new console launches are exciting times
filled with possibility but they can
also be breeding grounds for some awful
awful games welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten worst video game launch
titles welcome travelers for this new
and improved Redux of an older list
we’ll be looking at video games released
during a console launch period and as
usual only one game per franchise here
we go ooh edgy is that because of the
tournament number ten night trap
night trap has earned itself a cult
following from the so bad it’s good
crowd but make no mistake night trap is
a bad game
I’m korma plugin ooh before you do any
more damage at the time the full motion
video title was fairly controversial for
its portrayal of scantily clad women and
violence that being said what was deemed
risque for video games in the early 90s
is as tame as can be by today’s
standards that was close but at the end
of the day night wraps biggest problem
is that it’s outright boring and it’s
nearly impossible to take this hokey
schlock seriously I don’t think you
understand mr. Martin but you’re in
serious trouble huh number 9 Genji days
of the blade 2nd any that I know you
guys have a failure probably most famous
for its giant enemy crab so here’s this
giant enemy crab Genji days of the blade
is a character action game that’s based
on ancient Japanese history but doesn’t
do a very good job of portraying those
epic battles besides it’s cutting edge
visuals for the time
Genji had nothing to offer action game
bands that hadn’t been done better and
other titles as a sequel in a popular
genre there’s absolutely no reason for
Genji days of the blade to be as bad as
it is early adopters of the PlayStation
3 definitely deserved better
hey-ho doyou Nemo logo Mahesh Yogi Berra
hey at least it’s gone to the popular
meme attack its weak point for massive
damage and new attack its weak point for
massive damage mm-hmm number eight game
party champions
believe it or not game party champions
is the fifth game party game and it’s
the epitome of awful minigame
collections
it’s hard to believe this game released
for the Wii U because aside from its HD
visuals this game is as lackluster and
frustrating as an old arcade game
designed to steal your quarters the had
to have suck but I’m tired of the mopey
attitude game party champions comes at
him packed with eight insufferable
minigames to choose from
most of which are played by swiping your
stylus up and down on the screen
no wonder the Wii U had a slow start
okay that wasn’t so bad I think you’re
about ready yeah number 7 Avatar The
Last Airbender popular with kids and
grown-ups alike an Avatar The Last
Airbender game should have been a slam
dunk
sadly does take on the popular series
that launched alongside the original Wii
isn’t exercise in patience mostly due to
lackluster combat and a shallow version
of the universe Avatar The Last
Airbender plays like a carbon copy of so
many other childproofed licensed games
come on guys hi it’s a cash grab that
preys on fans kids and exciting new
console owners one that’s almost as bad
as the M night Shyamalan disaster that’s
based off the same property how are we
supposed to tell what any of this means
this library is for master benders Sokka
you know smart people number six Mobile
Suit Gundam crossfire proceed as if your
real mission
Jim performance evaluation test it takes
a special kind of bat to make running
around in a Gundam suit boring Mobile
Suit Gundam crossfire launched alongside
the PlayStation 3 with a disjointed
story severe lack of mission variety and
an atrocious lilo framerate more to the
point crossfire feels unfinished it’s a
classic case of a game being rushed to
market in time for a console launch with
zero consideration for fans of the
franchise or their hard-earned money
it’s just an insult to everyone involved
don’t be afraid of withdrawal if you
must just remember I won’t forget it
number 5 Donkey Kong jr. map hoping to
capitalize on the success of the arcade
hit Donkey Kong and maybe convince some
parents to buy a Nintendo Entertainment
System along the way Donkey Kong jr.
math is exactly what you’d expect a math
game featuring Donkey Kong jr.
