Wipeout (2008 game show)
{{short description|American television game show}}
{{About||the 2021 TBS reboot|Wipeout (2021 game show)|the unrelated 1988 syndicated American trivia quiz show|Wipeout (1988 game show)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image = Wipeout 2011 logo.png
| caption = Title card layout used starting from Season 4
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- Winter Wipeout
- Spring Wipeout
- Summer Wipeout
- Total Wipeout USA
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| genre = {{plainlist|
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| creator = {{plainlist|
- Matt Kunitz
- Scott Larsen
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| director = J. Rupert Thompson
| presenter = {{plainlist |
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| composer = Vanacore Music (theme song and underscore)
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 7
| num_episodes = 130
| executive_producer = {{plainlist|
- Matt Kunitz
- Scott Larsen
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| runtime =
| company = {{plainlist|
- Endemol USA
- Lock and Key Productions
- Pulse Creative
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2008|6|24}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2014|9|7}}
| channel = ABC
}}
Wipeout is an American television game show that features contestants competing in (what was billed as) the "World's Largest" obstacle course which originally aired on ABC from June 24, 2008, to September 7, 2014. In 2021, the show was rebooted on TBS, with John Cena, Nicole Byer, and Camille Kostek as hosts.
The show was originally hosted and commentated by John Henson and John Anderson, while Jill Wagner acted as the "on-location" reporter. The interim reporter for one season was Vanessa Lachey. The creators and executive producers are Matt Kunitz and Scott Larsen. Distribution of the show was handled by Endemol Shine. The show was taped at Sable Ranch in Canyon Country, California, north of Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode&q=Wipeout+Show+Course,+Sand+Canyon+Road,+Santa+Clarita,+CA&aq=0&oq=wipeout&sll=47.272986,-120.882277&sspn=4.73348,11.733398&vpsrc=0&t=h&ie=UTF8&hq=Wipeout+Show+Course,&hnear=Sand+Canyon+Rd,+Santa+Clarita,+California&filter=0&update=1&z=13&cid=7877226506389886995&iwloc=A|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}}
History
The series premiered on June 24, 2008, on ABC. After the pilot was shot, co-host Elon Gold was replaced. Producers called in Michael Glazer to find a "comic host replacement" that eventually went to John Henson. The first season's success spawned a series of international versions of Wipeout, debuting in countries including the United Kingdom and Argentina in January 2009.
On December 8, 2008, ABC announced plans to counter-program NBC's Super Bowl game-day telecasts with a sports-star-studded episode of Wipeout, entitled "Wipeout Bowl". The episode was broadcast immediately following the game. The episode featured female cheerleaders competing against male "couch potato" sports fans.{{cite web|url=http://wipeoutforums.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=season1episodes&action=print&thread=94 |title='Wipeout' special set for Super Sunday|publisher=Wipeoutforums.proboards.com|access-date=2012-05-22}} During the hour-long special, Monica Kauffman became the show's first female competitor to win. Following the episode, an announcement was made that a second season had been commissioned, and a promo for the season was subsequently broadcast.
The second season was broadcast during the summer of 2009. According to TV Week, in 2009, Wipeout became the third most popular game show in the world, based on ratings.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2010/01/with-the-opening-of-the.php|title=Guess Which Game Show is the Most Popular Worldwide|access-date=2010-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128041140/http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2010/01/with-the-opening-of-the.php|archive-date=2010-01-28|url-status=dead}} On July 22, 2009, Wipeout was renewed for a third season, for which filming began in September 2009.
The third season of the show premiered on June 22, 2010 with a special two-hour "Blind Date" episode preluding the series on June 1.{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifc6418268b866f76378f8103d4633697|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=James|last=Hibberd|title=ABC sets return dates for two reality shows|date=October 13, 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Wipeout#!/Wipeout?v=wall&story_fbid=109509282413150|title=Wipeout|publisher=Facebook|access-date=2012-05-22}} ABC subsequently announced that other themed episodes would appear in Season 3, including episodes featuring ladies only and families. The third-season finale aired on September 14, 2010 with a special "America's Finest" edition, featuring some of America's heroes, including firefighters and policemen.
