Score
Gameplay:	7
Graphics:	7
Sound:	7
FunFactor:	7
PlasmaFactor:	6
Overall:	6.8

Major League Eating: The Game Review
August 4, 2008 by Jereme Puik

I love to eat, I really do. When I eat something I like, I’ll stuff my face until I’m full and I won’t stop. Although if I was in a competition, I’d probably fail to the highest degree. That’s why when Mastiff Games sent me this copy of Major League Eating: The Game for Wii Ware, I knew I could have the greatest time stuffing my character’s face full of food without suffering the embarrassment of being in an actual competition. I mean, seriously, how can someone suffer the likes of eating till you puke in public? There is a good bit to do here with Major League Eating and I’m here to break it down for you.

Keep Eating!

Now, I’m not going to suggest you actually keep eating until you can no longer feel your insides normally, as that would be just wrong, but what I will tell you is that you need to eat as much as possible in the game. The Wii remote is used in an entertaining but also tiring way. What I mean by this is, that you’ll be performing the same motions you would use in real life in the game, with your hand reaching out and grabbing that oh so delicious burrito that you just bought from Taco Bell and you just want to devour and savor the moments of its taste…..sorry lost my train of thought for a moment. Anyway, you will really only need the Wii remote and as I said it will become very tiring depending on how fast you wave that remote.

This may sound like I’m trying to teach you how to eat, but don’t look at it that way, just think of this as a new “innovative” way to use the Wii remote. You’ll reach out with your right or left hand as if you’re going to grab something from the table and move it quickly to your mouth to insert the food. Now, the trick that these food competitors apparently have is that they can stuff more then one piece of food in their mouths and you’ll be able to do the same thing here. As you build up the amount of food in your mouth, don’t forget to chew it down. Using the B button the teeth that move across the screen will get that food down for you, but watch out as you could hit your own teeth and it will stun you for just a second giving the other guy a chance to get ahead of you.

During matches you get a 2 minute time limit and you have to eat as much as possible in that time, so watch how you control that Wii remote, as it could also be your downfall. You’ll get to choose from 10 competitors and you’ll face off against each one in 2 minute matches. During the match, you’ll acquire various power-ups that could either help you or make you ultimately fail. These range from burping a red gas to the opponents face or fart your stinkish gas in their face. At one point during the match, you’ll encounter a burp-off where you’ll have to wave the Wii remote in an up and down fashion to keep your burp gas hitting your opponent. If you win or lose, you’ll get stunned for just a second or get the edge to eat more.

Outside of these features, you can take your obsessive eating habits online and battle against friends or anyone in the world. There are leaderboards to check out who is the highest ranking eater in that same world. Never forget to clean your mouth afterwards.

Sound
There isn’t much to gauge the sound on as there isn’t much of an orchestrated soundtrack to follow along with. There are many tunes that could remind you of the golden days of gaming, but that’s about it. Character noises are about as realistic as you can get as you chomp down you can hear all the crunching and swallowing that even might make you hungry.

Graphics

Major League Eating's overall look stem from the hand-drawn feel of the game. The character design looks like exaggerated looks of any real life counter-part. This isn’t a bad thing really, as it makes it a little more fun as you try and fight against friends to see how much you can eat before passing out and making a trip to the emergency room. The overall menu design pops out at you to grab your attention and certainly does its job right. There isn’t much to the graphics department here either but the simplicity of it works to what Major League Eating is trying to accomplish.

Plasma Factor

Major League Eating: The Game brings home the most furious eating competition we could ever know. If you’ve seen this on ESPN, then you know what I’m talking about. There are crazy people out there just bent on showing up the person next to them no matter what the competition may be about and in this case its all about the food. Multiplayer is one of Major League Eating's strongest attributes. The multiplayer gameplay in Major League Eating helps build long lasting replatability. The online feature is an excellent way to really show your stuff or stomach in this case.

Conclusion

Major League Eating is definitely not down for the count. It’s pricing is around 1000 Wii points, which is a somewhat respectable price for what you are given. With the online capability, it will certainly keep you playing for at least a little while longer. Make sure you keep that extra Wii remote handy; just in case some friends are over and while you’re stuffing your faces with snacks you can also stuff your virtual faces in this competition. Besides that there isn’t much else I can say about Major League Eating that makes it worth the entire price tag. It is understandable, because of the online component, if only there were unlockable characters to give it something extra to behold. Still, Major League Eating: The Game brings home a stomach full of healthy competition.