Every so often, a small indie gem comes along that blows gamers out of the water with its surprising polish, addictive gameplay, wonderful sense of presentation and intelligent design. Ninja Pig Studios' Meme Run is not one of those games. In fact, Meme Run may be one of the worst releases on any gaming platform this year. A cynical and smug piece of software that seems to think it's some sort of "smart" response to the glut of amateurish download titles that have been released on the Wii U eShop this year, Meme Run instead seems to scream, "look how awful this game I made is! Isn't that hilarious? Guys? Why aren't you laughing?!"
Meme Run is an endless runner in which players guide a stick figure with a large "troll face" head through a randomly generated course, jumping and sliding through obstacles. As the player runs further, "swag points" are accumulated and can multiply as certain items are collected, while picking up other objects results in the screen shaking, "wombo combo" screams penetrating your eardrums and other ridiculous effects. The goal of Meme Run is to get a high score, and it encourages you to post to Miiverse — if anyone feels brave enough to admit to Miiverse that they've played this awful title, that is.
Everything in Meme Run is disorientating and unpleasant. Upon booting up the game you'll hear the "wombo combo" shout, which is apparently a famous Smash Bros.-related meme in which a bunch of guys went nuts on YouTube after a surprising combo was pulled off. This goes on for far too long — we scrambled to turn down the volume; the wombo combo yell returns far too often throughout Meme Run. The troll face character runs on "meme face" tiles, with flashing frogs serving as the background. Along the way you'll encounter dollar bills, horns, giant faces chasing you and more. If there's anything to laugh at or appreciate in Meme Run, it will go unnoticed since the screen shakes so much. The controls — which should be simple, considering all the player does is slide and jump — seldom work correctly, with the troll face only occasionally jumping when prompted and only sliding when it feels like it.
The Ninja Pig logo that appears on the title screen is the most polished object in the entire game, and that's a problem. It's one thing to make a game that celebrates and/or makes fun of wacky internet memes, but Meme Run clumsily misses its mark. At a launch price of $5USD, players are bound to feel cheated and scammed. Ninja Pig Studios can't expect every gamer to be "in on the joke"; someone may buy Meme Run looking for a fun experience and be shocked to find what is essentially a bad joke on infinite loop.
Conclusion
With releases like Meme Run, Nintendo needs to start taking a hard look at its eShop policies on the Wii U. This is a game that simply should not have been released, and certainly not for its outlandish asking price. There is no reason to purchase Meme Run — not for a laugh, not for a good time, not for anything. Stay away from this miserable game and spend your hard-earned money and time elsewhere.
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Nice review @leemeyer26.
Although I feel bad that you had to review this :-./
Im beyond surprised to see a game like this on the eshop. It makes the eshop look like a joke and the price seriously who would buy it for $5. I can honestly say this is the first game that has ever given me a headache and thats just from watching vids of it. If your gonna waist your money you should just go buy the letter for a dollar.
I wonder how many times Lee fell through solid ground? Most vids I've seen show this as a recurring problem! No real quality is evident here.
I realize that Nintendo wants to get any title they can with the lack of big third parties.......but Microsoft and Sony do not have this problem, the one of super low quality, bad IOSish titles. Basement Crawl, the worst game on the PS4, looks multiple times better than this.
Some kind of QCing is needed, this is going beyond your usual cases of shovelware.
Thanks for the recommendation. Purchased
Jks. Although I'm willing to admit, if it was less than a £1, I honestly would have done for a laugh. But do they really believe anyone will buy it for that much?! Ludicrous.
People are dumb enough to buy it for the novelty factor, which just in turn promotes more of this crap.
@leemeyer26 I am so sorry for the tortue you had to endure in order to review this game. But admittedly I absolutely loved the review; I just love to read 1 star reviews, mainly because they make me laugh. So thank you for your service to the community.
I love how everyone is freaking out about how bad of a game this is. The creators of the game really don't care what anyone thinks of this game. it's a piece of crap, and they are self aware. That's the whole appeal of memes. To me, I see no reason for complaining about this game because the people who are buying it know what they are getting into (except the reviewer who had to play it just to review it). I think everyone is overreacting a bit to it
I actually like Montage Parodies, but this should not have been made into a game.
We complain about it because it makes the eShop a prime target for a flood of super cheap, low tier titles, the very worst in the industry.......it ruins the reputation of the eShop as a service for quality products and it hurts the reputation of Nintendo.
My friend bought me this game on the eshop a few days ago.
