I just gave the game a try (my brother bought it on PS3). Unfortunately, the over the top gore and violence aren't present in the game. To get blood at all, you use a variation of the old school Mortal Kombat blood code (ABCB something or other), and then it's just small splashes. The game is basically River City Ransom, but with lots of game references and wacky enemies. Guys wearing sports mascot style dinosaur suits that breathe fire at you, paparazzi that use flash bulbs to knock you down. At one point I was punching "?" blocks and coins were coming out of them, and when I beat the level my character (not the main character, but a friend or something) exited by jumping into a green pipe that came out of the ground..