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maybe if these sports existed in real
life we’d be less interested in gaming
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten fictional sports in video games for
this list we’re focusing on imaginary
athletics that come from the video game
universe so no pod racing or Quidditch
here for example we’re also excluding
any kart racing games since those nutty
drivers deserve a separate list of their
own
and finally the sport itself must be
playable within the game in question and
not merely a part of the story’s meta so
sorry Coltrane fans gears of wars thrash
ball is out number 10 Grifball
halo series brought to us by Rooster
Teeth productions of the halo based red
vs. blue series Grifball was conceived
by series characters Sarge’s hatred for
red team member Grif oh crap in Grifball
a player in possession of a bomb is
tasked with bringing it to the rival
team side meanwhile the carrier’s
teammates move in to fend off defending
team players who are trying to blitz
their way towards the bomber with
gravity hammers should the carrier
successfully reach their goal well have
a look
simple yeah sure
fun yeah so much fun that developer
Bungie included the sport as an official
playable format in Halo 3 number 9
blitz death-row an underrated Xbox
exclusive the gem known as Death Row is
a futuristic mashup of basketball hockey
and American football in other words
it’s violent as frisbee set in the 23rd
century blitz has you rushing and
maneuvering through a field to get a
hovering disc into the opposing team’s
goal sound boring well that’s fine
instead ditch the disc and just go beat
up the other team foul what’s a foul
that’s right in this sport not only is
the brawling endorsed but it’s actually
part of the game scoring system and at
times is just plain necessary or just
plain fun number 8 hyper blade hyper
blade you know how most official sports
look down on the use of steroids well in
hyper blade it’s not only perfectly
legal but downright required if you hope
to play another day meshing together
sci-fi and hockey the idea of hyper
blade is to boot up in a pair of skates
with the goal of scoring a ball towards
a you guessed it go
so what’s the distinction well instead
of an arena athletes play inside an
egg-shaped dome armed with a blade
that’s used to slash their way through
opponents while defying gravity and
dodging pre-placed booby traps along the
way and you thought hockey was
physically demanding number seven terror
is reality dead rising to its name
deriving from the entertainment show set
within the universe the premise behind
terror is reality is pretty
straightforward kill zombies for public
entertainment featuring a variety of
sports in the form of minigames athletes
compete in a series of American
gladiator style contests cheered on by a
rapturous surrounding audience with
special kills replayed in slow motion on
the arena’s Jumbotron doing everything
from the rather vanilla sniping heads
off to of launching bowling balls to
driving through hordes with slice cycles
there’s no shortage of zombie killing
creativity or fun here inhumane come on
they’re zombies they want to eat you
dude number six bombing run unreal
series much like many of the sports
we’ve seen so far this one involves the
standard ball into a goal setup but with
guns drawing inspiration from grift ball
bombing run operates precisely how it
sounds a player in possession of a bomb
tries to outmaneuver their way past an
opposing team to score a goal
what makes bombing run more flavourful
is its use of ranged weaponry and other
combat equipment Plus unlike in most
other community-based video game sports
bombing run permits you to pass the bomb
to teammates much like you would in real
life sports except the ball you pass
around isn’t a bomb at least we hope not
number 5 demolition derby twisted metal
series ever fantasize about ramming that
one car who cut you off on the freeway
but you don’t want to dent yours well
not to worry as the twisted metal
franchise is here to satisfy all your
road rage urges first released in 1995
this PlayStation exclusive title became
an instant success spawning three
sequels with the original console to ps2
releases and eventually a long-awaited
masterful remake on the ps3
in this destructive world the real-life
motorsport of demolition derby is
elevated to the extreme giving drivers
access to ballistics bombs and even
nuclear weapons to engage in all-out
vehicular slaughter number four
blitzball Final Fantasy 10
serving is not only the franchise’s
first ps2 title but as well as its
transition into a full three-dimensional
landscape Final Fantasy 10 was the first
must-own JRPG of the early 2000s and its
inclusion of this ultra fantastical
sport helped solidify that claim with
the game’s protagonist background
identified as a blitz ball star there’s
no way that the developer could get away
with completing the game without at
least one level featuring the sport
though its mechanics are a little too
simple we’ll never forget the all
inspiring dome the colorful characters
and fun music that made us forget that
this was essentially basketball meets
rugby underwater
number three Blood Bowl Blood Bowl
