In today's episode of 'what on Earth is actually going on', we present to you Barack Fu: The Adventures of Dirty Barry - a game featuring an incredibly violent imitation of former US president Barack Obama.
This bonus game is a free timed exclusive for everyone who purchased the physical edition of Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn, giving players an added incentive to buy a physical copy if they've been on the fence. We should probably point out that Obama himself has not been involved in the project; the game is a parody that sees a fictional version of him going around fighting fashionistas, politicians, and hackers.
Here's a full description of the game and some handy features for you to check out:
This independently created and produced game features a brand new hero, this one is not an endorsed celebrity but a parody of one of the greatest heroes of our time. Some fool has been icing celebrities and he ain’t slowing down. When the fuzz can’t crack the case and the private dicks don’t have a clue, Dirty Barry gets the call. Jet to Paris and even outer space, battling crazy bosses and their mad minions as the ex-POTUS-on-notice dispenses justice for all.
FEATURES:
- Battle fashionistas, politicians, robots, clones, hackers, flying derrières, and rappers with your raw fists and smoking hot lead.
- Call in a “Peace Prize” drone strike to flatten your foes in an instant.
- Slip into Dirty Barry mode and rack up a killstreak with your handy assault rifle and an abundant supply of grenades.
- Take out the bad guys from a distance with a variety of firearms, including a shotgun, railgun, and machine gun.
- String together power moves like the Barack ‘n Rolla and South Side Smash to create devastating combos.
If you're interested, you can also check out a gameplay trailer here.
Barack Fu: The Adventures of Dirty Barry is available to download right now for those who already own a physical copy of Shaq Fu.
Do you own a physical copy? Will you be checking out this free extra? Let us know down below.
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"Peace Prize Drone Strike"? Cheeky.
This is.... amazing
When is the Trump Fool DLC coming?
If I have the digital version can I just straight purchase this separately.
Barry has his own DLC.
Saw gameplay on GAmexplain. Obama is a lone gunman shooting Civilians in Paris.
Shall I count the ways this game is in a bad taste?
@Nincompoop that’s a pretty clever name you came up with, but isn’t one terrible president enough? Besides Bill Clinton would be a far better choice. One of his special moves could be to send Hillary in to attack everyone for him. It could be called the “Assault Defense” maybe.
America. Because... Sure, why not? -_-
Watched this on game explain earlier was blown away 😀
I have the download copy I got with NBA playgrounds, any idea on the price for DLC
My switch is downloading the DK Dlc and some updates in the queue at the moment whilst I have a 🍻
Giving Meme Run a run for its money, huh?
@MrGawain Sure, but the world needs more bad taste.
I got an idea about a game featuring Trump. It could be called something like Trumped U, and his character would be this underdog that defeats all these political dynasties... Oh wait, didn't that already happen?
One topic that needs to stay the **** off my video games: American Politics. That's a topic that is like already having cancer and being told you have contacted aids. Bad and worse.
@Trickbaby14 Trump has an even better move to counter Hillary, it's called 'Grab them by the P*ssy'.
I can already tell this comment section has all the potential in the world to get really out of hand.
what on earth is even going on any more
With a Affordable dlc (free), they take Care of the physical crowd . This is a kind and unexpected Act from the developers.
@ultraraichu To be fair, Shaq fu need to earn a heap of good faith after the last entry lol
"Send in the drones." lol I need this in my life
I'm Michelle-shocked...
@MongolRaider
there's already a trump game; donkey kong country. sure donkey kong isn't an orangutan but close enough.
Oh, I'm sure these comments will be nice and civil...
Is Joe Biden unlockable so I can take Trump behind the barn?
@sword_9mm I believe he's referred to as 'Manky Kong' in the game 😉
> Barack Obama
> "one of the greatest heroes of our time"
Oh man, that is hilarious - is that statement part of the parody? 500 something days in and Trump is already infinitely better than his predecessor. Obama was little more than a war mongering sellout and charlatan; a drone-happy George W. Bush with a better grasp of English. I say this as someone who voted for him twice.
It's not as if this game wasn't already a "jumped the shark" sort of franchise to begin with. That the developers of Shaq Fu would ever make something like this - much less release it - is so over-the-top cringy, it's embarrassing to even think about.
