GOTY 2008: Celebrity Sports Showdown

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When we took on this job, we never quite expected to be commenting on a picture of country music star Keith Urban skiing, but we'll do our best. So that's Keith Urban skiing, and this is Celebrity Sports Showdown, the latest Wii project in EA Sports' "Freestyle" sub-brand. If your breakfast just reappeared in your mouth, know this: you're not alone.

The aim of this minigame smorgasbord is thus: take control of one of fifteen big-headed "celebrities," and pit them against one another in events including (amongst others) Wild Water Canoeing, Smash Badminton, Arena Dodgeball, Slalom Showdown, Hurdle Derby, and Curling. The celebrities come from the sphere of music and sport, and include leathery-skinned lump-wiggler Fergie, Reggie Bush, Avril Lavigne, Sugar Ray Leonard, and others not sufficiently famous enough to make this sentence.

There's a full list past the break, though most are fairly C-list to a UK resident such as yours truly -- will there be a localized version with Keith Chegwin? Fingers and toes crossed! Or not.

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Celebrities to appear:

• Fergie

• Avril Lavigne

• LeAnn Rimes

• Keith Urban

• Nelly Furtado

• Paul Pierce

• Mia Hamm

• Kristi Yamaguchi

• Reggie Bush

• Sugar Ray Leonard
  

Games featured:

• Beach Volleyball

• Inner-Tubing

• Wild Water Canoeing

• Hurdle Derby

• Slalom Showdown

• Cliff Hangers

• Smash Badminton

• Rapid Fire Archery

• Joust Duel

• Curling

• Arena Dodgeball

• Air Racers

Bloggers depressed by this dross:

• All of us

[Via press release]