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In retrospect, I don't think there was much of a storm of controversy around Man Cunt 2. It w as more like...a strong gust of wind. It just kind of fizzled out. It sure as hell wasn't like when GTA3 came out or Mortal Kombat.
I have no idea if Mad World will round up that kind of buzz...but I'm not terribly worried about a few shitty tabloids in the UK trying to make a story out of it.
...especially since we all know it's going to get toned down in Europe, anyway.

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All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world mad world

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Thanks for taking an interest in my writing guys,

To be honest with you. I hope I'm wrong too, I think there is room for both kinds of game in the industry and I hope the public are willing to accept both of them in kind.

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I can't see this being a problem. When you make something over-the-top violent, controversy is par for the course and a sure sign that you're making the waves that you can ride to high sales.

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If anything, the flap over MadWorld will lead to a similar fate as No More Heroes. With either a sadly toned-down version releasing in PAL-land, or publishers just neglecting to release ultra-violent games there entirely

If anything, i'd be worried if i were European/Australian, not worried as a Wii gamer

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Developers and Nintendo are going to follow the money. Casual games have done very well and will continue to be released, and if Mad World, Fatal Frame, The Condiuit and all can do as well as the Resident Evil games sales-wise, we will continue to see more "M" games as well.

I don't understand why the system has to be pidgenholed. No one is holding a gun to anyone's head to buy either Mad World or Carnival Games 2. Although the system has a few well known shortcomings that will (hopefully) be addressed via accessories or future system upgrades, the Wii has proven itself to be an incredibly versitile system than can support all genres of games.

Just becuase PS3 and XBox both work to please a narrow demographic, that doesn't mean the Wii has to do so as well. I personally love the fact that I can go into Best Buy and get both a game that my 9 year old will enjoy and/or we can play as a family, and a different game for me to play once he's in bed without having to invest in two or more systems. I can't believe I'm alone in that.

So - even though devolopers know they will have to minimize blood in thier UK releases becuase of "nanny-state" regulations, the games we buy today will determine the games created tomorrow. I enjoy exploring a Mario platformer in the evening and blowing a zombie's brains out late at night, so I'll be doing my part to make sure Wii never becomes a one flavor system.

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The Wii just really needs ana amzing game. Period. NMH and SMG are great and all, but i want a great game for the Wii. So far, this and Fatal Frame IV look to be those games. I hope nothing goes wrong with this one.

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I don't care as long there is a uncensored PAL version that I can import. From wherever I have to. I'm still worried about the ratings boards in Germany and UK that will probably try to ruin this. An 18+ rating would be the best that could happen to the game, I don't think the makers of that title are not stupid enough to consider that a reason not to publish it.

Remove the blood, remove the game. I hate this hypocritical censorship crap. I'm an adult, I've seen worse shit in my life. No kid can legally buy this, what the hell is the problem.

Jeez, sometimes I just want to go outside and stab someone with a chainsaw ... hey, what are you doing ... NO I'm never going back to prison ... mhahaahahaAA!"$%$

*Warning serious insanity and cynicism*

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I would guess the controversy will only appear if it becomes a famous title.

...I noticed whenever they beat up on GTA, Manhunt, and etc back in the day... so many other MORE MORE MORE violent games went on by without getting noticed. It kinda' peeved me off.

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firstly, the european market is actually the largest gaming market in the world, its a fact, look it up. if that game is censored or banned in europe then the developers will feel it, sales wise.

secondly, thom i respect ur analysis and all, but to say that they are riding two horses here and are trying to balance the appeal for both is just untrue. do you know how many adverts for 'core' nintendo titles i have seen in my life? 2. one was ocarina of time and i dont even remember wt the other was.

nintendo dont advertise games like that, because usually whoever wants games like that would find out on the internet, while people who would buy games like big beach sports, would need adverts to actually find out the game exists (either that, or they see it in the shop, but seriously how many cube game adverts do u remember seeing?) so essentially they will sell themselves, while big beach sports wouldnt sell as much if it wasnt advertised. also, their first party games have always been of top quality, and have never been solely for one market, not to mention sega has openly said they will bring more mature games to wii

i live in england, and over here everything is blown out of proportion, our prime minister even said games like manhunt 2 should be banned to protect children like his own, which imho is like admitting you're a bad parent, because your children legally cant buy the game unless u get it for them. i just hope to god that this doesent get banned f*ck sake. or censored, i f*cking bought no more heroes twice for that.

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There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Sure, it really sucks that European and Australia dissenters keep defaulting to censorship. It must be a major hassle to the developers. But at the same time, getting an original third-party game noticed on a Nintendo system is no easy feat. Now millions of people are aware of the game without the developers having to spend a dime on advertising.

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Well, not that I don't agree with Thom, but...

Why would MadWorld have a different reception than NMH?

It might not sell too well (as happened to NMH) but I doubt the "wii sports generation" will even care about the existance of this title. In other words, I do concern about the possibility that this game won't sell much, but I doubt the existance of it will spoil wii's image.

In my opinion, if Nintendo can't hold the casual gamers in the wii, they will start having serious problems in the next generation.

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We need more games like Mad World on the Wii. I haven't bought a Wii game since Mario Galaxy. I am looking for more reasons other than "Wii Parties" to dust it off.

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