Cheerwine Deluxe

Cheerwine Deluxe
Developer(s)	VinnyVideo
Announce Date	January 10, 2011
Release Date	TBA
Genre	Platform
Players	1
Input	Keyboard, mouse
Medium	Game Maker 8
Platform	Windows
Status	55% complete

Cheerwine Deluxe is a game VinnyVideo developed mostly on The Minus World for one of their Joke Game Contests, although he also created a topic for the game on the MFGG forums and plans to release a more Mario-centric version for the MFGG mainsite. The game is replete with intentionally unfitting music, zany sound effects, frustrating gameplay, bizarre scenarios, incoherent storylines, and strange, clashing graphics, including many backgrounds based on photos Vinny took himself.

Story

In Cheerwine Deluxe, seven evil celebrity warlords have conquered the Canadian province of Saskatchewan by taking control of Saskatchewan's Seven Pillars of Justice: Cattle, the Supervisor of Elections, the Supreme Court, the Governor, the Flag, the City Councils, and Education. The player must defeat all of these fiends to restore peace and freedom to Saskatchewan and prevent the so-called Council of Evil from spreading throughout the entire planet. Several plot twists occur as the game progresses.

Gameplay

Cheerwine Deluxe is a side-scrolling platform game that combines twisted Mario-like worlds with occasional mini-games involving the characters who are part of the Council of Evil. These games range from a button-mashing contest against Jay Leno on the lawn of the Saskatchewan Legislature to a cake-baking match in a butter-laden level featuring Paula Deen.

Obscure References

Much of the game plays homage to other joke games, most notably Waligie, whose namesake character even appears on the intentionally-broken "Choose Your Avatar" screen. The game also pays homage to Super Mario Storm, Late Night Mario, and other games.

Reception

The game hasn't yet been released in any form, except for some screenshots, so it's unclear how this game will be viewed in the eyes of MFGGers.