BioShock: Undersea Carnival Games coming to Wii

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.

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.

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.

--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.

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