With the description of “supersized arcade games,” the show will likely resemble the Netflix reality competition show “The Floor is Lava,” which utilizes oversized items as platforms. Personally, I’m hoping that supersized air hockey means people will have to actually play hockey with their bodies, and oversized alley roller (aka skeeball) will include those gigantic exercise balls everyone buys to use for three months and then lets collect dust in the corner of a home office.
“Chuck E. Cheese is the place where a kid can be a kid – but as grown adults, we still have dreams of ruling the arcade, taking on the iconic games we love!” Magical Elves co-CEOs Jo Sharon and Casey Kriley told THR. “We’re excited to celebrate these legendary arcade games plus the best of today, all with a super-sized twist.” No word yet on whether or not the contestants will have to cart around oversized reels of tickets or insert gigantic coins, but I’m hoping they go all-in on the gimmick.
Easily the best game description is “the human claw,” which certainly sounds like replacing the rigged-as-hell mechanical claw arm with a human being grabbing a prize with their entire body before being dropped from the sky. Honestly, this sounds a lot more like a Nickelodeon game show like “Double Dare” than it does “Squid Game,” which tracks because the target audience for this show is probably people who have nostalgia for Chuck E. Cheese, aka ’90s kids. Sure, this is just the latest in cheap IP mining choking out the entertainment industry, but I’m honest enough with myself to know I’m definitely part of the problem and I’ll be watching every episode as soon as it drops.