MadWorld Trailer: B/W Wii Action Horror

Sega have released the debut trailer for the Platinum Games developed Wii horror action title, MadWorld.

As part of the company's agreement to bring new franchises to the table, MadWorld tells the gory tale of Jack. He's no ordinary chap. Unlike most Jacks in the world, he lugs about a chainsaw for an arm and by waggling the Wii Remote about can unleash brutal attacks on enemies.

Graphically, the game is played out in high-contrast black and white style, akin to Frank Miller's comic book series Sin City, using buckets of red blood to bring across a high dose of blood and guts.

Shigenori Nishikawa gave a brief overview of the project:

wish I could forget Dino Crisis 3. Hello everyone, I'm Shigenori Nishikawa, and I'm the director of Madworld. Madworld is made of two key concepts. The first key concept within Madworld is the stark, black and white graphics. This is to further emphasize the violence, as presented by the stark red blood.

And the other key concept that we didn't want to create a game that was depraved or perverse, but rather, feature comical, over the top violence so that anyone would enjoy it. [laughs]

Madworld, even as a producer, is a new challenge for me. As was mentioned earlier, we didn't want to produce a dark and perverse game, but one that was over-the-top and comical. We felt that the Wii was missing this exact type of game in its lineup, so we felt that this would be a perfect fit.

Shigenori Nishikawa, Platinum Games

MadWorld is being developed exclusively for Wii.