Image:Matt Kunitz on the set of Wipeout (cropped).jpg
On August 15, 2010, ABC announced that the show had been contracted for a fourth season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i4a25a9f106904fc10233eb3861a0e42e|title=EXCLUSIVE: ABC renews 'Wipeout'|website=The Hollywood Reporter}} The announcement added: "Wipeout has the distinction of being the only broadcast reality series launched in recent years that has demonstrated proven staying power." On October 13, 2010, ABC announced plans that the fourth season would be split into three sections – Winter, Spring, and Summer; with a total of 31 episodes: 8 Winter episodes, 7 Spring episodes and 16 Summer episodes.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egd7c9B1LTw|title=Winter Wipeout on ABC!|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2012-05-22}} The fourth season premiered on January 6, 2011.{{cite web|last=Adalian|first=Josef|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/10/wipeout_snow_abc.html|title=ABC Orders a Cold-Weather Wipeout – Vulture|publisher=Nymag.com|date=2012-04-27|access-date=2012-05-22}}
On June 16, 2011, ABC announced that the show had been renewed for a fifth season and that Vanessa Lachey would replace co-host Jill Wagner on the show. New episodes of Winter Wipeout began on December 8, 2011 with a Christmas special episode entitled Winter Wipeout: Deck the Balls.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} That same year, syndicated reruns of Wipeout aired on truTV and TBS.{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/shows/wipeout/index.html |title=Wipeout on truTV |access-date=December 8, 2011}}
On August 29, 2012, Wipeout was picked up for a sixth season. In addition, it was announced that former co-host Jill Wagner would be returning to the series after a season-long absence.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/29/wipeout-renewed-for-sixth-season/146661|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901063038/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/29/wipeout-renewed-for-sixth-season/146661/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2012|title='Wipeout' Renewed for Sixth Season|publisher=TV By the Numbers|access-date=August 29, 2012}} John Anderson and John Henson also returned as commentators. Vanessa Lachey departed the series due to her impending pregnancy.
On August 30, 2012, Activision released a Wipeout game for iOS. It quickly became the top-selling app in the App Store.{{cite web|url=http://www.bsckids.com/2012/09/activisions-wipeout-currently-1-in-the-app-store/|title=Activision's Wipeout Currently #1 in the App Store|website=Bsckids.com|access-date=September 4, 2012|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113033259/http://www.bsckids.com/2012/09/activisions-wipeout-currently-1-in-the-app-store/|url-status=dead}}
On May 9, 2013, season six premiered. In its sixth season, Wipeout celebrated its 100th episode.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Wipeout-Jill-Wagner-1067216.aspx|title=As Brains Battle Brawn, Wipeout Celebrates Its 100th Episode and the Return of Jill Wagner|website=Tvguide.com|access-date=15 November 2021}}
For its seventh season, winners from each episode were brought together for a "Tournament of Champions" at the end of the season to compete for the title of Ultimate Wipeout Champion.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Renews-Wipeout-Season7-1076453.aspx|title=ABC Renews Wipeout for a Seventh Season|last=Gennis|first=Sadie|work=TV Guide|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=January 23, 2013}} Season seven ended on September 7, 2014.
