SouthPeak throws Pool Party for Wii

by Jason Dobson { Oct 26th 2007 at 10:30AM }

SouthPeak Games, after having gifted us with a forgettable RPG and a nauseating zombie hunt, has announced plans to break ground for the Wii by announcing Pool Party, its first title for Nintendo's console. If upon hearing that you had hopes of scantily-clad babes and jocks doing belly flops off the diving board, you may be disappointed, as this game concerns a pool of the other kind. You know, pocket billiards.

SouthPeak says that the game will include both single and multiplayer modes across 13 different types of pool, from 8 and 9-ball, to snooker, rotation, and black jack. In addition, Pool Party will include multiple environments, as well as various pool sharks to control. The title, which is expected to ship for the Wii in February, will also marry playing pool with waggle for what the publisher describes as "the most definitive pool simulation yet seen on Nintendo hardware." SouthPeak, Lunar Pool would like to have a word with you.

edit: it appears that the game is in fact already out, and has been for some time at least in North America, making the announcement sent our way some strange mix of internet tomfoolery and mysticism.

Tags: pool party, PoolParty, southpeak, wii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonny @ Oct 26th 2007 10:39AM

Somebody needs to make a Wii game about pocket pool...

Jerk Face @ Oct 26th 2007 3:22PM

Win!

Skeffington @ Oct 26th 2007 10:45AM

I liked playing the pool game in WiiPlay, and would happily pay for a full game.

But only if it's at a budget price.

And only if it has online.

So Pool Party doesn't look as though it'll do the trick.

Tsunami @ Oct 26th 2007 10:46AM

This game's already been out for a while.

Jellodyne @ Oct 26th 2007 10:57AM

OMG, not only has it been out, it is the veritable definition of Wii crap. It's incredibly craptacular. Its so bad you almost have to play it to believe it. Those characters you can select from? Those are non-animated 2d bitmaps. Physics? You can use english on the cue ball to make it spin in about a 1 foot radius circle. Seriously, a pool game that didn't even attempt to simulate pool ball dynamics in any way. OK, you're not going to license havok, fine, but at least play a couple of rounds of pool so you can fake it a little bit. Everything about the games presentation, polish, whatnot looks like it was developed over the course of one drunken weekend, possibly to fulfill some sort of contractual obligation.

Balla360 @ Oct 26th 2007 11:02AM

Was Joystiq paid to post this? It smells a lot like an advertisement, with just enough sarcasm thrown in to make the post seem legit, but not enough to actually damage the reputation of the product being advertised.

JasonD @ Oct 26th 2007 11:08AM

weird that it's out. I wonder why the sent over the press release to us saying it's coming out in Feb.

Blazur @ Oct 26th 2007 11:07AM

A decent pool game might actually be cool on the Wii. Will it be worth $50 or groundbreaking? Unlikely. But innovate nonetheless.

Shockgamer @ Oct 26th 2007 12:40PM

I already got this game with my second Wiimote. 8 others, too.

Donald @ Oct 26th 2007 2:16PM

Hands up if you read that as "South Park".

*raises hand*

Rhandos @ Oct 26th 2007 4:20PM

I did.

Kind of a letdown. =(

ColossalHat @ Oct 26th 2007 10:32PM

Glad I'm not the only one who read that at first sight. Then I looked at the picture and said, "wtf?"

fester @ Oct 26th 2007 6:13PM

No wonder I missed seeing it-I kept lookin for a swimming pool with old saggy grannies floating around on moss covered inner tubes with an Oh Henry chocolate bar bobbing up and down in the middle of the pool-oh wait!-that was ANIMAL HOUSE!! lol

ClawShrimp @ Oct 26th 2007 6:26PM

As Jellodyne pointed out, this game has already been released in some regions.
What I find most disturbing is the fact that the characters aren't original!
The main screenshot features the 'Jessi' model from Poser 6, which is quite honestly the bottom rung of 3D software. Southpeak should be embarassed to even own this software!

OTAM @ Oct 27th 2007 4:27PM

GODDAMNIT! This angers me so much. When will the developers start putting out more games like Manhunt,Sadness,and Metroid Prime 3 and ENOUGH of these high end "flash games".

Holy shit in my brain,sorry for the language,but I didnt pay $250 to workout and play games where I paint a f'ing wall. MORE Resident Evil 4 Wii,LESS piles of shit. Gamers want actual GAMES!!!!!!!!