For quite a while Rodea the Sky Soldier seemed destined to remain in publishing purgatory, with original developer Prope and project lead Yuji Naka declaring the Wii version finished and simply awaiting release, while the 3DS iteration was mostly ready. Whatever happened behind the scenes, publisher Kadokawa Games appears to have finally taken the project forward, recently confirming a Spring 2015 release in Japan on 3DS and Wii U; the move to Nintendo's latest home console was no surprise.
A new gameplay trailer has now been released to show it off — it still looks like a blend of ideas we're seen in the 3D Sonic years, Sin & Punishment-style shooting and elements that remind us a little of Kid Icarus: Uprising. It should deliver action fun, though assuming this trailer is the Wii U version — as suggested by the HD resolution option and the lack of logic in showing the 3DS equivalent — we can't help but notice some fairly muddy visuals. If this was simply upscaled from Wii that'd be understandable to a degree, but hopefully the grandeur and spectacle on show will compensate for a lack of cutting edge graphics. Intriguingly, though, the original unreleased Wii version will be included as a free bonus in the first run of the Wii U version in Japan.
You can see the new trailer below; we're not sure if this will ever make it to the West, but if it does would you be interested in picking it up?
[source siliconera.com]
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As in on a disk the Wii one ? (I might just import it and play that one if that is the case).
I think I preferred the theme from the pre-Wii U video, but the game still looks great. It's been a while since I watched the previous video, but I think there was more things happening in this video, more action on screen at once.
Anyway, if it does come to the UK, I may purchase it. It has me intrigued, and provided it is a physical disk release, I certainly wouldn't mind purchasing it. I'll have to wait and see though, with the many awesome games out already, and the awesome games coming out next year, it'll all depend on whether I even have any money by the time it comes out.
That looks amazing
"Looks like a modest upscale from the Wii version"
Well, as far as I'm concerned it's either a VERY modest update or you should just leave out "modest upscale from the" altogether, because it looks like a Wii game. This needs a LOT of improvement on the graphical side for it to be seen as a full blown Wii U game. There's nothing HD and pretty about this trailer and the environments are very sparse.
At first glance I thought I was looking at the 3DS trailer...
I love Sin and Punishment, so I want this to try this too. I understand why they're not releasing on Wii as originally planned, but they should make more efforts on porting this to the Wii U with the jump to hd graphics. Graphics-wise it looks like a Wii game and not even one of most impressive ones.
Prope,bring it to the west.I want it really badly
Looks like they just re-rendered the Wii version at an HD resolution.
Gameplay looks fun at least and I love niche games. I bought Sonic Boom, so I'm not above supporting this one.
And the pointer controls seem to be taken away.
I hope that there would at least be an option for gyro controls.
If it's going to be not too graphically impressive, let's hope at least they take the cue to make the game run at a pristine 60 FPS. That's really a big deal when it comes to frantic action games.
And please, PLEASE, no motion controls.
@ricklongo From the looks of it, it looks like it will be.
I want this, but sadly it seems to be a Japan exclusive like Fatal Frame..
Graphics seem fine to me in both the Wii and Wii U trailer, not the game's selling point by any means on the Wii U, but the game does look different in contrast and remains very interesting in terms of gameplay. I'd probably play it if it came to NA assuming it's not lacking in execution.
I honestly couldn't care less about the visuals, I just hope it's fun. And if so makes it to America.
It looks very much like a Wii game... which doesn't have to be bad. If it plays well and isn't overprized then that's okay, I don't care too much about visuals. We'll see.
the original unreleased Wii version will be included as a free bonus in the first run of the Wii U version in Japan
This would be nice for western audiences as well, but I wonder if they are essentially the same game...?
@ricklongo The motion controls are the whole point of it. I bet the 3DS one uses the touchscreen. Mouse would be the only other thing that could work as it has been described.
The game looks like a blast, albeit just a wii Port, and its telling that this looks like it was made for the wiimote and nunchuck setup, if this is just a port and it is a full retail release, then I hope they price it right. But I'm excited for anything new, and this looks new (if old )
Yesss!
I really want this game, looks very interesting. I agree it still looks like a Wii game
I feel like the gameplay doesn't look quite as interesting as previous trailers. Still looks good though.
It looks like something I'd enjoy but graphically it's really rough and I'm by no means a graphics wh0re.
The graphics aren't that great, but it might still be fun. Lets wait and see.
Release it here and I'll buy it for sure . Very reminiscent of sin and punishment 2 although with less detail to the stages . This looks like one of those games that will become rare and expensive in a few years so maybe I'll buy 2 copies
You had me at 'Yuji Naka.'
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