This game is rated ESRB: Mature 17+ for Sexual Themes, Mature Humor, Drug Reference, Strong Language, Intense Violence and Blood and Gore.
MadWorld is a hack-and-slash beat 'em up developed by PlatinumGames and released for the Wii in 2009. The game is set in a stylized world rendered almost entirely in black and white, with blood rendered in stark red — an aesthetic drawn from graphic novel conventions. Combat is built around extreme, grotesque violence delivered with a darkly comedic tone, encouraging players to dispatch enemies through increasingly brutal methods. The contrast between the Wii platform and the game's graphic content made it a notable outlier in the console's library. Due to its violent nature, MadWorld launched in North American and European markets roughly a year before it was permitted a release in Japan.