series a parody of American football
this high fantasy sport is set in the
fictional realm of the tabletop
miniature war game Warhammer Fantasy in
these stadiums players assemble teams of
the classic fantasy archetypes including
dwarves elves orcs and trolls engaging
in a violent perversion of the sport
bashing slashing and killing their way
towards touchdowns with two different
renditions released in 1995 and 2009 and
a new turn-based sequel in 2015 it’s
clear that the only thing that would be
more fun than dashing 120 yards past
professional athletes would be gladiator
in your way past warlocks goblins and
giant rats
well that and our next two picks
number two Pokemon battles Pokemon
franchise yeah we know what some of you
were thinking wasn’t Pokemon a TV show
first actually no the games came first
the series biggest aspect is capturing
Pokemon in the wild to do battle for you
either against other trainers in public
or by taking them to the Pokemon League
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earth showcased in Pokemon Stadium
each Pokemon tournament would pit two
trainers against each other with three
or six Pokemon that they’ve raised
fighting it out until they pass out one
could call this a form of cockfighting
because it essentially is but don’t
worry it’s not real so no one gets hurt
before we put on our uniforms and play
our number one pick let’s have a look at
some honorable mentions
[Applause]
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number one rocket car soccer rocket
League
originally featured in supersonic
acrobatic rocket powered battle cars
developer psionics thought it would be
appropriate to make life a little easier
for gamers by trying to promote the
sport not only with a shorter title but
with higher resolution graphics and
added variety
arguably the most original idea for a
fictional sport or video game in ages
rocket league has drivers controlling
demolition derby grokken powered cars
playing soccer
while that might register as silly on
paper it’s a surprisingly fun exercise
in execution and after about five
minutes with the controller it will
easily make you wish that it was a real
sport
just please don’t experiment with that
idea we don’t want to be liable
also unlike most of the other entries on
this list this event is just as much fun
to watch as it is to play check out how
the first official grand final ended if
you don’t believe me try to keep it in
play do you their list what fictional
sport from video games would have you
shooting for the big leads for more
adrenaline-filled
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
maybe if these sports existed in real
life we’d be less interested in gaming
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
ten fictional sports in video games for
this list we’re focusing on imaginary
athletics that come from the video game
universe so no pod racing or Quidditch
here for example we’re also excluding
any kart racing games since those nutty
drivers deserve a separate list of their
own
and finally the sport itself must be
playable within the game in question and
not merely a part of the story’s meta so
sorry Coltrane fans gears of wars thrash
ball is out number 10 Grifball
halo series brought to us by Rooster
Teeth productions of the halo based red
vs. blue series Grifball was conceived
by series characters Sarge’s hatred for
red team member Grif oh crap in Grifball
a player in possession of a bomb is
tasked with bringing it to the rival
team side meanwhile the carrier’s
teammates move in to fend off defending
team players who are trying to blitz
their way towards the bomber with
gravity hammers should the carrier
successfully reach their goal well have
a look
simple yeah sure
fun yeah so much fun that developer
Bungie included the sport as an official
playable format in Halo 3 number 9
blitz death-row an underrated Xbox
exclusive the gem known as Death Row is
a futuristic mashup of basketball hockey
and American football in other words
it’s violent as frisbee set in the 23rd
century blitz has you rushing and
maneuvering through a field to get a
hovering disc into the opposing team’s
goal sound boring well that’s fine
instead ditch the disc and just go beat
up the other team foul what’s a foul
that’s right in this sport not only is
the brawling endorsed but it’s actually
part of the game scoring system and at
times is just plain necessary or just
plain fun number 8 hyper blade hyper
blade you know how most official sports
look down on the use of steroids well in
hyper blade it’s not only perfectly
legal but downright required if you hope
to play another day meshing together
sci-fi and hockey the idea of hyper
blade is to boot up in a pair of skates
with the goal of scoring a ball towards
a you guessed it go
so what’s the distinction well instead
of an arena athletes play inside an
egg-shaped dome armed with a blade
that’s used to slash their way through
opponents while defying gravity and
dodging pre-placed booby traps along the
way and you thought hockey was
physically demanding number seven terror
is reality dead rising to its name
deriving from the entertainment show set
within the universe the premise behind
terror is reality is pretty
