BioShock: Undersea Carnival Games coming to Wii

  • By Andrew Ryan, GameSpot
  • Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:23 am PT

APRIL FOOL'S DAY: 2K Games' ultraviolent cranium-bashing minigame collection will provide hours of madness for the whole family.

During Take-Two Interactive's latest earnings call, executives for the publisher sung the praises of both its ultraviolent action game BioShock and its all-ages minigame compilation series Carnival Games. Today, the New York-based company announced the first crossover between the two franchises, BioShock: Undersea Carnival Games. Exclusive to the Nintendo Wii, the game is set for release this holiday season, and has not yet been rated or priced.

Sneak...

As first revealed in several job postings, BioShock: Undersea Carnival Games is in development at 2K Marin, which is also developing BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams. Unlike either of its multiplatform cousins, though, the game will seek to look at the lighter side of Rapture, the once-Utopian undersea realm that descended into chaos after internal strife and genetic experimentation gone awry.

Set before the protagonist Jack arrives at the beginning of the first BioShock, BioShock: Undersea Carnival Games takes place in a derelict amusement park not seen in the original game. There, players will assume the role of a splicer, one of the mutated survivors of Rapture's civil war who has lost his or her mind after years of undersea isolation.

...Smash...

To prevent themselves from going further insane, the splicers distracted themselves in a series of casual party games, which players can also indulge in using a Wii remote, a Nunchuk, and a dried-blood-encrusted lead pipe peripheral included in the box. The games include:

--Splice-'n'-Dice: Assemble your own twisted creations from an assortment of twisted limbs, warped visages, and deformed torsos!

--Plasmid Playset: Mix and match your own chemical concoctions and try them out on captive splicers, unhindered by the petty laws or moral trifles of humankind.

--Sneaky Smash: Attach the Wii Remote to the lead pipe accessory and surprise your friends with blunt trauma to the cranium. Last one conscious wins!

--Big Daddy Bumpin': Challenge your friends to a round of bumper cars featuring Big Daddies in tiny electric Volkswagen Bugs.

...Score!

--Memories of Madness: Use the Wii Remote to overturn cards with shockingly disturbing images and match them with similarly sickening pictures on other cards. Last player not driven insane wins...or does he?

--Rapture Rhumba: Holding the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as though holding a dancing partner. Players can dance away the endless hours of tortuous isolation, awaiting the inevitable reckoning that will come with the arrival of the stranger, Jack.

GameSpot asks if you would kindly check back later for more details on BioShock: Undersea Party Games.

The above story is (obviously) fictitious, and was written as part of GameSpot's annual April Fool's Day celebrations. Its content is purely satirical and comedic, and is not intended to be interpreted as an assertion of fact. It also does not reflect the actual views of GameSpot or its parent company, CBS Interactive.

192 Comments

  • sensfanVone

    Posted Apr 18, 2009 9:27 pm PT

    Lol, why do so many comment before knowing what they are commenting on.

  • w8dcompanuncube

    Posted Apr 9, 2009 3:07 pm PT

    ...The Wii needs a shotgun attachment right now.

  • shaboii

    Posted Apr 6, 2009 5:54 pm PT

    haha there are so many possibilities for the wii remote

  • iamtheju

    Posted Apr 3, 2009 7:30 am PT

    lol, the first good game on Wii and it's not even real
    They should seriously make it !

  • Flint247

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 9:52 pm PT

    Preordered!

    lololol

  • jbox32

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 5:45 pm PT

    sounds fun i cant wait til comes out

  • KA12NAG3

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 4:49 pm PT

    ha. this is crazy. good joke though.

  • Lisandro_v22

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 1:43 pm PT

    at least someone is developing for wii

  • ktseymour

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 12:43 pm PT

    Now this is funny! Unlike the RE stunt...

  • razgriz_101

    Posted Apr 2, 2009 12:09 am PT

    damn that actually looked legit tbh, since most people are making games for the Wii.

    The lead pipe part was the funniest aswell.xD

  • LeoBrZ81

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 11:27 pm PT

    Why would I pay $50+ for a Wii Game if I can already play "Surprise! Blunt Trauma to the Cranium" with a $5 two-by-four? This game is a rip-off and I'm not looking forward to it.

