My cousin would by this game. She talks almost exclusively in emoticons.

TitillatedOcelot

I like how there is no article they didn't need to write anything and everyone understood that they thought it was a horrible Idea, now someone needs to explain this idea to Ubisoft.

Assassin_Kensei

Imagine! Aneurysm!

All Too Easy, Ubisoft

Ken

I wish to... impale someone at Ubisoft with a Wii remote, perhaps Imagine 1,000 Years of Pain.

LionheartAce

@psxman: Yeah, I was about to say the same thing... O_o;

Salen

wtf, mate?

alby13

You've gotta be fisting my sister...

TitillatedOcelot

This 'game' is unfortunately real. How the hell can Ubisoft pump out games like the new (and quite fantastic looking) Prince of Persia and yet produce this sort of utter bull shit is beyond my comprehension.

King of Fun UK

Please tell me this is the work of Luke's dark Photoshop witchery.

ruslander

"Imagine Wrist Cutting" because that's exactly how I feel every time I see one of these "Imagine" titles. Do people buy these games? Seriously, I want to see some demographics and sales figures!

-EDGE-

@Marlor:

Correction! :

Mein eyes! Ze goggles zey do nothing!

BTFzor_Freestyle

Wonders if one can shake the baby.

Bananabox-Ninja

Best. Post. Ever.

CHONGLISS

this makes my head hurt...they have sunken to a new low...deep within the pits of tartarus!

raza_d

I have no words...

EmeraldDragon

Ubizoftz again with crapzz

fatez

Ubisoft: Imagine, Apocalypz

Zho

God help us all

The Wii shit pile continues to pile towards the heavens!!!!!

Japhei

Yay for double posting

Ralavik

My eyes! The goggles do nothing!

Marlor

As long as your character can arm himself with a chainsaw I don't see the problem.

Ralavik

Oh no, they've gotten into the liquor again!

That's how I hope this game starts out, otherwise it'll be even more awkward that a bunch of babies set out of their way to make a party, with maracas and all... -shudder-

Kaizuden

I'm so giving this to all my Wii owner friends for Christmas

Icharius

I... wha?

TeaBean

@TRT-X: it looks like it IS photoshopped!

psxman

Oh God.

FatCatLim

As long as you can arm your character with a chainsaw I don't see the problem.

Ralavik

Wii Music??!

...oh. Wait.

dalvatron

...
What. The. Fuck.

I guess they're trying to grab the pedophile market now?

deadjesterx

One more reason to buy the Wii!

Diomades

Over the line.

Mark it zero.

getbonus

Good Lord. Its like a Photoshop contest entry gone horribly wrong. Actually, has anyone tried the sweets called Party Babies? They're actually quite nice.

PaddyStardust

Do not want!

Ashkihyena

How depressed and suicidal must Ubisoft programmers be by now?

ca36gtp

No f ucking way. Are you serious?

Handbanana37

*facepalm*

Dear God, Ubissft has reached a new low in shameless shovelware crap.

TheHeeyyy

is this legal

kitsuneconundrum

Those babies look like they had too much to drink.

Poffy

That imagine BEGS to be photoshopped.

TRT-X

Are you kidding me.

phinehas

If one was to make a joke about Ian Huntley's Wii(peado murderer) and this game, would that be a bannable offence?

2SBs

I'm not really all that stunned.

tony_important

Is this even true? I mean who and what's the market for this? I get the Petz thing but Babyz??!

Is this for practicing mothers or for teens to practice how life is like after they're knocked up?

excaliburps

@Icharius: If the Wii is the only console they own, then they may as well give it a shot.

cap-n-crunch

@FLYBOY611:

Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I the only one around here who gives a sht about the rules? Mark it zero!

Handbanana37

Please someone buy and review this!

DarkHavoc99

Now if this was about a babysitter on a really bad LSD trip...

happycodemonkey

@Assassin_Kensei:

Oh, well that explains everything then. Carry on.

-EDGE-

This must be the new Samba de Amigo.

Skeezy

My head just exploded.

Harfold

@Marlor: Do not look directly into the trap.