unfortunately the game’s rudimentary
puzzle solving is too easy to be any fun
and is made worse by sluggish animations
to put this in perspective Donkey Kong
jr. math is an educational game that’s
so bad that Nintendo with a few odd
exceptions halted any attempts to teach
their users for an over 20-year period
between this release in 1983 and the
launch of brain age for the Nintendo DS
in 2006 which by the way was marketed
towards adults and not kids number 4
Street Fighter the movie of the game
if you’ve ever played a Street Fighter
game you know it’s a series about pixel
perfect animations and quick fisted
combos Street Fighter the movie the game
is anything but grabbing the hilarious
can’t be live-action performances from
the movie and squeezing them onto a
Playstation disk led to some really
awful performance what’s more these
muddy character models get in the way of
the tight hitboxes and frame-by-frame
tactics the series is known for Street
Fighter the movie the game is a mockery
to the series
you win number three fighter with it and
another fighting game plagued with
sloppy timing and unresponsive design
huh time out the fighter within is a
connect game for the Xbox one that
reacts to players punching and kicking
thin air it’s as flimsy a mechanic as
you would expect and to make matters
worse most of the game’s characters are
lazy stereotypes that leave a bad taste
to your mouth
yo nobody talks about the sensei like
that nobody this is truly one of the
worst launch games on a console and that
it was released for a modern system by
Ubisoft a current major publisher makes
it all the more insulting oh hey oh you
win number two cyber morph cyber more
feels like a dystopian relic from a
world where computers never matured past
the Apple 2 sure it’s 3d visuals were
light years ahead of the original Mario
and Zelda games marking the debut of the
Atari Jaguar but cyber morph is
altogether sterile where did you learn
to fly there’s nothing remotely
interesting going on here just polygons
hovering in space and an obnoxious green
base that pops up to dole out sweet pro
tips like fully to the ground
good one Skyler I’ll have to try that
sometime cyber morph is just
unflinchingly bad good work
puto now before we get to our number one
let’s have a look at some honorable
mentions
number one Marky Mark and the Funky
Bunch make my video come on come on
Sega published and launched their
console the Sega CD with a game called
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch make my
video let that sink in for a second yeah
yeah baby
sure enough it’s a game that puts Marky
Mark Wahlberg and you at the center of
the action letting players decide
exactly what would make the best Marky
Mark music video unsurprisingly there’s
nothing redeeming here from its terrible
acting to outright bad quote-unquote
gameplay she wants to make the new Marky
Mark video more BMO alluring wait a
minute your mother and I watch a lot of
vh1 maybe we could help this
unfathomable combination of awful ideas
and execution makes it unquestionably
the worst console launch game of all
time this guy is a serious musician this
video should be tough it’s too sexy for
your shirt so do you agree with our list
a little humility is a node here I feel
which of these games have you bought
played and deeply regret it did we miss
any good ones or bad ones let us know in
the comments and for more great top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com hey is anybody out
there
excuse me are you awake you didn’t do
anything
you
filled with possibility but they can
also be breeding grounds for some awful
awful games welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top ten worst video game launch
titles welcome travelers for this new
and improved Redux of an older list
we’ll be looking at video games released
during a console launch period and as
usual only one game per franchise here
we go ooh edgy is that because of the
tournament number ten night trap
night trap has earned itself a cult
following from the so bad it’s good
crowd but make no mistake night trap is
a bad game
I’m korma plugin ooh before you do any
more damage at the time the full motion
video title was fairly controversial for
its portrayal of scantily clad women and
violence that being said what was deemed
risque for video games in the early 90s
is as tame as can be by today’s
standards that was close but at the end
of the day night wraps biggest problem
is that it’s outright boring and it’s
nearly impossible to take this hokey
schlock seriously I don’t think you
understand mr. Martin but you’re in
serious trouble huh number 9 Genji days
of the blade 2nd any that I know you
guys have a failure probably most famous
for its giant enemy crab so here’s this
giant enemy crab Genji days of the blade
is a character action game that’s based
on ancient Japanese history but doesn’t
do a very good job of portraying those
epic battles besides it’s cutting edge
visuals for the time
Genji had nothing to offer action game
bands that hadn’t been done better and
other titles as a sequel in a popular
genre there’s absolutely no reason for
Genji days of the blade to be as bad as
it is early adopters of the PlayStation
3 definitely deserved better
hey-ho doyou Nemo logo Mahesh Yogi Berra
hey at least it’s gone to the popular
meme attack its weak point for massive
damage and new attack its weak point for
massive damage mm-hmm number eight game
party champions
believe it or not game party champions
is the fifth game party game and it’s
the epitome of awful minigame
collections
it’s hard to believe this game released
for the Wii U because aside from its HD
