{"id":81564,"date":"2024-07-05T17:33:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/one-of-the-worst-movies-ever-made-almost-had-a-ps2-tie-in-game\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T17:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T17:33:47","slug":"one-of-the-worst-movies-ever-made-almost-had-a-ps2-tie-in-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/one-of-the-worst-movies-ever-made-almost-had-a-ps2-tie-in-game\/","title":{"rendered":"One Of The Worst Movies Ever Made Almost Had A PS2 Tie-In Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"><span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;Internal link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/kotaku.com\/games\/foodfight&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/games\/foodfight\"><em>Foodfight!<\/em><\/a><\/span>, an infamously horrible CG animated comedy starring product mascots, almost got a tie-in PS2-era video game. And while the tie-in game was never finished, largely because the movie lingered in development hell, we now have access to assets from the <em>Foodfight!<\/em> game and have a more complete story of what this thing was and how it came to be.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 gRtQsx\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 gMcPqd instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 crfeiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"193897,194012,194316\" data-current=\"193897\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 gnGtru video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"193897\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"10 Creatures We Wanna Ride In Star Wars Jedi: Survivor\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-duration=\"418\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>10 Creatures We Wanna Ride In Star Wars Jedi: Survivor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193897\/193897_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193897\/193897_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193897\/193897_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/193897\/193897_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/19360.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">If you\u2019re familiar with <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foodfight!&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Foodfight!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Foodfight!<\/em><\/a><\/span> it\u2019s likely because it\u2019s often called one of the worst movies ever made. It was planned to release in 2003, but numerous delays, production setbacks, and other problems led to the CG film not seeing the light of day until <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/www.awn.com\/news\/foodfight-animated-feature-auction&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awn.com\/news\/foodfight-animated-feature-auction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2012 via an insurance company<\/a><\/span>. <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/youtu.be\/KKMvSGNuGHE&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KKMvSGNuGHE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">And what we got was a horrendous mess of product mascots<\/a><\/span>\u2014like Mrs. Butterworth and Charlie Tuna\u2014interacting with ugly characters voiced by people like Wayne Brady, Eva Longoria, Hillary Duff, and Charlie Sheen, who plays the main star of the film, a talking dog-human hybrid detective. And, as with many movies from the early 2000s, the plan was to release a tie-in video game alongside the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">We\u2019ve long known about the existence of this game but not much beyond that. It was only confirmed via <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/youtu.be\/N-VNODT6LRY&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/N-VNODT6LRY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a small snippet of gameplay<\/a><\/span> seen in some random E3 2006 B-roll footage, and then it disappeared. That all changed last week thanks to <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/mimeohead.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/this-was-foodfight-videogame.html&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/mimeohead.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/this-was-foodfight-videogame.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a wonderful blog on <em>Mimeohead<\/em><\/a><\/span> about the long-lost <em>Foodfight! <\/em>game. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-FwRNdIghPSw&amp;start=0\" data-chomp-id=\"FwRNdIghPSw\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/FwRNdIghPSw\" id=\"youtube-FwRNdIghPSw\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"FwRNdIghPSw\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/FwRNdIghPSw\" id=\"youtube-FwRNdIghPSw\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 dHvBHx caption\">Ziggy \/ Cat Daddy<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">According to Ziggy, the writer behind the new blog who spoke to <em>Foodfight! <\/em>developer Harley Howe, the game was being developed for Wii, PS2, Xbox, and DS. The small studio behind the game, Cat Daddy, started working on the project in 2004. The team put  together some playable demos and showed the game off at E3 2006. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">But as time went on, it became clear to the devs that the people working on the film were in way over their heads and were unlikely to finish <em>Foodfight! <\/em>on schedule. So in 2008 Cat Daddy canceled production on the tie-in game and shifted to other projects. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The full story, complete with some wonderful anecdotes about the director of <em>Foodfight!<\/em> arriving at the studio in a giant fur coat, <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/mimeohead.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/this-was-foodfight-videogame.htmlhttps:\/\/mimeohead.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/this-was-foodfight-videogame.html&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/mimeohead.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/this-was-foodfight-videogame.htmlhttps:\/\/mimeohead.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/this-was-foodfight-videogame.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is worth reading on <em>Mimeohea<\/em><\/a><\/span><span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/mimeohead.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/this-was-foodfight-videogame.html&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/mimeohead.blogspot.com\/2024\/06\/this-was-foodfight-videogame.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>d<\/em><\/a><\/span><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">And hey, this all has a happy ending. <em>Foodfight!<\/em> helped Cat Daddy expand and start working on bigger games. The studio still exists today. Plus Howe was able to share <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/foodfight-cat-daddy&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/foodfight-cat-daddy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assets from the project online<\/a><\/span>. So while we can\u2019t play the unfinished demos, we can at least dig around the tie-in game\u2019s models, music, and other digital bits like video game archeologists. And I guess, <em>Foodfight! <\/em>(the movie) was released eventually. Okay, maybe it\u2019s not a complete happy ending. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"> .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/foodfight-movie-game-ps2-xbox-gameplay-demo-files-story-1851578468\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foodfight!, an infamously horrible CG animated comedy starring product mascots, almost got a tie-in PS2-era video game. And while the tie-in game was never finished,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}