Reportedly revamped for an eighth season as Wipeout Extreme, by the summer of 2015, ABC had quietly canceled the show and removed it from the network website.{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/wipeout-cancelled-by-abc-no-season-eight-37402/|title=Wipeout: Cancelled by ABC, No Season Eight?|work=TV Series Finale|date=2015-07-11|access-date=2015-09-26}}{{cite web|url=http://renewcanceltv.com/wipeout-cancelled-by-abc-no-season-8/|title=Wipeout Cancelled By ABC – No Season 8|work=RenewCancelTV.com|date=July 13, 2015|access-date=August 30, 2015}} The series was not renewed for an eighth season. In the years since, the show has been seen on local stations,{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/KGO_20180909_060000_ABC7_News_1100PM/start/3600/end/3660|title=ABC7 News 11:00PM : KGO : September 8, 2018 11:00pm-12:00am PDT|date=September 9, 2018|via=Internet Archive}}[https://youtube.com/zMM9rjRnW9k?t=105 Unknown]{{Dead link | date=August 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}} TeenNick{{Cite web|url=http://www.nickalive.net/2023/02/teennick-to-start-to-air-wipeout-from.html|title=TeenNick to Start to Air 'Wipeout' From February 20}} and TBD.{{Cite web|url=https://tbd.com/show/wipeout/|title=Watch Wipeout on TBD.}}
Hosts
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width: 50%;" |
| rowspan=2 |Season
! colspan="3" |Hosts |
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| 1
! 2 ! 3 |
| scope="row" | 1
| rowspan="7" | John Anderson | rowspan="7" | John Henson | rowspan="4" | Jill Wagner |
| scope="row" | 2 |
| scope="row" | 3 |
| scope="row" | 4 |
| scope="row" | 5
| rowspan="1" | Vanessa Lachey |
| scope="row" | 6
| rowspan="2" | Jill Wagner |
| scope="row" | 7 |
| scope="row" | 8
| rowspan="2" | John Cena | rowspan="2" | Nicole Byer | rowspan="2" | Camille Kostek |
| scope="row" | 9 |
= TBS reboot =
{{Main|Wipeout (2021 game show)}}
In April 2020, it was announced that the series would be returning on TBS.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/wipeout-reboot-tbs-1234592684/|title=Wipeout Revival Lands at TBS, Which Promises New Twists and the Return of Big, Red Balls|work=Variety|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=April 29, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/04/29/tbs-picks-up-the-iconic-extreme-obstacle-course-series-wipeout-368505/20200429tbs01/|title=TBS Picks Up the Iconic Extreme Obstacle Course Series Wipeout|publisher=TBS|via=The Futon Critic|date=April 29, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020}} In September 2020, John Cena, Nicole Byer, and Camille Kostek were announced as hosts of the rebooted Wipeout.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/wipeout-john-cena-nicole-byer-host-tbs-revival-1234574572/|title=Wipeout: John Cena & Nicole Byer To Host TBS' Revival Series|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=September 10, 2020|access-date=September 10, 2020}}{{cite press release|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/09/10/john-cena-and-nicole-byer-set-to-host-tbs-revival-of-the-renowned-extreme-obstacle-course-series-wipeout-334512/20200910tbs01/|title=John Cena and Nicole Byer Set to Host TBS' Revival of the Renowned Extreme Obstacle Course Series Wipeout|publisher=TBS|via=The Futon Critic|date=September 10, 2020|access-date=September 10, 2020}} It premiered on April 1, 2021.{{cite press release|title=TBS Announces April 1st Premiere of the Iconic Extreme Obstacle Course Series "Wipeout"|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/02/11/tbs-announces-april-1st-premiere-of-the-iconic-extreme-obstacle-course-series-wipeout-6310/20210211tbs01/|publisher=TBS|via=The Futon Critic|date=February 11, 2021}} On May 19, 2021, it was announced that the reboot series was renewed for a second season.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/tbs-renews-wipeout-trutv-orders-up-more-fast-foodies-1234759893/|title=TBS Renews Wipeout & Chad For Season 2; TruTV Orders Up More Fast Foodies|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=May 19, 2021|access-date=May 19, 2021}} One notable controversy occurred on November 18, 2020 when contestant Michael Paredes lost consciousness after falling from the show’s obstacle course and then died the next day.{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/wipeout-contestant-died-from-heart-attack-autopsy-shows/FYX73WHRGVHRNLJKEYR3H5YCAM/|title=This is what 'Wipeout' contestant died from, autopsy shows|first=Tim|last=Darnell|publisher=Atlanta Journal Constitution|date=February 1, 2021|accessdate=November 8, 2024}}
Gameplay
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Contestants compete through four rounds of competition until a final winner is determined. The first round features 24 contestants (they were introduced from seasons 1–3, but from season 4 onwards, not all were shown) running through a series of obstacles. The top 12 finishing times move on. The show never made clear to viewers whether or how the finishing times are adjusted for failing to complete obstacles along the way.
The next two rounds take place on two different complex obstacles. They typically involve large structures that competitors have to enter, navigate around while hostile devices try to knock them off, and then jump to a landing pad to finish, where Jill Wagner awaits them. The competitors keep trying on these structures until roughly half of them have reached the finish; the other half are eliminated. This leaves only the top four (top three in later seasons) to make it to the final round called the Wipeout Zone, where the winner earns the title of Wipeout Champion and a $50,000 grand prize.
