News Pressure groups campaign against Sega's MadWorld

Doesn't it seem a little odd that Mediawatch is worried about madworld ruining Nintendo's family friendly image, while Nintendo is giving the game a go ahead?

What? WIth all that underage nudity? I wonder how Little Mermaid hasn't been banned yet!

 

same old kind of story. its not the game. its not the kids. its the dumbass parents who cant control (or in some case, never bother to) what their underage children have access to.

 

I think it will make a good change to what ninty has been associated with, I mean the Xbox has both kiddy, teen, and Adult games, why can't the Wii?

Also in reality, even if nintendo are a 'family company' (although which company doesn't sell it self as a family company) It's up to the family to decide what they play and their kids play... The ratings are a method of informing the consumer of the products nature not a way of censoring...

 

It's not as if there isn't already a game with over the top violence and gore on the Wii (No More Heroes), but I guess these groups totally missed that one.

 

So he does'nt want it to ruin the "family orientated image of Nintendo"?

It's comments like this which make me glad I sold my Nintendo for a Xbox 360! Don't get me wrong, I had some fun with it, as did my family and my 4 year old nephews of which I have lots. It's common knowledge that the main problem with the Nintendo is the lack of lack 3rd party developer games available. Not to mention the fact that quality games are sold out for months whilst shop shelves are groaning under the weight of copies of "Game Party". It took my local Game store 3 months to stock Mariokart wii!

Nintendo are doing the right thing in backing this game. More games means more consoles sold!

 

"spoil the family fun image of the Wii." - Finally

The Wii is a platform not a family computer.

Thus being a platform why should it have restrictions to what is suitable to the 'personality' of the system?

 

i'm confused as to why this game ruins the family image of nintendo, and games like No More Heros, RE4/0/Umbrella Chronicles et al don't. hell, even the GameCube and N64 had some really dark, adult games - Eternal Darkness anyone? Hallucinations throughout the game, one of which is of your character, sitting in a bathtub full of blood, wrists and throat slit. I see kids playing it alongside their morning cartoons all the time </sarcasm>. These pressure groups really need to stop being so narrow minded and focused, plus do some more research. btw, why are we only just hearing of this now? the trailer for this game came out MONTHS ago

 

yes because resident evil 4 is made of rainbows and marshmallows

 

Note that I said traditionally, not consistently. Nintendo let Mortal Kombat get released too btw, but they took steps to limit the gore by changing the colours and so on.

 

V-v-violence?! Think of the children!

Jesus. Just slap an 18 on it, and require ID to purchase it. I don't see how a game can ruin a "Family Friendly Image". What, are they going to advertise it with playskool graphics, and include a two foot poster that says KID SAFE! with it? Come on. Some groups need something better to do with their time.

 

it was more aimed at those who cry "think of the children" rather than you, but yeah.

 

@Pimlicosound, chicorasia: Totally agree.

As Joe said, Nintendo has traditionally fought it's own corner as regards gore etc, so given that they clearly see this as a good fit for the console, it has sod all to do with mediawatch.

Rate it, release it. End of. Sigh. The only consolation is that the reactionaries at the mail are the only ones moronic enough to consider this worth reporting.

Also, from the article: 'clammering'? lol. The mail could use a proofreader.