MSUSteve

Still not as good as Tom Clancy's Secret Agent Zygote.

AngryEddy

You, know those babies are singing "La Cucaracha".

La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
[HUUH!]

KStrike155

Wow, it's on the Wii so i'm sure there's some waggle-tastic action. I'm hoping for a baby shaking minigame where you hold up the Wiimote and nunchuck and shake.... shake like a British nanny

NecronomiconUK

I bet those babies are French.

banana-3

@sudline: I'm pretty sure we're entering a world of pain here.

FLYBOY611

Have any of you seen that episode of the American Office where Angela gets that poster of jazz babies? Yep. THAT is the demographic they are going for.

Dadu

@TitillatedOcelot: I am I don't know about anyone else though.

Assassin_Kensei

Honestly this is sad but the worst part about it is during the holidays this will sell like you wouldn't bloody believe =_=''

Anza

@Ken: Make sure you spell it "Aneuryzm" or they won't even consider it. Studies show that the target group really digs the letter Z.

TitillatedOcelot

@-EDGE-: its a game with a Mormon demographic.

Assassin_Kensei

Bullshit Walter, mark it 8 Dude.

sudline

Dear God, please make it stop!

Dragonzigg

@EmeraldDragon: Neither did the person who didn't write this article.

Assassin_Kensei

What the hell. 0_0

Cheater87

The baby in front has a disturbing amount of hair. Is it a comb-over, on a baby, seriously?

D00mM4r1n3

More info please?

Jorw

The horror...the absolute horror...

LoopyChew

I've been eagerly awaiting this. About damn time Ubi.

cdr

NINTENDO-LIKE QUALITY

Jtn

Tom Clancey's Party Rainbow Babies Vegas?

yea, I think so.

Derigor

Noooooooooooooooooo! Dammit Ubisoft have you FINALLY lost your mind?

DarthMetalHope

What....the...hell??????? *eyes twitching in disbelief*

y2julio

So where's the prequel, Imagine Teenage Pregnancy?

StupidDufus

@psxman: I sure as hell hope it is, but I doubt it.

subnet6

ah ...the Wii nuff said

phatnacky

@phinehas: "kidding" is correct my friend

Jay_Bomb

Okay, Ubi I am going to tell you two words and I want you to remember it. No, you don't need to write it down it's just two words it's not hard to remember. You ready for it? Okay. Stop it!

Kankel

You know what would make this game better? If the Party Babyz were mutated giants that towered over Tokyo. Also, if it didn't exist, that would probably help too.

mjn328

@Assassin_Kensei: Well, just try to keep it quiet. Jam a sock in her mouth or something.

TitillatedOcelot

That kid on the far left looks like he's one shot away from putting a lampshade on his head.

nenet

Is this real? Really? I have no faith in humanity now..

CockroachMan

@DarkHavoc99:
Someone beat me to it.
[wii.ign.com]

DarkHavoc99

@2SBs: go for it

NecronomiconUK

it's about time!!

gadjet

@Handbanana37: Its a league game Smokey.

sudline

Hey now, it takes a lot of money to make these games.

Len Bias Cocaine Surplus

@FLYBOY611: Am I the only one here WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE RULES!!! MARK IT ZERO!!

sudline

it looks fun!

Beam1985

Whoa whoa, guys. Let's not be so quick to judge! What's the gameplay like?

Sandvich

@D00mM4r1n3: That baby is actually Danny DeVito. It took three full rounds of Botox to get that youthful glow. True story (almost)!

"Hey, I'm shakin' my f*ckin' maracaz here! Are you lookin' at my ass? You ass-looker!"

TitillatedOcelot

I'm trying to imaging the adult audience for this game, and all I see are creepy creepy people.

everybest

@DarkHavoc99: From the article:

The babies in the game are customizable so players can create their own child that looks exactly how they want, just like in Gattaca.

Dear god, I laughed at that.

TitillatedOcelot

Are you guys kidding? This is obviously a must for any collection!! :D

magictroll

Le Sigh.

