Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Wii
23rd Mar 2010
26th Mar 2010
- Series
- Tags
- Controller Support
- Official Site
- redsteel2.com
Reviews
Time to shoot and slice some bros
Ubisoft promised the sky for their Wii launch game Red Steel; since nobody had used the Remote before, plenty of gamers drank the kool-aid and had high hopes for its swordplay potential. The concept was interesting, but the execution left a gross aftertaste. It's telling that the idea was never emulated in the way...
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Red Steel 2 News
News Take A Look At The Red Steel 2 We Never Got To Play
Leaked production screens show a different style
Red Steel was Ubisoft's big Wii launch title many years ago, and despite its cool visuals, it didn't quite get the gameplay right. Ubisoft atoned for its sins to a certain extent with Red Steel 2, but the game was almost unrecognisable thanks to a totally different "Samurai Western" setting. However,...
News European Developers get Their Games Nominated for Milthon Awards
The 4th Milthon Awards has selected four titles on Nintendo systems across four categories
With the BAFTA Video Game Awards done and dusted, gamers hoping to see their favourite titles get some sort of golden trophy need only wait a few more weeks as this September marks the fourth annual Milthon Awards; recognising European video game studios and...
News Red Steel 2 Met Ubi's Sales Expectations
More accurate figures sadly lacking
It may have failed to set the charts alight but Red Steel 2 still performed in line with Ubisoft's sales estimates. In its end of year financial report, the company failed to give more exact sales figures but did say it had performed in line with revised estimates, a reference to the halving of expectations just...
News Red Steel 3 Teased in Official French Nintendo Magazine
Updated: Ubisoft makes a statement
There's a curious little teaser in the back of France's official Nintendo magazine (appropriately titled Nintendo Magazine) that was brought to our attention by French website LiveGen. And that is that Ubisoft Montreal is already hard at work on le tiers in the Red Steel series. The Red Steel series has so far been...
News Red Steel 2 Blunted After Poor UK Chart Debut
Ubi's first big Wii release of 2010 fails to get the tills ringing
Remember the old "hardcore games don't sell on Wii" debate we had all those months ago? Well get ready to dust it off again because the retail figures for the UK launch of Ubisoft's Red Steel 2 are in, and it's not pretty reading. The sword-swinging action title - which we...
News Tom Salta Sound-Checking Red Steel 2
Soundtrack that fuses the two flavours together
The sound design can ofter get overlooked in video games, whether it be in development or the appreciation from the gamer. Ubisoft is careful not to let the audio side of things disappoint when Red Steel 2 attacks our senses next week. The highly-anticipated Wii MotionPlus title will contain several...
News Red Steel 2 Shoots and Slashes in March
March 23rd for North America, 26th in Europe
Ubisoft's sales predictions for Red Steel 2 may not be as lofty as they were, but gamers worldwide will have a chance to exchange their hard-earned money for blades and bullets in late March. The game is due to hit North American stores on March 23rd, with the European release date a few days later on the...
News Ubisoft Slices Sales Predictions for Red Steel 2 in Two
500,000 still a big figure, though
We've been keeping a close eye on Ubisoft's upcoming East-meets-West shooter Red Steel 2 - seriously, we have some of the world's best content on it, y'know - which is now due for launch in March of this year. Perhaps taking on board the recent discussion of mature games on Wii, the company has decided to lower its...
New build, new features, new joy
Since our first hands-on play with Red Steel 2 all the way back in June - yes, it really was that long ago - we've had two more chances to get to grips with the game, the most recent at this week's Eurogamer EXPO where a new build was on display. How's the title coming along? Very, very nicely. Our play-through was...
News Wanna Play? Ubisoft show more of Red Steel 2
Ubisoft release another video from the upcoming Red Steel 2 game demonstrating its "accurate" on-screen controls.
Ever since we played the original Red Steel we became overwhelmed with disappointment in the control section, we hoped for "real" one-to-one mapping of our Wiimotes to our swords, alas it wasn't meant to be... That's because...
Previews
First Impressions Red Steel 2 Exclusive!
The game you've been waiting for.
When Red Steel launched way back in December 2006 it promised so much, with its mix of bullets and blades and intuitive motion controls, but was clearly rushed to meet the Wii's launch date and ended up a disappointment in many gamers' eyes. A few months after release, the development team sat down to create the...
About The Game
Red Steel 2 returns with an artistic style and flair created just for Wii.
Set in a desert-bound, high-tech metropolis, Red Steel 2 is a revolution in the action-fighting genre, taking full advantage of the capabilities of the Wii MotionPlus™ accessory. Your movements are faithfully replicated on-screen, putting the emphasis on swinging, shooting and fun! With the ability of the Wii MotionPlus to sense the strength of a swing, you will literally be able to make an impact on your adversaries through power and precision.
“Red Steel was a unique opportunity for Ubisoft to work in tandem with Nintendo to create a title exclusively for the launch of the Wii console," said John Parkes, EMEA marketing director at Ubisoft. "Red Steel 2 is another milestone for the company as it is the first Ubisoft title with full Wii MotionPlus integration.”
Just as Red Steel broke ground as the only third-party brand created for the launch of the Wii, Red Steel 2 will be the must-have game of Holiday 2009 for those who wish to stretch their own capacities and fully experience a game that was built from the ground up to take advantage of the Wii MotionPlus.
Comments 9
Heck yeah!! Red Steel 2 with Motion Plus!
the interveiw was awsome and i am really looking forward to playing red steel 2
i have one question and it is: in the game will the player be able to react with the surrounding enviroment more than the 1st red steel
in the 1st game u could only go in certain doors and will u beable to use the enemies or even civilians for a human shield or be able to take their weapons from them or even use lift and throw them at othe enemies instead of just randomly killing them.
This game looks quite good from what I've seen and although it might seem a bit juvinile I was somewhat disappointed to learn that there won't be any blood. With no blood it's not really RED steel now is it?
There was no blood in Red Steel 1 either... I mean the EU version. Was there blood in the USA version?
EthanIvy - sorry for taking so long to respond to your questions!
You can react with the environment more - if you swing widely your sword could hit a surrounding door, post or block and cancel your attack, for example. You'll still only be able to go into certain doors, there are no civilians that I know, I don't think human shields are in and it would certainly be cool to throw enemies into others, but at the moment they've just shown off a vertical lift move.
This is looking pretty cool, but the lack of multiplayer is disapointing.
soooooo excited for it :0
.....i want to play
This game is looking more and more like Borderlands every time I see it demo'ed.
This game has been delayed 4 times now... Either they are having tech.content issues, or they have no confidence in this titles ability against any other half-decent title. (Last supposed US release was going to be Feb 15th, the day Aliens vs. Predator comes out on 360/PS3... Now they pushed it to March 23rd according to IGN)
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