Rumored Red Steel 2 release date

[iOwnage]

http://softrockhallelujah.blogspot.com/2007/10/disaster-day-of-ubisofts-wii-problems.html

The team at Ubisoft Paris behind the Red Steel working on Red Steel 2 for a fall 2007 release date and had the majority of the game finished, until marketing and executive types declared the game to be crap. Because of the declaration, development was transferred to another team at Ubisoft Paris, who has been forced to start work on the title from scratch (for a fall 2008 release), having to redo pretty much everything, and there has been a number of "layoffs." Development on the title is being described as a "nightmare."

Also, Nintendo really did not want Rayman Raving Rabbits 2 to come at the same time as Super Mario Galaxy, since their game had a stratosphere of buzz and the limbless guy's popular party might disrupt sales of SMG, Nintendo tried anything they could do to refuse to give their approval; for example, in one instance, they said that one of the clouds in the game was shaped like Pikachu.

I'm glad the executive guy saw the game was crap or else it would've been another wasted Red Steel.

It looks like there shooting for fall of 2008. Good to hear. I hope the new team won't screw it up.

 

[JAKE196]

good to know, lets hope it's not crap.

Strange since Ubi said they make cheap games for the Wii and put the profit toward developing games for other systems.

 

[jimbo]

long wait hopefully mario kart etc can keep me busy

 

[iOwnage]

Since there havent been many FPS games with a good campaign, good splitscreen, and good online, all together, I might have to buy this if it turns out alright.

 

[CantGetAWii]

Yeah, its been under development now for a good chunk o' time.
Hopefully they get their act together, and put forth a game with good visuals and solid gameplay.

 

[samXcor3]

I know what Nintendo could've done, reinforced the old QUALITY part on their OFFICIAL NINTENDO SEAL and say RRR2 is nothing more than a mini game crapfest.

Also, its nice to know someone at Ubisoft has realized half their games suck.

 

[Lionman363]

Fall 2008?
Aw man,thats quite a long time away.:O

 

[lenitao3]

it's a long way......
but i'm pretty sure it's going to be good!!!

 

[iOwnage]

^^We can only hope its gonna be worth the wait...

 

[Dzapper]

Why was Nintendo even concerned about that! RRR2 is nothing compared to Galaxy. Rayman fans have been waiting a few months for this game, but everyone has been waiting on Galaxy for a decade.