Lingerie Football League game to be developed by Yuke’s
Japanese developer Yuke’s have recently acquired the rights to produce a video game version of the Lingerie Football League. I’m sure this game will cause no controversy…
Yuke’s, developer of the WWE game series as well as UFC Undisputed, will be developing an officially licensed Lingerie Football League (LFL) video game.
What is the LFL? It’s basically a 7-on-7 indoor version of American Football. Oh, and also there’s woman wearing very little other than some protective padding instead of big burly men.
The sport has come under fire for, well, obvious reasons really. I can’t imagine a video game adaptation could really help the sports’ reputation of negatively portraying female athletes.
No word on consoles yet from Yuke’s, but as it’s a sports title it’s likely we’ll be seeing it on all major consoles.
Taylor Parolini
June 20, 2012 @ 12:39 pm
OH BOY SURE IS PROGRESS
bleachorange
June 20, 2012 @ 2:41 pm
gee… what will they think of next? i can’t really say ‘only in japan’ anymore (even though i really want to), because apparently this is a real league played in america. go figure.
Seán Whitear
June 20, 2012 @ 3:14 pm
They’re also apparently expanding to Canada, Australia and Europe (thanks, Wikipedia, haha). It’s sad to see a woman’s sport like this (presumably) become popular, while more legitimate woman’s sports still struggle to pul in fans or financial backing simply because they don’t sexualise their athletes.
But hey, at least they don’t need to hire any cheerleaders.
Taylor Parolini
June 20, 2012 @ 3:21 pm
They should have half naked male cheerleaders dancing around with pom poms. Give the ladies something to enjoy.
bleachorange
June 20, 2012 @ 5:48 pm
lol, but would any self-respecting lady watch? i mean, if ladies want a pro league for women i think they can do better than this.
Taylor Parolini
June 20, 2012 @ 6:03 pm
What self respecting man would watch this garbage either though? It’s just silly and exploitative. Guys like sports and girls, so lets put them together in the dumbest way possible! Reminds me of that game…BMXXX was it? Some bike game where you could unlock topless women. It was bad.
synopsis
June 20, 2012 @ 6:04 pm
Yeah, as bleach said, this has already been done as is.
I’ve seen it, and its entertaining, and thats in regards to the actual play, not the skin. I’ts like watching pee wee(no pun considering the topic…) league. Not so skilled, but so bad its good kinda.
Robert Strick
June 20, 2012 @ 8:12 pm
What a sport!
hariseldon
June 21, 2012 @ 10:12 am
I can’t stop laughing at those ”jerseys” 🙂
Seán Whitear
June 22, 2012 @ 6:56 am
It begs the question, does a male fan of the sport have to wear one to show their support? 😛
Brad Lida
June 21, 2012 @ 4:09 pm
They are going to be so in love with the concept of “half naked women playing football” that the actual gameplay is going to be shit.