EDIT: I just noticed the "Peace Prize Drone Strike" - that's freaking brilliant! I literally laughed out loud! The dead pan snark there is off the charts. Maybe they really were being facetious when they called him " the greatest hero of our time" - if that's the case, then I take back some of my criticism. I still don't think topical politics should be anywhere near games like this, it's just a bad idea in general.
Good. Bring American politics into video games....great. The rest of the world is content watching the United States crumble on cable. Stay out of video games.
These people calling Trump an orangutan... can you imagine the uproar if if people on here were openly referring to Barack an ape? I guess you can only say dehumanizing things like that so long as it's a Caucasian lol. Not that I don't think that people should be able to call anyone anything they like (I strongly support the protection of free speech), but I think the usual double standards made by those who hate the current president are intriguing. Of course, quoting a lazy Bill Maher "joke" is, in and of itself, fairly cringe-inducing.
Again, why is this even in the game's DLC to begin with? It's only going to stir up a hornet's nest and potentially alienate potential buyers on both sides of the divide.
I'm getting this.
@andywitmyer President Obama received his more than fair share of dehumanizing remarks...many that Caucasians didn't mind. Please don't try to play the everybody gangs up on white men card. Secretary Clinton got quite a few remarks as well. Quite frankly if Americans stopped treating politics like football games and actually cared about how our country is being governed, we wouldn't have time to tear our countrymen and countrywomen down with insults. Pipe dream of course but hey we are supposed to be united and all that.
I’m too confused to come up with an actual joke so I guess the article will do it for me haha funny
Oh, so those who got Shaq Fu free due to this developer's previous NBA Playground screwups don't get anything?
Thanks Obama.
As a long time Lakers fan, I adore Shaq and was on the fence on this, waiting for a sale, but I literally ordered the game at Best Buy upon seeing this article and will be picking it up in one hour when the store opens. Obama Fu?? This is just too good to pass up!!
@andywitmyer
Trump went around claiming Obama wasn’t born in the US and that he wasn’t an American. The man has every single insult coming as he is a despicable human being for that and many other reasons. He is a liar and a racist. End of story.
Saber Interactive: "Here is DLC featuring in jokes of a person who is also political."
Gamers: "We need to turn this in to an insult pissing contest about Trump NOW!"
Literally every topic this announcement came up turned out this way.
@sword_9mm That's hilarious. If someone were to call Obama an orangutan or a monkey they would be labeled a racist, that's what's even more hilarious.
That was a terrible Obama impression.
@Agent721 Well he wasn't born in the US - where's the lie??
@Ryu_Niiyama
yeah.
too bad the civil war never really ended. it's really stupid but nothing can be done but for good folks to get to the ballot box and vote out the oligarchs.
@andywitmyer
wow dude.
you do realize hawaii was a state in 1959 and Obama was born there in 1961? i mean, math can be hard but i didn't think it was THIS hard.
This sounds awesome!
Lol at the political stomping
Wow this is game first off. Two it's a parody. Regardless if you find it funny or not. It's meant to be its satirical. I am playing it right now and I can't stop laughing. This game has become my guilty pleasure. With all of the bad off color jokes and such. I just wish they would fix the gameplay like that damn dodge roll. If you have played the game it's a blatant stereotype ridden game and I love it. As a person of color who lives in America, I love this game! As long as there is no malice in the jokes I am fine with it. I want more DLC from this team. You all are taking this game to seriously. I would also recommend you play Reagan and Gorbachev. People need to get a sense of humor.
@Paraka Its how to keep your game relevant. LOL
It's too bad that the game is terrible and you would have to be crazy to pay for the physical version of it. I got it for free and I deleted it after I played it for a while.
Hoo boy...
Between this and finding out the new Overwatch character is a hamster in a wrecking ball mech I've been rofl the last couple days.
Some comedy here in this comment section, lol
@itslukec This has been done for years in games like NBA Jam. This is nothing new. There are just more whiners now than before.
Why is everyone held to a higher standard than Trump on both left and right? Trump has regularly insulted people and showed much disrespect to his fellow man. Regardless if you like his policies or not, he still deserves all the attacks from comedians and the like he can get.
@andywitmyer people have called Obama an ape. Don’t act like that wasn’t a thing.
@brandonbwii Remember when they posted the photo of Obama with just white eyes and a smile, making fun of what the 44th president photo looks like. And that wasn't even a year in his first term?
