Sega of America president Simon Jeffrey was very upbeat about the prospect of mature-rated games on Wii back in 2008. That was before MadWorld released last March, an event that made very little impact from a sales perspective by almost all indications, despite receiving almost universal praise from critics. Sega called early sales data “encouraging,” a stance they later backed off of. Throughout this period, Sega continued to claim that they would create M-rated Wii games. Much more recently, on an episode of the 4 Guys 1UP Podcast, Sega of America’s Constantine Hantzopoulo revealed that Sega isn’t, in fact, likely to make more mature Wii games.
Cut to Platinum Games’ Shigenori Nishikawa, director on the first MadWorld. Speaking with The Official Nintendo Magazine UK, Nishikawa spoke fondly of MadWorld and said Platinum would, in fact, like to work on a sequel. “I think MadWorld was very well received and was acknowledged for its innovative graphical style and gameplay,” he explained. “We would definitely be interested in making a sequel in the future.”
But is it a good idea to take the risk of making another mature Wii game? Nishikawa didn’t see any problem with it, referring to the Wii as “a very well-balanced piece of hardware.”
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