Sega/Platinum Games'Wii-exclusive MadWorld has received an age rating for retail in Australia of MA15+.

According to IGN, the game has passed through testing without any edits/cuts. UK gamers on the other hand can buy their copy at a stricter 18+ rating, which will also come unedited.

I find this very odd myself given the Australian boards decisions in the past. I wonder if this is a case of the BBFC in the UK being too strict or the Australian board being too lenient?. I understand that the MA15+ is the highest rating they could have given the game, but I would have thought they would push out a new rating with this game.

Mate they couldnt get an R18 rating for GTA or Fallout 3 or any title, let alone it happening just for this game.

Thats the actual problem, the process of an R18 rating being introduced into the system has been held up at every turn by one Michael Atkinson (attorney general of South Australia), unfortunately these decisions have to be mandatory among Attorney Generals of all states to go forward, and he has vetoed at every turn to make any progress.

So the logic from there is, with no R18 rating, games must meet the criteria of M15 rating or else be banned. Thats why we see games such as silent hill 5, GTA4 etc edited to comply with these criteria. Generally the decisions made tend to be inconsistent as hell from one game to another.

Im extremely suprised to see this one let through on account of it being a wii game (games are for kids of course and the wii is the premier kids system), and i fully expect in the next few months for it to be complained about by unsuspecting parents when they realise what they have bought their child. After a certain amount of complaints the OFLC (Office of film and literature classification) will likely pull the game. I could be wrong but i have seen it before with games such as Manhunt, Bully and GTA.

Having no R18 rating is the crux of the problem, It's literally one man holding up the entire process. Until he is out of the picture Australian adults will continue to be regulated by the government for what game content they can access.

Hahaha, ohhh. I thought you meant a review score of 15. I was like "Dude! Out of 100?!?! It can't be!"

"Mate they couldnt get an R18 rating for GTA or Fallout 3 or any title, let alone it happening just for this game.

Thats the actual problem, the process of an R18 rating being introduced into the system has been held up at every turn by one Michael Atkinson (attorney general of South Australia), unfortunately these decisions have to be mandatory among Attorney Generals of all states to go forward, and he has vetoed at every turn to make any progress.

So the logic from there is, with no R18 rating, games must meet the criteria of M15 rating or else be banned. Thats why we see games such as silent hill 5, GTA4 etc edited to comply with these criteria. Generally the decisions made tend to be inconsistent as hell from one game to another.

Im extremely suprised to see this one let through on account of it being a wii game (games are for kids of course and the wii is the premier kids system), and i fully expect in the next few months for it to be complained about by unsuspecting parents when they realise what they have bought their child. After a certain amount of complaints the OFLC (Office of film and literature classification) will likely pull the game. I could be wrong but i have seen it before with games such as Manhunt, Bully and GTA.

Having no R18 rating is the crux of the problem, It's literally one man holding up the entire process. Until he is out of the picture Australian adults will continue to be regulated by the government for what game content they can access."