Never before have I seen or listened to something so appalling.
Probably the worst game to come out this year. I'm sure the creator is probably a 16 year old in high school (or at least has the mentality of one), but one day when he grows up he is going to have to live with the fact that at one point in his life he thought he was really cool and funny for making this game. Hopefully, he'll have matured to the point where he just feels ashamed and embarrassed whenever he thinks back on it.
Oh my... I shouldn't be surprised that the game is terrible, but when even something as elementary as the CONTROLS seem to be applied without any testing, Nintendo should step in and deny this game any waste of server space.
@Blakenator There's an ongoing forum thread about this game, and the developer himself posted in there occasionally. He's praising and intentionally misadvertising his game whenever possible, and even insults people who don't like the idea of him "trolling" the Nintendo community.
A blind copy of memes is one thing, but this guy intenionally abuses a business system to promote his absolute ignorance of a market, and in this case, it's one that has absolutely no need for an unplayable game such as this.
I don't think the person in this review really tried to understand the game. There is actually a lot of depth to the mechanics.
Yes, the game is a "joke" with obnoxious memes and all, but shouldn't a 1/10 belong to broken games? Meme Run is by all means a functional and somewhat addicting platformer. There are many worse games on the eShop.
It's not the memes, it's the developer. I'm really sure Miyamoto would do a masterpiece with memes.
This is what happens qhen nobody says "No" or "That's a bad idea". Just watching the first trailer it screams "this game is just a money and time waster with no fun". Well, at least it will have the sales of the users addict so those sites that use those memes.
It's name alone justifies this review. It's a shame that Nintendo allows a title like this to be in the eShop.
What did you expect?
@Kaze_Memaryu I think the best way to deal with this game is just to ignore it. If people really want this game, they'll get it. But if you don't, the best course of action should be to let it pass by. That's how you deal with trolls. Just don't treat it like an issue and give it more publicity. It will collect dust in some corner of the eShop eventually anyway. But yeah, if the creator is insulting people, that may be a little too far. What kind of stuff was said exactly?
I'd buy this if the developer wasn't a 12 Year Old.
Thanks @Lee Meyer. There is now no way I'm paying for this game. Though I guess it doesn't really matter, since I was never going to buy this in the first place.
@BalrogtheMaster Name one game worse than this on the Wii U please? This should not be allowed on the European eShop. EVER!
The thing looks disgusting.
This isn't coming to Europe.
Shame.
Not surprised.
The absolute most accurate review!
I think the game's existence in and of itself is hilarious.
Nintendo Life gave this a bad review because they're in the illuminati!!1!
@Sligeach Frenchy Bird, Spikey Walls, Tested with Robots, The Letter etc., Your point?
The worst thing is these games are pushing the price of good eshop games way higher as the developers try to differentiate their games from the garbage. I mean 25 dollers for a way forward game? I'll still get it, shantae I mean, not this.
@Sforzando A star is a pentangle. Pent=5. Nintendolife gave this game 1 star. 5 - 1 = 4. A triangle has three sides. 4-3=1. Illuminati triangle has one eye. Nintendolife is illuminati confirmed. We did guys. This is what ninja pig studios has been trying to tell us all along
Why's everyone so up in arms about this game? Its not like its a flagship Nintendo title, its a crappy indie game that only like 5 people are gonna buy anyways. I honestly wanna buy this game now just because of how much you guys are complaining
@Jeff1pnt3 woah woah, don't hate on Frenchy bird, its a modern masterpiece
@Jeff1pnt3 I second Tested With Robots as the worst title on the eShop.
I'm glad this piece of faeces got the 1 it deserved. If only negative numbers were allowed...
@Jeff1pnt3 @Sligeach Exactly, I was about to post these! How can Spikey Walls (A Flappy Bird clone with terrible music and no sound effects - Which was also a parody game, I might add) get a 4/10 here, but Meme Run gets a 1/10?
@SirQuincealot It's $20. You can buy that & Meme run kappa
Games that make a joke about being terrible can be funny now and then, but only, ONLY when said game is free. No exceptions.
A good example is this. Terrible, self-aware and funny for ten minutes at the most, but also free.
Disgusting.
@BalrogtheMaster I feel like there's an extreme discrimination against memes, here, but I do think $5 is a bit much on it's own. Woah Dave is $5, but I felt like it's a bit more addictive overall. Meme run isn't a 1/10 though, when they give Power Rangers Megaforce a 1/10 or being game breaking, I understand, but this review feels pretty biased.
