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I know there must have been a time in my life when I enjoyed going to the carnival. Don’t get me wrong, I would still kill a man for some funnel cake, but nowadays, when I think of a carnival, all I imagine are scary clowns and rusty, tetanus-ridden Tilt-a-Whirls run by toothless carnies. What happened to all the fun I used to remember?

Well, Take-Two (in association with its publishing label Global Star Software) hopes to bring back everything that was nifty about the good ol’ bowler hat wearin’ state fair days with Carnival Games, a Wii-exclusive coming to Nintendo’s system this summer.

The game is designed (from the ground up!) for up to four players, will feature over 25 of the most popular carnival games, and offer up to 250 upgradeable prizes. While my “ho-hum” alarm goes off every time a new minigame collection is announced for the Wii, who knows what Carnival Games has in store for us under that mysterious facade of mediocre graphics? A game that has skee ball in it can’t be all that bad, right? Right? Skee ball? Anyone?

What do you think? Have you hit your Wii minigame threshold? Like me, are you unbelievably fascinated by whoever directed the above trailer (assumed overused line of direction to the actors: ‘Almost there – try taking it up a notch or two!’)?








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Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 16:47
Toneman
NO. MORE. MINIGAMES.
I bought a videogame system, not a minigame system.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 16:47
Niero
MORE.FUNNEL.CAKES.
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 16:52
PappaDukes
WOW, do you think that commercial could have been a little more annoying? And, who dresses up in duck-hunting fatigues anymore? That's soooo 1982.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 16:55
king3vbo
DO NOT WANT
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 16:57
Rockvillian
They had me at Skeeball... but... all these games would be better suited and more appreciated as side games in something like Animal Crossing where they'd be something to play to pass the time and earn Bells.

Like hell I'm going to turn on my Wii, load in the disc, stand up, move my table, and try to translate waggle to rigged carnival games.
David Houghton 's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:00
David Houghton
Hmmm, Wii Sports combined with Wii Play with different graphics... I'm jumping with excitement.



Actually I'm not. That was a lie.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:00
Jim Sterling
If there's a "try not to get raped by carnies" minigame, I'm all over it.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:02
Aaron Mxy Yost
I could get behind some virtual skeeball, but this game fails for not having Mii support.
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:02
World Famous
"I bought a videogame system, not a minigame system."

You bought the wrong system dude. I'm not sure why you're expecting more out of the Wii.
Rainbowblack's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:03
Rainbowblack
fucking skeeball!!

I think my mom tried to give me a high-five.

BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:10
BahamutZero
Jim I think it's about time we sat down and had a talk about your rape fantasies. what your uncle did was wrong, but it does not excuse you constantly trying to rape carny folk. There are some very acceptable therapeutic options available such as massage, psychiatry, and funnel cake regression therapy
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:12
BahamutZero
also skeet skeet skeet skeet
th0mas28's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:13
th0mas28
Were these games also designed so it is impossible to win like the real thing?

I am absolutely sure that those hoops are too small for that basketball.
rdaneel72's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:17
rdaneel72
I always thought the constant fear of dying was what made the carnival fun. Nothing like seeing a mess of bolts in the grass under the Tilt-A-Whirl.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:19
Chad Concelmo
Okay, I am officially obsessed with the trailer for this game. Those are pretty much the worst actors I have ever seen in my entire life. Seriously, kid, tone it down!
DrYou's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:22
DrYou
"That Just Happened!!!"
JJ Rage's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:26
JJ Rage
Meh.

I'm not even going to bother [i]attempting[/] to buy a Wii until Smash Brothers comes out.

Each and every day, I grow closer and closer to Summa's 'Wii Sucks' club.
JJ Rage's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:26
JJ Rage
also fuck BB code
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:30
brad drac
That commercial is either one of the worst attrocities ever put to film, or the best satirisation of video games advertisements of all time.

Unless its got a "hose down the freaks" game, I'm writing this one off.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:41
Chad Concelmo
How about a "get your hair stuck in The Scrambler" game?
Toneman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:45
Toneman
@ Summa
I'm not expecting more, I'm expecting less. Less minigames.
I'm also expecting Mario, Metroid and Smash Bros, which again, is nothing more than what I'd usually expect.

