Jason Vandenberghe took the stage at Ubisoft’s E3 Press conference to give us a sneak peek at Red Steel 2, and boy howdy did it come across as positive.
“We were the first to jump on the Wii with Red Steel,” Yves Guillemot said earlier in the conference. “…now with Wii Motion Plus, Red Steel 2 will go even further.”
Back in 2006, while pundits were snickering about the console’s name, publisher Ubisoft threw caution to the wind and devoted substantial development time and marketing to the Wii.
Exclusive titles, shovelware, rush jobs like Red Steel that were panned by critics yet managed to carve out a cult following—Ubisoft touched all those bases in its quest to become the de facto third party Wii publisher that year and the next.
And now, it’s doing it again with a decision that is arguably the riskiest yet: Red Steel 2, when it arrives later this year, will be MotionPlus-only.
Our first glimpse at how Red Steel 2 will look in-game. Bravo to the developers who are finally adapting to the Wii’s underpowered hardware (see Madden 10).
What do you think of the new cel-shaded style? Comment below!
Image via GoNintendo, via Nintendo Power – June 2009
