A few weeks ago I asked if you were ready to rumble. Are you?

What was that? You would like to rumble but you don't have a Wii?

Well now, I can't fault you for that so here is what I am going to do. See the image of the boxing glove over there (and in the sidebar)? HMTK and a few other blogs are taking part in a promotion to draw some attention to the upcoming Wii-exclusive release of Ready 2 Rumble Revolution. What sort of promotion you say? It's a promotion that I know will interest you, my faithful readers.

Before I tell you more about the promotion let me recap what I told you before about the game:

    Features

  • A roster of 18 wildly caricatured cartoony boxers, all parodies of celebrities from the worlds of sports, music and movies who enter the ring as larger-than-life "Rumble-ized" versions of themselves. Players will step right up and see if they can knock these super-sized egos down a peg or two!
  • Hosted by "The Voice of the Champions" Michael Buffer, famous for his "Let's Get Ready to Rumble" trademark call.
  • Characters are brought to life with hilarious moves, detailed facial animations, damage textures and fighting techniques including special moves, combos, extreme knockdowns and special "Rumble" combos.
  • An all new Championship Mode lets gamers create their own unique boxer and nurture his skills through mini-games, developing him as a fighter and creating a completely personalized Ready 2 Rumble Revolution experience.
  • Delivers a fun and intuitive experience in either single player or multiplayer mode.
  • The Wii controllers provide would-be pugilists with an intuitive and realistic feel. Using the Nunchuk controller as one glove and the Wii Remote controller as the other, players dodge, weave and throw the big punches to KO their opponents.

Yep, we're talking about a real good fighting game with just enough comedy thrown in to have you and your buds squirting Red Bull out of your noses! So where does the Wii and the promotion come in?

Here's the deal. You click on the boxing glove image and it will open up a new browser tab/window with details on the game straight from IGN. You take a few minutes to read about the game and then you come back here and leave a comment about the game.

The comment need not be a four page essay but it also should not be something lame like:

"Cool game!" or "Awesome!" Leave a comment that lets me know you actually looked over the IGN article enough to form some sort of an opinion. Even if that opinion is, "oh man, this game looks horrible!" Though if you do think the game looks horrible please explain why. Developers are people too you know and hearing something sucks without being told why is just a waste of time. So if you are going to criticize the game please do it in a constructive manner so that the developers can learn from their mistake.

So, let me recap:
1. Click on the glove.
2. Read about the game.
3. Post a comment here on the blog.

The contest is due to end in March and if we get enough clicks on the glove to win one of the Wii systems (5 will be given away in total) I will in turn pass it along to someone who left a comment on the blog.

What's that? Why would I give away a Wii? Two reasons:

1. I already have one.
2. I think this game is going to be good and I consider it penance for posting those articles a while back that said Alone in the Dark for the Wii was going to be great (it wasn't).