ThursdayNext

This reminds me of a question floating around my office a few weeks back..."How many five year olds would it take to overpower you and render you unconscious?"

I think I could probably fend off around 50 or so before they became too hard to deal with.

So, how many would it take to bring you down?

xpaladocious

This is why you don't let a woman run a gaming company...

otakujpop

@ca36gtp: I was also thinking something long those lines.

SAKY

@StupidDufus: The sequel needs to have a name in plural form so that it can include Ubisoft's all-important "Things that end in Z" branding. May I suggest: Imagine: Prom Night Slutz"

AngryEddy

I hope they don't follow up with Imagine: Lemon Party

osteofight

@Icharius: That's a surefire way to make sure you don't have any Wii owner friends to shop for next Christmas.

Unless that's your plan.

TRT-X

@Jay_Bomb: @Diomades: Lol, seconded.

sisedi

Definition of hard core gaming should be changed!
Next they will bring on is party dogs.
Tie wii mote to a dog and see the magic!
What a tragic!

venkat55

@otakujpop: Ah, yes, because in the history of gaming, no company run by a man has ever produced a monstrosity of a game.... *coughBarbieHorseAdventurescough*

nenet

Apparently nobody at Ubisoft has a real baby.

Robotube

@Geoff900:

I promise I will, I may even say ".....reeeeaaaally? :\ "

coffeehair

The problem is, this shit will sell :'(

coffeehair

If any of you guys work in a games store, and someone buys this game, give them thee must dirtiest look you can possibly give to some one.

Geoff900

I'm not impressed unless they wrote in diaper-soiling physics.

Heliophage

And this is true:
[www.amazon.com]

HerrK

please tell me it's a fake...

Hiero

what the ****?

Yas

This is why we can't have nice things.

Zerod Zunaro

Oh lawdd.. what has this world come too.

Keyouse

@AngryEddy: Correction, Imagine: Junior Prom Night Sluts Who Let The Dumbass Father Take The Pictures to Wal-Mart to Get Developed.

The Magnificen7

@deadjesterx: GRAB the pedophile market...I see what you did there.

th3-1nf1d3l

I thought that was a wrong "Tales of Vesperia" entry... are they really serious? Party babies?

Someone obviously never changed their "Dancing Baby" screensaver

Penny29

Huh, Cthulu looks a little different than I imagined it to be.

Maybe I'm already mad.

sircrowbar

Dear Ubisoft...STOP

Depression and overall misanthropic tendencies building up with each new craptastic franchise...STOP

Please....Please....Please...STOP

quadrado

The development kit that they use at Ubi-soft is pretty neat, it's called "Imagine: Game Designerz"

Ed_209

Welcome to next-gen! Wait...welcome to this gen? Aw crap...screw it! This sucks.

Vader582

*leaves to go buy Ubisoft stock.

skrame ☆

Wat.

GM08

This is a joke, right?

lumpi

@nenet: Personally, I'm calling your mother to report your behavior.

nenet, you are my hero.

Chilly Hollow

The following is a serious question:

Has anyone here actually played one of these Imaginez Babyz/Horzez/Poniez/Dogz games? I mean, what is it you do in these games? What is the actual gameplay here? Is it something anyone on earth would ever want to do? Like ever?

And by the way: if anyone buys this game -- anyone at all -- humanity has failed.

dowingba

Finally, the Wii has the killer app I've been waiting for.

spuds_mctoasty

it all makes perfect sense now

the raving rabbids with the plungers
the endless amount of wii shovelware
it all leads to this

[i29.tinypic.com]

bigman88zz

@osteofight:
Correction... Imagine: Lemon Partyz

Dexyn

@TeaBean:
Whole heartily agreed.

Dexyn

So this was where Ubisoft allocated their resources rather than Vegas 2.

RaptureScientist

@Handbanana37: I give a shit about the rules. I mean this ISN'T Vietnam

Dick-Ballistic

@Xeneizes:

I think some people do both

Ryguy226

Now if only they made Tom Clancy's Rayman Raving Rabbids Presents: Imagine, Animalz and Humanz Party'z Timez.