The challenges change each week, but always feature offbeat and comical obstacles, such as the "Sucker Punch", the "Big Balls" (the show's trademark obstacle, four very large red spheres in sequence that must be traversed from a running start with failures often resulting in odd-angle rejections), the "Sweeper", the "Dizzy Dummy", or the "Dreadmill". Emphasis is always placed on obstacles that can produce sudden jarring collisions (the obstacle surfaces are heavily padded and competitors sometimes don helmets or flak jackets) followed by spectacular falls into the water below, these being the show's titular "wipeouts". As part of wiping out, the competitors often end up covered in mud, froth, vats of food, or other unlikely substances.
In one of the show's trademarks, the commentators have a humorous running commentary, often mocking and insulting the contestants as they compete. The hosts make frequent use of puns. Jokey sound effects and cheesy visual effects are often added as well. The exchanges between the two hosts is often a subplot of episodes themselves, with Anderson playing it mostly straight as a play-by-play man while Henson offers up off-the-wall inanities and non sequiturs as color commentary.
Jill Wagner offers additional features reactions, and also provides interviews with the contestants filmed before their turn begins. These interviews tend to emphasize bizarre aspects of contestants' personalities with Wagner making facial commentary as the conversation proceeds. Generally only those who will pass the first round are introduced, and a nickname is assigned that is used throughout the game.
At night, the show takes an epic and serious turn with the humor dialed down and serious background music instead of its lighthearted theme music. The final four or three contestants play separately on a large obstacle course inside the studio called the Wipeout Zone, each attempting to finish the course in the fastest time, much like the first round. Though slight variations are used in each episode, contestants wear wetsuits and they begin by either sliding down a water ramp or being launched by a giant catapult or blob into the course, swimming to the first obstacle. Obstacles have varied between episodes, but the course contains several obstacles that must be traversed in order to reach the finishing platform. The player with the fastest time on the course is declared the "champion" of the episode and is awarded the show's grand prize of $50,000. The Wipeout Zone often brings competitors to the brink of exhaustion, especially when they have to swim back to a starting point to retry a failed obstacle, unlike the first round. However, in Season 7, the zone was all about speed, and the contestants were given one attempt per obstacle.
Episodes
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Reception
On its premiere night, Wipeout scored the highest premiere rating of any new show in summer 2008, besting competing veteran summer shows Hell's Kitchen and America's Got Talent.{{cite news|title=Wipeout scores top Tuesday ratings|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if15c9c648a5fa48d2b9e29f95cd82efd|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2008-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716020222/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if15c9c648a5fa48d2b9e29f95cd82efd|archive-date=2008-07-16}} As the season progressed, Nielsen Media Research put it at the top of the 18–49 demographic, slightly outpaced by America's Got Talent. On August 6, 2008, Wipeout was officially renewed for a second season.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/abc-renews-wipeout-2-1118006331/ |title=ABC renews 'Wipeout' for third season to begin in the Summer of 2010|website=Variety|date=22 July 2009 |access-date=15 November 2021}} The second season premiered on May 27, 2009, and with an audience of 9.69{{spaces}}million, Wipeout bested its first season average and gave ABC its best numbers in the Wednesday 8:00 p.m. slot since November 2007.{{Cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/406658_tvgif28.html|website=Seattlepi.com|title="TV Guide" section|access-date=15 November 2021}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The third season premiered on June 22, 2010, with ratings of 10.21{{spaces}}million,{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifc6418268b866f76378f8103d4633697|title=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2012-05-22|first=James |last=Hibberd}} with a special "Blind Date" episode getting 12.8{{spaces}}million viewers on June 1, 2010.{{Cite web |title=Wipeout |url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWipeout |url-access=registration |website=Facebook}} In 2016, a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes found that Wipeout was "most popular in Northern, rural areas with a large percentage of white people: Idaho, Utah, Wisconsin and Maine are all on the top of this show's list".{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html |title='Duck Dynasty' vs. 'Modern Family': 50 Maps of the U.S. Cultural Divide |last=Katz |first=Josh |date=2016-12-27 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
On January 6, 2011, the first season of Winter Wipeout premiered with the series' highest ratings ever, beating the 8.00{{spaces}}p.m. competition in the coveted 18–49 demographic and many other key demos.{{cite web|last=Hibberd|first=James|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/07/winter-wipeout-ratings-abc|title=Winter 'Wipeout' kills on ABC|publisher=Insidetv.ew.com|date=2011-01-07|access-date=2012-05-22}}
