variety of exclusive games, such as Red Steel. This game was essentially a FPS in which the user could switch between gun action and sword action by employing the Wii remote or nunchuk. This revolutionary gameplay generated high excitement all over the gaming community, and also the game was one of the highest selling launch games for Nintendo’s console. Producers Ubisoft have finally developed a sequel, and Wii’s Red Steel 2 is coming out shortly.

Wii’s Red Steel 2 is shifting the action from the Mafia orientated mob story of the original and relocating to a desert area, in which you control the mysterious ‘Swordsman’. Seeking vengeance on a range of enemies, you combat your way through various locales using the identical play method as in the original.

The controls have been fine tuned to a high extent with this game. Despite the high sales of the original, one downside that was continually cited by critics was that the controls didn’t precisely convey user actions to the screen. By employing the new WiiMotion Plus Wii’s Red Steel 2 intends to counter this downside considerably.

Also, the game takes a new visual style. Instead of the realistic look of the first, Wii’s Red Steel 2 is finished with a cell shaded design, giving the game a nicely stylised finish. Multiplayer has also been removed from this game, as Ubisoft state they wanted to put all their effort into making the best single player campaign achievable.

The original Red Steel was really a flawed masterpiece; it had all the potential to be a great and revolutionary game yet was just defeated by below-par controls. If Wii’s Red Steel 2 will rectify this downside, then we may be seeing a truly popular game.