A very respectable 37/40 from Famitsu for Mario’s latest extravaganza.
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii) – 10/9/9/9
Alan Wake (360) – 9/9/8/8
Red Steel 2 (Wii) – 9/8/7/7
Blaze Union: Story to Reach the Future (PSP) – 8/8/8/8
Soccer Tsuku DS: World Challenge 2010 (DS) – 8/9/7/8
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin – The Lord of Elemental (DS) – 7/8/8/8
Death Smiles IIX (360) – 8/8/7/7
Medarot DS (DS) – 7/7/8/8
GG Series Collection+ (DS) – 7/7/7/8
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“Red Steel 2” was released recently, have you got it yet? If you’re unsure whether or not to get Ubisoft’s cell-shaded shooter, then maybe this trailer will help make your mind up!
There’s not much juicy Nintendo news around at the moment, so how about some “Red Steel 2” artwork to keep you going from those lovely people over at Ubisoft?
Head inside for more stylish RS2 artwork.
Fancy knowing what weapons you will be wielding in “Red Steel 2“? Good as it just so happens that this video shows exactly that. Beware of spoilers though, as it also shows unlockable weapons from later in this Wii MotionPlus game.
While we’re talking RS2, Ubisoft have stated that the game has gone gold and point out some key features of the game after the jump.
If you are looking forward to “Red Steel 2” like us, then you might well want to check this video out. Then again you might not as it shows gameplay from about 4 hours in and contains spoilers. Up to you!
Personally we couldn’t wait, but now we wish we did! Damn this better be good!
I’d not seen any footage of “Red Steel 2” for a while and forgot just how damn tasty it looks! If the gameplay lives up to the graphics then Wii owners are in for a real treat with Ubisoft’s latest. Here’s hoping!
The latest trailer for ‘Red Steel 2‘ shows the the lawless desert western-style town of Caldera which is situated in the games playing area known as the ‘Red West’. Of course there are many other areas to play in the game as developer Jason Vandenberghe points out.
“But of course. The whole story takes place in and around the city of Caldera, and there’s a lot of different kinds of environments in that place. Ancient temples, ramshackle slums, desert, huge modern freight-moving systems… it’s a real city. Then you’ll roll on out into surrounding canyons, where you’ll find a pueblo-style mining town, a huge semi-automated strip mine, old, abandoned underground tunnels, an ancient ancestral monastery / temple clinging to the side of a cliff…”
Head inside for more on the interview with Jason Vandenberghe.
With the release of ‘Red Steel 2‘ now only a couple of months away, Ubisoft have shown off a tasty little pre-order bonus for the title for Europe which comprises of a 20 page art booklet, an iron bullet with the ‘Red Steel 2‘ logo and two special guns and swords to unlock in the game.
No word of this offer coming to North America yet though something similar would be likely. The game ships at the end of March and can only be played with Wii MotionPlus.
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This trailer for ‘Red Steel 2‘ shows one of the boss battles in the game. It’s nice to see some new footage as it’s been a while since we posted about this game. With the release only months away, expect a lot more to follow.
On a side note, Ubisoft have cut the sales forecast from the game from 1 million to 500,000. They say the reason they cut their predictions in half is due to mature titles not selling as well on Wii. Haven’t we heard that line before?
In our opinion 2009 was quite a poor year for Nintendo’s first party offerings. While there were titles such as ‘Super Punch Out‘, ‘Excitebots‘ and ‘Wii Ft Plus‘, with the exception of ‘New Super Mario Bros. Wii‘ there was not much to shout about, especially for the core crowd calling out for in-depth first party titles. The 2009 releases hardly stood up to older Nintendo classics like ‘Zelda: The Ocarina Of Time‘, ‘Super Mario 64‘ or even ‘Mario Kart‘. Ok, so the ‘Metroid Prime Trilogy’ is excellent but considering they are old games, they do not count!
Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata even claimed himself that the decline in Wii hardware in 2009 was mainly due to a lack of quality software and even though Reggie Fils-Aime would probably shoot down these comments, if he took away his corporate façade, even he would probably agree that 2009 was a weak year for Nintendo software.
All is not lost! We are now in a new year, new decade even and 2009 is history. With that in mind, let’s hope Nintendo have a stronger showing of software this year and with our most wanted list below, we’re sure you’ll agree things are looking rosier already.
Siliconera have uncovered a few new details about Ubisoft’s upcoming ‘Red Steel 2‘, via Famitsu, and according to them the game is nearing completion.
- In terms of content, the game is 95% complete. If you take debugging into account, it’s at about 90%.
- The new cel-shaded art style was a decision made to suit Wii MotionPlus integration.
– Movies like Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and Kim Ji-woon’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird were used as sources of inspiration.
- You’ll be able to dual-wield guns in the game at some point. This seems to be part of the additional moves you can acquire (using money) as you progress through the game.
- There are about 40 different types of enemies in the game in total, including bosses, spanning across three different clans.
- When the Famitsu editor asked how they came up with the Japanese names for the clans, the team replied they used Google. They were actually looking for words which didn’t mean anything in particular but Famitsu’s editor pointed out to them that “Kusagari” — one of the clans – works since “kusa” (literally “grass”) was once used for ninja. Lucky for them it fits. “Katakara,” on the other hand, doesn’t mean anything.
We’re loving the art and graphical style of Red Steel 2, though we’re not sure how that style suits MotionPlus integration! Maybe that sentence was lost in translation?
New footage of Ubisoft’s ‘Red Steel 2′ is showing that the developers are trying to put right with this game, what was not so right with the original.
Sporting a new setting as well as lead character, the game fuses a wild west setting with Japanese Samurai legend. Look out for more soon.
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