visuals this game is as lackluster and
frustrating as an old arcade game
designed to steal your quarters the had
to have suck but I’m tired of the mopey
attitude game party champions comes at
him packed with eight insufferable
minigames to choose from
most of which are played by swiping your
stylus up and down on the screen
no wonder the Wii U had a slow start
okay that wasn’t so bad I think you’re
about ready yeah number 7 Avatar The
Last Airbender popular with kids and
grown-ups alike an Avatar The Last
Airbender game should have been a slam
dunk
sadly does take on the popular series
that launched alongside the original Wii
isn’t exercise in patience mostly due to
lackluster combat and a shallow version
of the universe Avatar The Last
Airbender plays like a carbon copy of so
many other childproofed licensed games
come on guys hi it’s a cash grab that
preys on fans kids and exciting new
console owners one that’s almost as bad
as the M night Shyamalan disaster that’s
based off the same property how are we
supposed to tell what any of this means
this library is for master benders Sokka
you know smart people number six Mobile
Suit Gundam crossfire proceed as if your
real mission
Jim performance evaluation test it takes
a special kind of bat to make running
around in a Gundam suit boring Mobile
Suit Gundam crossfire launched alongside
the PlayStation 3 with a disjointed
story severe lack of mission variety and
an atrocious lilo framerate more to the
point crossfire feels unfinished it’s a
classic case of a game being rushed to
market in time for a console launch with
zero consideration for fans of the
franchise or their hard-earned money
it’s just an insult to everyone involved
don’t be afraid of withdrawal if you
must just remember I won’t forget it
number 5 Donkey Kong jr. map hoping to
capitalize on the success of the arcade
hit Donkey Kong and maybe convince some
parents to buy a Nintendo Entertainment
System along the way Donkey Kong jr.
math is exactly what you’d expect a math
game featuring Donkey Kong jr.
unfortunately the game’s rudimentary
puzzle solving is too easy to be any fun
and is made worse by sluggish animations
to put this in perspective Donkey Kong
jr. math is an educational game that’s
so bad that Nintendo with a few odd
exceptions halted any attempts to teach
their users for an over 20-year period
between this release in 1983 and the
launch of brain age for the Nintendo DS
in 2006 which by the way was marketed
towards adults and not kids number 4
Street Fighter the movie of the game
if you’ve ever played a Street Fighter
game you know it’s a series about pixel
perfect animations and quick fisted
combos Street Fighter the movie the game
is anything but grabbing the hilarious
can’t be live-action performances from
the movie and squeezing them onto a
Playstation disk led to some really
awful performance what’s more these
muddy character models get in the way of
the tight hitboxes and frame-by-frame
tactics the series is known for Street
Fighter the movie the game is a mockery
to the series
you win number three fighter with it and
another fighting game plagued with
sloppy timing and unresponsive design
huh time out the fighter within is a
connect game for the Xbox one that
reacts to players punching and kicking
thin air it’s as flimsy a mechanic as
you would expect and to make matters
worse most of the game’s characters are
lazy stereotypes that leave a bad taste
to your mouth
yo nobody talks about the sensei like
that nobody this is truly one of the
worst launch games on a console and that
it was released for a modern system by
Ubisoft a current major publisher makes
it all the more insulting oh hey oh you
win number two cyber morph cyber more
feels like a dystopian relic from a
world where computers never matured past
the Apple 2 sure it’s 3d visuals were
light years ahead of the original Mario
and Zelda games marking the debut of the
Atari Jaguar but cyber morph is
altogether sterile where did you learn
to fly there’s nothing remotely
interesting going on here just polygons
hovering in space and an obnoxious green
base that pops up to dole out sweet pro
tips like fully to the ground
good one Skyler I’ll have to try that
sometime cyber morph is just
unflinchingly bad good work
puto now before we get to our number one
let’s have a look at some honorable
mentions
number one Marky Mark and the Funky
Bunch make my video come on come on
Sega published and launched their
console the Sega CD with a game called
Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch make my
video let that sink in for a second yeah
yeah baby
sure enough it’s a game that puts Marky
Mark Wahlberg and you at the center of
the action letting players decide
exactly what would make the best Marky
Mark music video unsurprisingly there’s
nothing redeeming here from its terrible
acting to outright bad quote-unquote
gameplay she wants to make the new Marky
Mark video more BMO alluring wait a
minute your mother and I watch a lot of
vh1 maybe we could help this
unfathomable combination of awful ideas
and execution makes it unquestionably
the worst console launch game of all
time this guy is a serious musician this
video should be tough it’s too sexy for
your shirt so do you agree with our list
a little humility is a node here I feel
which of these games have you bought
played and deeply regret it did we miss
any good ones or bad ones let us know in
the comments and for more great top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com hey is anybody out
there
excuse me are you awake you didn’t do
anything
you
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