Violent Video Gaming Comes To the Wii

TuringTest writes "In an attempt to bring the Wii closer to the hardcore gamer's taste, Sega is preparing to release MadWorld, a violent 'hack and slash' game. This has brought attention from family-conscious lobbies: 'The decision to release a violent game on a console which has based its reputation on family fun has shocked anti-violence pressure groups. Mediawatch-UK, Britain's longest-running pressure group campaigning for decency in TV, films and games, said MadWorld will "spoil" the Wii.' The game features black & white cel-shaded graphics, except for the blood blobs which are in brilliant red. MadWorld is announced to be released in early 2009."

Comments

Oooooh Sin City!

[spohnsoftware]

Did they get Frank Miller to direct?

Re:Oooooh Sin City!

[inviolet]

[...] Sure it's a fantastic console for parties and for my nephew but the childish games wear on you after a while for solo gaming.

When solo gaming gets boring, try switching the controller to your other hand. It feels like it's someone else playing with your wii.

Re:Oooooh Sin City!

[4D6963]

I've been wishing they'd bring a few more adult oriented games to the wii for a while.

I completely agree, they're missing on some many "adult-oriented" opportunities with this controller.

Re:Oooooh Sin City!

[philspear]

Not only do I want to play games besides nintendo's "Fun for the whole family you don't personally have," but the wii NEEDS to have those games.

On boards dedicated to consoles, theres a lot of whining about "casual" players destroying gaming with the wii. It basically comes down to 13-21 year old boys wanting to kill stuff, it has nothing to do with how serious of a gamer one is. The reason it matters is that they spend the most on games, and I think it's no coincidence that the 3rd party offerings on other systems (IE, games not from microsoft on the XBOX 360) are generally of a higher caliber than the wii.

The wii has a ton of "shovelware." Companies realize that almost anything they put on the wii (no matter how cliche, buggy, or just generally lacking in fun) will be profitable, since the people who own the wii are on average read less reviews, have lower expectations, and complain less about the duds (personal hypothesis there.) Ninjabread man was called by almost anyone who played it the worst game of this generation of consoles, every review article read "do not buy this game for anyone!" But I'm pretty sure they made a profit. They couldn't have spent more than a grand developing it, and enough confused grandparents bought it for their grandchildren who own a wii (or quite possibly another console) that they made their money back.

So the wii is getting a ton of games that should not be played. Since there are no "adult" games on it, you don't get the key demographic of teenage boys buying games for it, you never get any quality games for the system that aren't from nintendo. Anyone who puts time and effort into their game makes only a little bit more profit than if you ported solitare to the wii and sold it for $20.

It's made worse by the fact that apperantly, the moral nannies have decided that since so many kids have the wii, no adult games should come out on the wii ever.

It's really too bad, if the teenage boys could be enticed to the wii, I think you'd see some of the best games ever coming out for it, combining the unique control scheme with innovative new ideas for games and a sufficient budget to make it work. Instead we're going to get a console with a promising controller, some great games from nintendo, and a bunch of crap that will go the way of ET for the atari.

2 things

[AvitarX]

1) are Hitman and Manhunt non-violent games?
2) I want this

Re:2 things

[Kamokazi]

1) Do lobbyists every use logic and reasoning?
2) Me too.

Re:2 things

[HungryHobo]

1)No but they do help let me know when there's interesting games out there.
2)Me too.

Re:2 things

[An ominous Cow art]

We had to chase the teddy bears into their cuddle bunkers, and then tickle them out with machine hugs and fun throwers. They say the more soldiers you tickle, the easier it gets. Well, sir, it doesn't.

(Grandpa Simpson)

A violent game. How shocking.

[Minwee]

This will be quite a change from the very non-violent and family friendly Wii games like "Resident Evil 4", "Alone in the Dark" and "Bully".

How could such a thing happen?

No more heroes?

[bigattichouse]

slice dice and blood splatter with a goofy lightsaber, and you have to "jerk off" the wiimote to rebuild your charge? I think adult on wii has already been done.

Crazy idea

[Moraelin]

Here's a crazy idea: so then they don't have to buy it.

I mean, it's not like they were tricked by some game presented as "Princess Peach Pony Adventures" rated E and discovered a secret level which involved skinning people alive. They know from the start it's a violent game, Sega makes no secret about it, and if their console is really for "family fun" and they have kids... don't buy it.

Crazy talk, I know.

Re:Crazy idea

[Anonymous Coward]

That sounds like a fun game:

"Join Princess Peach and her pony pals as they go on a violent rampage to scalp Bowser"

Re:Crazy idea

[mc900ftjesus]

But if your kids ask for it, you have to buy it. Don't you understand that saying "no" to a child makes them hate you forever and scars their emotional development?

Uh huh...

[MrFancyPants]

Clearly they missed the (re)release of RE4 for the Wii last year, where one can be beheaded by a chainsaw, among other family friendly things.

Come on people. Really?

It'll Spoil the Wii...

[Bieeanda]

...in the same way that seeing Janet Jackson's breast on live television turned their children into sex-crazed maniacs.

Oh, wait. That's what puberty did.

AHHHHHHHHH!

[religious freak]

Porn has been made, now my DVD player is ruined... RUINED!!

Re:AHHHHHHHHH!

[couchslug]

"Porn has been made, now my DVD player is ruined... RUINED!!"

I Saran Wrap mine. No problems so far...

Who cares what they think?

[Phat_Tony]

The thing is, who cares? We can piss-off these anti-violence people all we want, and what are they going to do about it?

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Re:Arbitrary boundaries

[HTH NE1]

Heck, I can buy Viva Pinata for my 360 period, and then call it a family friendly console. Hypocrisy is the name for this "debate".

Viva Piñata? Where you beat crying animals to death and get rewarded with candy, confetti, and cheers? That's family friendly?

Oh, you must mean the part where you can breed piñatas with their siblings and parents with their children.

Doesn't work that way

[OrangeTide]

Just like letting gays get married will somehow ruin marriage for everyone else. Having a violent video game on Wii will ruin it for everyone. (as if Manhunt 2, Call of Duty 3, etc weren't already on the Wii).

There is a certain personality type that wants to "protect" the lifestyles of other people by projecting their own values onto the rest of the world. And they believe they cannot be happy until everyone else shares their world view.