Steel yourself: Red Steel 2 pushed to early 2010

by Randy Nelson on Jul 27th 2009 12:36PM

Sam Fisher's latest will have some company on the new releases wall in the "March quarter" of 2010 (read: before 03-31-10). Ubisoft has delayed the planned holiday release of the Wii MotionPlus-exclusive Red Steel 2 to early next year for undeclared reasons.

Although the sword-and-gun FPS is probably the most anticipated of the company's forthcoming Wii lineup, the list of incoming 2009 games still includes the likes of Rabbids Go Home, Shaun White Snowboarding World Stage, Academy of Champions and TMNT Smash-Up.

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Tags: delays, Nintendo, red-steel-2, ubisoft, ubisoft-montreal, Wii

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2 in a row? The gaming industry is on a roll with delays today, isn't it?

HA! HA! HA! HAA!
Gangway, Modern Warfare 2!!

I realize it won't be on the Wii, but it'll just be that good.

You guys attending the Ubisoft Delay Announcement convention?

Did the Wii have anything else releasing this fall? This was the only thing on my radar sadly

Unless Dead Space Extraction, Resident Evil: Dark side Chronicles, and SIlent Hill Shattered Memories are released sometime this year, there really isn't anything anymore....

Probably some more shitty accessories and a Mii infused tie-in game. Same as last year.

Flame on Wheeler!!

New Super Mario Brothers Wii

Thanks Adv2k1 - I knew there had to be something else

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, Crystal Bearers, and Muramasa, too, but hey, don't let those ruin your fun.

Well, that was the only thing on my Wii radar for the rest of the year. I have a PS3 too, so if want a 3rd party game, it's usually on PS3. I wish more publishers were doing what EA did with Tiger Woods on Wii. It's a game I'd never have bought on PS3, and the Wii game is excellent.

Does this game have a western, gladiator, or samurai theme? I can't tell.

Sword & Gun??

I'll go with Samurai Western

I also meant the enemy's armor. It's very gladiatory.

Hmm...

gat dammit....Guess I will just play Punch-out on my Wii until then

Ok now I'm expecting James Cameron to call a press conference and talk for 30 minutes just to say that Avatar's getting delayed too

Good. From reports I heard it didn't have multiplayer. No online. No offline. nothing.
I'm not paying for a FPS game that only has Single player unless that single player is 20 + hours long.

Did you make this rule before or after Half-Life 2?

HL2 is still in a league of its own though. And it's only like a fiver these days.

I remember Ubi stating this game was aiming a 16hours long gameplay main story, reason to the lack any kind of multiplayer

Looks like the Wii will remain unplugged throughout next year

Looks like your mom will remain in my bed throughout next year.

Yeah that's right! Shiggy ain't the only one gettin the brunt of "Yo Momma" jokes!!!

Oh, I get it

you're trying to get them to facepalm themselves to death, Cody

well played

Oh no.

/sarcasm.

So, in other words, there will be no more cool MotionPlus games released this year?

Actually good news on my front. In keeping with my 1-game-a-month policy, the only shot it would have had of getting purchased would be if it somehow managed to outshine Phantasy Star 0, Tatsunoko vs Capcom, Muramasa, and The Crystal Bearers to get under the Christmas tree (even without it, its a tough contest). Given that Spirit Tracks and NSMBWii are likely to take the October and November slots

In early 2010, this game will only have to compete with Sin & Punishment 2 and No More Heroes 2, and possibly Galaxy 2, depending on Nintendo's schedule, but still a much better field for it to be considered for a purchase

Though i think from a business perspective, it's a bad choice for Ubisoft. Given that there is no other FPS (that's not a rail shooter) on Wii in that quarter, the game would have had a better chance to shine.

Well if you want to limit the games you play, you're certainly on the right console!

ZING!

Sorry Vcize, you 360 lovin, closet Florida State fan.

Your beloved Microshaft box is about as limited in gaming software as they come.

What to play today? FPS..... FPS..... TPS........ TPS........ FPS........ TPS....... Madden...... Mountain Dew themed FPS.......

Well, there are lot of good games coming, and to tell the truth, I wasn't really excited about this one.