straightforward kill zombies for public
entertainment featuring a variety of
sports in the form of minigames athletes
compete in a series of American
gladiator style contests cheered on by a
rapturous surrounding audience with
special kills replayed in slow motion on
the arena’s Jumbotron doing everything
from the rather vanilla sniping heads
off to of launching bowling balls to
driving through hordes with slice cycles
there’s no shortage of zombie killing
creativity or fun here inhumane come on
they’re zombies they want to eat you
dude number six bombing run unreal
series much like many of the sports
we’ve seen so far this one involves the
standard ball into a goal setup but with
guns drawing inspiration from grift ball
bombing run operates precisely how it
sounds a player in possession of a bomb
tries to outmaneuver their way past an
opposing team to score a goal
what makes bombing run more flavourful
is its use of ranged weaponry and other
combat equipment Plus unlike in most
other community-based video game sports
bombing run permits you to pass the bomb
to teammates much like you would in real
life sports except the ball you pass
around isn’t a bomb at least we hope not
number 5 demolition derby twisted metal
series ever fantasize about ramming that
one car who cut you off on the freeway
but you don’t want to dent yours well
not to worry as the twisted metal
franchise is here to satisfy all your
road rage urges first released in 1995
this PlayStation exclusive title became
an instant success spawning three
sequels with the original console to ps2
releases and eventually a long-awaited
masterful remake on the ps3
in this destructive world the real-life
motorsport of demolition derby is
elevated to the extreme giving drivers
access to ballistics bombs and even
nuclear weapons to engage in all-out
vehicular slaughter number four
blitzball Final Fantasy 10
serving is not only the franchise’s
first ps2 title but as well as its
transition into a full three-dimensional
landscape Final Fantasy 10 was the first
must-own JRPG of the early 2000s and its
inclusion of this ultra fantastical
sport helped solidify that claim with
the game’s protagonist background
identified as a blitz ball star there’s
no way that the developer could get away
with completing the game without at
least one level featuring the sport
though its mechanics are a little too
simple we’ll never forget the all
inspiring dome the colorful characters
and fun music that made us forget that
this was essentially basketball meets
rugby underwater
number three Blood Bowl Blood Bowl
series a parody of American football
this high fantasy sport is set in the
fictional realm of the tabletop
miniature war game Warhammer Fantasy in
these stadiums players assemble teams of
the classic fantasy archetypes including
dwarves elves orcs and trolls engaging
in a violent perversion of the sport
bashing slashing and killing their way
towards touchdowns with two different
renditions released in 1995 and 2009 and
a new turn-based sequel in 2015 it’s
clear that the only thing that would be
more fun than dashing 120 yards past
professional athletes would be gladiator
in your way past warlocks goblins and
giant rats
well that and our next two picks
number two Pokemon battles Pokemon
franchise yeah we know what some of you
were thinking wasn’t Pokemon a TV show
first actually no the games came first
the series biggest aspect is capturing
Pokemon in the wild to do battle for you
either against other trainers in public
or by taking them to the Pokemon League
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earth showcased in Pokemon Stadium
each Pokemon tournament would pit two
trainers against each other with three
or six Pokemon that they’ve raised
fighting it out until they pass out one
could call this a form of cockfighting
because it essentially is but don’t
worry it’s not real so no one gets hurt
before we put on our uniforms and play
our number one pick let’s have a look at
some honorable mentions
[Applause]
[Music]
number one rocket car soccer rocket
League
originally featured in supersonic
acrobatic rocket powered battle cars
developer psionics thought it would be
appropriate to make life a little easier
for gamers by trying to promote the
sport not only with a shorter title but
with higher resolution graphics and
added variety
arguably the most original idea for a
fictional sport or video game in ages
rocket league has drivers controlling
demolition derby grokken powered cars
playing soccer
while that might register as silly on
paper it’s a surprisingly fun exercise
in execution and after about five
minutes with the controller it will
easily make you wish that it was a real
sport
just please don’t experiment with that
idea we don’t want to be liable
also unlike most of the other entries on
this list this event is just as much fun
to watch as it is to play check out how
the first official grand final ended if
you don’t believe me try to keep it in
play do you their list what fictional
sport from video games would have you
shooting for the big leads for more
adrenaline-filled
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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