Then. It. Would. Be. Gloooorious. *laughs himself to insanity before passing out*

Ryguy226

see guys! YOU FUCKING SEE!! Wii music is a game... compared to this......WHAT THE HELL IS IT?!

excel_excel

People buy these?

The games, not babies.

Xeneizes

@Jay_Bomb: The only thing I have in reply to you is this: [www.instantrimshot.com]

Xeneizes

The Nintendo Wii.... I've got one but I fucking hate it.
Now that Nintendo has released their AAA 1st party shit, get ready for a life time worth of shovelware.
Currently the worst console I've ever bought. Nintendo you Judas mofo.

FillionSmythe

@Zho:
Haha, that one line just made my day, the z at the end was a nice touch.

Ryguy226

@-EDGE-: You really don't. You'll want to cut your wrists even more. You're probably looking at million seller right there.

Jackablade

Wow...WOW. Ubisoft, what a bunch of sellouts. You'd never find a respectable company like Blizzard, Valve, or Bioware developing shyte like this. Just goes to show that Ubisoft isn't on the same level as those aforementioned developers, all they care about is $$$.

yargh

@phinehas: I know! They totally misspelled "babies".

BruzeWayne

...

...Bwahahahaha...

...Aaaahahahahaha!...

...HAHAHAHAHA!

A-goo.

That is all.

MrPerson

@Marlor:

They really don't. OW!!! It BURNSSSS!!!

CaptLtrl

Luke, Your lack of words makes up for the thousands that come to mind just looking at this picture. I'm actually a little scared.

Cpryd001

Ubisoft should really create a parent label to put that kind of crap on.

Kinda like Activision did for their cheapass PC games.

It would save their name a bit.

interstate78

I could swear that was a joke but then I realized it's not.

Superz Babyz forz the winz!

interstate78

Please tell me what the release date is. DAY ONE PURCHASE!

WorldDude

This is the worst thing that has ever happened.

labrats5

OH GOD, not the Imagine and the zzzzzz's!!!! BURN IT WITH FIRE!

Shachihoko

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

ST19AG_WGreymon

@subnet6: I'm afraid it is real:

[wii.ign.com]

Cloral

I work at Gamestop, and the other day a young boy walked in with his parents. He walked straight to the DS section, browsed a bit, and happily ran up to the counter with what would soon be his very own copy of... Imagine Fashion Designer.

I felt a sadness that day that permeated right into my very soul.

mispeld

imagine: industry crashz

NoBullet

Wow... That's the most awful twofer I've ever seen.

2NinjasTapedTogether

Wow, I am dying here laughing my ass off. Gold. Pure gold.

noelix

Why..... Why.... WHYYYYYYYY

Clemenceau

My only question is how is this not rated EC? I mean, seriously?
According to the ESRB, E is unsuitable for 6 and under. What could possibly be unsuitable in this game for a four year old??

razzbarry

What the hell! Its enough that you have con artists like conspiracy entertainment and data design interactive creating crap like this for the Wii, but for major publishers with awesome estabished franchising like Ubisoft deciding to throw this crap around is just ridiculous. Im starting to think that u need no common sense at all to enter this business.

Blazinglynx

I wonder if men are buying this game in droves! Oh, it's Wii. facepalm.gif

malio

haha! i love how this is so redic that it required only the picture.

flagg

You know, I've been having the hardest time trying to think of a great present for my fiancee's birthday.
Until now.

Thanks Ubisoft!

Razgriz1

Send that idea into the Hadron Collider immediately.

Ryodestined

If there is a keg stand mini game, do want.

holmeszk

awww...look at them poopypants.

godbitz

Oh my...

UBISOFT NOES!

Ouren

@ca36gtp:
Chances are it's a third party dev. Most, if not all, the titles Kotaku runs under the Only Ubisoft tag are outsourced.

But still...

jgw

o.m.g. Has anyone noticed the little girl in the back with the tiara on her head? Why did they have to position her like that? Her face says it all. That is just wrong. Not cute, just wrong...