@KHaceattorney I feel like there are just a lot of people hating it just for the sake of hating it and also because the majority seemed to be doing it. This review may have been playing off of that mindset. Plus the reviewer may have been salty for dropping $5 on it.
This seems to echo other reviews I've seen online. Definitely passing.
@AlexOlney But.... The Letter!
@Blakenator I agree, everyone seemed immediately outraged by this after the review was posted a bit absurd if you ask me. I think it should have been a little bit cheaper though, like maybe $1-2
Saw that 1 star coming.
Indie freedom comes at a high price, a little bit too much IMO
@BalrogtheMaster I'd say barely functional. With hit detection so bad you fall through solid ground, I'm not sure the gameplay deserves much commendation.
Here's some advice to all gamers. Stop buying crap and they might stop making crap. I see too many people buying certain games and praising how good it is. When in reality it's a steaming pile of crap. Alot of you are to blame for these type of games enjoy .
@Grimlock_King Tell that to all the 8-year-olds buying these types of games with Mommy's credit card; who think it's hilarious because 8 years old
And good luck contacting them as they don't use the internet yet
The worst thing about this is that there are young kids (and perhaps even adults?) who think memes are funny or awesome, and will pay $5 for this.
At the end of the day, no matter how awful this game is, the developer will still walk away with money from this game, which can be programmed by anyone with half a brain and an hour of free time. I guess that applies to most of the mobile market, but I digress.
Any words of wisdom to say about this review, @NinjaPigStudios?
"This goes on for far too long — we scrambled to turn down the volume; the wombo combo yell returns far too often throughout Meme Run."
"If there's anything to laugh at or appreciate in Meme Run, it will go unnoticed since the screen shakes so much."
Sounds great! Obnoxious to the max! If this ever comes to Europe, I will buy it
Agreed.
I hold no grudge against this game's existence. It is easily enough ignored and I completely support an open market on the eShop. There are better things to worry about than drivel drowning out art. Using your energy to support the games you enjoy is much more productive than bothering with this. Not to mention, that is a healthier means to protect the sanctity of the eShop, as opposed to censorship.
So "Meme Run" has 7 letters, subtract 5 because of the price and add 1 for the verdict score which gets you 3...Half Life 3 confirmed!
Just went to the developers twitter, wow!People like this and some guy named BalrogTheScrooge saying "By no means it deserves a 1/10.It's not a broken game and it does have skilled-based gameplay.Wow who is this guy? Damn but it does show people will blindly buy anything now.
Its pretty funny to think that this game got this much publicity. All those "Don't buy this,t his is stupid" articles are exactly what the creator wants. Thinking of all the nice games that didn't get 1/10 of this exposure makes me sad.
"Nintendo needs to start taking a hard look at its eShop policies on the Wii U"
You mean like they have always done before and all of the "indie" developers flee away making you ask to nintendo to do EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING?
Sorry, you can't have your cake and eat it too. Besides nobody is forcing nobody to buy this game. Stop being elitists snobs. It's getting tiresome.
Nintendo life just sounds butt hurt in this review. It's not that bad of a game. I'd give it a 6 but not a 1. Once again, a game that doesn't have Mario or Donkey Kong gets a bad score from this site.
I don't agree with the score; think this game is fun for short bursts of play with friends. This game is for laughs.
@sub12 you must have never paid any attention to the indie portion on the 360. While most of those games were a dollar, there were some for 2.99 and 4.99, and most of them were complete garbage.
not GOTY?
Based on the gameplay trailer, I'm pretty confident I could implement this game in a week at most and that would be at about two hours a day max. If I valued my own time for 10 hours of my life + 10 hours for typical publishing concerns (discussing with Nintendo, approval process, etc.) at 20 dollars an hour then I'd need to get 400 dollars from the game to profit.
That's less than 100 downloads. Ninty definitely takes a good size cut and I have no idea how the taxing of such things works out but I'd guess 200 downloads would get me in the profit range.
It's possible that this game manages to be fun to play. However, this just isn't the type of game that Nintendo should be publishing. If people are going to spend $5 on a game on the e-Shop then it should be a certain quality. Even Steam only releases games of a certain caliber. The worst game I could find on it is called 'Secret of the Magic Crystals', but at least it has some art direction and some love was clearly put into it.