Awards and nominations
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Lawsuit
The concept and style of the show has been compared to several Japanese game shows, most notably Takeshi's Castle, Unbeatable Banzuke and SASUKE.{{cite news|title=Will Americans fall for Japanese-style game shows?|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/06/24/will_americans_fall_for_japanese_style_game_shows|first=Joanna|last=Weiss|work=The Boston Globe|date=June 24, 2008|access-date=2008-06-28}}{{cite web|title=Wipeout and I Survived a Japanese Game Show Tonight|date=24 June 2008|url=http://www.huliq.com/62671/wipeout-and-i-survived-japanese-game-show-tonight|publisher=Huliq News|access-date=2008-06-28}} This was brought to the attention of the Japanese broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, who filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against ABC, charging that Wipeout is "a blatant copycat" of several of its classic Japanese competition game shows. Among the charges are that ABC bought search terms such as MXC (the Americanized comedy version of Takeshi's Castle) on Google to help drive traffic to the official Wipeout page, and that specific obstacles in Wipeout were knock-offs of challenges in those Japanese game shows. {{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
Wipeout creator and executive producer Matt Kunitz, who also executive produced Endemol's Fear Factor (NBC), said Wipeout is "90% Fear Factor-inspired, 10% Japanese game show", adding in a Los Angeles Times interview that Wipeout was born from a desire to do a funny stunt series. He reportedly wanted to sell the show as Fear Factor meets America's Funniest Home Videos.{{cite news|title=Just call Matt Kunitz the king of reality TV|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel14-2008jul14,0,4671579.story|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2008-07-14|first=Channel|last=Island|date=July 14, 2008}} The suit was settled in December 2011 through mediation with a federal judge without going to trial.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wipeout-copyright-lawsuit-abc-endemol-276301/|title=ABC, Endemol Settle 'Wipeout' Copyright Lawsuit With Japanese Broadcaster|first1=Matthew|last1=Belloni|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 24, 2011}}
Video games
There have been eight video games based on Wipeout. The series was first adapted into Wipeout: The Game, which was released June 22, 2010 in conjunction with the Season 3 premiere.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Wipeout#!/video/video.php?comments&v=414051740551|title="Wipeout: The Game" at Facebook|work=Facebook.com|access-date=May 22, 2012}} The game was released on the Wii and Nintendo DS, and was developed by Activision. The game is played in two different versions. Challenge mode is where the player can challenge specific obstacles and attempt to beat them in a certain amount of time. The other is Play The Show, which means to play the game as they would in the show. The Wii game is different from the show (and its Nintendo DS counterpart) in that there are only 4 contestants, and none are eliminated during the first three rounds. The game has commentary by Henson, Anderson and Wagner, all three of whom are featured as unlockable playable characters.{{Cite web|url=https://gofanboy.com/|title=Real Time News - Go Fan Boy|website=Gofanboy.com|access-date=15 November 2021}}
Another Wipeout game was under development by Activision, this time for Xbox 360 with Kinect, entitled 'Wipeout: In The Zone'. It took full advantage of the Kinect remote and has ragdoll wipeouts and different rounds from the Wii and DS version, such as Bruiseball. The game was released "in conjunction with the premier of Wipeout's summer season on ABC"{{cite web|url=http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=557886|title=Activision and ABC Entertainment Group Announce Exclusive Wipeout In The Zone, Coming This Summer on Kinect for Xbox 360|publisher=Investor.activision.com|date=2011-03-16|access-date=2012-05-22}} on June 16, 2011.[http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/abc/abc-unveils-summer-2011-schedule/52449 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430224223/http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/abc/abc-unveils-summer-2011-schedule/52449 |date=2011-04-30 }}, tvovermind.zap2it.com; accessed August 17, 2014. Activision announced on August 18, 2011, that a direct sequel to the first Wipeout game was in development titled Wipeout 2{{cite web|author=Kerry|url=http://www.gameplaytoday.com/home/news-archive/6273-activision-announces-wipeout-2-for-all-major-consoles|title=Activision Announces Wipeout 2 for All Major Consoles|publisher=Gameplaytoday.com|date=2011-08-18|access-date=2012-05-22}} for Xbox 360 with Kinect, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS. The new game is described as "Offering updated, outrageous course designs across all platforms with obstacles and effects taken straight from the show's summer and winter seasons. Players must navigate around snow, ice, foam, and fan-favorite obstacles like the Sucker Punch and Big Balls; which are making their triumphant returns alongside more than 50 others".