DannKnee

O_o

will a "girl gamer" really look back on these gamez with such nostalgic reverence like how gamers like myself do with Super Mario Bros, Sonic, Mega Man, etc ... ?

icarusprime

I'm waiting for the sequel: Coke Party Babyz.

Squirrelbot3000

@Icharius: And that would be encouraging Ubisoft to make more. Unless THAT's your plan.

Ganji

Haha I love the pic I couldnt stop laughing for a couple minutes there. Thatz a new lowz.

everfade

It's official. The Wii will never be taken seriously as a game console again. A Nintendo fan can make an argument for the hardcore with Mad World,or HOD: Overkill and all a poster will have to do is put up this image.

Shigamado

Genius! Combining babies with parties, and misspelling "babies" in two ways at the same time!? This is a must-buy for wii owners.

Metal_Slug_Solid

Damn this is terrible i didnt realize you could make a game so bad but then again look at most of the wii games.

Haber

@-EDGE-: it would be more like Imagine: Razorz

Tannrar

I honestly thought this was photoshopped for some contest I had missed.

Kotaku should have an IMAGINE:_____ contest...don't know what the prize would be though haha

Sandbox_Emperor

As many have said:

LOL WUT

But in earnest, probably the best written, most apt article ever written on Kotaku. Sometimes, it's knowing when to let something speak for itself.

tzaketh

Someone... please make the pain stop...

IT HURTS.

BPMΣ

...(shakes head and groans)

sbsoccerman13

@Pupnasty: actually...maybe this is the rainbow six group as they are babyz...and this is a code name for it...? *face palms til i knock my self out....*

Pupnasty

Is it ok for a guy to cry at how....desperate Ubi-Soft is geting when it comes to games for Wii...or...whatever you call these games...? *cries and facepalms at once*

Pupnasty

@FLYBOY611: AM I WRONG?!? AM I WRONG?!?!

MentalNote

How do you say that? Is it Bobbeez, with emphasis on the "beez" part? That sounds like some ancient Middle eastern warlord. Maybe he'll be in the new Prince of Persia. HOORAY FOR CROSSOVERS

Placentasaurus

Isn't this game about babysitterz that make the babyz they are in charge of to compete in gamez?

It's kind of like cock fighting, only with human infants.

Silent_X

Every baby in the house, shake your booties yeaaaah ! ^_^ v

Ycare

Dude, this isn't just stupid. It's enraging, i bet they are just doing this to sell more Wii's to pedophiles or some crap like that.

>_>
<_<
*runs to go buy a Wii*

sandviches_please

@Ashkihyena: Goddamnit I have to find the cat! HOLD ON!

Alaron

this game looks liek a gme for paedophiles.

JAGJEET

@Poffy: We can only hope.

Chef

Is that honestly real? I don't believe that for one second. Not even Ubisoft would want their logo plastered over that.

Iarwain

is this.... real?

joeloliol

Imagine
hitting Ubisoft in the face with a hammer

I'd buy it

scruffy, the janitor

@TRT-X: Yeah, it needs Samba de Amigo decor to go with the maracas.

DorkimusPrime

Must. Be. Fake.

FuturePants

I seriously laughed out loud.

Vyse

hahaha shaken baby syndrome

MauriceBabbas

I had the misfortune to encounter the original (DS) version of this game up close and personal, and I was pretty horrified at both the message and the crappy gameplay.

Personally, I'm still hoping that Ubisoft will turn things around and make some games in this franchise that actually provide positive career role models for young girls. Imagine Lawyerz, Imagine Computer Programerz, Imagine Astrophyziciz...tz.

Decibelle

I feel sorry for the poor fucker that got stuck on that project. Can you Imagine that meeting? "Ryan, William you guys make us a new Prince of Persia, Jon,Larry Far Cry 2 got a lot riding on you guys, Bob go to the closet at the end of the hall and start on Imagine Party Babyz."

Later that day Bob was found dead as he had hung himself with his mouse cord.

Xallin

this cant be real..rofl

Takatski

Instant Classic

Soniking

stoner game of the year.

saulpimpson