Minister of the city-state of New Bjork] @ Sep 18th 2009 5:06PM

Aww man, I was really hoping that Dino Party: Velociraptorz was real. :(

Warlock @ Sep 18th 2009 5:39PM

Just wait, we'll probably see it by next Christmas along with Velociraptorz Babiez

MRLN the Amazing @ Sep 18th 2009 5:21PM

I did NintendOK...

The sad part is that there is so much shoveware where the most effort went into choosing the name that we can make this sort of game.

Josh @ Sep 18th 2009 5:35PM

I NINTENDIDIT AGAIN!

Last time I got 13/17, this time I got 13/15!

I knew to expect that the last five were all real this time!

YES!

Dv8thwonder @ Sep 18th 2009 5:44PM

Bring your shovels to this shitstorm. Plop!

Jorge Gonzalez @ Sep 18th 2009 5:48PM

Might want to take out the trademark and copyright symbols when you copy and paste because they're give-aways for real games.

dilui007 @ Sep 18th 2009 9:45PM

See, this is the reason why i bought an Xbox 360, shovelware games like these is ruining the Wii.

SoshiKitai @ Sep 19th 2009 3:36PM

I know, I mean, My God. Everytime one of these shovelware crap appears, I HAVE TO BUY IT, then I'm like "F***! My Wii's ruined forever!"

emeli @ Sep 18th 2009 10:26PM

We use to do this thing as kids where we would swap the first letters of multi-word obscenities to "clean them up" such as 'fother mucker' and 'bon of a sitch'. Well, I did that with "Buck Fever"...

Kawika @ Sep 19th 2009 12:11AM

That kind of letter-swapping is known as a Spoonerism

lilkrissyxx @ Sep 18th 2009 11:15PM

So we can get our.. Satisfashion!

Mal F4cti0n @ Sep 20th 2009 4:56PM

I don't have an ebay....

I will probably list it on Craigslist. I am in the Washington, D.C. area if you are close.

dantebk @ Sep 21st 2009 1:24PM

Great game!! I got 8 right.

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