With the newest release of Madworld for the Wii. Nintendo has started to receive some very unwanted attention.  Yahoo News has reported about how Nintendo's family friendly rank is being questioned. 

 

The Wii has multiple titles many are family friendly, but they have also had others that are mature audiences including: House of the Dead Overkill, Manhunt 2, and Call of Duty World at War.  Just because a platform chooses to add a mature title does not mean it has no intention of keeping with what it has been known for. They have properly rated the game a mature title. They never intended the game to be for younger audiences. They are trying to cater to multiple gamers.

 

Nintendo has been around for years, and has always done their best to be not only family oriented, but also to have games for different categories or genres of gamers. To attack them for creating a game to help attract another fan base is biased. If this game were to have come out on the Xbox 360 or PS3, there would have been very little controversy. But God forbid Nintendo does it.

 

In my opinion, Nintendo is keeping up with the times, and is trying to cater to as many gamers as possible. When Call of Duty World at War came out there was no big whoopah about it. It seems like people are just looking for something else to blame things on and to raise a stink about. Madworld is properly rated, so leave it alone. Quit attacking a company for trying to expand their business. 



Please Would thou back off!?!

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Ladyluck

Common People. Look at the ratings, the game is good. It has scored a 4.5 from GamePro, a 9.0 from both IGN and Game Informer.

Aquarius12385

You can't define a system by its games. The system is just the medium through which you play a game. The content of the GAME is what is considered "family friendly," "mature," etc. I agree w/you LadyLuck, I don't think the argument that the Wii is "family friendly" really has legs to stand on.

sxpacks

I still want AO games to be published through the same channels that Adult material is published.
Some of us are adults and would appreciate some boobage and copious amounts of blood.

Also Games should be given the same rating as movies. The movie rating system is International and everybody should understand it. So when little Johnny wants a Rated R game, Soccor mom Judy knows what to expect from a Rated R game

HolidayBrick

This controversy is so god damn stupid. It's a sega game that just happens to be on the wii. Nintendo used to be the king of the hardcore, but now they've found that they can make more money with casual gaming as their base. Not every game they release has to be fluffy and cute.

Rating games like movies would not work. pg-13 games would be able to include strong language and moderate nudity, something not found in T rated games.

TheBaroness

This same controversy happened when No More Heroes was allowed to be released on the Wii. People who are current owners of the Wii forgot that Nintendo has decades of gaming history under their belts, and have only recently obtained this uber "family friendly" image. Suda51 was making violent games on the Gamecube along with a slew of other people before anyone was caring.

It's just people complaining, and nothing will come of it. Except for those poor folks who live in Japan, where Madworld has been banned :( At least I got my copy yesterday, and I'm writing up a review now!

Aquarius12385

@Baroness - Can't wait to read the review! Saving my pennies to buy that one

yumitarou

It's disappointing that people see the Wii in a bad light over a game like that.

A DVD player can play movies for children such as Barney and the Land Before Time series, and it can also be used to play Pornography. It's not much different in my eyes, yet I never see people blame the manufacturers.

Triller

It's very simple. If you don't like it, don't buy it for your child. It is rated properly and if as a parent you can't control this kind of thing then you need to learn some better parenting skills.

Also, if your child will grow a crooked mind because of a game like this you should get rid of your TV entirely and not let your child leave the house because there are many other ways a kid can develop an evil mind. Some people spend more time complaining then actually educating their kids. These people should find a new hobby.

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