The problem I have with a game like this getting published is that it will profit because of how low quality it is. To ensure that games of a certain polish or with a certain gameplay caliber get rewarded, it's in the best interest of Nintendo to just not publish games like this.
my god...this looks like crap
It looks as though it'll come and go as fast as an internet meme.
Fitting, really.
11/10 gamestop goty
Just.. Why?
Too MLG 5 me.
It's a free market. The game has every right to exist, just like how people who care about quality gaming have every right to ignore it or deride it.
Although I don't enjoy seeing trash on the eShop, and I do think this game qualifies as trash, it's never misrepresents itself and I don't have a problem with is being released.
This is the type of game should be a free-to-play game on Miniclip or Bored.com...
Wii U is really getting all the talented indie developers.
@ejamer That goes both ways though. A free market means Nintendo could choose not to release it. Same deal with Hatred on Steam. No game has a right to be on a service.
I'm not arguing either way here. Just saying Nintendo can choose to do what they want. They refused The Binding of Isaac for example.
I don't see why people are soo mad about this game. It actually kinda fun in short burst. Just ignore it and move on. I will say though that $5.00 is too much for a infinite runner that doesn't have any modes. Yet again a Yoshi New Island type review.
I'm surprised that you didn't mention the fact that you can actually fall down through the ground sometimes and the multipliers screws up sometimes, saw it in some gameplay vids.
@Joruus_Cbaoth https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/3ds-eshop/shovel_knight
I think what bothers me most about this game is that memes are the results of things that come from "higher" media (TV, Movies, Games, music, etc.) and trickles down to the internet as free entertainment (not to be confused with projects parodying/inspired by higher media). So to sell or market a meme or compilation of memes is like trying to take the table scraps from other peoples' finished meals, throw it all on a plate, and sell it as a "cuisine".
While it's something you can do, majority will consider it wrong for multiple reasons.
Am I glad I never cared about memes in the first place. Wouldn't have gotten this even if it got a 10/10 though.
I love it that people defend this game with "it has all the right to be on the eShop"
Yes, no one is trying to censor it off the shop, people are saying that it should have never made it on there in the first place.
But lets hope that the whole copyright thingy bites him in the behind sooner or later. That way, the problem will take care of itself.
I'm glad it's not coming to Europe. Regardless of quality, any game that is making money off of the work made by other artists and creators that they don't have the licence to use is terrible. If I made a game like this, I'd make it free, or at least get the licence to all the sounds and images taken from other sources. Unless Ninjapig have proof that they DID get the rights, I'm staying away from this game. I'm not going to give it any further attention.
I only read this review as I was hoping that this would have received Nintendo Life's very first 0/10 as the game doesn't seem to have any redeeming qualities whatsoever.
NintendoLife! The ESRB has just rated Mario Advance 2 and Mario Party Advance for the Wii U Virtual Console in North America! Just a news-worthy tip!
@Blakenator Of course you're right, and I hope enough people will follow suit by denying NinjaPig Studios any further attention.
As for his insults: he doesn't outright swear at others, but he's been very disregarding towards some folks on Twitter. I only looked at the course once (I'm not much of a fan of social networks, so I avoid them), but for the most part, he was constantly trolling people - some of them were pretty insulting as well, but as a developer, having an offensive attitude with potential product consumers is very ignorant.
That said, it's very difficult at times to ignore titles like these that don't take gaming the slightest bit seriously and proceed to seemingly tarnish the (already a bit unfavourable) image of gaming. Since it's hard to tell which games will get attention from non-gamers or media, there's always the subtle fear that this game (or others that are very questionable in some way) might become negative referential material to further throw dirt at the gaming business, which is the last thing we need in this age where the future of gaming is very much uncertain.
I agree that the outrage is exaggerated, not only here, but almost everytime, and only contributes to media finding out about such questionable games, but it's kinda frustrating for some people to see these kinds of degenerating titles and the "creative head" behind it being officially accepted as a developer.
The developer of this game has been seen making anti-Semitic comments on Twitter. I will never support someone with such tasteful and immoral beliefs. Disgusting.
@xAlias +1
I'm more surprised that Nintendolife even bothered reviewing this.
They'll allow this, but they won't allow The Binding of Isaac. Are you serious? Lol. Terrible.
Nintendo profit from this, even if it's pennies compared to anything else, this dev team payed ~£2000 for a wii U dev kit.
So in the case of this production, Nintendo's money doesn't come from selling games, but rather selling dev kits.
It's my personal opinion that this shows a lack of dignity on Nintendo's part, but there you go!
