Amidst a flurry of controversy regarding its WiiWare title Beer Pong, developer JV Games has renamed the forthcoming downloading effort to Pong Toss.

Based on the age-old college drinking game, Beer Pong (real-life edition pictured left) tasks players with bouncing a ping-pong ball into a cup filled with beer, forcing their opponents to drink the alcoholic beverage.

Following the game's rating of "T for Teen" by the ESRB, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said the label was "absolutely inappropriate" and promoted underage drinking.

Blumenthal further accused the ESRB of being "under the influence" for declaring that "frat party video drinking games [were] suitable for minors." After the title was renamed Pong Toss, it was relabeled by the ESRB with an "E for Everyone" rating.

"Since we never had any drinking in the game, we elected to change the name from 'Beer Pong' to 'Pong Toss' to better reflect it's [sic] true contents and cater to a larger audience," JV Games VP Jag Jaeger explained on the Frat Party Games blog.

Said to be the first in JV Games' Frat Party Games series, Pong Toss missed its projected June launch and is now expected later this summer for around $9.

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"While Nintendo hasn't finalized the price yet, it's going to be around 9 bucks," the studio wrote on the game's official site "That's the price of a couple of those girly coffees."

The first in the Frat Party Games series, Beer Pong is expected to be downloadable via WiiWare this June.

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Original Story: Beer Pong and other college-inspired activities are coming to Wii in the form of downloadable WiiWare titles, developer JV Games has revealed.

Due out this June, Beer Pong is said to support traditional tournament-style Beer Pong for up to four players, and Speed Pong, which has players throwing as fast as they can, for up to three.

JV Games boasts that the effort has "a very accurate and realistic throw system" to help players toss and bounce balls into cups placed across the table. "Just hold the Wii Remote like you would a normal ball and throw," JV Games VP Jag Jaeger explained.

"Beer Pong is quickly becoming a worldwide sensation, from high-stakes competitions being held here in Las Vegas to more and more establishments creating Beer Pong environments to attract new customers," he added.

The title is billed as the first entry in the Frat Party Games series. The company neglected to name any other activities that future titles may be based on, though based on this reporter's time at college, digital renditions of the bean bag tosser Cornhole and tethered ball thrower Hillbilly Golf seem likely.