dear god, it BURNS!

Somebody kill me now. What sort of dumbass garbage did they create this time. Either way, with the movie, kids everywhere are gonna buy it. Kinda sad really.

How is it controlled? Is it buttons? Waving the wiimote in the right direction? Or actually shooting the stars?

I fucking hate their voices.

MEDIC!!!

That looks and sounds fun for about... Ok it doesn't.
I'm guessing I should be glad I had it muted. But dear god my eyes!

WOW....makes Rock Band look like a low-budget title!

Off to the store now!

Why does it hurt when I heeeear?

yeah, i can end now that i see this, i gotta chair and a ceiling fan, anyone have any rope?

Luke you really do secretly hate us dont you? D:

Ah I do miss the cartoon shows though. Good times, good times indeed.

This reminds me of being a kid...

I was big into Alvin and the gang in the early and mid 90's and one year for my b'day I got a cassette tape (old school) that was The Chipmunk's singing various songs.

Anything from Beat it, to I love Rock and Roll

Thanks a lot Brash, I used to like that Vertical Horzion song

The 'game' looks like a really bad Elite Beat Agents clone or something. Or a screensaver.

@Witzbold: The cartoon was good, I too miss it :( much better than the drivel childrens television is now.

This is a fine example of why I got rid of my Wii. The system just wasn't fun for me anymore after the gimmick wore off so I ended up giving it to a friend's eight year old daughter.

Sadly I see the Wii taking the same route as the N64 and Gamecube... Tons of trash and very very few games that are worth it (99% of them being first party).

Burn Me Once... Burn Me Twice... Burn Me Thrice... Not anymore.

I'll stick to PC & 360 for now.

That sucked so bad.
Why do you hate us so much?

When did they go emo? I think it would be alright if I smoked, a lot.

@holytramp - Is easily scared by gawker artist adverts: Ya the cartoons were great. I actually enjoyed the movies also. The one where they had the race around the world was excellent.

In other news Im highly disturbed that Alvin and his brothers were replaced by sweater wearing real chipmunks. D:

Where is the love I ask you? WHERE IS THE LOVE?!

Okay, look. I never liked Alvin and The Chipmunks to start with. But I was content to just ignore them, file them off with all the Disney movies and shit.

When I saw a poster for a (shudder) live action/CGI movie, I resolved to place it as far from my mind as humanly possible. For the sake of my sanity, my soul, for the sake of the WORLD, I would endure.

But this? This... abomination? God, dammit.
I can abide no longer. I declare eternal jihad upon Alvin, Simon, Theodore, and all the spawn of Iblis that they call kin. For as long as any chipmunk draws breath shall I strike at them with holy fire.

Why they make shitty games like this? Sure they now how to make us REALLY MAD.
And yes, it burns! >_<

Whatever happened to classics like Japanese Banana? Doooo they haveeee a Japaneseeee Bananaaaaa, Japanese Bananaaaaa, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I love how the chipmunks playing have absolutely nothing to do with the song. Yeah, just look at him banging those drums in the song intro, you sure can hear that snare drum really well in that intro huh?

@insomniabob: Hehe, you "changed" your picture. And yeah, I too coiled in disgust. And the trailers pretty much hit every note for a bad movie. They're "hip", they're "cool", and they "rock." You know its a piece of shit right there. Throw in some bad pop culture references and boom. You have yourself a bomb sammich.

Does it support the Guitar Hero III guitar?

Nothing beats that christmas song they sing though. I forgot the name, most likely due to loss of braincells from listning to it in the first place. D:

No need to post and bitch about the Wii game library. There is shit on every system. The only thing that matters is how many good games your system has.

WTF is this drool.

@Witzbold: Love? There is no love here. There will never be love again. This new incarnation of the vile chipmunk, gibbering mad blasphemes set to song, has RAPED MY SOUL.

In my dreams, I still hear the gurgling, haunting cry that sprang forth, unbidden, from their myriad throats...
"Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!"

@strix: So this game is like 10x better on the other systems I guess?

@Furious_Liver: Overlord of the Netherworld...but not Kotaku...: Aw, somebody noticed! Just a minor pixel cleaning.

Hollywood has really been outdoing themselves with the formulaic shit-fests lately. And it's not just limited to the 'kids' genre, either. Seems like almost every movie to hit the theaters these days is just a weak attempt to capitalize on the success of some other book, movie, video, pop idol, superhero, or rapper.

Remember when they used to make movies that came out of left field and shocked the hell out of you all the damn time? Hell, I remember Fight Club and Brining Out the Dead came out in like the same damn month, one year!
Now we're lucky to get anything half that original once or twice a year. But, I don't really blame the writers, they get paid to write a script that sells.

I blame the studios for doing the same shit that the video game industry is starting to do: relying on 'tried and true' formulas, and not taking ANY risks. Not "low risk", or "a few risks", NO RISKS. They're selling the same product over and over again, and wondering all the time why they're starting to see less profits.

@insomniabob: Yes I had noticed too, since your old one had some problems with it causing a weird white pixels and such eh?

lol wtf.. That song will never be the same now. Never saw it coming, no disclaimer prepares for that.

@insomniabob: Heh...hehehe....American Pie DVDs lulz.

@Witzbold:
I know! It's so fucking urban! Was this the case with the original series? They seem like a rap group to me. Alvin and the Homies.

That was one song that should have NEVER been sang by a group of shrill and badly cg-animated chipmunks.

