Wii Games Take Violence to New Levels

Are Wii games violent? Parents may want to know what their children are playing.

History of video game violence. Violence in video games is nothing new. For example, Grand Theft Auto included police killing and sex with prostitutes. Some parents dismissed this as “just a video game” and let their children play. However, the Wii may take violence in video games to new levels.

Wii’s violent ability. The Wii’s Remote and Nunchuk controllers allow players to have more interaction with the game than ever before. Formerly, video games were a pad with buttons. Now, the Wii gets users to interact with the game by swinging or moving the controllers. Players of the Wii golf games love how they can swing the Wii’s Remote like a golf club to hit the ball on screen.

Horrific Acts. However, imagine Wii players swinging the controller like an ax to kill someone, moving the controller back and forth as they saw someone on the screen in half, or holding the Wii controller as a gun to shoot people.

Already the Wii includes a number of violent video games rated “M” for mature. See Wii games rated “Mature”.

The Wii provides players with greater interaction with its games through the swinging and moving of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers. This is a great tool, but may make the violence in video games more interactive. Yes, this is still just a video game. But when players must use their body motion to kill others, it may take some players one step closer to feeling like they are committing acts of violence.

Example. For a sample of using the Wii to shoot people, check out this video:

Note: The photos depicted above are not of Wii games. They are for illustration purposes only.

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