It's a very, very.....MAD WORLD.

Finally, reason to turn on the Wii.  For about the first time in almost a year I played a Wii game last night.  This game may just be the most ridiculous, crude, hilarious, violent and EXTREME game I have ever played.  It also may one of my favourite games of the year.

Imagine, if you will, a purely black and white world, where the only splashes of colour are from the red fountains that erupt from the holes you've managed to stab in the various street goons scattered around the area.  Where you have a chainsaw attached to your bionic right fist that can slice said goons either sideways or lengthwise from head to toe.  Add in the ability to pick up a dude repeatedly smash him against a meathook hung up on the wall and you've got MadWorld.

Everything about this game is unique.  The art style for sure, but also the gameplay, the liberal use of spikes as rectal probes, the hilarious sports-style commentary that is constantly narrating the brutal action on screen.  Platinum Games has done an amazing job building and crafting a game that truly fits the Wii platform and takes advantage of its unique features.  It's super intuitive as well.  Oh, you've got your chainsaw buried up to the hilt in some dude's chest?  Just give the wii remote a quick jerk up to "free" your arm and take out the guys heart in the process. 

Now I realize that all of this sounds totally gruesome and it is.  This is definately not a game that you want to show your ultra-conservative parents.  But if you've seen the game in action, you'll realize that this is truly comic violence.  Think of it as a new age Roadrunner and Wile Coyote cartoon.  Super violent, humourous, but clearly not realistic.  If you've got a Wii, you owe it to yourself to pick this bad-boy up.