The first beer pong game for the Nintendo Wii, Game Party, was introduced last year and it was received pretty well. The second beer pong game for Nintendo Wii, Frat Party, has not been met with the same enthusiasm.

“Frat Party Games-Beer Pong” has come under fire from school coalitions, a state attorney general, and now Nintendo has succumbed to the pressure. The founders of JV Games (and creators of Frat Party) aren’t happy.

Their game, originally titled Frat Party Games – Beer Pong, was renamed to the more family friendly Frat Party Games – Pong Toss.

This conflicts with some of Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime’s statements last year about how “Nintendo will not do any screening of ideas” on WiiWare. JV Games co-founder Vince Valenti recalls how they “had a little discussion with Nintendo and there were some angry parties.” The two founders were shocked by Nintendo’s reaction. As Valenti puts it, his company’s use of the word “beer” was “just like you would hear in any movie or on TV.” Co-founder Jag Jaeger said they “wanted to focus on the sport of beer pong, not the alcohol that’s associated with it.”

It’s weak for Nintendo to force changes to the game just because some people got upset. All of the shoot ‘em up video games get endless criticism and yet they keep cranking them out. And even with the changes the game is still beer pong whether you say it in the title or not.

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If you like to drink competitively without having to set-up some cups on a table you can play Beer Pong on the Nintendo Wii. Game Party was released last year and features a game called “Ping Cup”. The guys at JV Games Inc. think they’ve raised the bar.

Featuring two distinct competitive games, Frat Party Games™ – Beer Pong will offer a traditional tournament-style game of Beer Pong for one to four players and Speed Pong, during which two to three players compete at the same time, each trying to be the first to eliminate all of his or her cups.

At the rate that Beer Pong is growing it won’t be long before BP highlights are shown on ESPN and the game is recognized by the Olympics. The sport is getting so big that bars are adding Beer Pong setups, tournaments are held for big money, and there’s a documentary about the World Series of Beer Pong. There’s also a Frat Party Beer Pong website and myspace page. The game is only available via WiiWare, but if the XBox and Playstation people are smart, they’re developing a Beer Pong game right now. They don’t wanna miss out on the chance to give lazy college students an easier way to get drunk.

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