Major League Eating: The Game

Major League Eating: The Game is a video game for WiiWare developed by Sensory Sweep Studios, and produced by Mastiff. The first video game to be based on competitive eating,[1] it was released in North America on July 14, 2008,[2] and in Japan on March 24, 2009.[3]

Major League Eating: The Game
Developer(s)Sensory Sweep Studios
Publisher(s)Mastiff
Platform(s)Wii (WiiWare)
Release
  • NA: July 14, 2008
  • JP: March 24, 2009
Genre(s)Action game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Based on competitive eating contests held by Major League Eating, the game features eleven competitive eating professionals to compete against including Takeru Kobayashi, Joey Chestnut, Tim Janus, Patrick Bertoletti, Crazy Legs Conti, Sonya Thomas, Rich LeFevre and Juliet Lee,[4] as well as a Kodiak bear.[5] The Japanese release replaces LeFevre and Lee with Japanese competitive eaters Noboyuki Shirota and Hatsuyo Sugawara.[3]

Controlled using Wii Remote gestures and likened to a fighting game, Major League Eating: The Game allows players to unleash special moves on their opponents. Players progress through a number of increasingly difficult rounds that cover twelve different types of food. Along with the single-player campaign and a competitive two-player mode, the game also features online play and leaderboards.[6]

The developers have cited Street Fighter II, Street Fighter Alpha and Mario Kart as influences on the game.[7]

Reception

WiiWare World gave the game a 6 out of 10, stating the game is a "unique blend of concepts wrapped around a somewhat distasteful premise and vulgar humour". They felt the gameplay was repetitive and that the use of power-ups during gameplay somewhat spoiled the core mechanic of the game, which they otherwise found to be "surprisingly fun".[8] However IGN was more negative, giving the game a 3.5/10 and calling it "another clunky, ugly Wii game that consists of waving your arms around looking like a jackass".[9]

Despite this, MTV Multiplayer said that players "might not want to write off Major League Eating: The Game too quickly. Sure, it’s a game based entirely on eating, but it is actually surprisingly fun to virtually scarf down quantities of food so large that the average human body would most likely not be able to digest."[10]

References
  1. "Competitive eating to make its debut in video game form". Archived from the original on 2008-12-07. Retrieved 2008-07-12.
  2. Life, Nintendo (14 July 2008). "USA WiiWare Update: Major League Eating". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. Life, Nintendo (25 September 2008). "Major League Eating Coming to Japan, With New Characters". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. Life, Nintendo (11 July 2008). "Prepare To Eat Until You Belch On Monday". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. Life, Nintendo (1 August 2008). "Major League Eating: Kodiak Bear Unleashed". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  6. "Joystiq hands-on: Major League Eating: The Game (WiiWare)". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  7. Major League Eating: The Game: The Interview
  8. Life, Nintendo (16 July 2008). "Review: Major League Eating: The Game (WiiWare)". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  9. Hatfield, Daemon (30 July 2008). "Major League Eating Review". Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  10. 07/16/2008, Jason Cipriano. "Digest '120 Seconds' Worth Of 'Major League Eating: The Game'". Retrieved 6 February 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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