  • chappy_man

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 10:34 pm PT

    haha, sad part is this could actually be good on the wii

  • xL33TxTALENTx

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 7:27 pm PT

    this is ridiculous haha

  • Gogolor

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 5:35 pm PT

    I know this is a joke, but I actually want to play it, especially splice and dice.

  • MadworlDsurfer

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 5:22 pm PT

    is this a joke?

  • star77241

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 5:17 pm PT

    This would be absolutely awesome. I hope they actually make this.

  • Zehydra

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 5:06 pm PT

    Sure it's unbelievable, but it was pretty darn funny...

  • remixbaby44

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 5:06 pm PT

    it actually sounds like it would be a good game. they should totally make this!!!!!

  • skullboy950

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 4:45 pm PT

    I think the Wii's just gotten it's killer app.

  • URSpaztic

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 4:37 pm PT

    This one is totally unbelievable, MUA2 article could be believable, u no since the old lady in Madagascar 2 completely kicked the crap out of the lion, and Fable is not good at all.

  • tacoeater831

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 4:36 pm PT

    You know what? i would actually play that, finally i can get some use out of those splicer dance lessons i took as an elective last year in school!

  • etai79

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 4:27 pm PT

    Yawn

  • _Classic_Gamer_ posted Apr 1, 2009 3:59 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    _Classic_Gamer_

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:59 pm PT (hide)

    I don't mind if Gamespot does an April Fools joke, but they shouldn't put it in the official Updates.

  • thps48

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:50 pm PT

    Ha ha, it's amazing that you caught that. It took me a while to recognize the name 'cause at first I thought the main villain was Ann Rand.

  • Flipyap28

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:48 pm PT

    lol, if only.....

  • Arvendragon

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:45 pm PT

    L
    O
    L

  • crix3

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:41 pm PT

    I dont know... Andrew Ryan looked pretty dead to me with the golf club sticking out of his head, how did he come up with this and post it here at gamespot.

  • K_A_R_X

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:29 pm PT

    Andrew Ryan....Andrew Ryan... are you still alive?

  • androflash

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:17 pm PT

    "Last one conscious wins!"

    ROFL..

    I still think the Fable II article is better though..

  • GuybrushAz

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:14 pm PT

    Yes Yes Yes No No No

  • BenBenBen93

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:02 pm PT

    they've did millions of april fools idiot and some are gurrd

  • halokila

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 3:00 pm PT

    april fools? gamespot, don't you think you coulda done better than this?

  • VGA_assassin

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:47 pm PT

    Id buy it.

  • batmanboy11

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:28 pm PT

    That makes 2 april fools day jokes so far...

  • fraz1776

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:24 pm PT

    hmmmmm probably the most obvious/worst April fools joke ever!!!!!!????

  • sanjeev3

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:23 pm PT

    Though its a joke, it actually sounds fun, id get it

  • TehReaper

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:20 pm PT

    Lark will be missed.

  • MuscleCarMan

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:15 pm PT

    id buy it just for the big daddy bumpin

  • joevit

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:12 pm PT

    You know, if this was not B.S. I think that would be kind of cool.

  • Cornicello

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:08 pm PT

    Haha this is a good april fools joke.

  • grafkhun

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:05 pm PT

    Sneaky Smash sounds so awesome! I'm buying this day one, in fact I'm preordering this right now.

  • Lythiris

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 2:00 pm PT

    "Attach the Wii Remote to the lead pipe accessory"

    Don't give Nintendo ideas...

  • Pandajerk29

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:55 pm PT

    you know what the sad thing is, i would not be surprise if this ended up being real

  • Port5

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:54 pm PT

    uh.... seriously?

  • kenakuma

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:50 pm PT

    @ivory soul

    Whats not believable about the wii getting a crappy 3rd party game that is a mini-game collection?

  • Fodpea

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:49 pm PT

    I just pre-ordered this game but for some reason the guy at gamestop was laughing i wonder why. But it is still pre-ordered

  • ivory_soul

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:46 pm PT

    Sounds like a good idea but nice AF joke #5 that I've found...If GS made jokes that were actually believable and not some non-sense it would work better.

  • crix3

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:45 pm PT

    damn i havnt even realized it was april fools til this, thanks for waking me up and giving me a laugh gs!

  • NormanOfTorn

    Posted Apr 1, 2009 1:42 pm PT

    Hey, look! Andrew Ryan stopped by Gamespot to post this.

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