Based on the Japanese game Nōkabe, which translates to “Brain Wall” this new game was dubbed “Human Tetris” by YouTube fans.
The game starts on the end of a 50 ft /15 m track where a large styrofoam wall with (more or less suitable) cutouts move automatically towards the contestants. Players unable to fit through the shapes will be pushed off the edge of the track and into a pool.
The cutouts can come in a variety of shapes only a portion of which are human shapes, the others not so much. The humor is in watching teams rushing to tackle the oncoming assortment of odd shapes to avoid being pushed into the pool.
Unfortunately, the show only aired in two short stints on the American television. The first being Fox, who aired the show between 2008 and 2009, cancelling the second part in March 2009 and announcing the complete cancellation in May.
Cartoon Network then picked up the series airing in October 2010 with Hawaiian Teck Holmes and Emily Hedicke as hosts, models and lifeguards. In April of 2011 the second cycle started, but in January, 2012 the show can canceled.
Check it out and let us know if you would participate:
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