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Happy Feet ships 1.8 million; won't anyone think of the children?!

1:26 AM on 01.12.2007, Nex 50 comments

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This is a call to all parents, grandparents, oblivious aunts and uncles and semi-autonomous caring machines who have been put in charge of children; please stop buying licensed crap!

Yahoo News revealed earlier today that Happy Feet, Midway's cash-grab based on an animated film about penguins, has shipped 1.8 million copies. Yes, you read that correctly, 1.8 million.

That is exactly 1.8 million homes around the world where children are going to get their first taste of hatred for the adults in their lives. Properly nurtured by angst-filled music and the harshities of teenage life, these kids will undoubtedly turn to the sad existence of the goth before ending their lives one night while blitzed on Sharpie markers and the intoxicating lyrics of Avenged Sevenfold. Your unwillingness to seek out a proper game for your child instead of just pumping them full of the flavor-of-the-month licensed crap ended in you having to sponge their brains off of the faux-wood panelling in your split-level ranch home. Happy now?

Hit the jump for a deeper glimpse into the horrors of truth.

It's not too late though, your kids need not go down the road of black nail polish and virginity until their 20s. Instead of picking up the latest animated-film-turned-game you see immediately shouting to you from the shelves, go pick up any game from Nintendo. It doesn't matter which one, just pick up anything with a Mario or a Yoshi on the cover. Your kid really is too stupid to know the difference at this point, but much like rearing him on vegetables and fruits instead of sugar and heroin, providing a solid gaming background for your young one will lead to a lifelong love for the quality things in life.

Of course, this is all hypothetical since your presence here at Destructoid almost guarantees that you have better taste than the average Walmart dwelling mother from Middle America who would still be two hundred pounds overweight even if you could pry those six forty pound growths she calls her children off of her varicose-vein-riddled calves. Sadly, I can not have the same amount of faith in your relatives. Your sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, anyone who could theoretically be in charge of a child at some point badly needs your help. If you care at all for the future of humanity, you will present to them this article, and, if necessary, act out certain parts. Don't try to imitate my voice, it's simply too authoritative and majestic, but feel free to interpret this in words your loved ones can understand. Small words with few syllables work best.

It is up to us to stem this abhorrent tide of shit from roiling over it's bargain-bin-banks and choking the industry out with wave after disgusting wave of licensed refuse. 

 


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Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 01/12/2007 01:51
Preachin' to the choir here... but wait, what if it's actually a good game? I mean, I haven't bothered to read the reviews or anything...
Serpentish's Avatar
Serpentish at 01/12/2007 01:54
Yeah, I should start walking into best buy with a blue polo shirt and giving people advice on what games to buy for their young'ns. "Yeah that superman returns game will be great for your kids... if you want them feel the anguish of a thousand souls screaming in pain. I suggest guitar hero instead."
Petrie's Avatar
Petrie at 01/12/2007 02:05
Guitar Hero is horrible for kids, they can barely play the game, at least in that age group. the fret buttons are simply too far from each other for those little hands.
tehuberone's Avatar
tehuberone at 01/12/2007 02:12
Happy Feet is marketed to people that pay for AOL and still use 56k.

But really is the game good? What is it(rpg, platformer, party)?
tehuberone's Avatar
tehuberone at 01/12/2007 02:29
Conclusion Drawn. At least the BK games sold more.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 01/12/2007 04:32
I was just talking with a friend about how much Avenged Sevenfold sucks.

Neutral Milk Hotel, Beck, Radiohead, The Eels, Cursive, Chad Vangahlen, Pedro the Lion, and Wilco 4 life. Seriously.

Thankyou for the entertaining rant.
zaqu's Avatar
zaqu at 01/12/2007 05:58
look out gears of war
thenewblood's Avatar
thenewblood at 01/12/2007 06:09
The people of this country are so fat! WWIII is right around the corner. Our military is going down the tubes. Gaming may be ruining our youth. Ok Gaming/Computers/Internet. And now that Gaming for a living is becoming more mainstream, fat losers, couch people, and social outcasts are like "oh yeah thats what i'm gonna do." Growing up now is different then when i did in the late 80s and 90s. Sitting on our ass in front of a computer is like America's new pasttime. So don't be too high on gaming. Just a thought
Teamjesus's Avatar
Teamjesus at 01/12/2007 06:23
This makes me, you know sorta sad.
To know that this game most likely outsold the greatness of Bully.
Stop the madness children, just stop, please...........please.
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 01/12/2007 07:11
I sold so many copies of this craptastic game at work over the holiday season. Try as I might I would tell parents it's is not a fun game and their children will have a difficult time with it, but alas, they never listen.

Same with the r-tards who bought pimp my ride. HOW THE HELL DOES A GAME BASED ON THAT TRASH SOUND LIKE A SOUND INVESTMENT?
tazarthayoot's Avatar
tazarthayoot at 01/12/2007 07:13
But I also have to ask, that's across all the platforms it was released on, right? It was I believe DS, Gamecube, and Ps2, so thats what, 600k each right?