Everyone is scared of a recession Christmas... to bad.

as long as it is better than the first, i won't mind spending the money on more RB DLC

Good, then I'm glad I didn't buy another MP dongle today when I got Resort. Recession Xmas? maybe. Hopefully they have played some other fine FPS action on the Wii and now know what we expect.

After the mess that was Red Steel - this is Ubis' last shot at this genre on Wii I think. Better get it right, or a good as possible. Could also be the death knell for the IP if it's crap (again).

Urgh, so many awesome / potentially awesome games coming out early next year.

But MW2, Assassin's Creed 2, Mass Effect 2, Fat Princess, Uncharted 2 and Arkham Asylum should make the pain hurt less...

Maybe they delayed it so they could start the Natal and PSeye/Motion Controller versions for MS and Sony. Wouldnt that be a kick in the head?

You couldn't get this to work with Natal. At least, not without adding in some sort of analogue commands for moving, but then you would have to be moving with one hand on the controller, while the other forms a gun or sword.

Too convoluted. PSMote might work well, though.

Jade in a bikini promoting the games = 5 x pre-orders.

Huh. I think the only game I'm buying in the next year or so is Phantasy Star {}... I think it all works out.

As cool as MW2 is, I'm starting to believe its evil and trying to push all other games away to rule over the fall sales.

But I like the game even to care.

So the Wii's 2010 lineup is now as follows:

Gladiator A.D., No More Heroes 2, The Grinder, Sin & Punishment 2, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Red Steel 2, Metroid: Other M, and the possibility of Pikmin 3, Wii Zelda, and whatever Bethesda is working on.

Looks like 2010 is going to be one hell of a year for Wii-owners.

Well, this Fall line up for Wii it looks quite good, so i don't care this one to be delayed. I mean, there are a hell of a lot of games already comming for bout wii and Ps3 that should keep me busy for a while

fuck it, I'll just buy the Wii Motion Plus separate then

you know, this frees up all kinds of time to be playing metroid trilogy starting next month.

just an FYI - in case anyone forgot.

weird, I finished Metroid Prime Trilogy like two years ago

Since Ubisoft is not saying why the game has been delayed, it gives me hope that they're going to overhaul the game before release. All hands-on impressions I've read so far were lukewarm, which is a shame, given the game concept's potential. After having played Wii Sports Resort, the idea of a game that uses the MotionPlus to simulate sword battles has me interested.

I also think Ubisoft is aware most people felt the first Red Steel was a disappointment and know they have only one more chance (especially in the current games market, where so many great games are being released across all platforms) to get this franchise off the ground.

I hope I'm right about the delay as I'd really like Red Steel 2 to be as awesome as it could be.

Yay, now I won't have anything to play for Christmas!

*sigh* Brawl got delayed a bunch of times too, I guess. Well, whatever...

Well, this lightens my load a bit, i didn't preorder it because i know something like this was going to happen, plus, i wasn't that hyped for the game anyway. There are still great games coming out this holiday for wii though, like new super mario bros. wii, mario and sonic the winter olympic games, resident evil: the darkside chronicles, the legend of zelda: spirit tracks, tatsunko vs capcom, muramasa, and final fantasy cc: the crystal bearers. So, there's genres for every gamer this holiday.

Well, considering it's lackluster E3 appearance, I'm sure a little more time and polish will help. It might also help to give more time to get Wii Motion Plus into peoples hands, to help generate more sales of this title (unless it is being bundled with the accessory.).

I could also see them tacking on some online mutliplayer, if it hasn't already been implemented - I can't recall hearing of any online multiplayer thus far.

I was completely sceptical of this game, as a result of the first game being such a turd, but it looks like Ubisoft is really only retaining the games name and some of the gameplay mechanics (although, improved). I personally don't care about delays, there's so many games to play regardless(doesn't help I own all 3 consoles!). Besides, my time this fall will be dedicated to the New Super Mario Bros Wii, which will undoubtedly be wicked.

It is bundled, since its mandatory

Sorry guys, disregard that zelda comment, the newest wii zelda dosen't come out till next year. spirit tracks is coming out for the ds in december.

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