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About
Meme Run is a controversial video game by Ninja Pig Studios for the Nintendo Wii U; downloadable from the Nintendo eShop. It has caused immense derision in the gaming community for its use of memes and its low quality gameplay. It has been used as an example of the commercialization of memes and “cancer”, as the game uses many memes that are considered outdated and unfunny, such as Rage Comics.
On their website it is claimed that the game includes the following features:
-Simple, addicting gameplay
-Two sections featuring tons of puzzles
-Funny cute characters and sound effects
-Beautiful HD graphics
-You will LOVE watching your friends FAIL!
Origin
The game was announced in September of 2014. It is based wholesale off of quite an arrange of memes, (dominantly those commonly associated with MLG montage parodies), including:
Rage Comics
360 No Scopes
WOMBOCOMBO
Illuminati confirmed
GETOUT Frog
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) / Lenny Face
U WOT M8
Airhorn Remixes
Swag
Spread
The game was released on the Wii U’s Nintendo eShop for $5.00 on December 18th 2014. Since it’s release, it has received massive amounts of negative responses from the gamer community, specifically video game related forums. It’s also garnered many bad reviews from sites such as Nintendo Life[1], Nintendo Enthusiast[2].
Here are a few reactions/reviews to the game itself:
even with the bad reaction “meme run” still is the 5th best selling game on the Eshop
Search Interest
External References
[2]Nintendo Enthusiast – Meme Run Review Wii U