You're right that is about what I'd expect. It's the chipmunks after all. What a horrible horrible song to hear em' sing though.

next up He Man vs Gray Skull

Am i the only one that doens't really see the gameplay here. Is there something I'm missing that would make me believe there is actually fun to be had here? Also, is this 4 players playing or just one? I really don't get it.

@altgod: Well I guess this does make sense, asides from the scary as fuck CG chipmunks. D: Since the original show they sang like popular songs and stuff, well not too sure if it was popular songs if its time but popular songs nevertheless.

But something just seems so UNHOLY about this whole mess. D:

Im more sad that its not the original Alvin, Simon, and Theodore that I grew up with though.

@insomniabob:
Don't blame the studios, blame the consumers. The reason more and more unoriginal shit keeps being pumped out is because the studios aren't losing money. If they didn't turn a profit, you can bet your ass they would start trying new things. The real problem is that retards, sorry I'm not being politically correct, "casual gamers" buy this shit. Not this shit exclusively, but still, a lot of this shit. Although, the Wii seems to be a counter example to this. Nintendo has always turned a profit, but they went ahead and tried something different anyway. But what is all this shovelware coming out for? The Wii. I actually didn't read the headline for this article very carefully, so I didn't see what system this game is coming out for, but I'm not going to look because I already know. It's almost the definition of irony.

I looked, just to be sure. I would have sounded dumb if it was a PS2 game, which to be honest, is very possible.

Hey, I quite like it.

strix-altgod
According to Gamefaqs,it's on Wii,PS2,DS,and PC. It's a crappy movie-based game,all systems have them,especially the market leader of any given gen.
Was PS2 a poor console?
Oops,sorry,I broke internet law. I was supposed to say MY WII COLLECTS DUST ITS MADE OF PHAIL 360 FOREVAR!!!!!!!!!1
Is that better? Because there's ZERO movie cash-ins on 360 or PStriple,amirite?

@kidnicky:
Yeah, I had a hunch that it might show up on the DS and PS2, but I didn't expect the PC. And yeah, the PS2 has had more shovelware on it than any other console in history, but guess what else it had: tons of good games. Also, I'm not sure why you think I'm a 360 fanboy. I only recently got a 360, and did so only after swallowing my pride and calling it a "Wii Mic" due to the fact that I will soon be using it primarily to talk with my friends while we play Brawl.

You can't make the Chipmunks badass, no matter how hard this stupid movie and game might try.

MY EARS! THEY BLEED!

KILL THEM WITH FIRE!!!

I'm not trying to say the Wii is a bad system, It's just getting bombarded with crud games and with very few good games in between all of them.

No system is better or worse then the other and every system has it's share of crudware.

Unfortunately If you want to peg me as a 360 fanboy because a majority of the games that I like are on the system, then I guess I am.

I originally had a lot of faith in the Wii and still think it has a ton of potential which is going to waste because every single developer seems to want to make cheap cash in party games and just keep cloning them over and over...

All I was getting at in my first post was that the Wii has been a bit of a disappointment to me and it wasn't to my liking anymore.

The intro music when the game starts up is hilarious to me.

Anyhow, I'll suplex any parent who buys this for their kid. Nah, that's too harsh. Instead I'll stop them, look them straight in the eye and shed one tear.

I didn't want to eat my burrito just yet, but suddenly I'm really hungry. Thanks for that.

[/not sarcasm]

Am i the only person that recognizes the gameplay as a dumbed down Samba De Amigo?

@Century: Thats a very good point.

Vertical Horizon? Seriously? But how do you PLAY?

@silkylove: Kind of hilarious that a song from 1999 that charted on Adult Contemporary airwaves is considered "emo". You haters will call everything emo these days; I guess Enya qualifies too. Or maybe Michael Bolton.

@altgod: While the lack of sophistication or knowledge among your average consumer is a source of infinite anger for me, I don't think we can lay this squarely at their feet.

Do people buy games like this... well, yes, obviously. God knows WHO these people are, but if I had to speculate, I'd guess that they're uninformed parents, who don't really have a clue what their kids will or will not like, resulting is some very poorly informed purchases.

Helpful Hint: If you don't know what your kids want... ASK THEM.

But studios (both movie and game) are beginning to see diminishing returns on 'products' like this. Consumers are become more and more wary, and as the NES and SNES generation become parents, the prospective buyers of these games are getting wiser about how to pick a turd out of the crowd.

Hollywood is begining to see an increased decline in ticket revenues from theaters. They blame it on piracy, and while I'm sure that's a factor, I think the fact that they made a Scary Movie 4 could also be a contributing factor. I mean, for the love of Cthulhu, the WAYENS brothers passed on that movie. The guys who brought you "Jawanna Man" said, "Nah, no thanks." to two Scary Movies.

Well, aside from shaking my fist at the darkness, there really isn't a lot I can do personally to affect this trend, except advise all of you to do what I do:

Don't buy shitty games.
Rent games you arn't 100% sure about. This should be most of them.
Rent games that don't have a decent amount of replayability or multiplayer.
Remember: If you wait a few months, it'll be half price.

It's not always easy to pass on running out to pick up a hot new title, but your local video store, or services like GameFly (who really should start sending me endorsement checks) make it easy to play all the new games in a timely fashion without pitching out $60 a pop. You'll save money, and best of all, you won't support shitty games.

And lastly, tell your friends to do the same.
Viva La Revolution.
...or, Viva La Video Game Collapse of 2010, who knows?

@silkylove: Ah, yes. As we all know, everything is better with marijuana. Har har... yes, very funny...OH MY GOD, A ZEPPELIN!
(Insomnia Bob hits you in the head with a brick while your back is turned for 99,999 points of damage. It's Super Effective!)

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