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Celebrity Sports Showdown

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 18 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Canada
Genre(s): Sports
Players: Multi
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: October 20, 2008
Summary
Hit the great outdoors as you paddle through rapids in Wild Water Canoeing and hold on tight as you fly behind a speed boat for some wild Inner-Tubing. Get out of the water and onto the court as you hit away in Beach Volleyball and Smash Badminton, or take aim at your opponents in Arena Dodgeball. Cool down while you hit the slopes in Slalom Showdown or sweep past your opponents in Curling. Get a bird’s eye view scaling a wall in Cliff Hangers or flying through the sky in Air Racers. Perfect your aim and nail the targets in Rapid Fire Archery, then gauge your strength in the gladiator-style Joust Duel, and hold on to the reins of a champion thoroughbred all the way to the finish line in Hurdle Derby. With such a variety of sports to choose from, Celebrity Sports Showdown is the ultimate party game experience. Celebrities include: Fergie, Avril Lavigne, LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban, Nelly Furtado, Paul Pierce, Mia Hamm, Kristi Yamaguchi, Reggie Bush, and Sugar Ray Leonard. [Electronic Arts]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
WonderwallWeb
A fun game to play with a group of friends and a worthy contender to Wii Sports.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
Celebrity Sports Showdown is exactly what I loved about Deca Sports and then they fixed what I said was wrong in that review. Makes you think that your voice really does have an impact and if you just say what you really feel you can get the game that you want.
Read Full Review >GamingXP
A good collection of minigames everyone will enjoy. If you like to play together with friends, Celebrity Sports Showdown is definitely your game!
Read Full Review >Official Nintendo Magazine UK
How this utterly random jumble of ideas even got off the drawing board is beyond us. [Christmas 2008, p.102]
Eurogamer
It's just a shame the presentation is so rubbish. The characters are horrible to look at and the environments are ugly. At least the games are quite good fun, in a limited sort of way, and the selection isn't bad.
Read Full Review >AceGamez
It may be worth a punt if you have recently bought a Wii, own four Wiimotes and are looking to show the unWiinitiated what the console is all about; however, if you're an avid Wii gamer then there are plenty of other games out there that will prove to be money better spent.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
However most of them need work--partially because they're not great fun to begin with, and partially because the controls aren't as solid as they should be. [Dec 2008, p.104]
IGN
Wii Sports bowling alone is better than Celebrity Sports Showdown and 10 sequels. The game fails on all fronts, delivering a poorly executed selection of mini-games and 10 celebrities whose likenesses are carelessly brought to the screen void of color and commentary.
Read Full Review >NGamer UK
This shatters the glass ceiling for ludicrous minigame compilations. [Jan 2009, p.70]
Play.tm
Celebrity Sports Showdown is not the worst game on the Wii, but its not a long way off. Only the SouthPeak Interactive crime against humanity Pool Party stands out as much worse than this, but by a lot narrower margin than any game should.
Read Full Review >Level7.nu
This is a collection of mini games where EA has focused on ten celebrities instead of the actual gameplay, and it shows. A total of twelve mini games grow dreary after only one run and not even a gathering of friends is enough make this game passable. Back to the drawing board EA.
Read Full Review >Thunderbolt
With £17.99, you could buy a bucket of paint, throw it all over your bedroom walls and watch it dry. For a game packed with so many so-called “celebrities”, Celebrity Sports Showdown is a big non-event.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 4.6 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jim F. gave it an8:
Wow, this is actually a really cool game! Don't listen to the critics, there are a ton of fun minigames in this one. Cool graphics and sound...and fun to match up celebrities and create your own celebrity deathmatches. Wicked!