So now we have a sports all-star and a politician. Do we get an actor next? Tom Fus or Pratt Fu sound fun.
@XeroPrime No but I remember when a book store put a book about him on the shelf surrounded by books about monkeys.
😄 This is pretty funny. Still not gonna buy that awful game though.
@NerdyBoutKirby Lmao Can I get Jean-Claude Van-Damme, Then we can play as a Damme Fu!
The game seems as if it’s paying homage to the old NBA Jam style where you could play as various politicians and pit them against each other.
I am loving this! Just don't like that I need the physical version.
@andywitmyer you walked into that one. He was born in the u.s..
@Nincompoop unfortunately after Trump uses the move “ grab them by the p*ssy” he has an immediate downtime “posting on Twitter “ action rendering him vulnerable to counter attack
No, he literally wasn't born in the US - his birth certificate is a total fraud. I can't believe how many people actually buy the horsesh*t they're peddled.
@brandonbwii. So, because some people called Obama an ape, that makes it acceptable to say the same of Trump? Is that the logic I'm gathering from this?
Honestly, I could truly care less about who's getting called an ape, or anything else under the sun. It's double standard hypocrisy that slays me
@brandonbwii I think that's a major stretch. Are you sure they didn't put those books in alphabetical order? The M is so close to the O and all. I have no idea what book you're referring to so...
@Branovices This is the best Obama impression:
What?! Now I have to buy this game!!! Also everyone having a political debate in these comments should be banned for life. From the internet.
It’s not on eshop to buy for digital owners. How do we get it?
Is it going to be about trying to destroy America?
@andywitmyer That's ironic of you to say. Not a huge fan of fact-checking, are you?
No way Game Freak would let them add Abomasnow to pound with the Wood Hammer of justice?
Finally, a video game that gets me.
The other game trailer is soooo much better.
Is it also free for their indiegogo backers?
@Heavyarms55 So you never felt the need to play as Bill Clinton in "NBA Jam"?
@andywitmyer An ape has been used to dehumanize black people for years. Also Obama didn’t have a habit of mocking and downright insulting others. Obama didn’t try to discredit anyone by saying they weren’t American. All I’m saying is when someone pushes expect others to push back. I always hear this double standard talk all over the internet. For a true double standard to occur that would imply everything is 50/50 in the first place. Currently we only make up 13% of the population and when live in a world where everyone is equal socially and we can have open borders then let’s talk double standards.
@MongolRaider https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/book-display/ Admittedly it’s said to be just a prank but doesn’t make it any less messed up.
I talk politics and everything but if I had the game and there was Trump DLC and one of the attacks was throwing a wall at people I’d buy that. It’s all in fun so I don’t see the problem really.
@BulbasaurusRex That happened?
Argh, can someone please ban the US politcal social media bots?
I get it's part of the topic but christ, it's any excuse to promote Trump (zzzz).
All politicians are scum. Stop being so foolish.
@brandonbwii You're right on the money. It's like half of the crazies conveniently forgot about all of the racist history of the US just because Obama was president and the other half doubled down on their racism. I'm glad there were at least some of the commenters that just avoided it altogether. I kinda feel bad for Nintendo Life on this one. The discussion about a legitimately funny idea got snowballed into the same tired conspiracy crap we had to deal with for eight years just because Obama was black.
I've found the perfect solution: Nintendo Life should call for a total and complete shutdown of Americans entering their comments section until their site's representatives can figure out what the heck is going on. 😂
@brandonbwii I had to stop taking you seriously at "open borders" - I can only take so much pretentious leftist naivety.
As for your other points - how about we discard your emotion-based false equivalencies altogether and simply agree that calling anyone (regardless of color) an ape or an orangutan is childish. I mean, you clearly dislike it when Trump is mocking or being downright insulting to others - so why do you think it's a good idea for "comedians" (and liberals in general) to sink to his level? Don't proclaim moral highground while also using another person's supposed immorality as an excuse for being an a-hole.
Oh well, this argument is pretty pointless -at least we both like Nintendo, maybe that's good enough.
@andywitmyer True we both love Nintendo. FYI when I said open borders I was being facetious. I personally don’t care what “comedians” say because context matters. Hopefully we can agree on that as well.
@brandonbwii Amen.
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