What a sad example of a game, even if it's supposed to be some kind of "clever" joke. This is made worse by the fact that Nintendo themselves advertised the game on twitter at some point.
If you can't see what's so bad about this thing, you need to open your eyes. and start using your head.
Ouch
If Nintendo keep letting crap like this onto the eshop eventually its gonna be filled with nothing but shovelware like the iPad's app store.
My little brother would probably like this.
No mention of the fact that not a single graphic is actually owned by Ninja Pig? Plagiarism is what I've come to expect from this quote unquote "developer".
I have a curious question. What the hell am I looking at in the video?
But the game has funny internet jokes how can it be bad?
At least the Wii U is getting 3rd-party support.
Also, I don't see "Review copy sent by Ninja Pig" or anything like that. Did you have to buy this game with your own money? I feel so sorry for you...
Not really game related, but meme's are getting played out hard.
Isnt the trollface copyrighted by that user named whine?
Could the creator face a lawsuit?
After all the hate the game got in its announcement article here, I rushed here as soon as I noticed the review.
I'm not gonna lie: at this price, it's a no-go, but once it gets discounted (0,99 € would be nice), this little malevolent fiend is mine. Because it might be fun to see my meme junkie of a friend literally playing a montage parody.
Meme Run is one of six new games on the Wii U eShop this week.
Now guess, which one is placed highest in the charts!
Guess which one is most popular on Miiverse!
@Olmectron
I don't think Miyamoto would lower himself to attempting to work with memes.
"Meme face"
Ahem, correction; It's a "lenny face."
Sorry.
@geekysteven You have a My Little Pony avatar; ya sure you've never seen something so appalling?
@Mus1cLov3r Wow shots fired old sport for no apparent reason.
@Mus1cLov3r
@midnafanboy
Oh no, you two are not turning this somewhat meme-related thread into a part of the annoying brony hate/love bandwagon, as memetastic as it may be.
@Sforzando Nintendo Life gave it a 1 because they're biased; they don't like memes, so they don't like this game.
@midnafanboy He's talking trash about a game, but I can't trash-talk a show? Double standards?
@AlexSora89 Maaaaaaybe. >:3
@Mus1cLov3r I was just kidding old sport damn take it easy.
@AlexSora89 Do you want that?Will that help you sleep at night friendo?
@midnafanboy I'm an old, wise 14-year-old. :3
@Quorthon I know that. I don't like memes either. I'm just stating here that that the developer is the one to blame here, not the theme of the game.
@Gridatttack Actuaoly yes if any of these property hosts presented it. Of course copyright doesn't come from posting to the internet. Facebook for example owns anything posted in its service not otherwise designated by users, being used in another medium. Posting to their own website however would designate copyright.
LOL
@NinjaPigStudios CONSIDER ADDING FRED RECHID AS DLC!!!!!
I mean, since copyright stuff is "fine" to use, then why not add in Fred Rechid as DLC? I'd rev up $4.99 plus tax for you to see Fred Rechid included in a future update as a playable character in meme run for the Wii U, which is the most dank game evah for the system as a heard someplace on the internet!!!
Puts meme faces all over this post!
@jakysnakydx AFAIK trollface was indeed copy righted and IIRC, a forum got a C&D because they were using the image.
However here, it doesnt seem to be a complete trollface, just a moded one with a different smile.
The fact anyone felt the need to make this and so many people are buying this and posting about it on Miiverse is so very depressing.
I defended Ninja Pig insofar as their feud with Rcmadiax went and I regret that now.
Well this game will do well. There really nothing wrong with this on the Eshop. I like that Nintendo is open to developers wanting their creations on their console. It's a guilty pleasure. The only thing wrong is the price which should be 3$.
This could possibly be the most obnoxious game I've ever seen..
@Gridatttack I was only answering the what ifs. I dont know ANYTHING about how these images are actually used.
@leemeyer26
Thanks for taking one for the team.
This looks like .... something that belongs on Sony or Xbox, What the funk is going on with Nintendo Quality Control.... Lets all pray that this is a one time only deal and somehow it slipped into the eShop, hopefully it gets removed very soon.
Most of the people who attack Meme Run haven't even played the game. I won't lie if it weren't for the fact it was about memes, and it was just a generic runner then I never would have bought it. Granted, I've really enjoyed it, and don't feel cheated at all. Meme Run may not be for everyone, but you can't deny that the game itself works and does what it set outs to do. Which it does well might I add. There are plenty of games that are far worse then Meme Run on the eShop. There has clearly been no effort put into this review at all, and as a loyal reader of the site for a few years now I really can't deny that I'm pretty disappointed.