A second sequel titled Wipeout 3 was announced on June 29, 2012 and released for Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo 3DS on September 25, 2012 and Wii U on November 18, 2012.{{cite web | url=https://www.gamereactor.eu/activision-announce-wipeout-3/ | title=Activision announce Wipeout 3 | date=29 June 2012 }} Activision announced on June 25, 2013, that a new title called Wipeout: Create & Crash would be released on Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Nintendo 3DS on October 15, 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-publishing-inc-set-release-six-titles-wii-utm-fall|website=Activision Blizzard |title=Activision Publishing, Inc. Set to Release Six Titles for Wii U™ This Fall|access-date=15 November 2021}}
{{anchor|International versions}}International versions
Endemol Shine North America has sold the show's format to more than 40 territories and has created two obstacle courses in Argentina for those international editions. Past, current and upcoming versions include:
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Notes:
- In Canada, the original United States series airs on Global for the first 5 seasons where City aired the 6th; the French-Canadian television V also aired the United States series but dubbed in French. The original United States series also airs in the UK on Challenge (as Total Wipeout USA), in New Zealand on Comedy Central, in Australia on Nine Network; in the Philippines and India on AXN and also on Comedy Central in India, in the Netherlands on RTL 5, and in Hong Kong on TVB Pearl.{{Cite web|url=http://programme.tvb.com/variety/wipeout6/|title=Wipeout (VI) - Main - tvb.com|website=programme.tvb.com}} It is also broadcast in Ireland by TG4 with an Irish language voiceover and in Slovenia by TV 3 with a Slovenian voice-over since season 3.
- The Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway, and Sweden produce separate versions of the show based on the same footage of contestants from the three countries competing against each other.
- The Dutch version is a collaboration between the Netherlands and Belgium.
- The American, British, Canadian and Australian versions are broadcast in Portugal on FX and also the Spanish and Argentine versions and a rerun of the first season in Portuguese on +tvi.
- The Italian version is made from the US show, with the original audio still audible; some episodes are taken from the UK version, Total Wipeout.
- In Mexico, The original US version of the show aired on Televisa's sister network, Canal 5 under a different name, Resbalón Recargado, which is dubbed in Spanish. All 7 seasons aired on the network.{{Cite web|url=https://www.televisa.com/canal5/series/resbalon-recargado|title=Televisa - Resbalon Recargado}}
- Pluto TV launched a Wipeout-themed channel in 2019, which solely broadcasts the British, Canadian and Australian versions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/PlutoTV/posts/dont-miss-new-episodes-of-smashes-crashes-and-splashes-on-pluto-tvs-hardest-hitt/2439713086090966/|title=Facebook|website=www.facebook.com}}
- Series 1-3 of the American version, along with the British and Australian versions were first broadcast on Nine/GO! in Australia. In 2015, an uncut British version was broadcast on ABC2 and series 2-3 of the American version were broadcast on 7mate. Currently, the British version is broadcast on 10 Shake, and series 4-7 and the TBS reboot of the American version are broadcast on Fox8.
- The Chinese version is unlicensed, and was not made by Endemol.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/arts/television/22wipe.html |title=Gluttons for Punishment Are Balm for ABC |work=The New York Times |first=Brian |last=Stelter |date=July 21, 2009}}
- {{cite news |url=http://www.pantagraph.com/entertainment/television/article_1772ff34-6b39-5bb5-b4fb-407dd7a8cd9d.html |title='Wipeout' harder, much harder, than it looks on TV |work=Associated Press via Pantagraph.com |first=Derrik J |last=Lang |date=May 26, 2009}}
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