sorry if already posted...

http://www.wiiland.com/nintendo-wii/news/is-madworld-too-hardcore-for-the-wii-009148.php

A group of outraged parents from Mediawatch UK seem to think so. The upcoming 3rd person shooter from Sega features a unique black and white artistic style and -- most importantly -- lots of blood. The game allows players to impale their enemies on street signs and otherwise maim and dismember them with an assortment of weapons including chainsaws and swords. Frankly, we can't wait to get our hands on it.

A spokesperson from Mediawatch is not as excited as we are about this mature-oriented title. The organization thinks that the game is unsuitable for the "family friendly" image of the Wii, and they are seeking to have the game banned from shelves in the UK. With all of the recent media attention around high-profile game releases like Manhunt 2 and GTA IV, they might just be successful.

Sounding like a character out of Mary Poppins, organization spokesperson John Beyer had the followng to say about the upcoming game:

'This game sounds very unsavoury. I hope the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) will view this with concern and decide it should not be granted a classification. Without that it cannot be marketed in Britain. What the rest of world does is up to them. We need to ensure that modern and civilized values take priority rather than killing and maiming people. It seems a shame that the game's manufacturer have decided to exclusively release this game on the Wii. I believe it will spoil the family fun image of the Wii.'

Following Nintendo's desultory perfomance at E3, which dissapointed many hardcore gamers for its focus on the casual market, it seems like the "family" image of the console is starting to stick. It would be a shame if the family-friendly image of the console prevents more mature games like this from being published.

their lose.... as long as i get to play it, its all good lol

Maybe. Just maybe. they could maybe try to not buy the game for their kids.

i really dont understand some people...if they dont like the game...they dont have to fucking buy it.

This is awful. Being part of the PAL market means we are influenced by UK bullshit. Truly awful and the game aint finished yet.

That whole we dont want it on the Wii demographic quote was the worst of it though.

The irony of this is that the Daily Mail is owned by Murdoch. Were talking page 3 girls in the Sun, horrible anti islamic terrorist torture sanctioned television like 24 on Fox, Fox News ( need i say more ). This article is bullshit and the owner of this multimedia corporation is a fukn hypocrite.

Really sad for UK. But not for me.

wow... just.... wow...

LOL Manhunt 2 banned for atleast few months, then No More Heroes censored, then this.. What next? Whats happening in UK censors anyway?

This does raise an interesting point though - which is overall would the Wii be better without mature games or not from a pure image perceptions?

The Wii has a very clear family image right now, and is selling like hotcakes on the back of it. It's actually possible that too much negative press around more mature games would be worse for the console than not having such games, if such press influenced any potential buyers not to purchase.

I say this as from what I've seen of sales mature games sell worse on Wii compared to similar games on PS3 / 360, and it is unlikely at this point a mature game would drive sales for the console while they could actually reduce sales a little.

I also wonder whether, as the 360 struggles to appeal to fun/casual/general gamers the Wii struggles to appeal to the HC gamer associated with type of game?

Certainly however well this sells on the Wii (hopefully quite a bit as it does look good) it will be hard not to assume it would have sold more on PS3/360.

Note I'm not looking at right/wrong here - just what actually might influence sales of the Wii. As a Wii owner I'm looking forward to this game but I can see that to date mature games haven't done much for the platform and that from an image point of view (TV adverts, etc) games like this in a sense don't seem to exist for Wii.