I may actually buy this. Foolish I know for a 1-star review, but I actually developed a "Trollface" game for Atari (it's just a static title screen as I never finished it )
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/218359-troll-face-my-first-atari-2600-rom/
Still better than Sonic Boom.
@MixMasterMudkip They didn't put effort in this review?Sounds like the developer didn't put effort in the game and just made it to get you idiots too blindly buy it weird.Half life 3 confirmed?Maybe?But seriously your comment is more disappointing than the game,cause you're the first person here defending it.
@midnafanboy If you actually read all comments you'd see I'm far from being the only one defending it. As I stated you haven't played the game, and have no bases to judge the quality of the game. You're making a uncalled for attack on not only Meme Run, but myself as well. I never blindly bought the game, and knew exactly what I was buying. You're comment seriously doesn't even make sense. How was me saying no effort was put into the review more like saying no effort was put into the game? Honestly, If you don't agree with someone else just ignore them instead of making a fool of yourself with some ignorant statement. I never caused any drama with you, and would prefer you not start anything with me. Please just move along.
@MixMasterMudkip Did you even see what the developer just posted in this very comment section? He a donkey. He deserved to have his poopoodoodoocacapoopledoople game attacked.
@ninjapigstudios You should had provided review codes for reviewers like myself, I could had reviewed this game the honest and swell way you wanted, but alas...........Heck, even have a good buddy that would had loved to have reviewed meme run, but alas........we cannot : U
@MixMasterMudkip In the end friendo you just supported a developer who treats others like garbage,if they don't agree with him.And is a man who made a game like this to get a quick buck.
@midnafanboy @TeeJay Never once did I agree with the developer. I said that I thought the game was not fairly reviewed. Which it wasn't. It by no means deserves to be called the worst game on the eShop. I agree how the developer is handling this is completely unprofessional, but what he said is completely irrelevant to my comments. I really don't see what sort of point you're trying to make.
"Never supporting this site again, but thanks for the free press! This article probably made me (a 20 year old college kid) and my 15 year old brother hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars."
And the award for Most Pathetic Developer 2014 goes to... ninjapigstudios.com
Thank god the european eShop isn't polluted by this game. FYK, now you can buy SteamWorld Dig for € 4,49.
Trash/10
However, I really wished that games like this wouldn't be reviewed. Reviewing them helps them get attention
@BalrogtheMaster thank you! Thats the same way I see it.
Its a shame that this pollutes an otherwise generally good eshop store. We dont wantbit to get like the apple app store where around 70% of games are of similar quality as this (around 65% of apps/games make little or no money on the app store i read somewhere)
@ninjapigstudios Unprofessional game gets an unprofessional review - I fail to see the issue here.
What a terrible review for a true gem. This is perhaps the best eshop game of the year, if not the best Wii U title period. Not since the release of Flappy Bird has a game seen such remarkable ingenuity and meticulous level of detail. This game personifies everything that is good about gaming. After decades of boring uninspired garbage such as Mario, Zelda, Metroid...Nintendo has finally been given the killer app it desperately has needed. Now they have a title on the system that can go head to head with each revolutionary annual installment of Call of Duty and Madden. If Nintendo was smart they'd buy the exclusive rights to the title and make it a pack in title with the Wii U. They can even make Meme run Amiibos and special edition 3ds units. Hopefully Nintendo doesn't miss this opportunity
Shovelware that literally sits there trollfacing you, knowing it's just stole your hard earned.
No EU release? Awwww... dayum.
I wish you could block certain titles from the eshop - there are about 10 on there that when they show up on the eshop screen, they make me feel bad about the eshop on a whole
This game is physically painflu to watch. I can only imagine how miserable it is to play it.
I don't understand on why Nintendo accepts this kind of crap like this. This is one of many reasons. People in the industry doesn't take Nintendo serious. It makes them look bad & the eshop aswell. I thought the Windows Store had terrible things like this but. This trumps it.
It's sad to say but this is the kind of game that's really only supposed to be free on some Flash web browser. I don't think this is the kind of game people should be charging even a few dollars for and I certainly don't think it's high enough quality to be on Nintendo's eShop.
