Nintendo News | Red Steel Wii - Freehand Sword, Load Times, Graphics Overhaul [news]

Having the sword movements match your every move is a brilliant move. Having no loading times is also ace. Be nice that you can get the feeling of running around having nothing to stop you i.e. loading times, crappy controls. Woo :-D

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I'm really happy with Red Steel Wii, really does seem to becoming along nicely! Hopefully it's easy to pick up and play, definitely gonna be one for my release list!

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Yup Redsteel has moved from being an after thought to a must buy-at launch title for me, with the Wii console. It's good to see that despite the flurry of new titles announced for the Wii at E3 '06 , such as Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3, which some may say buried Redsteel in the sand, through Ubisofts dedication it has climbed the rung again and has evolved both in graphics and gameplay controls and Ubisoft have never failed to keep us informed about it's progress whether through blogs or interviews.
If most developers and publishers can put in at least half the hours and dedication that Ubisoft have done with Redsteel, then Wii is potentially shaping up to be the best console of this generation.
Let's just hope that Redsteel reviews as good as it looks

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Great, great news. I can't wait for this game at launch, guaranteed purchase for me - regardless of the reviews. With the amount of effort Ubisoft seem to be putting behind this title, it deserves success.

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Much better, hope it works.

I wonder how they solved the enemy-charecter-reaction problem.

I suggested a mirror-image with deviations effect, wonder if they used that techique.

The respect I have for this game has grown exponentially in my eyes. I mean they are doing so many things right, and the graphics they showed us recently already looked good enough. Very happy about the direct conversion of sword movements, I was waiting to bash things using my hands to direct it. Also I am happy about "no loadng times," I have become a little spoilt from gamecube, and find it very frustrating when playing PC to wait for loading.

Very very good news.

Does anyone know the frame rate? It better be higher than 30

jb said:
Im really happy with Red Steel Wii, really does seem to becoming along nicely! Hopefully its easy to pick up and play, definitely gonna be one for my release list!

The free movement of the sword sounds excellent, it will really follow the free control philospohy for the remote. More graphical tweaks also sound very positive.

I like the control-scheme to be completely adjustable - the movement at least.
The tweaked so many things and we seem to be so involved in the process, that these guys deserve my 40 to 50 bucks (Euro). definitely one of my launch-games...

Graphics is looking onderful, by the way. please check the environmental shots on all the screenshots-pages on ign and co...

Finally a company that listens to feedback and actually does something about it...

Wii Nintedo! Get It!!

i cant wait for red steel, a couple of months ago i wasnt sure which shooter game to get, metroid or red steel however ever since e3 its red steel all the mofo'ing way, does anyone have a link to the new graphics, the last ones looked f'ing good as it was

no load times, must of been what Iawata was hinting at during E3

So much for "you'd need 10 years in Japanese sword training in order to play the game properly" (paraphrased from NGamer Interview). Kinda shows that it was just an excuse for pre-set movements.

Still, good news. Sounds alot more fun.

Its funny because I remember reading that Ubi said that having direct 1:1 movement would require you to be a trained martial artist to complete the game. Ah well. Obv not

dojo99 said:
Its funny because I remember reading that Ubi said that having direct 1:1 movement would require you to be a trained martial artist to complete the game. Ah well. Obv not

Probably scaled down the difficulty

*click-click*

Red Steel, Pre-Ordered.

That's awesome news

I know that if they had been preset (you swing the controller and the guy swings his sword in a set way, right? like hitting a "slash" button), then a lot of people would be dissapointed... like me

I've been under the impression it was like this the whole time! Show how much I know, huh?

And the other bits, graphics, loading times, whatever, are very welcome as well. This is a definate must buy from the get go.

dojo99 said:
Its funny because I remember reading that Ubi said that having direct 1:1 movement would require you to be a trained martial artist to complete the game. Ah well. Obv not

Besides it doesn't exactly take much skill to swing a sword at someone's face >_>

Really sounding good. I hope they put some "weight" on the sword, so It doesn't look as unrealistic in motion as, say, moving a computer mouse from right to left really quickly.

I reckon quite a lot is riding on this game. If all goes well, we'll probably see a lot more FPS on the Wii - other 3rd parties will hopefully go - "If Ubisoft can do it this well, we may as well try it too"

I don't get why anyone cares about this game. It looks like a fairly generic FPS, with some fancy controls.

This sounds brilliant, I want Red Steel more & more every time I hear more stuff about it. A graphical overhaul sounds wicked & no loading times is....... jaw dropping for a game like that....

msenyszak said:
I dont get why anyone cares about this game. It looks like a fairly generic FPS, with some fancy controls.