Celebrity Sports Showdown review

Creepy enough to be fun? No

GamesRadar+ Verdict

Pros

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    Certainly "different"

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    May be funny to some

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    One fun minigame

Cons

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    Pointless premise

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    Almost entirely worthless games

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    About as low-brow as it gets

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Things to see before you die: the crumbling sphinxes of Egypt, the ever-dwindling Barrier Reef, Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas trying her hand at the medieval Scottish sport of curling. Okay, not the last one. Only a brain infected with stupid syndrome would consider pairing such a perverse combination. It’s like looking out of your window and seeing bitchy pop-mogul Simon Cowell collecting rubbish. And yet EA have decided that a mismatch of obscure sports and minor American celebs is just what the public needs.

Unless you absolutely have to see Sugar Ray Leonard battering Avril Lavigne’s face with a pugil stick we’d suggest leaving this game off your Xmas list. Having said that, there was one minigame that proved a guilty pleasure. Air Racers had us whizzing through floating rings in a zippy little jet. It reminded us of that last race against Wizpig in Diddy Kong Racing, only this time with motion control.

Dec 8, 2008

More info

GenreSports
DescriptionEven more odious than the cover image alone can prepare you for, this incredibly disposable experience is worth no one's time or money.
Platform"Wii"
US censor rating"Everyone"
UK censor rating"3+"
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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