The only time I think games like this would work on Nintendo's platforms is if Nintendo creates some kind of universal Wii U creation software and a user content store where all Wii U owners are able to freely upload any creations they make, much like the web is now but just specific to Nintendo's systems and where you can only create the content directly on Nintendo's systems, and then people can either give their creations away for free or charge a small price. Then, I think having a store on Nintendo's systems with all this kind of stuff would be acceptable because it would just be a place for all Wii U users to freely upload whatever content they want.
I sense he is the one that got rekt now m8.
@SheldonRandoms it also needs some ultra combo's as swell.
@ninjapigstudios The biggest issue I see is that this is a mobile platform quality game ported to a console and then marked up 500%, much like your IQ Test game. $1 wasted on a joke is something most people will not worry about, but $5 wasted is asking a lot. It is the same issue I have with Activision/Rovio charging $60 for three $1 games I can play for free with ads on my tablet. There is no value in the offering at that price point.
I don't have a problem with small developers cutting their teeth on the Wii U, or mobile developers trying to take the next step into the console world. But with that step comes increased expectations in quality. If you price your product at $5 there is an expectation on that quality of that product. From everything I've seen online, your product doesn't reach that level of quality (randomly falling through the floor isn't acceptable when games like Canabalt nails it for $2 cheaper).
Now, you can do one of two things. You can do what you seem to be doing so far and blame everyone else for the woes you are facing. "NIntendolife is just mad we did not give a review code," is not a professional way of responding. The better choice would be to suck it up and admit that you need to fix things. Take the steps to protect your brand and probably price your product more properly to what the market will accept.
For the record, I probably will not be purchasing either of your games on Wii U. I can play a million games like these, if I desire, for free on my phone and tablet. I play games on the console to have better experiences, even from indies. I suggest looking at what Firebase Industries, Ltd. and Zeboyd Games have done at the price point for examples of quality $5 and under titles.
@ninjapigstudios "this review was created just out of spite for not giving NL a review code" ... Are you really 20? You sound like a 12 year old boy
@Mus1cLov3r
At least our series gives a crap about telling a coherent story.
Now how about you talk about something relevant to the topic.
@ninjapigstudios
I recommend you watch what you say, friend.
Depending on what you say, you'll only make yourself look bad.
@ninjapigstudios You should not be allowed to create games. You are a terrible example of an indie developer and Nintendo should not be proud to have you on board. I request that NintendoLife pulls this review. I wish Nintendo would do the same to the actual game, but I'm afraid that's not possible, really.
@ninjapigstudios You are besides yourself right now.
Your assumptions are the result of disappointment that your mindless shovelware didnt steal the show. Be prepared for honest opinions and if you cant handle them get out of the market
For the very sake of who you are as a developer I cannot support you now or in the future.
What's Meme Run exactly? I only know it's for Wii U
I agree with mister Mudkip in that the game is probably not the worst thing ever, however, the amount of bashing it is receiving is pretty much justified.
Ninja Pig Studios's attitude and way of handling things has transformed what would've been "that funny weird endless runner" into "that crap game made by the jerk".
It's all his fault, and I think it was pretty much intended.
@geekysteven Kingdom Hearts makes perfect sense; it's just complicated.
Also, you can't talk about a comment's irrelavanve, while simultaneously posting an irrelevant comment.
The game looks horrible. It is true that I've never played it and I can say that I never will. Am I being fair to a game I haven't experienced? Yes. There is nothing redeeming about this game that I've seen. Even if it worked well, which apparently it doesn't. No one should support this game or this douchenozzle.
For $5, now you can troll yourself all you want! And people dissed Cozy Fire
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Get your poopoodoodoocacapoopledoople together Nintendo and change the damn policies. Stop scraping the bottom of the barrel and have some self respect. Stuff like this makes you look like a desperate person.
Watch the profanity please — TBD
Which is worse: Meme Run or The Letter?
I can't believe this crap is on the eshop.
This is bordering on fraud surely?
@geekysteven You can't fight irrelevance with irrelevance.
Besides, I don't look down upon you for liking a show...
@ejamer I agree, the game is obviously crap but there are billions of crappy games from the first existence of a PC or a browser, and nobody complains. In a large eco system there can be room for total crap as well.
Run away!!!
Seriously this is worse then the baddest Wiiware game, and that's saying something!
Congratulations, a game worse than the Letter has arrived, I didn't think it was possible.....jeez..
Well played by Ninja Pig and kudos to Nintendo for proving that anyone really can publish a game in the eShop.
Does anyone else care that the irrelevance of this game has generated 170 irrelevant comments?
