According to Jeff Li, the vice president of Syfy, the company's goal was to get a game based on Sharknado released either before or at the same time as the second movie, "Sharknado 2: The Second One", adding:


This is why they went with Majesco Entertainment as the licensee, as it would have taken at least two years to develop a more complex game for consoles, whereas Majesco could easily produce a casual game in the "endless runner" genre.