modeps
10-04-2008, 04:06 AM
It looks like MadWorld is just so violent that Sega isn't going to bother releasing it in Japan, Germany, or Australia. Shacknews (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55110) is running the story.
PlatinumGames' MadWorld, the action-adventure Wii game from the studio composed of Resident Evil, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand and Okami veterans, is so violent that publisher Sega isn't optimistic about getting the game released in Japan.
And PlatinumGames and Sega are both Japanese companies.
Sega doesn't even plan to show the game at next week's Tokyo Game Show, according to MTV Multiplayer. In fact, "any Japanese release will be evaluated after MadWorld is released here."
The plan is undoubtedly in response to a recent spate of Japanese bannings for violence, the most recent being EA Redwood Shores' Dead Space. But the other usual suspects in censorship cases--Germany and Australia--are being treated the same way. "[The German and Australian] markets could see MadWorld, but it's not part of Sega's strategy right now," reads MTV's report.
PlatinumGames' MadWorld, the action-adventure Wii game from the studio composed of Resident Evil, Viewtiful Joe, God Hand and Okami veterans, is so violent that publisher Sega isn't optimistic about getting the game released in Japan.
And PlatinumGames and Sega are both Japanese companies.
Sega doesn't even plan to show the game at next week's Tokyo Game Show, according to MTV Multiplayer. In fact, "any Japanese release will be evaluated after MadWorld is released here."
The plan is undoubtedly in response to a recent spate of Japanese bannings for violence, the most recent being EA Redwood Shores' Dead Space. But the other usual suspects in censorship cases--Germany and Australia--are being treated the same way. "[The German and Australian] markets could see MadWorld, but it's not part of Sega's strategy right now," reads MTV's report.