Jesus christ that's still a lot.
skAnarky's Avatar
skAnarky at 01/12/2007 07:18
...... gamespot gave the gameboy version a 6/10......
Jecrell's Avatar
Jecrell at 01/12/2007 07:51
I used to like penguins until this happened.
Fuck penguins.
CaffeinePowered's Avatar
CaffeinePowered at 01/12/2007 08:25
Entertaining argument, btu sadly as long as garbage like this continues to make money, people will make it, much like how hollywood spews out turd after turd.
TheBrain's Avatar
TheBrain at 01/12/2007 08:33
I wouldn't worry about it. I've seen kids enjoy some really shitty games before. Under a certain age they have no ability to assess quality. Hell, I used to play Primal Rage like it was actually worth playing when I was a young'n.
lAboMbA's Avatar
lAboMbA at 01/12/2007 09:05
you really have to look at the audience though.

for example; my daughter wants that new barbie game for her DS (she's 3) due to the commercials. Now how am I going to explain to my 3 year old that the game sucks...when in reality, she's doing good just to press forward on the d-pad? She'll love the game, as did the majority of people that probably actually played 'happy feet'.

not because the game sucked, but because the game was probably appropriate for their age and comprehension.
SunTzu's Avatar
SunTzu at 01/12/2007 09:19
This just in: Happy Feet outsells the PS3. Fanboys weep, and Phill Harrison commits sepuku.
KyleGamgee's Avatar
KyleGamgee at 01/12/2007 10:00
sepuku... that made me laugh.
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Snaileb at 01/12/2007 10:14
FUCK YOU ALL!! HAPPY FEET PWNZ YOU BITCHES!!11!! HAPPY FEET FTW!!
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crazywes at 01/12/2007 10:26
Do I get to club the cute lil critters to death?
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 01/12/2007 10:27
I have happy feet. watch as you are hypnotized by my smoky dance of seduction
BlindsideDork's Avatar
BlindsideDork at 01/12/2007 10:31
Bahamut...that looks so familiar, which game is it from?
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 10:39
FF3
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 01/12/2007 10:47
wrong!!!!!!

secret of mana bitches
CaffeinePowered's Avatar
CaffeinePowered at 01/12/2007 10:48
@Snaileb

No its from Secret of Mana
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 10:53
I just watched Niero get beat down with a balloon sword. : http://youtube.com/watch?v=RJvuAmTiKVM @ minute 4, pay attention.
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 01/12/2007 11:06
look at me guys! I did something funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns6RJnTOaiE
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 01/12/2007 11:14
HAHA, Awesome article, Nex.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 11:16
@ Brad Drac : WTF?!

@ Zero : I like Iron Chief, so it was really funny. But clearly edited.
Chris Taran's Avatar
Chris Taran at 01/12/2007 11:27
I came for Nex's great article, I stayed for the crazy YouTube links in the comments.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 11:35
Chris this next post is for you.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 11:37
What's your e-mail? LOL!
Chris Taran's Avatar
Chris Taran at 01/12/2007 11:40
Yes, I love posting my e-mail for all the world to see!

Figure out this cryptic code for the answer you seek:

My name (no spaces!!!) at Google's awesome e-mail service dot communication.
Chris Taran's Avatar
Chris Taran at 01/12/2007 11:41
Also, fun fact about me:

I own slaves.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 11:43
lmao that was awesome, I thought so too. Im on the mailing list, you couldve sent something and I would've gotten it, the way this fucked up subscription based thing is going on. Anywho, we'll see if it worked.
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brad drac at 01/12/2007 11:45
Hrn, I was thinking that might be partially lost on a yankish audience. The guy's rolf harris, this australian... guy. I guess mainly an artist and singer, but he's not really that great at either. That vid is a remix of this one which aired on a british daytime talkshow. It's actually pretty good aswell.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 11:57
.....Im yankish?? That's harsh. Can't you just call us.. Austalian Culturaly Inclined? Or retard... but I believe the PC term is inclined.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 11:57
(BTW, I fuckin love Wolfmother, and they need to make more apperances in the states. )

Seriously.. yankish? That justs sounds dirty.
BluDesign's Avatar
BluDesign at 01/12/2007 12:10
Chris? So that's myname@gmail.com then right?

Right?
RIGHT?!

HA!

Great. Now it's time to add you to some spam lists...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 12:20
DvDdesign you truly are a maniacal fuck.

^ No flame there, just truthiness. You know it to be true. DONT LIE!!
Chris Taran's Avatar
Chris Taran at 01/12/2007 12:26
Woot! I love spam on toast!

Just take some nice white bread, toast it for about a minute, throw on maybe a little butter, then print out a good stack of Nigerian prince and viagra spam, slice it up all nice, and enjoy with a nice white wine.

I prefer a nice Chateau St. Jean Belle Terre Chardonnay. 2004 was a nice year for it.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 01/12/2007 12:27
Chris Taran : James Bond of D'toid


You want that bitch shaked or stirred?!
BahamutZero's Avatar
BahamutZero at 01/12/2007 12:39
I ate your liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 01/12/2007 13:56
DANCING PENGUINS FTW! I'm buying three copies!
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