I love it how this game itself is a meme now.
To get this clear...
This game was on my hate list the moment I heard it was coming... two months ago.
I heavily associate memes with Trolls, all of whom I hate with a deep, deep passion.
Those of you who even remotely defend this game or say this game didn't deserve a 1/10 obviously doesn't know anything about quality game mechanics. This game wasn't given such a bad score just because it has a stupid basis. If its fun, its fun. This game is NOT fun.
This game saved my life 10/10 no lies.
I know the guy who made this game. I'm not even kidding. We both work in the dorms at the same college.
If I didn't know the guy personally, I would likely have the same reaction as you all. But now I can't. I'm not defending this game, as I haven't played it yet, but looking at all these comments about him, it gives me a bit of perspective on how we can shamelessly bash someone we don't know.
Creating a game is a heavy task, and not one taken for no reason. Hate on the game, but don't hate on the developer for trying to share something he created, or Nintendo for enabling him to express himself.
gaming crash of 2015 is real
@Blakenator THANK YOU! I want this so bad! I love the MLG community!
@Henmii Well, it aint' WiiWare, it's actually really good, look at WiiWare... Dear god the crap is everywhere
The biggest problem I have with this game is the price, I think $5 is too much for a "joke". If this game was a joke, then I think it should have been only $1 at most.
Don't care about this 1/10 review or what anyone says- I have been wanting to get this game, and when I get eShop money, I will get it! I want to get Meme Run and can't wait for the day I do get it!
@pokemonface12 There is a lot of good stuff on the eShop true...but this is not even close to being one of them, the F2P game is much better than this $5 waste of time and money.
@ninjapigstudios What a pathetic excuse for a developer you are. Not one of your games that have been released on the Wii U have any sort of quality or effort put in to them, just quick attempts at grabbing money, and you really have the nerve to try and defend this trash? You're better off looking if your local McDonald's has any vacancies, because it's obvious you have no creative talent as a developer.
That settles it, I'm buying this game and there's nothing any of you can do about it. You can whine, cry, complain, moan, about how this is such a terrible game, or the Dev doesn't deserve the money or whatever, I don't really care. In fact I'm gonna start showing this game to my friends too just so they can buy it. I'm supporting this game and none of you can stop me. Deal with it nerds
@AlphaLink Wise words. I mean your last sentence in particular. A shame no one really seemed to give it some thought...
I didn't find the game too bad. For what it is. I did a review of it on youtube, look up 8-Bit Eric meme run review.
Perhaps their goal was to make a game so bad that it would become a meme of it's own. Many other games have accomplished this, like Big Rigs (PC), Action 52 (NES), all games published by LJN (mostly NES), and Ninjabread Man (Wii), just to name a few. But in order to become a meme, the game first has to build op a bad reputation. Kind of a shameful goal actually
I am a little late to the party, but I would have loved to read what @ninjapigstudios actually said. Sadly, said person deleted it, obviously people didn't buy into his poor excuses. Therefore, he's going to pretend like it didn't happen.
I was wondering why I didn't see any posts by the developer... I guess he deleted them.
That said I could tell this game was crap the moment the icon appeared on my Wii U start screen. Meme Run? The title alone is a giveaway that it's going to be crap. I feel bad for the reviewer, which is something you will never hear me say. Going by what I saw in pics and videos, this game is right down there with Action 52 in the "Shameless pile of crap" category. And that's saying something.
What is a Ninjapig anyway?
Anyway dis Meme Run stuffs sounds stoopid. What's next, Meme Jump? Pfffffft. Pass. Toss this crap into the garbage where it belongs, it's games like this that give birth to the term "Shovelware"
NintendoLife, you are so stupid. You are not dank enough to learn the illuminati's secret. NintendoLife is cheeky scrub confirmed.
Poor people that have to review crap like this but it's good for the rest of the world to know how bad a game is.
I despise Ninja Pig more and more by the day. Someone get that smug-ass, fedora-tipping lunatic off of the eShop!
I'm not making blind accusations, either. He's openly a disgusting, proud fedora-tipper who says "m'lady", and he brings it up on Miiverse whenever he can.
But it was rated 8/8 m8! ;o
He's making a sequel . . . sigh
BOOOOOOOOO MEME FANS NEED THIS GAME!!! BOOOOOOOO
@Blaze8937 Do you hate memes you super respectful guy? Do you know troll face it is?
lol 6 years later, Eshop quality is still below zero with a near release of a masturbation game xD
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