I do however, expect a hell of a lot more from my PS3.
HenryJonesJr's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:49
HenryJonesJr
Looks like crap.
Should sell a million.
Thaaaaat's Wii!
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:57
Tron Knotts
I freaking love the Wii thus far. I have more to look forward to on the console than the other two combined. Carnival games has nothign to do with that.

This game looks like it was made by complete assholes. I hate it.

PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 17:59
PappaDukes
stoopid game-making assholes!
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 18:04
Tron Knotts
Smelly 1's.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 18:05
s0lesurviv0r
Shenanigans!
Agent Nixon's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 18:06
Agent Nixon
@toneman
I too, expect to expect things.
Magesx's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 18:07
Magesx
The Wii is the ultimate at-home experience for all those bowling aficionados.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 18:14
Jim Sterling
Okay, so I've sat down to watch the trailer...


...

...


I wish I was dead.
zardoz's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 19:13
zardoz
That trailer was very scary, it could be so wrong that it ends up right but not this time, it's so so wrong for so many reasons, I just know that if I happened to walk into that bizarre nuclear family world, I would be brutally killed within minutes...then raped.

Plus the music was trying to be fun and friendly, yet I there are only two types of people who regularly suffer this sonic torture - the clinically depressed and the terrorist suspects at the Guantanamo Bay dentention centre.

By the way, fuck off Summa. Once again using the ground below the bottom of the barrel to fuel you're anti Wii propaganda. Hey Summa, I once met a Chinese guy I didn't like, guess they're all pricks yeah. Yeah?
amalgamut00's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 19:18
amalgamut00
I'm really debating now if I should sell my Wii
Faith's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 20:04
Faith
I go downtown to the Midway in Niagara Falls for two reasons: Playing all the Carnival games like Skeeball or the water gun game and playing a shooting arcade game called Carnival King where you play shooting gallery games with a light game.

This game is truly bringing the experience home, except for collecting tickets for over-sized stuffed Elmos and Scooby Doos
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 20:07
BahamutZero
Chad I want to stab you in the fucking eye.

I want to stab every person involved in the making of this commercial, in the eye. I want to disembowel the baristas who made the coffee order for the producers of this commercial, and force the rest of the crew such as the grips and camerapeople to eat his intestines.

And they say video games make you violent. JT is going after the wrong people
fromagex's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 20:19
fromagex
are there even 25 carnival games? i cant think of 25 that arent variations of another game.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 20:55
Chad Concelmo
Hey, don't shoo ... er ... stab the messenger! :)
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 21:50
Colette Bennett
FUNNEL CAKES FTW
ShawnKelfonne's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/22/2007 21:53
ShawnKelfonne
But where is my goldfish in a bag?
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2007 00:01
BahamutZero
the simple fact is I have too much anger chad. you are actually adorable in that picture, there. I could never stab you in the eye. The rest stands.
FiXXXerX's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2007 00:45
FiXXXerX
FUCKINGMINIGAMEFUCKSFUCKINGFUCKYOURFUCKINGMINIGAMESALLOVERMYGODDAMNEDWII!!!!11!
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2007 02:48
Burnt Meatloaf
You know, I'm a bit confused as to how many of these games are supposed to work. When throwing a ball with a remote control, how is the game supposed to know when you let go? Are you supposed to hold down the B button to hold on to the ball, or is your "grip" automatic? A controller is natural when you don't have to learn how to use it. I suspect there will be quite a large learning curve here, just trying to figure out what the hell the game wants.

Sounds like a real exercise in frustration, unless (I suspect) the game has a lot of fudge factors and handicaps so the game almost ends up playing itself.

Eh, who am I kidding? This game will sell by the truckload anyway. Casual gamers don't have the experience to know about interface and ergonomic issues. I just has to look cool.

Except, this doesn't look cool. At all.
mandlebaum123's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2007 08:17
mandlebaum123
Id give it a try. I grew up on the beach, so I have a soft spot for games that rip you off.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/23/2007 08:59
BahamutZero
http://www.destructoid.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5718&highlight=

Anyone want to buy some wii games? I am sick of this shit.
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