Wie Sega Deutschland vor wenigen Minuten bekannt gab, werden weder House of the Dead: Overkill noch MadWorld für die Wii in Deutschland erscheinen. Wir bedauern diese Entscheidung zutiefst, anhand der bisher gezeigten Bilder wäre eine USK-Freigabe offensichtlich aber sehr unwahrscheinlich gewesen.

Rough Translation: Sega announced a few minutes ago, that neither House of the Dead: Overkill nor MadWorld will be released for Wii in Germany.

Source: http://www.nintendo-online.de/news.php?id=2312

I hope that they will release it in austria, than I can import it for my Wii ...

this had better not happen to the UK

That sucks. Censorship and prohibiting expression for the sake of the children...

You know oppressive regimes often claim censorship is for the sake of the helpless, the young, or the impressionable.

Are you calling Germany an oppressive regime?

What I meant, was that I hope they make an austrian version, with german text.

I don't hope that the same happens like with the godfather - blackhand edition. You could get it in austria, but the text was in english ... (if I remember correctly)

I hope this becomes a trend. I hate the way the German ratings board often ruins games for the rest of us.

That sucks for German gamers. Germany and Australia censor or out-right ban more games than any other country.

Yes, I think most governments right now are oppressive regimes.  Mostly because of income taxes; income tax = slavery.

Other than that? Still, yes.

U.S. prohibits the right of individuals to choose who they want to execute their living and last will.  Prohibits people from getting the best medical care possible, by ignoring and denying research and practice.  Controls the media by controlling their access to government agencies.

Pretty much every western country is censoring video games, books, certain religions, certain political parties, etc. etc. etc.

I have to go, I just made a bunch of long political posts, and I need to go to sleep.  We have a hurricane going on right now.

Edit:

Democracy is basically Oppression by majority, but it's still the best form of government we've got.

oh, wow... that's too bad for German wii owners...

House of the Dead 2 & 3 wasn't released in Germany either. But it's no problem to get a imported version.